Hindi Tv Serial Waaris -1999 Series - Cast & Crew

Sonam Malhotra is an Indian TV actress. She was quite popular among the masses in the 1990s.

Intro: Iravati Harshe is a veteran actress who started her career with television serials and reached to the heights of Bollywood movies where she worked along with the likes of Kamal Haasan and Shah Rukh Khan.

Iravati Harshe started her acting career in 1990s and her first significant role was for the popular Doordarshan National television serial Shanti where she worked along with Mandira Bedi. Shanti was telecasted in 1994. Some other noted television serials in which she played lead or supporting role include Split Wide Open, Dil Mil Gayye, Sanjivani-A Medical Boon, Kabhi Kabhi, Mrityudand, Tanha, and Achanak 37 Saal Baad. In Sanjivani-A Medical Boon, she played the role of Dr. Smriti and in Shanti she appeared as Nidhi. Another popular role that she played was of Rukhsana for the television serial Tanha. Tanha was a joint venture of India and Pakistan which was aired from the year 1997-1999 on Star Plus. She also worked in minor roles for some other television serials too such as Ankahee and Waris.

Iravati Harshe is a very talented individual and she is a trained classical dancer with expertise in Bharatanatyam. In addition, she is endowed with her ability as a multilingual as she can fluently speak French, Hindi, English, Marathi and many other languages. Because of her multilingual ability, she got the chance to dub for Madhuri Dixit for the French version of movie Dil To Pagal Hai. She appeared as Shah Rukh Khan’s wife in the movie Hey Ram which was released in the year 2000.

Bio coming soon...

Manish R. Goswami is an Indian television producer. He was born in October 1961 in Mumbai. He is the founder, chairman, chief promoter and managing director of “Siddhant Cinevision Limited” production house in Mumbai. In a career span of more than twenty years, he has produced more than thirty-five television soap operas like Chashme Baddoor in 1998, Waris in 1999, Kittie Party in 2002, Kittu Sab Jaanti Hain in 2005 and Aisa Desh Hain Mera in 2006 and many others. The shows air on more than ten Hindi entertainment channels like DD-1, Zee TV, Star Plus, NDTV Imagine and Channel 9 and many others. Manish is the son of the late movie producer Shri. R. N. Goswami and late Vimla S. Goswami. He is the first cousin of the famous director, actor and producer Manoj Kumar.

Joy Sengupta is a well-known Indian stage and television and film actor, who predominantly works in the Bollywood and Bengali film and theatre industries. He was born on December 14, 1974, in Kolkata and brought up in Delhi and Nepal. He studied at Delhi University and took up English Literature. During this time, he participates in the Delhi-based amateur theatre group, Jana Natya Manch. Subsequently, he earned his diploma in drama at the Living Theatre Academy in Delhi, under the guidance of the prominent theatre director and drama teacher, Ebrahim Alkazi. He was featured in plays like Dance Like a Man and Dinner with Friends. In 2006, Joy won the National Award for Best Actor in Theatre for his performance as Mahatma Gandhi the popular stage play, Sammy, which was directed by Lillette Dubey.

Most people don’t figure out who the person is when they hear the name Daya Shankar Pandey. However, mentioning Goli of Lagaan fame will make you understand what a great actor he is. His versatile acting skills make him a favourite actor Ashutosh Gowariker. Some of his known works in Ashutosh’s movies are Swades, Pehla Nasha, Lagaan and Baazi. He was born in the year 1965 and has acted in numerous TV serials and movies. Right from his college days in the Mithibhai college, Mumbai he is an acting star. He even acted in serials Bhagyashree and Kachchi Dhoop.

His past roles in television are Shanidev in Mahima Shanidev Ki, Surjeet Sin Veera, and Lakulish in Devo Ka Dev—Mahadev. At present, he is seen in the TV serial Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah, aired on Sab TV. He plays the character of Inspector Chalu Pandey. He even acts in a new serial named Badii Devrani, aired on & TV, where he has a negative role of Vibhor’s Tauji. The role is comedy, and he manages to impress audiences and the other actors on the platform. Coming to the movies, some of his notable performances can be seen in Gangaajal, Raajneeti, Kaal, and Apharan.

A versatile actor, Ashutosh has worked in Indian films along with Kannada, Telugu, and Marathi films. He was born on November 10th 1964 in Dadarwara and had a knack for acting. His passion for acting prompted him to go to National School of Drama and studied acting. 

Starting his career on the television screen he first graced television in 1994 in a mini-series, Tahqiqat. He got his first break on the big screen, playing a clerk in Sanshodhan in 1995. His role in Dushman made him a well-known actor as he portrayed a psychopathic killer.  This led to his first set of awards for Best Villain in a movie at Filmfare and Screen Weekly Award. He won another Filmfare award in 2000 for Best Villain for his role as Lajja Pandey in Sangharsh. 

Ashutosh has been featured in 220 movies throughout his career in 5 different languages. His latest film is Black Home in which he a darker side of India is portrayed. 

Ashutosh Rana is married to actress Renuka Shahane. The couples have two children together, Shauryaman and Satyendra. He is known to be a devoted believer of his guru who he refers to as Dadda Ji and who guided him throughout his career.

       ‘Ashutosh Rana’ was born on 10th Nov 1964 in Gadarwara, Madhya Pradesh, which is also known as the ‘city of Osho’. He is an Indian Television and Bollywood actor. There he was known as ‘Ashutosh Neekhra’. He spent his childhood in ‘Gadarwara’ where he finished his primary school. He used to play the role of Ravana in the city Ramleela. Ashutosh Rana has staunch faith in his Guru, whom he calls "Dadda Ji". It was Dadda Ji, who suggested to ‘Rana’ to take up the acting career. When Rana was about to venture in the field of acting, Dadda ji told him to go to Bombay and meet ‘Mahesh Bhatt’ and take any project which starts with the letter "S". When Rana got an offer of “Swabhimaan” from Mahesh Bhatt, he didn't wait for a second and grabbed the opportunity. He frequently appears in Mahesh Bhatt's films.

        He is married to TV show host and Bollywood actress ‘Renuka Shahane’ and has two sons ‘Shouryaman’ and ‘Satyendra’. ‘Ashutosh Rana’ learnt acting from “National School of Drama at Delhi”. This was followed by Farz, Sazish, Kabhi Kabhi, Dhund, Apradhi Kaun and Waris. In 2010 he acted in a Star Plus show “Kaali- Ek Agnipariksha”, where he played an extremely powerful negative role as ‘Thakral’. He played the role of “Sarkar” in the reality show, ‘Sarkar Ki Duniya’. He anchored the TV show, ‘Baazi Kiski’ in the year 2001. He made his debut in Hindi films in the year 1996 in ‘Sanshodhan’. His acting was highly applauded in the film ‘Dushman’ in which he played the role of a cold blooded murderer and psychopath killer and he won award for the ‘Best Actor in Negative role’ in the ‘Filmfare’. He is mostly given roles of antagonists in movies, particularly that of a killer. He has played the role of Alia Bhatt's father in Karan Johar's “Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania”.

Shishir Sharma is one of the popular senior actors of Bollywood and television industry. He has showed up on the television industry in numerous Television serials. Shishir Sharma is a well known businessman as well.

He came into the spotlight through the popular serial 'Swaabhimaan'. It was directed by the well known director Ekta Kapoor. Thereafter, he turned up for various serials like ‘Kumkum’, Yahan Mai Ghar Ghar Kheli and one of the popular show among kids ‘Shaka Laka Boom Boom’. He turned up for the part of Jagmohan Prasad in the serial Yahaan Main Ghar Ghar Kheli. The gifted performer did heaps of theater too before coming into the television industry. He is still connected with a group known as Arpana. Other than TV serials, the actor did appear within a few cameo roles in numerous Bollywood movies. Some of his movies were Om Jai Jagdish, Dhund, Dashavatar, etc. He received appreciation for her roles in the movies Premsutra and Sarkar Raj. Recently, he was seen playing a crucial role in the movie 'Jayantabhai Ki Luv Story'. The movie featured some of the popular actors of Bollywood industry like Neha Sharma and Vivek Oberoi. He assumed the role of the principal in the show ‘Shaka Laka Boom Boom’. 

Nowadays, he can be seen playing the role of Mehfooz in the serial Nargis aired on Doordarshan.

Makarand Deshpande is an Indian actor and director who makes films predominantly in Hindi and Marathi. He is popular for playing pivotal supportive roles in many movies like Jungle, Sarfarosh, etc. He has directed more than five films and written 35 full-length plays and owns a theatre company in the name of ‘Ansh’.