Hindi Tv Show 24: India Season 1 - Cast & Crew

Richa Chadda is a new and sultry Indian actress. She came into public’s view through her film Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! starring as Dolly in a supportive actress role. But before this stardom, Richa started out as a model. After modeling, she changed her course to the theater. She toured in India as well as Pakistan for her plays. She gained more insight on the theater from the Founder-Director of ‘Theatre Action Group’, Barry John.

Bhavani Iyer is a Television and Bollywood screenplay writer. She was also a journalist before she started her scriptwriting career. Bhavani is a science graduate and began her career in advertising. She is very famous for her shows like 'Meri Aawaz Hi Pehchan Hai', 'Everest,' and films such as 'Guzaarish', 'Lootera,' and 'Black.' This talented lady is also a writer. While she was into journalism, she worked as an editor for a film magazine called 'Stardust.' Her grandfather was a poet; he wrote Tamil poetries, and this inspired Bhavani to opt writing as a profession. She is currently working on her upcoming novel and its name is 'Anon.' She loves playing with words. She worked as a Copywriter in an advertising agency before an editor of the magazine.

Nikkitasha Marwaha is a model and actor. She hails from the State of Virginia. She is Indian by birth. She was the contentment of Dance India Dance season two. She appears in the Indan TV series 24 for the channel Colors in the role of assassin Mehr. She is the actor played in the movie 9 Eleven in the year 2011. She is the winner of Miss India Worldwide in the year 2009. Her film in which she appeared in 2011 is a thriller one.

Aradhana Jagota is an Indian actress who is just 26 years of age.. She made her debut in 2013 with Anil Kapoor’ s show 24: India. A bright career is waiting for her ahead though she has achieved a few milestones. She is the daughter of Sandeep Jagota, a civil engineer and Vandana Jagota, a textile designer. She has one younger brother who is pursuing architecture. She was born in a Punjabi family in New Delhi. She joined Summer Fields School in New Delhi and then completed her graduation in mass communication from Asian School of Media Studies. She moved to Mumbai in 2012. Acting was her passion from childhood. When she was in 9th grade, she participated in a play in her school. Just after her part in the play, the audience gave her a standing ovation. This was the life changing moment for her and she decided to take up acting as her career.

Shweta Pandit was born and brought in Mumbai. She is a playback singer, song lyrics, and composers by profession and has also acted in various movies. The journey of this versatile, talented Shweta started when she was four years old with composer “Ilayaraja” of a national award winning movie “Anjali”. The movie is remade in Bollywood, and she dubbed for the protagonist. She got her first breakthrough in Bollywood under Yash Raj banner with Aditya Chopra's film “Mohabbatein” in 2000.

Pooja Ruparel is an Indian movie and TV actress. She was born on 25th June 1981 in Mumbai, India in an educated and highly professional family of Sunita Ruparel, who is the own sister of Sonakshi Sinha's mother thereby stating Pooja and Sonakshi are cousins. She did her schooling at Utpal Shangvi School.

Shivani Tanksale is an Indian Actress known for her numerous roles in theatre and Advertisements. She played important roles in films like Happy Ending directed by Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. , Inkaar directed by Sudhir Mishra, Talaash directed by Reema Kagti, Shree directed by Rajesh Bachchani and The President Is Coming directed by Kunaal Roy Kapur. 

Shabana Azmi is a film actress of Indian origin and social activist. Shabana was born on 18, September 1950 in Hyderabad. Her father, Kaifi Azmi was an Indian poet while her mother Shaukat Azmi was a stage actress for the Indian People’s Theatre Asociation.

Anita Raj Khurana was born on August 13, 1962 in Mumbai, Maharashtra. She was a very famous Hindi film actress and had been more prominent in the decade of 1980. She got married to Sunil Hingorani in the year 1986. Her brother’s name is Bobby Raj and her sister name is Roopa Malhotra. She has a son namely, Jagdish Raj. Anita Raj is better regarded for her best performances in movies like Karishma Kudrat Ka, Prem Geet, Bheegi Palkein, etc. Her prominence came into effect while she acted with popular actors of that time like Rajesh Khanna, Sanjeev Kumar, Dharmendra and Vindo Khanna.

Sujata Kumar is an Indian model turned film and television actress who played as Manu, the sister of Shashi Godbole (played by Sridevi) in the comedy drama film, English Vinglish under the direction of Gauri Shinde. Sujata has done over 60 commercials and films like Salaam-E-Ishq. She also plays as the Chief Minister in the box-office romantic drama film, Raanjhanaa in 2013. In 2010, she was seen in the drama romance film, Guzaarish under the direction of Sanjay Leela Bhansali which stars Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai. In 2008, Sujata also bagged a role in ‘The Cheetah Girls: One World’. This is the final film trilogy of The Cheetah Girls in 2003 which was directed by Paul Hoen. 

Suchitra Pillai, born in the year 1970, is an Indian actress, who gave her presence in the Bollywood and Hollywood industry. She also plays many roles including her acting, such as, as a model, veejay and as an anchor. She has completed her graduation in EEE. During her college days, she did modeling, where she met Raveena Tandon and became a good friend of her. During her school days, she was very much interested in movies and film industry. But soon after completing her graduation, she got settled in London after her marriage. But the marriage ended up with a divorce in seven years. Later, she married an engineer Lars Kjeldsen, at the age of 34 years in a Kerala tradition. She has a daughter named Annika Kjeldsen. 

Shireen Mirza an Indian actor, from Jaipur is known for her lead role in Ye Hai Mohabbatein. She is a graduate in English Honors and Dramatics from Maharani College, Jaipur. She has been a part of 3 other television series namely Dharmakshetra on Epic Channel, 24 which was the Anil Kapoor starrer show on Colors and Yeh Hai Aashiqui on Bindass Channel. 

Sapna Pabbi is a British model and television actress. Born and brought up in London where she performed in a couple of plays, it was then that she took acting as a career. Her family was from Punjab and moved to the United Kingdom for better living. After shifting to Mumbai Sapna Pabbi got her major breakthrough when she got a role in Anil Kapoor’s adaptation of the famous Hollywood tv show 24 by the name of 24 itself. 

Nikunj Malik was born on 30 October 1985 in Delhi, India. She is an Indian film and TV actress who became famous due to her participation in Indian reality show named Swayamvar – Season 2 (Rahul Dulhaniya Le jayega) on Imagines TV February 2010. She ended up as one of the last three contestants on the show. Her mother Shubhlata works as a BJP leader. She got her education from DAV public school Faridabad then she completed 4 years B.Des course of Fashion and lifestyle accessories from National Institute of Technology. She also completed 2 years PG course from NIFT Delhi. Then she worked as fashion designer.

Madhurima Tuli is an Indian actress as well as a South Indian Actress. She debuted in a Telugu movie Saththaa with Sai Kiran. She also worked as a model for various advertisements which includes Fiama Di Wills, Karbonn Mobiles and Godrej. She was born on august 19th,1985 in Dehradun. She began her career in Hindi serials with the role of Tanu in ‘Kasturi’. She took acting seriously and went to learn acting at Kishore Namit Kapoor Acting School.

She was raised in a beautiful family where her dad worked in Tata Steel and mother worked in the NGO. She has a younger brother. Her actual career began in 2008 when she gained a lot of offers. She played the role of Satya in Homam which was an Indian thriller. Thereafter, she worked in a movie named Toss as Sherry. She got two serials after this movie on Zee TV Channel – Shree and Jhansi Ki Rani. One of her remarkable role was of Khushi in Rang badalti Odhni.

Currently, she is working as a lead Rukmini in serial Kaalo and it won the best cinematography award and best feature film award in South African Halloween Horror Festival held in Cape Town. She is fearless as she took part in colors channel Khatron K Khiladi along with Dino Morea. She debuted in Bollywood with the movie ‘Kya Karein Ya Naa Karen’ as nisha. Later she worked in Cigarette Ki Tarah and an English short film – ‘Lethal’. Her other works include 3D film Warning, NImbe HUli. Also, she worked in the movie ‘Mariacha’ of which Kannada and Tamil remake were made.

Mandira Bedi is a well know Indian television presenter, actress, model and fashion designer. Mandira shot to fame with her title role in the television series Shanti, widely considered as Indian television's first ever daily soap.

Mandira Bedi was born in Kolkata to Verinder Singh Bedi and Gita Bedi. She completed her school from Cathedral and John Connon School and completed her graduation in Economics from St. Xavier's College. She is also holds a post-graduate degree in Media.

After Shanti, Mandira Bedia appeared in supporting role in the 1995 Bollywood blockbuster Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge. She played in yet another popular television series Kyunki Saas Bhi Khabhi Bahu Thi. She has also starred in Tamil thriller movie Manmadhan.

She was the contestant and the winner of the first installment of Fear Factor India. She is the only female winner of the show till date. Her movie appearances include Meerabai Not Out and 42 Kms.

Her popularity soared as she gained fame as cricket show anchor. She was named the brand ambassador of the women's cricket team in India. She was also declared the brand ambassador for Satya Paul's cricket signature line of sarees. She also was the brand ambassador for Sony Max from 2004 to 2007.

Sakshi Tanwar is a leading Indian television and film actress, best known for her roles as Parvati in Star Plus’s 'Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii' and Priya in Sony Entertainment’s 'Bade Achhe Lagte Hain'.

Howard Gordon is a well-known American television Writer and Producer. He was born on March 31, 1961. He is famous for his work on Homeland, a showtime thriller, and 24 - the Fox action series. He co-developed Homeland with Alex Gansa and Gideon Raff. He worked with the production for the science-fiction thriller Awake on NBC.

Rajat Kaul is an Indian actor who played the prominent roles of Max Ferraro and Gajavathanan in the pilot season on the Indian version of 24. Kaul is an Army boy due to his father’s link with the Indian Army. Rajat has his roots in Kashmir but resides in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Rajat pursued his Masters in Business Administration from the ICFAI Business School. He received his Diploma in acting from the New Siberian Institute. He next, procured an advanced certification in the acting course from the Barry John Acting Studio, New Delhi. Kaul also has the qualification of BHM from the ICFAI.

Kishore Kadam is an Indian Film Actor and Poet. He works in the Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, and Urdu Film Industry. Kishore was born on the 9th of November in the year 1967.   Kishore started his career as an actor in the film industry with the Hindi film Antarnaad (1991) by Shyam Benegal. Kishore later appeared in the Hindi films such as Mammo (1994), Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin (1996), Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar (2000), Black Friday (2004), Special 26 (2013), Anna (2016), and many more.

Akshay Ajit Singh is an Indian actor born on 15th November 1989 in Nabarangpur, Odisha, India. He is famously known for his role of Veer Singh Rathod in the second season of 24, it is made with an Indian adaptation. In the first season Veer Singh Rathod was played by Adhish Khanna, later on Akshay Ajit Singh took over the role in the second season. He was also part of the movie The Preacher which released in the year 2010. He gave the audition for the role and got selected in a single take. After Preacher’s release, Akshay Ajit moved to Mumbai and he started performing at Prithvi Theatre and various other.

Rajeev Siddhartha is an actor. He has also worked in productions across film, television, theatre, and digital web series. His first movie was Dil Dosti Etc. in the year 2007 and after that got an opportunity for the lead in ALT Balaji's web series, Romil & Jugal in 2017. He has done his higher Studies from NMIMS, Mumbai. Later, he worked for a year at an investment bank.

Nivedita Basu is a producer for Indian television serials. She started her career in the year 2000, by working under Ekta Kapoor in Balaji Telefilms as a deputy creative director. She got the opportunity to become Creative Director for Ekta Kapoor in the year 2004 when one of her bosses messed up the episode of serial Kasuti Zindagi Ki and was fired by Ekta. Later Ekta offered Nivedita was offered her boss’s position for successfully being able to mend the errors. She went on towards becoming Ekta’s second in command, taking important decisions about production house’s shows and the characters within them. She worked for serials such as Hum Panch, Kyuki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, Kasuati Zindagi Ki, Kabhi Sautan Kabhi Saheli, Kahi Kisi Roz, etc. In the year 2007, Nivedita married lawyer Yadunath Bhargavan Karimbil.

Before making his debut in acting, Adhish Khanna was a known face in many TV commercials. He also appeared in a TV show, ‘24’, which was crafted by Anil Kapoor Production Company and was one of the most awaited shows on Indian television. In this TV show ‘24’, Adhish Khanna played the role of Veer Singh Rathod, who is the son of Jai Singh Rathod (Anil Kapoor). He appeared in the serial since the first episode and then appeared in another episode where he was taking training at the National Defence Academy, Pune. Later, he established his character in the second half of the show.

Gurpreet Saini was born in Chandigarh, and he had always dreamt of becoming an actor and TV personality always. After qualifying from DAV College, he got his dream job to host a show 'MTV Reality Stars' where every actor took a dig at the craziness of reality shows being telecast on various channels. It was a 12-episodic drama that pointed out that reality shows are not real at all, His smiling face and curly hair impressed the viewers and above all his acting ability as a comedian got noticed. Every episode had a different title such as ‘Tania Meri Dosti hai’ etc. and the series continued for 12 episodes that were the story for four crazy friends –Krish, Zameer, Tania, and Kuldeep.

Raaghav Chanana is an actor and a stage director. He has also hosted travel shows and has worked in music videos and commercials. He was born on 20 August 1983 in New Delhi. Chanana has studied Economics from LSE. Raaghav’s Shakespeare's Twelfth Night was a hit, and it was there for ten weeks in London's West End, and it made him realize that he is born to be an actor.

Niranjan Iyengar is an Indian screenwriter and lyricist. He was born in Anand, India. He mostly works with the director Karan Johar. He has written many screenplays for his films. Few of them are ‘Kal Ho Naa Ho’ in 2003, ‘My Name is Khan’ in 2010 and lyrics for Chammak Challo song from the film ‘Ra One’ - 2012. He is the author of the book ‘The Making of Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham’.

Adhir Bhatt is an Indian actor and a writer. He entered into the film industry in 2000, through an action drama film, ‘Mission Kashmir’, directed by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. Adhir had a small role in the movie. Later, in 2008, he starred in a romantic drama movie, ‘U Me Aur Hum’, directed by Ajay Devgan. Next he bagged a role in a movie called ‘Eklavya: The Royal Guard’, in 2007. In the same year, he worked in one more movies called ‘A decent Arrangement’.

Abhinay Deo is an Indian commercial director who later turned into a feature film director. He had no aspirations of become a star, all he wanted to do was present stories to the public. Deo says that his goal was never glamour, acting or even films. He considers himself to be a lucid storyteller.

A charming young boy born on 13 November 1991 in Rajasthan always believed in understanding the concepts, not just marks. Priyanshu Jora, one of the new faces of Indian television, is among those lucky actors who achieved success in a very short while. He was born in Rajasthan but due to his father’s business, he was brought up in New Delhi. After completing his school career, he got his bachelor’s degree in Mass Communication from Amity University, Noida. After his studies, the Rajasthani boy started his career from the UTV BINDASS reality show ‘Super Stud’. He proved his charming look by having a female following as a stud of the show. After ‘Super Stud’ he got the chance to work with megastar Anil Kapoor in his First television series ‘24’.

Dibyendu Bhattacharya is a famous actor of Indian film Industry. Common folk knows him well by his role in Dev D. He has worked in several films. He debuted in Indian Film Industry with the movie named as Wedding which released in the year, 2001. He is not a heroic actor playing heroic, comic or simple roles. He has a different forte and unique style of working. He has played varieties of characters including the gray shades too. He is not the one who remains in limelight always but still makes his mark by his good work. He always tries to play a role which is not only different but also innovative. He is famous for the unique characters he plays. He puts in his 100% even in supportive or negative roles. After his debut, he came up with more movies in the year 2004. He did altogether three movies in 2004 namely Maqbool, Ab Tak Chhappan, and Black Friday.

Bikramjeet Kanwarpal is an Indian film and television actor. Bikramjeet was born in Himachal Pradesh and studied at The Lawrence School, Sanawar. He joined the army soon after graduating from school and retired as a Major in 2002. In 2003, Bikramjeet made a debut in Bollywood with the movie Paap, starring John Abraham in the lead. His latest and biggest achievement on-screen was to share the screen with Anil Kapoor in the series 24. He starred in Corporate, 2 States, Jab Tak Tai Jaan, Don, Heroine, Grand Masti, Murder 2 and Hate Story 2, amongst many others.

Neil Bhoopalam, born 19th March 1983 and is of 32 years. He obtained his graduation degree in Mass Media with specialization in advertising and worked as a Radio Jockey at Radio Mirchi after completing his degree. He then received a great opportunity and became a VJ on Channel [V]. During his venture as a VJ, his interest moved towards theater, and he established himself as a stage artist. He was a part famous plays like Me, One on One, Hamlet-The Crown Prince and Kash and Cruise. Neil being an ambitious young man headed for the small screen and became a part of shows like 24 which was aired on Colors channel and a TV series Britz.

Ankur Vikal is a very popular actor in the films and he is a drama actor too. He got his graduation done at the National School of Drama (NSD) in the year 2000. He pursued his degree in New Delhi and then he turned up to be a promising actor. But prior to this, he was already an Architecture graduate from Baroda. His intense enthusiasm in movies brought him to this arena and he pulled it off. Mongo Souffle’ is his first venture as an actor and his profession as an actor took off from that movie. 

Rahul Khanna is an Indian film actor. He is the son of famous Bollywood Star Vinod Khanna. Vinod Khanna is also a Politician. He was born on 20 June, 1972. His mother is Gitanjali who is an ex-model. He grew up in Mumbai. He studied at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute and the School of Visual Arts in New York City. His younger brother Akshay Khanna is also a Bollywood Actor. 

Shahnawaz Pradhan is a prominent Indian film and television actor. He was born on June 12, 1963, and was hailed in Raipur, Chhattisgarh. He studied at Ravishankar University and also attended Government High School in Raipur. He started his career working on theatres before entering the film industry. In 2008, Pradhan was seen in the edutainment show, Angrezi Mein Kehte Hain, aired on NDTV Imagine channel.

Anupam Kher is a very popular actor, director, and producer of the Bollywood film industry. His place of birth was Shimla of Punjab and currently, he is living in Himachal Pradesh. His date of birth was 7th March 1955, and he hails from Kashmir. He got married to Kirron Kher in the year 1985. His brother Raju Kher is also a very famous actor cum director. The best part of Anupam Kher is that he got cast in more than hundred movies, and he is known to make this immense record.

Anil Kapoor was born on 24th December 1956 in Mumbai, Maharashtra. He is a very popular Bollywood actor cum producer. He is active in the films right from the year 1979 until the present. He got married with Sunita Kapoor in the year 1984. He has three children, namely Sonam Kapoor, who is a Bollywood actress, Rhea Kapoor, who is a Bollywood producer and Harshvarshan Kapoor. Anil Kapoor is the son of Surinder Kapoor and Nirmal. 

Shivkumar Subramaniam is an Indian actor and writer. He is known for playing important roles in 1942: A love story, Kaminey and 2 States. He is also known in the television industry for a role played by him of a leading industrial tycoon in the Hindi serial Mukti Bandhan on the Colors.

Rahul Singh is a popular Indian model and actor, born and raised up in Udaipur, India. He is a Thakur with a background of Jagirdari and the son of the popular Hindi poet, Dr Prabha Thakur. However, his mother didn’t find good opportunities in Udaipur so they shifted to Mumbai with his father. He attended Silver Beach High School and he was a complete brat. He do not listen and would want to write love letters instead of studying so his father sent him back to Rajasthan. From there, he studied at Mayo College in Ajmer. When he reached the Class XII, he came back to Mumbai and graduated at St. Xavier’s College where he started writing and working on theatre. During those times, his parents returned to Udaipur. His dad already owned a hotel there while his mom entered politics. Prabha became a Parliament member and the President of the All India Mahila Congress. After graduating college, Rahul went to England and attended the Royal Academy of Arts for 3-years and at the same time, he also works in the British Film Institute (BFI). When he came back, he did some modeling and worked with Atul Kasbekar where he unexpectedly donned his first ad film with Abhinay Deo.

Nissar Khan is an Indian film and television actor born on May 4, 1969. He is an alumnus of the National School of Drama. He has been married to Tabassum Ahmed since January 14, 2005. He has performed in many TV shows and Hindi movies. He played a role in many TV serials like as ‘Dronacharya’ in ‘ Mahabharat’ and made his mark in ’Ram Milaayi Jodi’,'Haamari Beti Raaj Karegi’, ‘ Na Aana Is Des Laado’ and ‘Bombay Blue’ as ‘Constable Kaul’ in 1997.

Kiran Srinivs is an Indian actor and model. He was born in Banglore, Karnataka, India. He took his education from Banglore only. He joined theatre during his college days. Now he is living in Mumbai. He made his debut through a Kannada film “Haage Summane” in 2008. It was directed by Preetham Gubbi. Kiran shared the screen with Suhasi Dhami, Pooja Gandhi, Chandrashekhar, Sharath Babu, etc. He played the lead role of “Preetham” with ease. It was dubbed into Telugu as Manasu Pilichindi. He also acted in a short film “What's on Your Mind” in 2013. It was written and directed by Kallol Sen. He played the role of Micky in the movie. He is portraying a role where he wasted his life in wine and women and he found himself in a dangerous situation, where he has to deliver the drug consignment outside the country. He shared the screen with Suraj Ballikar, G.K. Desai, Rashmi Jha, Raiya Sinha, etc. He also acted for the Kannada serial “Kanasina Kanmani”.

Ajinkya Dev or Ajinkya Deo is a prominent actor in Marathi and Hindi Cinema. He is also a TV artist and script writer. Acting was not a new field to him as he got this talent from his parents Ramesh Deo and Seema Deo who are quite well known faces in Hindi and Marathi Cinema. His younger brother Abhinay Deo is a noted Hindi film director. Ajinkya was also handling the chair of Executive Director of ‘Prahbhat’, a Marathi Entertainment TV channel when it was launched in March 2001. The channel could not sustain and got closed in 2002.

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