Hindi Tv Serial Choodiyan - Cast & Crew

Sulabha Deshpande is a very popular actress in movies and Television. She was born in the year 1937 and brought up in Mumbai, Maharashtra. She also directed a few Television serials. She acted in more than sixty-five movies that are an achievement for a theater artist. Her acting is all performance oriented, and adored by lots of people. She got a lot of fan followers, and her dedicated acting is clearly manifested. She rocked in both the small, and big screen projects.

Shraddha Nigam is a beautiful and extremely well-known Indian television actress. Her awesome looks, spectacular figure and wonderful acting skills made her a household name in the Hindi television industry. Shraddha had her debut with the TV-serial ‘Choodiyaan’. This serial marked the keynote of her career in the TV industry and right after this, there was no looking back for her. She rose to fame with her roles of Detective Krishna in ‘Krishna Arjun’. Here, her role of detective ‘Krishna’ was praised by critics and it supposedly ‘stole hearts’ of innumerable viewers. Right after that, she was casted in ‘Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat’, where she played the role of a bubbly and smart girl who was innocent at heart and loved her family.

While acting in serials, Shraddha came across Karan Singh Grover and the sizzling chemistry of the two was the talk of B-Town for quite a few days. The couple soon got married; however, the marriage did not work because of Karan’s infidelity. They got divorced within five years of marriage and in the year 2012, Shraddha married Mayank Arora.

Apart from acting in popular serials, Shraddha also featured in films like ‘Lahore’, ‘Partition’, ‘Jack N Jhol’, ‘Say Salaam India’, ‘Yatharth’ aned ‘Aaghaz’. ‘Lahore’, ‘Say salaam India’ and ‘Partition’ were patriotic films, where she played small roles. ‘Jack N Jhhol’ is a romantic comedy with high voltage drama, fun and comic timing. However, none of these films gave her as much popularity as her roles from the TV serials.

Shraddha had also been a host of ‘Filmy Cocktail’ and ‘Sa Re ga Ma Pa’ (2007). Her roles in ‘Maano ya na Maano’, ‘Saathiya’, ‘Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai ’, ‘Kalakarz’ and ‘Shree Adi Manav’ had been much loved by the viewers and the critics, alike. ‘Maano Ya Na Maano’ and ‘Shree Adi Manav’ witnessed Shraddha playing certain supernatural characters.

She also featured in an episode of ‘Naach Baliye 3’ with ex husband Karan Singh Grover. Currently, Shraddha is busy managing her own fashion line and spending time with her present husband, Mayank Arora.

Hemaakshi Ujjain is an Indian TV actress born on 30 October 1986 in Kota, Rajasthan. She completed her school studies from Kota and her master’s degree from Jagannath University, Jaipur. Her father wanted her to become an engineer but her immense passion to become a model drew her to Mumbai. She started appearing in daily soap operas like Navya on Star Plus and Kitni Mohabbat Hai 2 on Imagine TV. In 2010, she played the role of Sugandha Bajpai in the show Navya. The show aired on Star Plus from April 2011 to June 2011. The character SugandhaBajpai was the wife of Om Prakash Bajpai.

Juhi Parmar is a popular Indian TV personality and actress, anchor, and television presenter. She is also a singer and dancer. Born on 14 December 1980 in Ujjain, the beautiful actress rose to fame after her blockbuster TV soap KumKum – Ek Pyara sa Bandhan as lead actress with Hussain Kwajerwala as the male lead in the year 2002. She also received the Best Actress (Critics) at the Indian Telly Awards in 2005 for this Star Plus's Indian soap opera. The show ran successfully for 7 long years.The actress won the Miss Rajasthan title in 2013. Parmar started her career with a television serial Woh on Zee TV.

Nausheen Sardar Ali is the daughter of a Punjabi Muslim father and an Iranian mother. Her family resides in Mumbai and her parents had nothing to do with films or acting but Nausheen was interested in performing arts since her school days. She would regularly participate in Fancy Dress Competitions, elocution contests and one act plays during her school. 

After completion of her school education, She completed her graduation from MMK college, Mumbai and started working as a model. She continued as a model for nearly two years and at the age of 19years, she got the big break of her life by catching attention of Balaji Telefilms and she was cast as Kkusum in the title role and raised ripples in the TV world by her superior performance. She also worked in Pakistani TV series Ana where also her performance won great accolades. After that she also did a number of Pakistani TV serials and one of the most popular serials was Kuchh Dil Se which broke many records of popularity in Pakistan.

She also speared in Music album of Remo Fernandes 'Ocean Queen' and Altaf raja's video 'Pehle to Kabhi Kabhi Gum Tha' and many more.

She also worked in a number of Bollywood movies Kaalchakra, Main Ek Din Laut Ke Aaunga, Three: Love Lies Betrayal etc but as she did not find Bollywood suitable to her taste, she returned back to the TV acting. She has hosted a number of TV shows and presently works with Star Plus. She is also interested in doing a movie for Hollywood if given an opportunity.

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Nausheen Ali Sardar is an Indian television actress best known for her roles in Kkusum and Beend Banoongaa Ghodi Chadhunga. Since 1998, she has worked in the television sector. Nausheen was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra, on June 29, 1982. Her mother was an Iranian citizen, and her father was a Punjabi. Mumbai was where she acquired her early education. She then graduated from MMK College with a bachelor's degree in commerce. In her early career, she appeared in several commercials.

Mukesh Ahuja is a known actor and producer in the Hindi entertainment industry. His comic times in every scene put extra stars on the movie. Mukesh Ahuja worked in 'Nayak: The Real Hero' in 2001. S. Shankar both directed and jotted down the entire script of this political action film. The prominent cast members of the movie include Anil Kapoor as Shivaji Rao Gaekwad, Rani Mukerji as Manjari, Pooja Batra as Laila, Amrish Puri as Balraj Chauhan, Paresh Rawal as Bansal, Johnny Lever as Topi, Saurabh Shukla as Pandurang and so on. The entire story of the film is about how the chief minister of India challenge Sivaji Rao, a common man to run the country. However, after succeeding in this task the whole country insisted Sivaji Rao become the Cheif Minister and fight against the corrupted system.

Saurabh M. Vanzara is a Hindi TV Producer. He was a creative head in Sony LIV for almost 7 and a half years. He worked on various shows like Heena, Saaya, Hum Sab Ek Hai, Aahat, Bhanwar, Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahin and Devi as a Creative Director of Sony Entertainment Television. Vanzara has completed a Diploma course in Cinema (Film direction specialisation) from FTII (Film and Television Institute of India), Pune. He is married to Surabhi Vanzara (previously called Shabnam Sayed).

Arun Verma is an Indian television actor, and cinematographer, who has portrayed challenging roles throughout his career and is best remembered for his roles in ‘Khal Nayak’ (1993), ‘Khakee,’(2004) and ‘Budtameez’ (1966). Arun Verma has astoundingly flourished in a domain where a lot of aspiring fellows have tried and failed. His decision to relocate to Mumbai after university stemmed from his desire to do something out of the ordinary, and make a mark for himself in the society.

Imtiaz Punjabi is an actor-turned-writer and director. He is better known for directing the comedy film Fun2shh… Dudes in the 10th Century (2003). Imtiaz is now a well known Hindi TV soap writer and director with successful shows like Maryada: Lekin Kab Tak? (Star Plus) and Parvarrish- Kuchh Khattee Kuch Meethi (Sony Entertainment Television) under his credit. Imtiaz Punjabi started off as a theatre actor and a few years later turned into a writer. He wrote a few initial episodes of Daastan, a TV show aired on Zee TV in the mid-1990s and Chattan, also aired on Zee TV in 2001.

Born on 11th April 1946, Navin Nishcol is an actor from India. He entered the Hindi film industry with Sawan Badon during the year 1970. This film also marked the entry of Rekha. This film was commercially successful and Nischol was one of the sought out actors since then for many years. 

Navin Nischol had his studies at the Bangalore Military School. A commendable fact is that, he was the first one to get gold medal, which was granted by the Film and Television Institute of India. His earlier films Dhund and Victoria No. 203 were among his superhits, but it was the film Hanste Zakhm which was the turning point in his career. 

The 1970s were in favor of this veteran; he was the happening actor at that time. His chocolate boy image also did well to him. Some of the songs of his films worked in favor of him. Nischol made his screen presence felt for over a decade. 

After acting in lead roles Nischol worked in character roles. Khosla Ka Khosla and Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman was a couple of films in which he played the supporting role. His stint in television turned successful as he acted in some television serials. He was a household name with the serial Dekh Bhai Dekh. 

Nischol was called as “Poor man’s Rajesh Khanna”. Nischol had also acted in a couple of Punjabi films. His first marriage with Neelu Kapur, sibling of Shekar Kapur was not successful. Later Nischol wedded Gitanjali who was also a divorcee. Geetanjali resorted to suicide and Nischol was blamed for that along with his brother. 

Navin Nischol also tried his luck in the production of a Hindi film, but it was shelved eventually for reasons best known to him. 

He breathed his last at the age of 65 following a heart attack.

Sonu Nigam is a renowned Bollywood singer and composer. He was born on July 30, 1973 in Faridabad, Haryana. Hailing from a musical background, both his parents are singers. He is the son of singer Agam Kumar Nigam. The first performance he gave was at the tender age of 3 when he performed the song Kya Hua Tera Wada by Mohammed Rafi. Besides singing Hindi songs he has recorded songs in Kannada, Assamese, Oriya, Tamil, Bengali, Punjabi, Nepali and Marathi languages. He is amongst the top Playback singers in Bollywood and has also released a few individual pop albums. Nigam moved to Mumbai at the age of 19, to start a career in Bollywood as a singer. He is the prodigy of famous Hindustani classical singer Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan. Though he started his career by covering songs of Mohammed Rafi under the T-Series record label owned by Gulshan Kumar, his first break came in 1990 when he did playback singing in the movie called Janam. In 1995 he started hosting the popular musical TV show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, after which he delivered the famous single Acha Sila Diya Tune for the film Bewafa Sanam. Some of his famous tracks are Sandese Aate Hai from the movie Border (1997), Ye Dil Deewana from the movie Pardes (1997). In 1999 he released his debut album Deewana, he also sang the title track for the movie Kal Ho Na Ho. As an individual composer he has worked on movies like Singh Saab The Great, Sooper Se Ooper and Jal. Nigam has contributed in Britney Spears track I Wanna Go, and has also released a track in the album The Beat of Our Hearts as a tribute to Michael Jacskon. In his small acting career he has acted in films like Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahaani, Love In Nepal and Kaash Aap Humaare Hote. Nigam is married to Madhurima and also had a son named Neevan.

Son of director Shakti Samanta it wouldn’t be long until Ashim Samantha would follow the footstep of his father into the film industry. He completed his bachelor’s degree in 1976 in commerce from Bombay University. 

His film career started as an assistant director for Bombay 405 Miles to Brij Savannah. Aamne Samne was the first film he directed which staring Mithun Chakraborty along with Bindiya Goswani. He went on to direct numerous films including Ankhon Mein Tum Ho in 1997 which was a love story which revolves around a couple in which the girl is destined to kill her love. He then went in to directing sitcom and directed Dil Vil Pyar Vyar, a romantic drama that aired on Sony TV. The sitcom was more of a drama film that consists of 52 episodes. He then went on to direct Antariksh- Ek Amar Katha for Star Plus. The two series received positive reviews and prompted him to direct two more series; Durga and Kalchakra. 

Throughout his career Ashim has directed 9 films and worked on another 6 others as a producer. He took the reigns of Shakti Films after his dad passed away. He has one son, Aditya Samanta, who is an aspiring actor and appeared in his father’s production, Yeh Jo Mohabbat Hai, in 2012.

Rohit Bakshi is an Indian Television actor who is best known for his association with television and mainstream Hindi Cinema. He has a few notable works to his credit such as ‘Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi’ (1999), ‘Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii’ (2000) & ‘Kahiin To Hoga’ (2003). In these television soaps, he mainly did cameo and parallel lead roles. Later on he was offered many prominent roles in the television serials.

Manav Gohil, the name is enough. There are actors who look good and then there are few whose acting is engraved in our hearts. Manav Gohil fits the latter category. He has been in this industry for more than a decade now. He Gained popularity for his intense role in Kahani Ghar Ghar ki and participation in Nach BAliye 2. Unlike others, he has completed his education 21y doing an MBA and getting into acting was just his destiny. He tried his luck and there he went! He was born on November 9,1974 in Gujarat.

Akshay Anand is a Bollywood actor who became popular for his performances in many Hindi television serials and films. His real name is John Gardener and used the screen name, Akshay Anand from which he acted as Akshay in Indradhanush and Dev Anand added Anand to his name when they were doing the film, Hum Naujawan. He was married to Rama and they have two kids namely Ayaan and Anaaya. He studied at St. Xavier’s School in Mumbai and pursue his Economics course. Initially, he is not interested in acting until one day, while riding in a train on his way to Delhi, a co-passenger approached him about shoes. It turns out that the actor is the popular director, Anand Mahendroo and offered him a role in Indradhanush.

He was debuted as a television actor through the children’s television series, Indradhanush which was aired on DD National in year 1989. He is also part of the award-winning soap, Thoda Hai Thode Ki Zaroorat Hai on Sony TV in year 1997 and Choti Maa – Ek Anokha Bandhan on Zee TV. He also bags a role on DD2 9 Gold’s Mere Samne Wali Khidki. In 2009, Anand played as Manish Sabharwal in the Balaji Telefilms’ Bandini which was aired on NDTV Imagine and played the role of Aatish Parikh in the soap, Basera. He also played as Brijesh Pratap Singh in the television series, Saat Phere. In 2010, he played the character of Amar in the crime thriller series, Kaali – Ek Agnipariksha on STAR Plus channel. He played the main lead, replacing Aman Verma in bagging the role of Adityapratap Singh in Kehta Hai Dil which was also aired on STAR Plus. Anand also made an appearance in the television soap, Behenein. In year 2012, he appeared as Baldev Guggal in the television drama series, Suvreen Guggal – Topper of the Year and in 2014, the brilliant actor acted as Annopraj Premkishor Shekhar in the very popular drama series, Balika Vadhu – Kachchi Umar Ke Pakke Rishte on Colors TV.

He was starred in the Hindi feature film, Do Pal in 1991 under the direction of Ravi Rai. He was also seen in the Bollywood film, Pyaar Ka Tarana in 1993. Anand has done five films in year 1996 including his debut film in the Kannada film industry entitled, America America where he bagged the role of Shashank who went to U.S. to pursue his studies and when he came back to India, he started to tell how great America is. In the same year, Anand also made his debut in the Malayalam film industry and has done the film, Indraprastham by Haridas. In 1997, the actor essayed the role of Jugal Chopra in Mahesh Bhatt’s Tamanna and played the role of Suraj in the action film, Daava. Anand also acted in Aamir Khan’s starrer film, Ghulam in 1998 where he received praises for her performance in the film. In the same year, he essayed the role of Anand R. Desai in the Hindi drama film, Zakhm and played as the spoiler in the love story of Saif Ali Khan and Twinkle Khanna’s characters in the film, Yeh Hai Mumbai Meri Jaan in 1999. Later, he donned the role of Harish Patel in the Bollywood action film, Aaghaaz. Anand also acted as Ram Prasad Bismil in the Hindi film, 23rd March 1932: Shaheed by Guddu Dhanoa; a film that portrays the events on the hanging of Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev in year 1931. Anand was also seen as the uncle of Abhimanyu Singh (played by Sidharth Malhorta) in the box-office romantic comedy film, Student of the Year in 2012. 

Anand has passion for writing too; in fact, he wrote one of the four stories of the horror series, Raat Hone Ko Hai.

Gaurav Chopra is a popular, stylish Hindi Television actor and is famous for his role of Raghuvendra Pratap Rathore on Colours TV’s soap opera 'Uttaran'. Born on 4th April 1979, his first appearance was as Ballu, the ghost, in kids’ series, Ruby Duby Hub Dub, aired on Sahara One in 2004. This was followed by his portrayal as Sandy in Zee TV’s 'Lavanya' and an appearance as the assassin, Gunshot, in Karma – Koi Aa Raha Hai Waqt Badalney, a superhero drama series aired on Star Plus. 

He played the roles of Prem in Piya ka Ghar, Kabeer in Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa, Kapil Singhania in Ghar Ki Lakshmi Betiyaan, all of which aired on Zee TV. Gaurav Chopra is well-known for his performances as the antagonist, Samay Khurana, in Sony TV’s Aisa Des Hai Mera, and Captain Abhimanyu Rai Chauhan in Left Right Left, a unique military drama serial aired on SAB TV. He played a cameo on the popular crime drama, C.I.D., and was a success as Public Prosecutor Vishwajeet Ranawat on the courtroom drama 'Adaalat', both of which were telecasted on Sony TV. 

He then went on to make a name for himself on Uttaran. Gaurav showcased his dancing skills on the celebrity reality series 'Nach Baliye 2' and 'Zara Nachke Dikha' on Star One and also featured as a contestant on NDTV Imagine’s reality shows, Zor Ka Jhatka: Total Wipeout and Pati Patni Aur Woh. He currently hosts 'Saavdhan India', a crime show aired on Star Utsav.

He has acted in Hindi spoof comedy film 'Ghoom' and Tamil spy film 'Ottran', and has even had a stint in Hollywood as a French Journalist in Blood Diamond (2006). Gaurav Chopra will play the lead role, Taimur Ansaar, in Rangdari, an upcoming action movie.

Gaurav is a six footer. He was in an on-off relationship with Narayani Shastri, which broke off many years back, but the couple was recently spotted together and there are rumors that they have patched things up and are back together.

Born to the late actress ‘Nutan’, Mohnish Behl is known for his disarmingly good looks, exotic charm and brilliant acting. He studied at St. Xavier’s College in Mumbai.