Hindi Tv Serial Komal Nahta Aur Ek Kahani - Cast & Crew

Jaya Prada is a renowned Indian actress and politician. She was born as Lalita Rani on April 3, 1958, in Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh to Krishna Rao, a financier of Telugu films and Neelaveni. She enrolled in a dance and music classes at her tender age by her mother.

Jaya acted in several Telugu, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, Bengali and Marathi films. From the year 2004 to 2014, she has been a part of the Member of Parliament from Rampur. At 14, she made a dance number during the annual function at her school. She was spotted by the director of the Telugu film, Bhoomi Kosam and offered her to do a 3-minute dance number in the movie. Initially, she was hesitant, but because of her family’s encouragement, she agreed to accept it.

She got paid 10 Rupees for her number, but this eventually led to a better and brighter future ahead in the field of show business. The three-minute dance number was shown to the biggies of the Telugu film industry. She earned several offers from major directors and she accepted them. In 1976, she became a big star who has acted in major hit films. Her dramatic skills in acting were showcased in the Telugu film, Anthuleni Katha, helmed by the late K. Balachander. In the same year, she was notable for her role as a mute who dances excellently in K. Viswanath’s Siri Siri Muvva.

Jaya also made a memorable role in the Telugu epic, mythological film, Seeta Kalyanam, which has shown her versatility as an actress. In the following year, she was starred in the box-office hit film, Adavi Ramudu. This film has proven that she has a star quality and the song, Aaresukoboyi Paresukunnanu, which she performed along with N.T. Rama Rao became a big hit. Many prominent filmmakers cast her in their films for more than once. Director Vijay Anand introduced her to the Kannada film industry through the 1977 blockbuster hit film, Sanadi Appana together with Raj Kumar. This is the only film that features a rendition using a shehnai by Ustad Bismillah Khan. In 1979, she repeated her very successful tandem with Raj Kumar in the movie, Huliya Halina Mevu. The two also acted in Kaviratna Kalidasa and Shabdavedhi. K. Balachander cast her again in the Tamil comedy drama film, Ninaithale Inikkum, along with the two biggies in the industry, Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth. Jaya acted in many Telugu films along with NTR, Sobhan Babu, Krishnam Raju, ANR and Krishna during the 70’s and 80’s. She was introduced in the Hindi film industry through the Hindi remake of K. Viswanath’s Siri Siri Muvva entitled Sargam. This film turned out to be successful, and she received her first nomination for Best Actress at the Filmfare.

However, since she could not speak the Hindi language, she failed to bag the award. In the year 1981, Jaya acted in the critically acclaimed Tamil drama film, 47 Natkal, which also stars Chiranjeevi, Sarath Babu and Ramaprabha in the lead roles. Later on, the actress took a Hindi-language lessons and K. Vishwanath cast her again in Hindi films including the 1982 hit film, Kaamchor, where she has spoken the language fluently for the first time.

This time, Jaya has acted in Hindi films consistently and gained her two nominations for Best Actress at the Filmfare after playing as the loving girlfriend of Amitabh Bachchan in the Hindi drama film, Sharaabi in 1984 and a double role in Sanjog in the year 1985. K. Vishwanath’s Telugu musical dance film, Sagara Sangamam became a turning point in her career as she bags her very first Filmfare Award for Best Actress and several accolades. Her team-up with Jeetendra and Amitabh Bachchan became highly successful and also with Sridevi, who later became her immediate rival. Their team up in the 1982 Telugu film, Devata, where they played as sisters who sacrifices for each other, was later remade in Hindi entitled Tohfa in 1984. She instantly amazed the huge number of female fans following her. This is the image that serves her well as she entered the world of politics. In the year 1985, she was seen in the Malayalam film, Iniyum Katha Thudarum, which stars Mammootty, Ambika and Baby Shalini in the lead roles.

The late Bengali filmmaker, Satyajit Ray called her as one of the beautiful women in the world. But even though she had acted in many Bengali films, she never got the chance to work with Ray due to his illness and sudden death. Starting in the year 1994, Jaya became involved in politics and her involvement in the film industry was lessened. She acted in the Malayalam musical mystery romance film, Devadoothan, helmed by Sibi Malayil in the year 2000. This film earned positive reviews from the critics but it failed to make a box-office success. It also received immense appreciation from the audiences.

She played as the mother of Kunchako Boban in Malayalam film, Ee Snehatheerathu in the year 2004. Prior to this, she made a guest appearance on her first Marathi film, Aadhaar in the year 2002. In the span of 30-years of being an actress, Jaya already acted in eight different language films with over 300 films. In the year 2011, she made a comeback in the Malayalam industry in Anupam Kher-starrer Pranayam, alongside Mohanlal. Her character as Grace gained her critical acclaim and several accolades. In 2012, she donned the role of Kittur Chennamma in the historical Kannada film, Krantiveera Sangolli Rayanna.

This movie was screened for 100-days at the box office. She got married to Indian producer, Srikanth Nahata in the year 1986. Nahata was said to have been married to Chandra when he marries Jaya, and they have three children. This results to a lot of controversies to their relationship. Jaya is the owner of the Jaya Prada Thater located in Chennai, India. She was debuted in television through the television show, Jayapradam, where she hosted and interviewed several Indian personalities. N. T. Rama Rao, the founder of the Telugu Desam Party, invites her to join TDP on the evening of the assembly elections.

There are rumors that she will run for election; however, she did not make her electoral debut, although Rao offered her a seat. Jaya made campaigns for various constituencies in the year 1994. Later on, she participated in the Chandrababu Naidu faction and got nominated at the Rajya Sabha where she represents Andhra Pradesh in the year 1996. But Jaya had some indifference with Supremo N. Chandrababu Naidu and subsequently left the Telugu Desam Party to join the Samajwadi Party.

Jaya contested the Rampur Parliamentary Constituency in UP, and she was elected and received 85,000 votes in the year 2004. She got expelled from the Samajwadi Party in 2010. Jaya and Amar Singh launched the latter’s political party called Rashtriya Lok Manch in 2011. But they did not win any seats on the election. In 2014, she joined the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), and then, she obtained the ticket to contest from the Bijnor Lok Sabha Constituency seat in the general elections in 2014, but she lost the election.

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Farah Khan is an Indian film actress, producer, director and a choreographer. She was born on January 9, 1965 in Mumbai, India. She is the daughter of Menaka, sister of screenwriter and actress, Honey Irani and Daisy Irani. She is also the sister of film actor and comedian Sajid Khan and the cousin of film personalities Zoya Akhtar and Farhan Akhtar. Farah was married to Shirish Kunder, a film writer, producer, director, composer and the editor of her directorial film Main Hoon Na in 2004. The two have worked together in films like Jaan-E-Mann, Tees Maar Khan and Om Shanti Om. She gave birth to triplets, composing of one boy and two girls in year 2008. 

She studied Sociology in Mumbai’s St. Xavier College. During this time, Michael Jackson’s Thriller was being telecasted. Farah, though she had not tried dancing before, got inspired and became her vocation. Basically, she just learned how to dance by herself and started her own dance group. She took over to choreographer Saroj Khan, when he walked out of the sports drama film, Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar in 1992. After this, she started to choreographed dance routines for more than 100 songs in several Hindi films. Farah has worked in international projects like the 2007 romantic musical comedy film, Marigold: An Adventure in India, the 2001 film Monsoon Wedding and the 2005 Chinese film, Perhaps Love. Her choreography in Monsoon Wedding, Vanity Fair and Bombay Dreams gained her nominations at the Tony Awards as Best Choreographer in 2004. She already won five times at the Filmfare Awards for the same category. In year 2012, Farah has choreographed the songs Radha and Ishq Wala Love for the film Student of the Year and Jumping Jhapak in 2013. 

Farah is a good friend of Shah Rukh Khan, whom she met during the set of the 1994 Bollywood film Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa and since then, they started to work together in several projects. Farah, soon became a director as well and her first film Main Hoon Na stars Shah Rukh Khan, produced under the banner of Red Chillies Entertainment. She was the first female director to be nominated at the Filmfare for Best Director. Her second film, Om Shanti Om also stars Shah Rukh Khan and the debutant actress, Deepika Padukone. This film became a top grosser of all time after it was released. In 2010, her third directorial venture Tees Maar Khan stars Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif. She made her acting debut inn year 2012 after doing the lead role in Bela Bhansali Sehgal’s Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi. 

She also trained the famous Columbian pop star Shakira for her song Hips Don’t Lie, Bollywood version, for MTV Music Video Awards in 2006 and Kylie Minogue in Chiggy Wiggy for Anthony D’Souza’s Blue in 2009. In the same year, she hosted the celebrity chat show entitled Tere Mere Beach Mein, which was aired on Star Plus. She also judged reality television shows like the first and second seasons of Indian Idol, Jo Jeeta Wohi Super Star, Dance India Dance Li’l Masters and Entertainment Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega. In 2011, Farah, along with Hrithik Roshan and Vaibhavi Merchant judged the dance reality series Just Dance on Star Plus. She also hosted the special series of the reality show Bigg Boss Halla Bol in 2013. 

In honor of Farah’s triplets, she and her husband started the Three’s Company, a production house in India.

Anu Malik is considered as one of the most famous and successful music directors from film industry. He has also established his name as a singer. He began his career as a music director in 1977. He gave the music for the film Hunterwali. He became famous in 1990s by delivering the blockbusters like Baazigar,Janam and so on. We can say 1990 to 2000s was the golden period of his career. He was awarded a National Award for his phenomenal music for the film Refugee. His other blockbusters were Shah Rukh Khan starrer Mai Hoon Na and Baazigar . This movie gave him a Filmfare Award of Best Music Director. He has made a record of winning this trophy for 6 times. Anu Malik has given his versatile music for more than 350 films. He is considered as the most promising music director from the industry. So his songs like Garam Chaye Ki Pyali, Mehbooba Mehbooba, Gori Gori are some of the most famous songs from his compositions. He has also successfully played the role of a judge in the reality show Indian Idol. And has also made a presence in many T.V. shows. Anu Malik has successfully tried many gener in his compositions from a soulful love song to a dance number. He has different style of composition.

Gulshan Kumar is Bollywood’s most sought-after villain who did over 400 films in his career till date. He was born on September 21, 1955. He is one of the actors who made a switch from Bollywood to Hollywood.

Sayyid Baba Azmi was born in Mumbai, India. He is a film cinematographer. He was born to Kaifi Azmi and Shaukat Kaifi. His father was a poet and lyricist. His sister Shabana Azmi is an actress. She is married to Javed Akhtar. But Baba Azmi is not as famous as his sister. He began his career in 1970 by assisting his first cousin, Ishan Arya. He worked as a light boy in Telugu films. He worked in 10- 12 Telugu films with his cousin Ishan Arya. Then he decided to go independent. His wife is Tanvi Azmi. She is a film and television actress in India. Baba Azmi’s career as a cinematographer started in the year 1975. He cinematographed the film "Muthyala Muggu" along with Ishan Arya. It was directed by Bapu. In 1982, he cinematographed the film "Bezubaan". It was a Shashi Kapoor film. He cinematographed the film "Who 7 Din" directed by Bapu in 1983.

Indra Kumar is a prominent award-winning Indian film actor, producer, and director. He has appeared in several Gujarati films as a comedian and protagonist. He is the brother of Aruna Irani, Adi Irani, and Firoz Irani, who all worked in the same field. In 1985, Indra has co-produced the Bollywood film, Mohabbat, with Anil Kapoor and Vijeta Pandit in the lead roles. He started to direct films in the year 1990 with the Hindi romantic drama film, Dil. It stars Madhuri Dixit, Anupam Kher, Aamir Khan, and Saeed Jaffrey in pivotal roles. The film earned the Best Film Award at the 36thFilmfare Awards, while Aamir Khan and Anupam Kher received the Best Actor and Best Supporting Actors Award respectively.

Bijon Das Gupta is a renowned art director who was associated with many Rajshri films of Barjatya’s. He was born on April 30, 1951, in Bangalore. As a veteran production designer, he was roped in to create massive sets in 'Hum Aapke Hain Koun…!' (1994), and this movie was a blockbuster. People still remember the visual sets that had a family set up. Remember those melodious songs from Hum Aapke Koun? This movie was a trendsetter and viewers understood the creative vision that was required for song-dance sequences, wedding scenes etc. Even the outdoor locales were designed in such a way that Rajshri could retain its unique visual identity as a family entertainer. But his first recognition as an art director came with Shekhar Kapur's Masoom where he made his debut as an independent art director.

Satish Shah is a Hindi and Marathi TV actor. He rose to fame with his role in the 1980’s sitcom show Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi directed by Kundan Shah and Manjul Sinha. He appeared in many Bollywood films through the 1980s, 90’s and 2000’s followed by his appearance in the famous television show Sarabhai vs Sarabhai.

Satish Shah was born on 25th June, 1951 in Bombay, Maharashtra. His first mainstream movie was “Arvind Desai ki Ajeeb Dastaan” followed by “Toofani Takkar” released in 1978. Some of his famous roles include Dilawar in Umrao Jaan (1981), Vidyasagar in Aag aur Shola (1989), Anand Rastogi in Gharwali Baharwali (1989), Ajit Singh in Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995), his most praised performance being as Commissioner D’Mello in Jaane Bhi Do yaaron (1983). Apart from Bollywood he also acted in many television shows such as Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi, Sarabhai vs Sarabhai, All The Best, Nehle Pe Dehla and Filmi Chakkar.

Although Satish Shah appeared in a variety of roles throughout his career he is primarily considered as a comedian. His most recent films include Ramaiya Vastavaiya, Club 60 and the 2014 comedy Humshakals.

Suresh Oberoi is a character actor and the father of actor Vivek Oberoi. He was born as Vishal Kumar Oberoi, on December 17, 1946, in Quetta, Baluchistan, present-day Pakistan. His father was a Punjabi businessman named Anand Sarup Oberoi. He four brothers and sisters. His entire family relocated to Hyderabad state in India, during the time of Partition. Here, his family established a chain of medical stores.

Johnny Lever is an Indian comedy actor who came to prominence with film actor Govinda’s films. As actors like Kader Khan and Shakti Kapoor had reached a zenith in their career, it was actor Sunil Dutt who had spotted this actor in a stage (show of Amitabh Bachchan and music composer Kalyanji Anandji) and advised him to take up comedy roles seriously. He is one of the comedians who appear truly funny to make us laugh. He is also known for his wits and smarts and appears to make intelligent jokes and poke fun in many films. After Govinda was overshadowed by the prominence of Shahrukh Khan, Aamir Khan and Salman Khan in the film world, Johnny Lever could make audiences laugh by using his physical appearances even in many Khans movies. He dislikes present talk comedy shows on TV and feels comedy is something that does not come in everyday life and hence screen is the mainstream media to help the comedians grow. Lever was born in Hyderabad.

Bappi Lahiri is a famous Music Composer of India. Born on 27 November 1952 in a Hindu Bengali background, at Kolkata, Bappi Lahiri was instrumental in the popularization of Disco music in Indian films. Namak Halaal, Disco Dancer, and Sharaabi are the songs of the 1980s that made him popular. Both the parents of Bappi were working in the music industry. Bappi fostered the intention to become an international name in his childhood. He was just three years old when he played Tabla. His parents trained him in singing. The 1972 Bengali flick “Daadu” was the first movie for which Bappi composed music. At that time, Bappi was just 19. 

An active actor, filmmaker & producer as well. He was born in Haryana, India on April 13th, 1956. This actor has marked his presence in the comic roles since his entry in Bollywood, He worked with the prominent actors of his time & is active yet in Bollywood. After completion of graduation from National School of Drama in 1978, he made his entry in the Filmmaking as an Assistant Director of the movie “Masoom” that won the Filmfare Award for “ Best Film Critics”, directed by Shekhar Kapoor. Masoom was his first movie as an actor too. He bagged two Filmfare Award in the category of Best Comedian for his role in Ram Lakhan & Saajan Chale Sasural. He tried his hands as Director, Producer, Screen Writer along with acting on the Telly Shops.

Sham Kaushal is an Indian stunt artist, popular amongst the regional audience for his work in the stunt sequences of movies like Dangal (2016), Gunday (2014), Bajirao Mastani (2015), Dhoom 3 (2013), Student of the Year 2 (2019), etc. Mostly known for his major involvement in Bollywood movies, he has won 4 Filmfare Awards, 4 International Indian Film Academy Awards, and 2 Zee Cine Awards for Technical Excellence.

Sooraj Rajkumar Barjatya, also known as Sooraj Barjatya is born on 22nd February 1964, in Mumbai. He is an Indian Filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, and distributor. He is predominantly working in the Indian Cinema. He has attended the St. Mary’s School in Mumbai and The Scindia School in Gwalior. He got married to Vineeta Barjatya in the year 1986. He has three children. Barjatya also owns a restaurant named Spice and Sweet, located in Bandra. He began as an assistant director to Mahesh Bhatt. He made his debut as a director, at the age of 24, with the movie Maine Pyar Kiya, in the year 1989. It was a movie based on friendship and love, with Salman Khan. The move was a huge hit in the box office and this served as the ladder of success for both Salman and Barjatya. Later, this movie won the Most Sensational Debut of the Year award. His second, Hum Aapke Hain Kaun, starring Salman Khan, in the year 1994, was a blockbuster on the screen. Hum Saath Saath Hai, the family story, was a huge hit too. In all his movies, the leads have the name ‘Prem’.

Subhash Ghai is an Indian filmmaker, screenwriter and producer in the Bollywood film industry. He was born on 24th January 1945 to a family of Punjabis in Nagpur, in the Indian state of Maharashtra. He completed his Higher Secondary education in Delhi and also graduated with a commerce degree from Rohtak, in the state of Haryana. In the year 1963, he joined the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) by moving to Pune, Maharashtra. He got married in 1970 to Mukta Ghai. He stays with his wife and two daughters Muskaan Ghai and Meghna Ghai Puri in Mumbai.

Komal Nahta is an Indian Film trade analyst. He was born on 30 April 1964. His hometown is Jodhpur City, Rajasthan, India. Nahta is the publisher of Film Information. He is also a television show host. Nahta is the anchor of the trade show ETC Bollywood Business aired on the Bollywood TV Channels ETC and Zee Cinema. Nahta was also elected to be on the advisory board of Cinema Capital & other top companies. He is the son of film producer Ramraj Nahta. Komal is the cousin of Taran Adarsh. Nahta completed his schooling at St. Anne’s High School, Jodhpur, Rajasthan. Later, he went to Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. He is married to Sangeeta.

Intro: Jackie Shroff is a well known Bollywood actor who also has presence on Indian television sector.

Jackie Shroff is a popular actor who has worked for more than 175 movies in various languages including Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Bengali, Marathi, Kannada, Oriya, and Punjabi. He was launched by Dev Anand in his movie Swami Dada in 1978. Subhash Ghai chose him for the movie Hero which became a huge hit and paved the way of success for Jackie Shroff in Bollywood. Some of his movies which became huge commercial success include Karma, Ram Lakhan, Izzat, Tridev, Rangeela, Saudagar, Angaar, Khalnayak, and Aina. He got his first Filmfare award for best actor for the movie Parinda which was released in 1989.

While Jackie Shroff is known for his work and success with Bollywood and regional movies industry, he still holds a good space in Indian television industry. It should be noted that Jackie Shroff and his wife Ayesha Shroff had 10% share of Sony TV since it was started and only in the year 2012, they decided to sell their shares. In the year 2010, Jackie Shroff appeared as a judge for a magic competition television show India’s Magic Star which was telecasted on Star One. Jackie Shroff appeared on television screens for this show as a judge from 3 July 2010 to 5 September 2010. Apart from that, Jackie Shroff also appeared on Comedy Nights with Kapil Sharma along with his son Tiger Shroff in the year 2014.

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