Punjabi Tv Serial Bani Ishq Da Kalma - Cast & Crew

Shefali Sharma was born in Amritsar, Punjab. Very early in her age, she indulged herself into various theatre groups. Her background of being a theatre artist clearly reflects with the way she goes through about her acting. She rose to popularity by playing the role of the lead protagonist in the show “Bani- Ishq Da Kalma aired on Colors TV. It was directed by Damini Shetty and deals with the issue of those wives who are being left away by their NRI husbands. The story was mainly on the backdrop of Punjab. She played the role of an obedient Punjabi girl in the show. Her mother wants her to get married to a NRI guy Bani was very much attached to her cousin Raji despite the fact that both the family shares bitter experiences with each other.

Recently she was seen playing the lead protagonist role in Sony TV’s s...

Shashwita Sharma is the Indian actress who appears in the native television serials. She is a trained Kathak dancer. With her interest towards classical dance, she started learning classical dance from her childhood. Her dance guru is Pandit Birju Maharaj. She has often performs her art on stage, in India and in abroad. The theater group Yatri provided her, a platform to showcase her talent both as a dancer and as an actress. She portrays the character of Sandhya in the serial Doli Armaanon ki, which is telecasted in Zee TV. As of now, she is playing the character of a strict cop in the daily serial Savdhan India. She has also appeared in the character Gaganpreet Randeep Singh Bhullar in the serial Bani Ishq da Kalma. This serial is aired on Colors TV. She has also appeared in the serials like Chandramukhi, Black, Alladin etc. She was...

If you want to see an actor with years and years of experience then look no further than Rita Bhaduri. She has experiences exceeding almost 40 years and has worked through the 1970s, 80s, 90s and is still working without even breaking a sweat. She was born in the city of Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh was very keen to get into acting and started her career in the year 1968. She has extensively worked in both movies and television. Although she is not of Gujarati origin, she is highly respected in the Gujarati industry both by her colleagues and audiences. Her first big break came when she was casted as Dimple Kapadia’s best friend in the 1975 Rishi Kapoor and Dimple Kapadia starrer ‘Julie’. She had a good exposure to the whole movie industry and she had an added advantage to work under the wat...

Raymon Singh is an Indian television actress who is best known for her roles in television serials such as ‘Dil Dosti Dance’ (2011) & ‘Chhal - Sheh Aur Maat’ (2012). She is a beautiful and talented actress who has a decade long experience in working in various medias of entertainment, be it serials, advertisements or films. Raymon Singh was popularly seen in the series such as ‘Bhabhi’ (2002) & ‘Kkusum’ (2001). She entertained viewers with her chirpy smile and immensely powerful acts. She was seen playing some prominent roles in these serials, which earned her a far & wide attention of the production houses and a lot of love from the viewers.

Due to her pregnancy in the year 2005, she took a break from the work and stopped accepting any more assig...

Nitika Anand is a famous film, TV and theatre actress who has done many commercially successful assignments. As per many of her interviews she is the owner of most charming wheatish look with beautiful smile.

Before working as a committed TV actress she has worked for many films, ad films and theatre plays. She was the part of an English film The Memsaahib, directed by Kriti Majoomdar and produced by Khusro films. She essayed the character of an out casted Queen Laxmi due to her resignation as a Queen for the passion of dance.

She was also associated with Ekjute theatre group headed by Nadira Zahir and acted in many plays while got highly acclaimed for Hindi version of Romeo and Juliet. She was spotted in many ad films too like Rin, Collin, Hamdard, Comfort fabric conditions, Vodafone...

Damini Kanwal Shetty was interested in acting since her childhood and started acting in plays at a very young age. She joined a theater group named ' Drikshravan' and acted in some plays for the group under the direction of Jairoop Jivan. In a few years the group was dissolved and she joined 'Yatri' group of Om Katare. She did many plays for Yatri but her performance in Bhaag Chalein and Woh Tum Hi Ho were noted and she was established as an actor in professional theater in Mumbai. Some of her plays were also directed by Shekhar Suman. 

Later on in life, she got married to raj Shetty, producer  and started her own production house. Her acting had to be shelved for the time being when she gave birth to his daughter. She being a creative could not hold back for long and started i...

Navni Parihar belongs to Indore. She was born on September 23, 1964. she has noble antecedents and her mother is from royal Rana family of Nepal. She holds a Post graduate Degree in sociology and is married to Animesh. 

Her entry into the world of acting is quite interesting. She never considered acting as a career for herself. Her husband was posted in Mumbai and they were invited to filmy get together by a friend, Rakesh Chowdhary. Rakesh offered her to act in the tele serial Mujrim hajir Ho with legendary actors like Utpal Dutt and Nutan in it. She agreed and her maiden appearance on TV screen was with such veterans. And then she realised that this was a medium of expression for her where she could work and fulfill her desire of expression. She continued working and did a number of movies like Papa Ka...

Meena Nathani is an actress who commonly works in Indian Television shows.  Meena mostly played negative roles on screen till now, and she is good at playing vamp roles. She essayed the character of Malti, mother of main lead in the show “Bhagyavidhaata” which aired on Colors TV in 2009. She portrayed a rather grey character, where she will be seen constantly encouraging wrong doings for her son in greed of money. After Bhagyavidhaata she did a cameo role in the serial “Kairi Rishta Khatta Meetha” which also aired on Colors TV in 2012. She was Tejwanti mami in Kairi, again played a negative role and was shown as greedy. Meena is a good person in real life unlike the roles she plays on screen. 

She next appeared on Bani- Ishq da kalma serial on Colors TV where she played the role of Saraswati. Saraswati puts on a m...

Ekktaa B P Singh is an Indian stage and television actress, who became popular as Vidya’s (played by Vindhya Tiwari) mother in the drama series, “Maryada: Lekin Kab Tak?” on STAR Plus channel in 2010. She has worked in over 100 stage plays, 20 television serials and several Hindi and Punjabi films. Ekktaa acted in Balwant Gargi’s stage play, Rai Da Pahad in the year 2000. She is part of the play Hum Dono, in which she portrayed the role of an old woman, who doesn’t worry anything about her life.

In the year 2013, she played as Desho on Colors’ Bani – Ishq Da Kalma. Ektaa was part of the Hindi films, Train to Pakistan in the year 1998, Ashok Pandit’s Sheen in 2004, Kids No. 1, Sriram Raghavan’s Ek Hasina Thi in 20...

Upasana Singh was born on June 29, 1975 and was married to actor Neeraj Bharadwaj in 2009, while they were doing the Aye Dil-e-Nadaan serial. Upasana comes from a middle-class family. She studied in a government school in Punjab, India and graduated in the Punjab Technical University.

She is a good actress and a stand-up comedian. Upasana’s debut film was the Rajasthani language film’, Bai Chali Sasariye. After that, she started acting in various regional films and was recognized in the Punjabi, Gujarati and in Hindi film industry. Upasana was also seen doing various supporting roles in films like, Jawani Zindabad, Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon, Old is Good, Hungama, Loafer, My Friend Ganesha and more. Upasana was also popular in doing comic roles for TV and movies and perform...

Neha Bagga belongs to Chandigarh. She is around 23 years of age and presently pursuing her MBA from Punjab University. 

She was interested in acting since her childhood and since very early times she dreamed of becoming an actress. Her parents wanted her to take a nine to five regular office job but she decided otherwise and started making efforts in pursuit of her dreams. She appeared in auditions many times. Her dream came true when she was offered a role in Bani Ishq da Kalma on Colors channel. The serial was produced by Damini Kanwal Shetty and directed by Nandita Mehra and Yash Chauhan. Neha was offered the role of Rajji, a village girl who gets married to the parallel male lead who is in love with the female protagonist. The story revolved round the myth that Indian girls are looking for NRI ...

Girish Dhamija who has penned some delightful dialogues in movies like Dushman, Sangharsh, Gangster, 1920, etc. says, Dialogue authors are conscious of the control that some stars exert. So yes, many a time discourses are written maintaining the star in mind. But, when there are beginners, then conversations have to be engraved logically. Like in Gangster, when he was lettering for Shiney Ahuja, Emraan Hashmi, etc.

He understood that he'd have to give them applicable lines, but ones that are not excessively Lengthy. However, in Zakhmal though Ajay Devgn was a big celebrity and he's outstanding at dialogue release, his personality in the movie was discreet. So, when there's a setting where his mom expires, and he goes to disclose this news to his brother, he could have made him say a drawn-out dialogue jam-packed wit...

Abhishek Singh Pathania is a new face on the small screen. He made his debut in television most recently. He made his acting debut with &TV’s Gangaa. Earlier, he made a cameo debut also in a television show. This budding actor was seen doing a cameo role in the TV series ‘Bani - Ishq Da Kalma’ that was aired on Colors TV. In this serial, he played the role of the con-man, Vicky. In May 2015, he started shooting for another TV serial ‘Mere Angne Mein’ that telecasts in Star Plus. But TV serials are very much tricky. If there are any difficulties with a cast of high-caliber artists due to egos and shooting scheduling conflicts, the actors can be easily dropped from the show. This happened with Abhishek Singh Pathania, who was to essay the role of a parallel lead in Mere Angne Mein o...

Raju Shrestha is an Indian television and film actor. Fahim Ajani is Raju’s birth name, and he was born on 15th August 1967 in Mumbai, Maharashtra. His father, Yusuf, is charter accountant and mother, Meharunissa, a school teacher. He has an older brother and an older sister. His brother, Parvez is settled in America and sister passed away two and half decades ago. Raju started his acting career as a child artist, Master Raju.

He was a famous child artist in the 70s and 80s. He has acted in the films like ‘Deewar’, ‘Chitchor’, ‘Kitaab’ and many more. His role in Chitchor (1976) was honored by the National Film Award for Best Child Artist. Raju also received Filmfare Award for Best Child Artist for the film ‘Kitaab’. R...

Khalida Khan is an Indian actress who is a fresh face in the world of Indian Television. She is the native to the state of Jammu and Kashmir in the town of Shopian. Khalida holds a master’s in Economics Major. Before joining the world of acting, she used to work in the Jammu and Kashmir Bank.

She was found to be a perfect choice for acting by the famous film producer Aditya Chopra. Immediately after that, she was signed by the Yash Raj Productions. Khalida was signed to be the face of their then-upcoming television series Kismat. The show aired on the Sony Entertainment Channel.

Khalida played one of the lead roles of the character Sapna Khatau in the show. Her next stint in acting was in a movie called Amit Sahni Ki List. In this film, Khalida starred alongside Vir Das, the famous comedian.

This film was ...

Sooraj Thapar is a veteran actor in the Indian Television Industry. He is famous for portraying the role of comic character Mr. Saxena in the TV series Shree Sifarishilal that focuses on red tapism and bureaucracy it gets aired on SAB TV. Hailing for Jallandhar in Punjab he is a veteran actor who has acted in a lot of telefilms and his work has earned him critical acclaim. Thapar has acted in the TV series Hum Saath Saath Hai which had been very successful and was being aired on Life Ok it was aired from 2001 to 2003. He has worked alongside the famous Bollywood actress Poonam Dhillon in the TV series Ekk Nayi Pehchaan where he rehearses the role of her husband. Besides acting onscreen he is also a famous theatre personality and has acted in a lot of plays amongst them is The Perfect Husband where he has acted besides ...

Born on 31st May in Mumbai, VJ Andy’s full name is Anand Vijay Kumar. He is from Berkshire, UK. He is a popular TV host and an Indian VJ. He has a rich family background, his father being a businessman and mother being a housewife.

Andy has acted in numerous Indian and International plays and has additionally partaken in the dubious reality show Bigg Boss season 7. He was in the spotlight in the wake of participating in the controversial show Big Boss 7. Here he entertained the viewers and was known for his wit and corrosive tongue.

He first appeared on the screen with “Kaliyon Ka Chaman” and later went on to host shows like Dare 2 Date and Get Gorgeous. He has likewise made cameo appearances in a couple of Bollywood movies, namely Bachna e Haseeno and Yet- an another love story. He h...

Rishi Khurana is not just a talented actor, but also an inspirational young man in television. Any character that he essays remains fresh and relatable, and that is why the audience takes him to their hearts quickly. He is an actor who has accepted the challenge to play a transgender character in an Indian soap opera – ‘Savdhaan India.' The actor has always led the way in changing audience perceptions. He was first noticed in the character of Ved Prakash Chaturvedi in ‘Saas Bina Sasural.' The actor has been quite excited in playing any character given to him. For instance in playing the role of a transgender, he had to look forward to seeing what is in store for his character. He had to wear female wardrobe, put on fake nails and wig and adapt himself to the female body language to...

Rishi Dev, is an Indian actor mainly known for his comic roles. Rishi has been loved by Indian audience for his remarkable comic timing. He is pretty popular as the Mr. Bean of India. He loves making people laugh and that’s one of his finest qualities. He has been in the entertainment industry for quite a long time. He started with Famous TV show ‘Balika Vadhu’ on Colors and is now making his own videos and posting them online. These videos are very popular among Indian online users, for their uniqueness.

The kind of enthusiasm he brings to his acting is quite impressive for a young actor. He knows exactly how to make anyone laugh and also when to be serious. His role in Balika Vadhu was fabulous and he has been praised a lot for it. Rishi has also made...

Rahul Hans is a television actor known for his performances in Bani Ishq Da Kalma. It is a story about the clash between old traditions and current trends. The show is primarily about two sisters Rajji and Bani. They are engaged to NRI bachelors. They are not allowed for love marriage. Consequently, they do not as one of the grooms do not turn up for marriage, and the confusion that results from this, is the story further into the show. Here he plays the role of Kirat Gill, who is the young brother of one of the protagonist, Rajji.

Humse Hai Life is another soap he worked in. It was also a daily soap and was aired on channel V, by four lion’s film. It was made with the focus of drawing young audience. The story revolved around a group of youngsters, their changing mind sets, and the various difficulties they ...

Puneet Issar is a prominent Indian actor and brilliant director. He was born on November 6, 1959 to film director, Sudesh Issar. He was married to Deepali, sister of popular actor, Satyajeet Puri. They have two children namely, Nivriti and Siddhant. Besides being a trained actor, he is also a professor of speech, method acting and diction. He also learnt mixed martial arts and he was skilled in wrestling, kung-fu, karate and boxing.

Puneet was first seen in the Bollywood action comedy film, Coolie which stars Amitabh Bachchan in 1983. One of the action scene in this film requires him to punch Amitabh Bachchan and the punch accidentally falls into his abdomen which injures him severely. Although Amitabh understand that things like that can happen while on shoot, many people blamed Puneet for the incident and h...

Nimai Bali is an Indian actor who started his career in 1997. In many serial he mostly takes the role of villain. He started his career from the role of Surya in popular TV serial ‘Chandrakanta’ that was based on a novel of Devaki Nandan of the same name. Bali is married to actress Sahila Chadha who is a cousin of Bollywood star ‘Sanjay Dutt’. He played a role of detective for a long time in ‘CID Special Bureau’ as a senior inspector Pratap. He played a role of Hajaari in TV serial ‘Yug’ in 1997 to 1998.

Bali is best known for his character as Vayu Dev (Monkey Emperor) in famous Hindi serial ‘Jai Hanuman’ on Sony TV. He performed in serial ‘Om Namah Shivay’ as Jalandhar. That story was about Lord Shiva. He played as Duryodhana in Miniseries...

Jeetendra Bhardwaj is an actor, known for his work in Tera Mera Ki Rishta (as Jeetendra Bharadwaj), Shahrukh Khan starer blockbuster Veer-Zaara (2004) as Jitendra Bharadwaj, Aakhir Kaun Thi Woh? (2000), Chhote Sarkar (1996) with Anand-Milind & Kader Khan, Hum Paanch as Popatlal - Aanand's Boss and Gurbani.

Jeetendra was born in Kaithal, Haryana. Then he studied at Government Higher Secondary School, Kaithal and R.K.S.D college Kaithal/ Kurukshetra university. He is a Mumbaikar now.

Jeetendra is a Punjabi at heart. He likes Punjabi food, Punjabi literature, however he has embraced the Mumbaikar spirit, and he can speak Mumbaiyya Hindi quite well. Whenever he gets an opportunity, he likes to entertain his fans by sharing light-hearted jokes/ performing skits in Mumbaiyya style. He/ ...

Adhvik Mahajan was born on November 30, 1985 in Punjab, India. He finished his college before going to Mumbai and then he tried to push through his dream of becoming an actor. Unlike other actors or actresses who debuted through TV serials or TV shows, Adhvik first appearance was in the movie Ram Gopal Verma's movie 'Company' in 2008 as the lead role. But the movie and his role didn’t receive any acclaims and was not noticed either by the viewers or the critics.

He debuted in the TV industry through the serial, Bani - Ishq Da Kalma in 2013, where he was acclaimed as an actor. He played the role of Soham Balbir Singh Bhullar, a simple boy who wanted to stay at home rather than going abroad. Prior to this, he was also seen in the movie, Oosaravelli in 2011.

Adhvik is not only g...

Gaurav Chaudhary is a Television actor and a model. He was born on 5th September, 1998 in New Delhi, India in a Hindu family. He has his current residence in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.  He completed his schooling from C.B.S.E board and later on he did a Diploma in 3D animation from Arena Animation. He completed his Graduation to become an Engineer from Delhi University. He likes to read books and travelling to different places. He was a National level Basketball player. He also practiced Boxing while his schooling.

After completing his graduation, he concentrated less on sports and his interest grew more in acting. He joined media afterwards under Barry John. He started his career initially as anchoring as a VJ for Zee music. He appeared in advertisements for American Tourister, LG, Cox n Kings and Toyota Innova. He...