Hindi Tv Serial Madhubala - Ek Ishq Ek Junoon Season 1 - Cast & Crew

Shital Thakkar is a well known personality of the television industry. Being a theatre artist, she knows every bit of brilliant acting. Besides appearing in numerous serials in the Indian television industry, she has also turned up for various Gujarati plays as well. She has likewise attempted her fortune at modeling too.

Utkarsha Naik is an Indian television & film personality, who is best known for her much talked about roles in the serials such as ‘Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi’ (2000), ‘Ssshhhh...Koi Hai’’ (2006) & ‘Apna Asmaan’ (2007). She has worked in some most famous serials of the Hindi television industry.

Swati Anand can adjust herself to any character she is given to play. In some TV arrangement she assumed a negative role, in some she was among the loving and caring ones, while in some she assumed part of a comic. According to her, she never wanted to label herself in the industry with only few specific roles. She always likes to challenge her acting ability and in an interview she said, “I don’t call that person an actor, if he/she can't play different types of characters.”

Spandan Chaturvedi is an Indian child actress famous for her work in Indian Television Industry. She was born on July 25, 2008, in Ulhasnagar, Maharashtra to parents Sunil Chaturvedi and Ashwini Mohite. She started acting at a very tender age of 5 years and made her debut in the TV serial Sanskaar Dharohar Apnon Ki that was being aired on Colors TV, where she portrayed the role of Aarvi. She played the role of young Madhubala in Madhubala Ek Ishq Ek Junoon which was also aired on Colors TV. Chaturvedi is the cousin of famous child actress Sparsh Khanchandani who has potrayed the lead role of Ichcha in the the TV serial Uttaran aired on Colors TV. Recently she gained a lot of fame through the TV serial Udaan Sapnon Ki, which is being aired on Colors TV. In this TV series she has the lead role and portrays the character of Chakor a seven year old girl who wants to fulfill her dream of studying but she is sold off by her poverty stricken family to a village Zamindar. The TV series highlights the problem of bonded laborers in India and its concept has been given by famous director Mahesh Bhatt. In the year 2015, Chaturvedi won the Television Style Award in the category of Most Stylish Nanhe Natkhat Award.

Shraddha Jaiswal is an extremely talented actor of the Hindi Television Industry. She was a regular girl from Kolkata, who visited the city of dreams, Mumbai, to pursue her dreams. Shraddha did her schooling from Kendriya Vidyalaya, Salt Lake, and graduated from Calcutta University. In Mumbai, she was spotted by director Rajeev Ojha who gave launched her debut via popular daily soap, ‘Gustakh Dil’. Shraddha played the role of Aayesha here. ‘Gustakh Dil’ is a romantic drama depicting about two lovers who meet, drift away and eventually meet once again. Shraddha’s role of Aayesha in this serial, has been praised by many.

Sheela Sharma is an Indian television and film actress who is best known for her roles in the movies such as ‘Nadiya Ke Paar’ (1982) ‘Hum Saath Saath Hain’ (1999), ‘Ajnabee’ (2001) & ‘Chori Chori Chupke Chupke’ (2001). She is an experienced actress, who has a vast experience in the world of entertainment. She has been equally active in the Hindi and Gujarati media of entertainment. In her 3 decade long association with the world of acting, she has worked with some reputed production houses such as Rajshri Productions & Taurani brothers.

Shama Deshpande’s father was a Marathi actor and has been cast in many Marathi movies. It was because of him she became part of the Indian television industry. In an interview, she said, “This industry is a part of me; I was born in this industry.” She also got married to an actor, whom she met on the sets of Kutumb (October 29, 2001, February 7, 2003), aired on Sony Entertainment television, they were cast as a couple. They never thought the fictional couple would turn into a real couple, used to talk for hours on the set, where their love story began. Sai Bilal said in an interview, “What a normal person want from a wife, is love for him more than anyone and care for everyone in the family and he ven stated that Shama has these all qualities.

Shalini Arora is an Indian television actress, who has been of part of this industry from many years. She has been cast in many hits Television series, such as Tere Liye (June 14, 2010 - April 2, 2011), aired on Star Plus. The story revolves around two young lovers, Taani Banerjee, and Anurag Ganguly, who belong to a Bengali family and their houses are right next to each other. The show by popularity among its viewers is ranked as 8th best TV show of all time (Star Plus).

Known for her character as Deepali Sikandar Bhatia in a famous tv show named, Madhubala -Ek Ishq Ek Junoon, Seema Mishra was born and raised in Mumbai. Even as a child she was interested in acting, theater, and stage performance. She is a cinephile and used to bunk school, to watch movies in theaters with her friends. When she was in college, she realized that it was the time to pursue her dream and thus joined an acting school. It was exactly that moment when her life changed with a debut in Bollywood when she was cast in a movie named Kabhi Socha Bhi Na Tha (Released in 2007).

Rakhi Shukla is a Hindi TV serial actress. She is famous for three TV shows namely ‘Madhubala- Ek Ishq Ek Junoon’, ‘Sapne Suhane Ladakpan Ke’ and ‘Kaattrukenna Veli’. Madhubala- Ek Ishq Ek Junoon was a very popular show telecasted on Colors channel. This daily soap opera was of the drama romance genre and its story was written by ‘Sonali Jaffar’, ‘Shivani Shah’ and few others.

Pooja Sahu is not only a very famous model, but she is also appearing in various dramas in television. Nowadays, she is appearing in TV serials and shows in many different channels. Presently, she is appearing in the drama named Thapki Pyaar Ki which is being aired on Colors TV. She is not playing the lead role in this drama, but she is playing the role of Bhabhi in this drama and is also participating in the main twists and turns of the drama story.

Manini De Mishra is an Indian TV and film actress known for her comic roles and superfine acting. Her first appearance in Indian TV was in the mid-1990s in the serial Amma and Family, which was not a great success. Then in 2003 came the super hit serial 'Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin' on Sony TV, which turned the tables in favor of Manini. She played the role of Pari Kapadia, the best friend of Mallika, the villain. He viewers highly appreciated the role, and she became an instant hit. She also revived Indian Telly Award for the best actress in a comic role in 2004 for this serial.

Navneet Nishan was born on October 25, 1965. her father was an Army officer. Most of her childhood was spent in Patiala and Chandigarh. She joined National School of Drama after completion of her education in Delhi and soon established herself as a devout theatre artist. Like all other artists her relocation to Mumbai was just a matter of time and in Mumbai also she soon established herself as an artist with great acting mettle. 

Rakhee Tandon first came into limelight with Zee’s ‘Banegi Apni Baat’ a serial by Deeya and Toni Singh. The role has a glamorous touch to it, and it was very much liked by the younger generation of that time. But the killer punches provided to his career by the comedy serial “Hum Paanch” where she played the role of “Sweety Mathur”, Sister No 3 in the Family and a girl with all beauty and no brain.

Kishwar Merchant is a model turned actress from India. She was born on February 18, 1981 in Mumbai, India. She got her fame in the most popular Hindi series, Hip Hip Hurray where she played as Nonie on Zee TV channel in 1998. She also essayed the role of Vanshita Nanda in the romantic-drama series, Kkavyanjali in 2005. Her performance in the medical drama series, Dhadkan positively made her a face to consider. 

Deepshika Nagpal was born on 2 September 1977 in Punjab, and currently resides in Mumbai. She comes from a family of artists, namely, her mother was also an actress and had a political career as well, and her father was a writer. Her uncle was a cinematographer and he helped her build her successful career in acting. Deepshika started her professional acting career in 1995 and for almost 20 years she has been actively performing in Punjab series and films. Some of the most popular television series she performs in are A.D.A. in 2005, Baa Bahoo Aur Baby, C.I.D. in 2006, and at the present she acts in Madhubala Ek Ishq Ek Junoon. Deepshika performed in more than 20 movies, some of them are: Betaaj Badshah, Koyla, Kahani Kismat Ki, Dillagi, Pyaar Mein Twist , Red Swastik, Mate Ani Dela Lakhye Faguna, and a lot more. In 2011 she had her directorial debut in the film Yeh Dooriyan in which she also played the role of Simi. Regarding her private life, she was married to Jeet Upendra for ten years and they have two sons. The couple got divorced in 2007, and now the actress is married to Keshav Arora with whom she acts in her directorial debut Yeh Dooriyan.

Vaishnavi Dhanraj received a great applause for the role of Jhanvi in the most popular TV show Na Aana Is Desh Laado, which was aired on Colors channel. This beautiful and tall actress was born on 25th August 1988 in Nagpur. She studied in Blind Relief Association's Mundle High School and graduated from Shivaji Science College. She has also been a celebrity blog writer for “The Times of India”. 

Sushmita Mukherjee is a prominent film and television actress. She was born in Kolkata, India. She made her schooling at Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi. Sushmita was married to Sudhir Mishra, a film director and screenwriter. But they got divorced and she re-marries Raja Bundela, an actor, producer and a politician who belongs to the Bundela Rajput Royal Family. The couple has two kids. 

Shagufta Ali is one of the most talented actresses in the television industry; she has been a part of the Indian television industry for a long time. Her career started when she performed an item song in a Bollywood movie, named Indrajeet, released in 1991. After this, she got different roles in many Bollywood movies, such as Garish, Ajoob, and Mehandi.

Seema Kapoor is a renowned veteran television and Bollywood actress, producer, writer, and director. She is the younger sibling of well-known actor Annu Kapoor and writer, director Ranjit Kapoor. She is also the ex-wife of Veteran Bollywood actor Om Puri. Seema appeared in a minor role in Pyaasi Nadi (1973) which was her debut movie, and she went on to do many more minor roles in movies Warrant (1975), Dharmatma (1975), Koi Jeeta Koi Haara (1976), TuMeri Main Tera (1980) and Chehra (1995) to name a few.

Gulfam Khan is an Indian actress. She was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 6th June 1972. She is having four siblings. She is from a Pathan family who came to Mumbai from Punjab. Her family came to Punjab from Pakistan in 1920. She completed her schooling from Silver Beach High School, Juhu and her degree of graduation from Tolani College of Commerce in Mumbai. She married to Sajjad Ali, who is London based on 1st May 2013.

Amrin Chakkiwala is a model, small screen actress and had also performed in a couple of TV Ads as well. She is known for her glamor and she resides in Mumbai. Amrin Chakkiwala, is a post-graduate in Mathematics. Her hobbies are traveling to various places, playing adventure sports, chess and swimming. The talented model cum actress has worked in a lot of TV series including Banoo Main Teri Dulhan, which got premiered in Zee TV, Bairi Piya in Colors TV, Bade Acche Lagte Hai in Sony TV, “Uttaran” in Colors TV and Mitegi Laxman Rekha in &TV. A lot more shows are also on her list.

Ahsaas Channa is an Indian Actress, Model, Anchor and Dancer. She was born on 3rd February 1999 in the city of Jalandhar, India. Her family followed Sikhism. She has been a very talented and smart girl since her childhood. She is also very spiritual. Her parents separated when she was very young. Her father, Iqbal Channa is a Punjabi film producer and her mother Kulbir Kaur is also an actress, who is mostly seen in supporting roles in TV shows.

Aarti Puri was born on 8th January in Punjab, India. She is an Indian Television and Movie Actress and a Model, who started her career in 2010 with regional cinemas and then moved on to the small screen. Aarti has been amusing her fans by the variety of roles she has played. As far as the regional film is concerned, Aarti played a role in "Khich Ghuggi Khich", a Punjabi comedy, and in "Nalaik" and delivered her best.

Zarina Wahab is a veteran and well-experienced Indian actress. She was born into a Muslim household in Vizakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. Zarina is a fluent in Urdu, Hindi, English and her mother tongue, Telugu. She left her home when she was just studying. Zarina saw an ad about the acting course that the Film and Television Institute of India was offering. She applied and she is now a trained actress at the FTII in Pune. She was married to Hindi actor, Aditya Pancholi from which she met while shooting the Kalank Ka Tika. They got married in year 1986 with two daughters namely, Sana and Sooraj. There are rumors about their unstable married life and Aditya’s temper and issues of unfaithfulness are also in the gossip pages. Her daughter Sana is also an actress.

Fenil Umrigar is a famous television actress and model, born on January 14, 1992 at Surat, the city of Gujarat. She became famous for doing the lead role as Sanjana Roy in the teen drama serial, ‘Best Friends Forever?’ on Channel V India, along with Charlie Chauhan and Shritama Mukherjee. 

Born as Natasha on the 14th of April, 1981, Anita Hassanandani hails from Mumbai. She is known particularly for her modeling, film and television roles. Her debut in Indian Cinema was with the film, “Kucch To Hai” which was a horror movie and also casted Tusshar Kapoor and Esha Deol. She has also acted in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada movies, such as ‘Nenu Pelliki Ready’, 'Thotti gang', and 'Nuyvu Nenu' which were big hits.

Drashti Dhami is a Bollywood model and television actress who acts in many television serials. She was born on January 10, 1985, and brought up in an orthodox Gujarati household in Bombay. She is widely known for her energy on the screen and the liveliness she brings to the shows she plays. She finished her studies at Mary Immaculate Girl’s High School in Mumbai and went on to complete an Arts Degree Major in Sociology at Mithibai College.

In the world of Marathi films, Vinay Apte is a well-known figure, who ruled for over 40 years in this line along with Bollywood movies and TV shows.He was born on 17th June 1951 in Mumbai, Maharashtra. He has acted mostly in Marathi films, but a talented artist like him had equally dominated Hindi movies. He began his acting career in the Marathi theatre in the year 1974. His first play was ‘MitarchiGoshta’(Friend’s Story). From the first appearance in the theatre, his acting was noticed by the audience. The play ‘MitrachiGoshta’was written by Vijay Tendulkar. His first Hindi movie was ‘Aakrosh’, followed by some other famous films like, ‘EkChalis Ki Last Local’,’ It’s Breaking News’, ’, and ‘Rajneeti’.

Jimit Trivedi is an Indian Actor. He works predominantly in the Hindi Cinema and the Gujarati Film Industry. He has made a huge place for himself in Gujarati Cinema, fondly known as Dhollywood. However, he hasn’t had the same impact on the Hindi Film Industry yet. He is majorly known for his impeccable stage presence and flawless comical timing. He won many hearts when he made audiences laugh their guts out with his role in the flick Gujjubhai The Great. Jimit has openly expressed is love and passion towards this genre of flicks. He has also stated that it is not easy to excel in this stream of comedy and hence he always gives his 100% to his roles. He has added that doing comedies is refreshing and makes him enjoy his work.

Arbaaz Ali Khan is a renowned Indian actor and the son of the late prolific Hindi film actor, Ajit Khan. He is also the brother of Bollywood actor, Shehzad Khan. Arbaaz was debuted and starred in the Hindi romance film, Solah Satra, alongside Ekta Sohini in the lead roles in the year 1990. In the same year, he was seen in the Hindi film, Police Public.

Rajendranath Zutshi, popularly known as Raj Zutshi, is the father of film actor Imran Khan of Delhi Belly. The actor was married to the daughter of producer, director, and writer, Nasir Hussain. The couple divorced in the year 2006. Raj was born on 4th February, 1961. To add to his family credentials, he is the grandson of Dina Nath Zutshi, a popular radio and TV artiste.

Sikandar Kharbanda is well known for his acting on television as well as in films. He has worked in both Hindi & Bhojpuri films. He was born on 30th January, 1979 in Delhi. He got his bachelor’s degree in Arts from Venkateshwara College, Delhi. He is married to Geetanjali Tikekar, who was his co-star in the serial Kasauti Zindagi ki. He has a son named Shaurya Kharbanda (1st Dec, 2008). Shakti Kapoor is his uncle.

Siddharth Vasudev is the well known personality in Indian Television. His native place is Kashmir so he always admires the army people. His age is around 30 and his height is 5’9”. He got married to the actress Reshmi Ghosh on 1st Feb, 2013. His marriage was held in Kolkata. They both met on the set of Shobha Somnath Ki and fell in love with each other. Their marriage was in a perfect Bengali tradition.

Saurabh Tewari is the founder and director of the production house Nautanki Films Pvt. Ltd. He is also a successful writer and producer. He is the person who initiated the trend of Mahaepisodes in the television industry. He did his Bachelor of Arts degree from Lucknow University and soon began his career with directing commercials for different brands. He then worked as a writer for numerous production houses. He worked with famous production houses like Zee Telefilms where he was the assistant Vice-president. In 2007, when Colors was launched, he was a member of the start-up team. Later he launched his own production house by the name of Nautanki Films Pvt Ltd. He also joined Imagine Tv as Head of fiction programme.

Ravi Khanvilkar is an Indian actor who is best known for his appearances in various Hindi - Marathi movies & television series. He is best remembered for his roles in the movies such as ‘Like Stars on Earth’ (2007), ‘Once Upon a Time in Mumbai’ (2010) & ‘Delhi Belly’ (2011).

Actor Puneet Sachdev is a well-known face of Indian TV industry. He is basically from Gwalior and belongs from simple Indian middle-class family. He has acted in many Hindi serials, some of them are Bhabhi, Sapna Babul Ka….Bidaai, Kasautii Zindagii Kay, Madhubala- EK Ishq EK Junoon.

Prashant Chawla is a stunning model turned actor from India. He was born on November 9, 1979 and hailed from New Delhi.  He is a Chartered Accountant graduate and a scholar. Aside from that, Prashant is also a champion in skating. Prashant wanted to be an actor but his family is not into acting so when he finished college, he works in Ernst and Young as a Chartered Accountant. Later on, he started his career as a model and he was luckily selected in Grasim Industries’ Mister India 2004 where he got the Best Smile award. 

Gunjan Utreja is an anchor of Indian television who later established himself as an actor as well. This anchor/actor was born on 4th of December. He has a degree of Masters in Mass Communications and also a Masters in Theatre. He started his career as an anchor and hosted has his own talk show named “See Tarein Masti Main” which is aired on the India’s no 1 music channel Masti. Besides this, he has also hosted a talk show which was related to singers, musicians and performers named “New This Week” on music websites.

Apart from being an anchor, Gunjan Utreja is also famous for his stand-up comedy through which he has won million of hearts and spread laughter. He's also anchored the prestigious “Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon 2011” which was aired on Star Sports and Star One.

Gunjan has also made appearances in some TV commercials of Maruti and Raymond. Recently, we saw him doing a role in the famous daily soap “Madhubala- Ek Ishq Ek Junoon” in which he acted as a superstar named Abhay Kapoor. He is a very talented actor, host and comedian with great energy and confidence.

Gunjan is now single and planning to excel his career as an anchor by hosting live shows from Goa, Delhi and Singapore.

Manish Naggdev is a noted television actor known his acting stint in different television serials. Manish shot to fame with his role of Chinu in Banoo Main Teri Dulhann.

Born in Delhi, Indresh Malik completed his studies at Kirori Mal College. He had always yearned to act and even attempted to focus on theatre work after college, but his father forced the family business’s management on him.

Raza Murad is a famous Indian Bollywood actor who has predominantly appeared in Hindi films and TV serials. He has played several roles in over hundred films as a fatherly figure to a sensitive friend, etc.

Born and raised in New Delhi, Shaleen Malhotra was first seen as one of the participants in MTV Roadies season 4. He was also a Video Jockey on MTV for four years before his stint with acting. In his initial days, he played the role of Jawal Ahmed in the SONY drama Adaalat, but later became prominent in the TV series 'Arjun' on Star Plus. He plays the protagonist Arjun Suryakant Rawte, ACP and in charge of an Emergency Task Force that involves detective and forensic cases, murder mysteries, human trafficking, and several others. For his part of Arjun, Shaleen attended a lot of special workshops, trained in martial arts and had to opt for a more intensive fitness routine. 

Vivian Dsena is a charming, young and talented television actor and model, who got his fame when he played the role of Abhay in the supernatural TV series, Pyaar Kii Ye Ek Kahaani, on Star One, and as Rishabh Kundra in the drama comedy series, Madhubala – Ek Ishq Ek Junoon. His portrayal as Abhay Raichand, the lead character in Pyaar Ki Yeh Ek Kahani, won him a lot of recognition and acclaim. He also caused a lot of buzz in Madhubala – Ek Ishq Ek Junoon, a show that pays homage to 100 years of Indian Cinema. Barely two months after he opted out of the show, the show took a 20 year jump ahead and he returned to play the role of Raja Khushwaha.

Rithvik Dhanjani is a popular television actor, dancer, and choreographer who became famous for his role as Arjun on Zee TV’s ‘Pavitra Rishta’. Rithvik was born in Madhya Pradesh on 5 November 1988. He was quite rowdy as a child. He spent many years in Dubai, where he dabbled in theater and assisted in his father’s business.

Jaswant Menaria is a popular television artist from Udaipur. He gained the popularity among the people of India for his role as ‘Dhritrashtra’ in the epic narrative, ‘Mahabharat’. After the success of this character in Mahabharat, he got committed to act as elder brother to Krishna in ‘Mann Kee Awaaz Pratigya’, a soap opera that is being telecasted in Star Plus. In this serial, he took up the character name as ‘Shakti Singh’. He is also starring in another famous TV show, ‘Madhubala’, which is a TV series. In this series, he is taking up the supporting role with the character name, ‘Bhanu Pratap Singh’. This is the serial which has been made in order to pay tribute to hundred golden years of ‘Indian Cinema Era’.

This Vicky donor worked as radio jockey, Video jockey, television anchor, host, actor, lyricist, singer, theatre actor anything left… huhh ya reality show contestant in Roadies too is Ayushmann the multi talented.

Avinesh Rekhi born (5 October, 1984)  who is known for his role in Madhula Ek Ishq Ek Junoon’s Sultan debuted in RuBaRu  movie in 2008, though he did not get any recognition for his work on big screen he later acted in Chhal- Sheh Aur Maat on Colors in which he played the lead role.