1. Vaishali Thakkar
Vaishali Thakkar is best known as Damini or Ammu of Uttaran serial, which airs on Colors channel. She started her acting career as a Gujarati theatre artist. She was born on July 25, 1964, in Mumbai. Her father was also associated with Gujarati theatre and her brother Hemal Thakkar is a television producer.
Vaishali Thakkar's TV career started with the show, ‘Ek Mahal Ho Sapno Ka’ on Sony TV in which she portrayed the role of Bharti. In 2000, she appeared as Lalita in famous children serial ‘Shaka Laka Boom Boom’ on Star Plus. In 2005-08, she played Parveena Thakkar in the popular show of Star Plus ‘Baa Bahoo Aur Baby’. She ...
2. Sheeba Chaddha
Sheeba Chaddha was born in Delhi in the year 1973 and is a graduate in English from the renowned Hans Raj College in Delhi University. While in college, she developed a liking for acting and theatre and discovered that this field interested her. Pursuing this interest, she went on to become a television, stage and movie actress. Sheeba Chaddha has been known to play characters that are impactful and pivotal in the story of the film. She made her debut in the Bollywood industry with the movie Dil Se in which is a love story set in the backdrop of an insurgent north-east India. She then appeared in Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam as Aishwarya Rai’s sister.
She went on to act in various noted films such as Parzania, Delhi-6, in which she played the role of the younger daughter...
3. Narayani Shastri
4. Khyaati Khandke Keswani
Khyati Keshwani or Khyati Khandke Keshwani is a popular Indian television actress who started acting at the tender age of 17. She claims she always had a passion for acting. She felt that acting was destined for her since her father worked in a drama school and all his friends (directors and actors) used to come over to their house. She later marriedYashKeshwani, a film writer who penned films like Viruddh, Dus, Cash and more. They met through Mahesh Manjrekar while she was filming the movie, Deha in 2007 and it happened that Mahesh was a friend of her husband. Khyati also did a small role in the film, Nayak in 2001.However, she saysshe wants to remain in the television industry and is not interested in becoming a movie star. She gained fame after bagging a negative role as...
5. Indira Krishnan
Indira Krishnan is an Indian television actress and model of South Indian origins. She was initially an air hostess - but even at that time, she had respected and adored the performing arts causing her to test the waters in entertainment. Although the southern belle has been well-known for playing maternal roles for a large part of her career even from a young age, she has never been averse to it - she has always loved being the central mother character in her dramas.
Indira has played roles in the movies Suna Panjuri (1995), Aaj Ka Raavan (2000), Tere Naam (2003), ‘Faisla’ (2005), Deadline: Sirf 24 Ghante (2006), Team: The Force (2009), Chatur Singh Two Star (2011) and ‘Janiva’ (a Marathi movie). Furthermore, she worked in the following serials: Thriller at Ten (2000), Kabhi Aaye Na Jud...
6. Rinku Karmarkar
We would all remember her as, "Chaya" Parvati's sister-in-law in ‘Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii’ telecasted on ‘Star Plus’. It was one of the most popular shows under Balaji Productions. Her real name is ‘Rinku Dhawan Karmarkar’. Rinku is married to actor ‘Kiran Karmarkar’ who played her brother (Om) in the show 'Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii' and is also seen in Bollywood movies like ‘Force’. She is blessed with a son, “Ishaan” who is seven years old. The show won many awards including ‘Indian Telly Awards’ for ‘The Best Drama Series’ in 2002. The show was very popular with a high TRP. She is also known for the daily soap opera ‘Na Bole Tum Na Maine Kuch Kaha’ (2012). In this programme, she played a double role. She played...
7. Sushil Datta
Sushil Datta is a popular director and writer born on 4th February 1959 in Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. Sushil has worked in the TV and movie industries. Sushil’s father was an Indian Air Force officer. So, they had to move to various places due to his father’s job. He met various people from different cultural backgrounds and developed some interest in theater. Sushil is a Postgraduate in Journalism. Later, he joined AJK Mass Communication Research Centre at Jamia Millia Islamia. He was much closer to AJK’s Anwar Jamal Kidwai during his PG course. Being a bright student in AJK Mass Communication Research Centre, he was awarded a scholarship, INLAKS for Studies in Media in India.
He started directing and playing in theater plays under small banners. After playing in Deepshikha, a play by Revti Sha...
8. Pawan K Sethhi
Pawan Sethi is a well-known playwright in the Indian entertainment industry. He has been in the industry for over twenty-five years and has worked in the most prominent Indian series, including those with the highest TRP. Pawan has worked on a total of six projects as a writer. In 1993, he made his writing debut in the film ‘Aja Meri Jaan,’ which starred Shammi Kapoor, Tanya Singh, and Krishnakumar. Following this film, he rose to prominence and went on to work in several other movies and television series.
‘Krishna Arjun’ (1997), a film starring ‘Jitendra,’ ‘Vivek Mushran’, and ‘Upasna Singh’, was his second work as a writer. After working in two films, he transitioned to the small screen, where he worked in several highly rated shows. He has also played the...
9. Prabhat Bhattacharya
Prabhat Bhattacharya is an Indian television & film actor, who is best known for his roles in serials such as ‘Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii’(2000), ‘Kasturi’(2007) & ‘Pavitra Rishta’(2009). Prabhat came down to Mumbai to pursue a martial art class, but after coming in touch with theatre and television, he decided to stay in the tinsel town for a while. He got the opportunity to work in ‘Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii’(2000), which was produced by Ekta Kapoor’s Balaji Telefilms.
He got a wide praise for his role in the serial and it made his path clear. He did a serial called ‘Kasturi’ with the same production house. ‘Kasturi’ was a story of a girl who struggles to save her family and its name. He was also seen playing a wide variety of charac...
10. Indraneel Bhattacharya
Indraneel Bhattacharya a.k.a. Neel is an actor from Mumbai born on the 14th of October, 1970. He received his education at St. Xavier’s College where he got a B.A. in Economics and Political Sciences; in college, he was involved in various activities like the inter-college festival, the drama club, streets plays and sports. After that, he went to Campion School and Mumbai University to further his studies in Economics and Political Sciences, Hindi, English and Drama. Again, he participated in many activities there.
Indraneel has had important roles in the TV serials Mere Ghar Aayi Ek Nanhi Pari (Colors, 2009), ‘Kumkum’ (Star Plus, 2002), ‘Khwaish’ (Sony Entertainment Television Global, (2007), ‘Kasturi’ (Star Plus, 2007), Yeh Pyar Na Hoga Kam (Colors, 2009) and Sasural ...
11. Aashish Kaul
His Facebook profile states- Actor, Father, Husband, Politician, FreeMan, Loves Music and Travelling, a Tree Planter. Don’t panic, we are talking about Aashish Kaul here.
Aashish Kaul is a Kashmiri Pandit and did his schooling from Laurence Sarovar School, Kasauli.
He has acted in many TV serials, and some of them are Kasautii Zindagii Kay (Subroto Basu), in Kahani Saat Pheron Ki as Shekhar Sehgal, Dekho Magar Pyaar Se, Adaalat, Saavdhan India, Qubool Hain and Arjun. He started his acting career in 2001, and it’s still going strong.
He is a very dedicated artist who loves his work to the core. In an interview, he said that he understands the importance of acting and whatever he is today is because of acting. So he is always there to help the society and industry. He is no...