Hindi Tv Serial Shubh Kadam - Cast & Crew

     ‘Akriti Kakkar’ was born on August 7, 1986. She is a popular Indian singer who had sung many peppy numbers. The most prominent numbers are 'Saturday Saturday' song in the movie 'Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania' and 'Iski Uski', in the movie '2 States'. In Zee Bangla, she had been a judge for the show, 'Sa Re Ga Ma Pa: Li’l Champs'. She released her solo music album via Sony Music India in April 2010. As of now, she had sung 33 songs in Bollywood. 

Rupal Patel is most popularly known for her role in the serial ‘Saath Nibhaana Saathiya’. This show is an Indian series that was aired in May, 2010 on Star Plus. The show is primarily about the life story of two sisters. The series is a journey of these two sisters getting married in the same family, Modi family, and the relationship that they share post marriage. Rupal Patel is one of the family members of the Modi family, called Kokila Parag Modi.

Rupal is a Gujarat theatre based actor. She has done her training at the National School of Drama. She has her own theatre group that is engaged in making children’s plays. This theatre group is known as Panorama Art Theatres. She got married to another actor called Radha Krishna Dutt.

She has tried her hand at films too. She has featured as an Art director in the movie, Sambar Salsa. The movie is about a South Indian family who do not approve of the Spanish girl chosen by the don of the family, Surya. This movie released in September, 2007 and was directed by Aditya Raj Kapoor. She has also seen in movie like Mammo. This movie released in 1994. The movie is based on the relationship between a child and the sister of his grandmother, featuring their differences and approach towards life, in a financially unequipped environment.

Priyamvada Sawant is well known for playing lead character in 'Meri Doli Tere Angana'. The serial depicted the journey and struggle of a traditional Indian girl wearing the many hats of a Mother, Wife and a Daughter. She essayed the role of Simran, a woman who has a strong self-belief and confidence. The power packed performance earned her a household name and gave her fame and recognition in the Indian TV industry.

Coming from a family of lawyers and doctors, Prabha Sinha herself too, excelled in academics. She holds a first class first Honors degree in Sociology. She entered the world of TV and movies after she had two daughters who are now both employed in the U.S. Born on 16th April 1960, Prabha is fondly called Puttu by family members. She enjoys doing social work.

She played the role of a wife to a man already married, in Aashiqui against Arun Govil and in Swabhimaan written by Shobha De and directed by Mahesh Bhatt in 1995. She is also part of the serial Sanskruti.

Prabha played a vital role in Choti Bahu- Sindoor Bin Suhagan which is the story of young girl who is ill- treated all her life because she is adopted. Prabha featured in Kumkum – Ek Pyara Sa Bandhan which dealt with the theme of a healthy relation between husband and wife and the ups and downs of familial bonds.

She portrayed the character Sheela in Swabhimaan opposite Deepak Parashar, aired on DD. She was also part of the first daily soap aired on DD – Itihaas. Thereafter she was on DD for Parampara and Aurat which was a B.R.Chopra production. Neena Gupta cast Prabha in her directorial venture Palchin. She also acted in Zameer aired on Zee TV and Parampara on the same channel.

Her first venture in comedy was 9Gold’s Chonch Ladi Ke Chonch. She was honored by getting the opportunity to be cast against yester year superstar Rajesh Khanna in Ittefaq on Zee TV. She played the character of mother –in- law in Kundali on Star Plus opposite Sai Bilal. Kahani Nahin Jeevan Hai also showcased her talent.

Television aside, Prabha has featured in several movies too. Her first movie role was in Mother 98 opposite Jeetendra directed by Saawan Kumar. Thereafter, she did a role in Subhash Ghai Production Good Boy Bad Boy where she played Emraan Hashmi’s mother. Prabha also bagged a coveted NFDC film – Amrita.

Mahhi Vij is basically an Indian model who turned out to be an actress in India. She got her remarkable fame from the serial –‘Lagi Tuzse Lagan’ where she appeared as Nakusha . She was born on April 1st, 1982 and is presently continuing her work as an Indian actress in TV serials. She stays in Mumbai, but is a Hardcore Punjabi. She won one of the dance series Nach Baliye 5 along with her spouse-Jay Bhanusali against 10 other couples; it was basically a reality show. This show marked her as a great dancer and she succeeded in gaining applauds from judges every single time she performed. She has appeared in lots of Indian TV serials and also won Star Parivar Award for’ favorite pratiyogi’.

Nazneen is a television actress who has been a part of the industry for a couple of years and done a couple of serials. She was seen in the serial Kyun Hota Hai Pyaar. This show was a weekly show that featured on Star Plus every Thursday evening. The show was a love story between a small town girl, and a rich spoilt brat from the city, who fall in love at college. In this serial Naveen plays a friend to the protagonists. She is also a college student. She plays a tomboy in the show.

Nazneen has also been seen in the serial Mukti Bandhan, which is the story of an ordinary man, who starts doing extremely well in the business world, with the support and help from his wife. She has also featured in the 2008 movie, Good Luck that tells the tale of one’s destiny, and how it can change overnight. Also seen in the supporting roles for the show, Haunted Nights, on Sahara One, by Vikram Bhatt!

Her current television ranking is 1664, and that in the last week was 1773. She reached the peak of her fame in May, 2010, when her rank was only 42, that speaks for being very popular. She has also been known for playing a role of a journalist in Main Aisi Kyun Hoon, by Paresh Rawal where her character is called Sanjana Pushpa Patil. Here she writes a column called Pyaar Love, but her own life has no love affairs. Love is completely nonexistent in her own life. She done a bit of modelling too, and has successfully settled in the city of Mumbai, in the television industry.

Here is a girl who met with a major accident while she was travelling near Trichy in Tamil Nadu, lost one of her legs but never gave that as an excuse to stop her dancing rather attached a prosthetic Jaipur leg and came back with a josh and acted as dancer in a film called Mayuri. Isn’t that a wonderful story which boosts one’s confidence level. That’s Sudha Chandran, a sysnonym for WILL POWER.

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Rishi Tyagi is a well-known Indian director and producer. He is known for his predominant contributions to the Hindi film and television industry. Rishi loves exploring different and new places. Tyagi feels a certain attraction to the fiction genre. Rishi began his career as an assistant director of the Bollywood director Mahesh Bhatt. With him, he directed more than a dozen movies. After that, he assisted some other directors too. Tyagi made his debut in the television industry in the year 2000 with DD National’s serial Shaurat. He is the director behind the non-fictional show The Bachelorette, which featured Malaika Arora Khan. Some of his other projects are Kachhe Dhage, Chaahat, and many more. Tyagi has also dedicated some years of his life working with Ekta Kapoor’s Balaji Telefilms. Rishi aims to create a project or show that would be a travel-based one. He believes in unveiling the culture and beauty of the country.

The eminent celebrity of Bollywood, Anshuman Sinha, has mostly written the scripts of the Hindi TV series. He pursued his schooling from Kendra Vidyalaya and his graduation in metallurgy from Punjab Engineering College. His hobbies include traveling, photography, etc. He initiated his career as an In House Writer for Viacom, where he wrote various films such as Love Ki Paathshala, Piddhu, Saturday Dhamal, etc. He is the proprietor for The Story Teller, project head for Star India Pvt Ltd, Senior Vice President and Senior Creative Director for Sony Pictures Networks India.

Punit Singh is an assistant director who has worked mainly for Hindi television series. However, the versatile assistant director has contributed to the television industry in other ways too. One of Singh’s initial projects as an assistant director is the 2016 drama web series ‘TVF Tripling,’ that was helmed by ‘Rajesh Krishnan’ and ‘Sameer Saxena.’ The series, starring ‘Sumeet Vyas,’ ‘Maanvi Gagroo,’ and ‘Amol Parashar,’ was a hit and bagged the title Best Scriptwriting for Web Programme/Series at the Asian Television Awards 2017. Singh served as an assistant director for the episodes titled Toh Chalein…?, Ab Kidhar…?, and Right Left Ya Seedha…? for the series.

Himmanshoo A Malhotra is an Indian actor known for his various roles in Indian television serials. Born on April 2, 1982 in Mumbai he first broke in small screen with a television reality show Zee Cinestars Ki Khoj. Himmanshoo is the elder brother of another known actor Mohit Malhotra and has completed his MBA. He had mentioned in an interview that if he had not succeeded in his acting career, he would have opted to play cricket or join his father's business.

Sushil Sharma is a cinematographer and production designer who works in the Hindi TV industry. Sushil began his career as a photographer, he started out as a wildlife photographer and many of his photos have been published in various nature magazines. His journey in the TV industry started in 2010 when he was hired as the cinematographer for the third season of Shh Phir Koi Hai.

Vasant Nath is an independent writer and director based in Mumbai. He did his schooling from The Doon School, Dehradun, Uttrakhand. He completed his graduation in B.A. English Honors, English Literature from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University. After that, he moved to the University of Cambridge to pursue his masters in Social and Political Science. He worked with Deepa Mehta as her assistant in the production and preproduction for her feature film ‘Water,’ which nominated for Oscar. He was the creative assistant at Bharatbala Productions, Mumbai. He was one of the three writers of India’s first Netflix Original series ‘Sacred Games.’ He has directed and written two short movies, namely ‘Sukrit’s Sundays,’ and ‘Shanu Taxi.’ These movies were presented in more than 20 International festivals. His first feature film ‘Sebastian Wants to Remember’ was one of the finalist movies for the 2010 Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles’ Film Fund.   

Sunil Mehta is a renowned film and TV producer who owned Cinevistaas Limited, a film and television production company which he established along with a partner Prem Krishen Maholtra in 1993. The duo rolled out many television serials on Doordarshan. Remember the actor Prem Krishen, who made his career through Rajshri's movie 'Dulhan Wahi Jo Piya Man Bhaye' along with Rameshwari in 1997? After his sluggish career in film industry, the actor formed a team of professional managers who handled the core management and strategy team of Cinevista.

Suresh Marathe is a Tamil contestant who first appeared on Shubh Kadam television series aired on Sahara One and later he received many offers in the Bollywood industry. He started getting movies after his fantastic entry in both Bollywood and Kollywood Industry. The Indian audience liked the characters he played in the TV shows.

Prateek Shukla is an Indian actor who is best known for his roles in the serials such as ‘Hamari Saas Leela’ (2011) & ‘ Pyar ka Dard Hai Meetha Meetha Pyaara Pyaara’ (2012). He is a model turned actor who has done a lot of ramp modeling prior to her works related to acting. In ‘Hamari Saas Leela’, he plays the role of ‘Devang Parekh’, the third eldest son of the family portrayed.

Dev Keswani is a Hindi tele-serial actor who is noted for his great performances in a number of serials. He was first noticed in the serial 'Annu ki ho gayi Wah Bbhai Wah' as Ashu against Srijita De. The serial was produced by Tony Singh and Deeya Singh for DJ's Creative Unit. It was a serial with a different flavour and was having the right mix of humour and drama. The serial was aired on Star One in 2007-08 and while the serial going full steam, Dev was dropped from the serial all of a sudden and his absence from the screen was immediately noticed by the audiences. Dev was replaced by Amit Verma in the serial.

Almost at the same time, Dev bagged another serial 'Grahasti', where his performance as Raunaq was much appreciated by the viewers as well critics. The serial was aired on Star Plus in 2008 and was a successful family drama. He got inducted into Balaji family with the serial 'Kis Desh Mein Hai Mera Dil'. In this serial Dev portrayed the role of Dheer who has been planted into Juneja family by his businessman brother Rishabh. T was  a negative role and Dev performed this role with equal dexterousness which brought him much accolades. Dev also played the role of Gaurav in 'Bandhan Saat Janmon Ka' against Akansha Milani on Colors Channel popular serial. 

Dev also acted in Chhal-Sheh Aur Maat on Colors, Shubh Kadam on Colors, Creative eye's Babosa Mere Bhagwan on Sony TV, Kahaniyan Bikram Aur Betal Ki on Colors and Silsila Yeh Pyar Ka etc.

Asmit Kaushik is an Indian television actor who is best known for his role in Sahara One’s thriller, Kaisi Laagi Lagan, which later changed its name to Shubh Kadam. He has studied law, but his passion has always been acting. Asmit is also a good singer and is addicted to sports such as cricket and football.
He is the lead character in Kaisi Laagi Lagan and he plays a sophisticated, but adventurous, gentleman called Raghav. His character is suddenly thrust into a world where supernatural forces are very powerful and are messing with his life. He later generated a bit of controversy when he did the towel dance from Saawariya (originally by Shahid Kapoor) in the serial.
The actor has not been very active on television after he was replaced by newcomer Pratik Shukla on Shubh Kadam. Asmit was replaced because he looked a too young compared to his partner Mahii Vij and did not look like a married person. His acting skills were also being called under question.
Kaisi Laagi Lagaan was his big break, and losing it must have been a big blow to him. The serial also used its then ongoing theme of the significance of the number eleven when Asmit was replaced on the eleventh of February in 2009.

Abhay Shukla is an Indian personality. He is mainly recognised for his work in ' CID' series. He was born on 22nd September 1984 in the house of the Police Inspector of Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. His father's name is Vijay Shukla, who is known for his strictness as a Police Inspector. He wanted his son to do something for his country as a civil officer, but Abhay Shukla aspired to become an actor. His father forced him to go for coaching, as an aspirant for Civil Service Exam but Abhay was against it.