Urvashi Upadhyay
Shashi Mittal
Khyaati Khandke Keswani
Kanika Maheshwari
Pooja Singh
Himani Sharma
Gouri Agarwal
Dolly Minhas
Jasmin Bhasin
Rashami Desai
Vaishnavi Mahant
Prateek Singh
Sudesh Kotian
Mayank Arora
Sumeet Mittal
Sameer Mishra
Shobhit Jaiswal
Kunal Verma
Abhilash Chaudhary
Karan Goddwani
Jignesh Joshi
Sachin Parikh
Tej Sapru
Rohan Gandotra
Sidharth Shukla
1. Urvashi Upadhyay
2. Shashi Mittal
3. Khyaati Khandke Keswani
Khyati Keshwani or Khyati Khandke Keshwani is a popular Indian television actress who started acting at the tender age of 17. She claims she always had a passion for acting. She felt that acting was destined for her since her father worked in a drama school and all his friends (directors and actors) used to come over to their house. She later marriedYashKeshwani, a film writer who penned films like Viruddh, Dus, Cash and more. They met through Mahesh Manjrekar while she was filming the movie, Deha in 2007 and it happened that Mahesh was a friend of her husband. Khyati also did a small role in the film, Nayak in 2001.However, she saysshe wants to remain in the television industry and is not interested in becoming a movie star. She gained fame after bagging a negative role as Sejal in the Indian soap, Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi on STAR Plus. The actress admitted that because of her role in this serial, she was stereotyped as only doing negative roles.
...4. Kanika Maheshwari
Kanika is an Indian small screen actress. She was born at Delhi, in 24 April 1981. She got married to a businessman Ankur Ghai in 2012 and now Kanika is expecting. She is best known for her roles in serials like “Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki” “Raja Ki Aaya Gi Barat” “Kabhi AAya Na Judai”
In Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki she has performed the role of Neelima Garg who is playing domestic politics in a badly manner. In Raja Ki Aaya Gi Barat she has performed the role of Princess Bhoomi who is involved in conspiracies. She has established her carrier by performing negative roles in different serials and won awards. She particularly won the awards for character of Meenakshi in “Diya Aur Jati Hum.” Story of the serial is based on the life of lady police officer whose mother in law is not going to accept her daughter in law as a police employ. In this serial Kainka Maheshwari is essaying the role of Meenakshi, the wife of Vikram. Meenakshi is causing problems for lady Police Officer’s maternal life.
She has won the Zee Golden Award and Star Parivaar award for best role in negative character. She also has won the Indian Telly Award for the best actress in negative role also.
...5. Pooja Singh
Pooja Singh is one of the most versatile Indian television actresses who gained fame after performing as Emily Mohit Rathi in the top rated soap, Diya Aur Baati Hum on Star Plus channel.
Pooja was raised in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand where she also studied. Then she moved to Pune after her 10th class to attend college. Her aunt and her mom usually told her that she is a perfect television Bahu. She used to travel around Mumbai and Pune to audition but she was always shortlisted. She will also sign into contracts only to get dropped. Later, she got her break through the Hindi series, Aasman Se Aage on Life OK, where she bagged the role of Poonam, the sister of Apporva Agnihotri. Pooja also appeared in the mythological series, Jai Jai Jai Bajrang Bali on Sahara One and subsequently played as Julie Govardhan Chaturvedi in the popular drama series, ‘Aaj Ki Housewife Hai…Sab Jaanti Hai’ on Zee TV.
Pooja lives by herself in Mumbai. She was born on January 8. Her father is a banker while her mother is a plain housewife. She is a trained belly dancer and she also knows how to dance Kathak and Hip-Hop. Unlike many of the TV stars whose goal is to act in the Bollywood industry, Pooja only loves to make it big in the small screen. She doesn’t want to get into Bollywood; instead, she wants to be in the lead role in a television serial someday.
Pooja is a person who loves to smile and very optimistic. She is very bubbly and full of fun. She is also very adventurous and would love to try bungee jumping and sky diving. She also wants to do a role in any adventurous television shows like the Khatro Ke Khiladi. She would also love to try joining the reality show, Bigg Boss if given a chance. Besides acting, Pooja is also an aspiring model.
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From The City of Nawabs, Lucknow, Pooja moved to Pune after completing her 10th standard. People around her always thought that she was perfect bahu material as depicted in our saas- bahu serials.
Born to a father in the banking profession and a mother who is a housewife, Pooja, in her early twenties now, is a trained belly dancer. She has also learnt kathak, hip-hop and bollywood dancing. Initially, in her modeling days, Pooja has modeled in saree snap shots for Myntra, Snapdeal and other companies. She has also done concept shoots for wardrobe stylists for western and Indian wear.
Pooja singh got her first break in the serial Aasman Se Aage as Poonam the sister of the male lead Apoorva Agnihotri. This show carried the tagline “The reality behind reality shows” and was aired on Life Ok. It dealt with the life of a talented poor slum girl who gets a chance to dance on a reality show. But due to low TRP’s, the show went off- air in 2 months.
Thereafter, Pooja portrayed a mythological character in Jai Jai Jai Bajrangbali and acted as Julie Govardhan Chaturvedi in Aaj Ki Housewife Hai….Sab Jaanti Hai. The first break she got in movies was Break Ke Baad (2010). She has signed an upcoming movie Shadyantra.
Pooja has confessed that she is a huge Shahrukh Khan fan. She has also expressed her desire to feature in Bigg Boss someday. She says she has a good sense of style, excellent postures and facial expressions. A positive attitude makes her look forward to a great career.
...6. Himani Sharma
Himani Sharma is a model turned television actress who came from Delhi. Borm in Kangra, Himachal Pradesh in India and she studied at DAV in Dehra, Himachal Pradesh. Later, she moves to Delhi with her family. Her father is an Engineer while her mother is a home maker. She has always seen herself as a brilliant model and actress. She idolizes popular model and beauty queen turned actress, Sushmita Sen. She has done many television commercials including the CTC Jewelry show, Maybeline, Freak Fighters, Voice of Punjab, Aaj Tak and more. Himani also did ramp shows, music videos and print ads. She is also a finalist in the beauty pageant, Fair One Miss Delhi in 2010. She appeared as Dr. Aasma, a quiet and homely girl in the soap, Qubool Hai on Zee TV.
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7. Gouri Agarwal
Gouri Agarwal was a renowned actress of Hindi Cinema. She was born on 15 August 1997 in Uttarakhand. She has one younger sister & one younger brother named Sarthak Agarwal. She loves to read books and swim in her leisure time. She wanted to become an actress since her childhood. She participated in various competitions to upgrade her acting skills. Gouri started her career by debuting in the TV series Dil Se Dil Tak as Jagruti Bhanushali in 2018, which was a big hit and came into limelight after this series. She was a very versatile actress and filled with a bunch of talent. After this series, she appeared in various Hindi series like Vikram Betaal Ki Rahasya Gatha (2018), Nazar (2018), and Yeh Jadu Hai Jinn Ka in 2019. By coming in these Hindi series back to back, it seemed that her hard work paid off. Also, she has participated in various theatre plays. In 2018, she performed in the Hindi music video Doorie along with her co-star Rohan Benjamin.
...8. Dolly Minhas
9. Jasmin Bhasin
Jasmin Bhasin initially started her career as a Model and later became an Actress. Born on June 28, 1990, this attractive actress hails from New Delhi. Later, she moved to Mumbai. Her debut venture in films is the 2011 flick Vaanam. She shared screen space with Silambarasan in this film. A couple of her flicks in Telugu and Kannada include Veta and Karodpathi respectively. Her performance in Veta garnered negative criticism.
...10. Rashami Desai
Rashami Desai is a well-known television actress, model, and dancer, and is famous for her role as Tapasya on Colors TV’s hit soap opera, ‘Uttaran’. Born as Divya Desai on 4th August, 1986, in Nagaon, Assam, she studied in Ulubari High School and learnt the Kathak and Bharatnatyam styles of dance.
...12. Prateek Singh
Prateek Singh is a freelance cinematographer in the Indian television & film industry. He has almost 10 years of experience in his field. In 2016, he worked as a cinematographer with ‘Sudesh Kotian’ in ‘Dil Se Dil Tak’, a Hindi entertainment show which aired on Colors Tv. The show was loosely based on the movie ‘Chori Chori Chupke Chupke’.
...13. Sudesh Kotian
Sudesh Kotian is an Indian cinematographer, who has made a name for himself in the field of Hindi television. He has worked on numerous popular TV dramas throughout his extensive career. Sudesh grew to love everything about cinema from a very young age. After his education at St. Xavier’s, he began assisting renowned TV personalities like Raju Tendulkar and Ram Alam. He started his career working on regional Marathi shows. His work on the sets got him noticed by the crew at Balaji Telefilms, and Sudesh received his big break with the serial ‘Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi.’ There was no looking back from there.
...14. Mayank Arora
Mayank Arora is an Indian-Actor. He is currently residing in Mumbai, Maharashtra. His career started with the show named Buddha and he played the role, Prince. Then he performed the role of Ved Rathi, in the much popular serial of Star Plus, Diya Aur Baati Hum. This show had gained the highest TRP of the time and it lasted for 5 years. After working in Diya Aur Baati Hum, he gained huge popularity.
...15. Sumeet Mittal
Sumeet Mittal, a young man from Ahmedabad, is a multi-talented writer and producer. He is the Co-founder of Shashi Sumeet Group. With his partner Shashi, he founded the company Shashi Sumeet Group which consists of Shashi Sumeet Productions Pvt. Limited for television serials, Shashi Sumeet Motion Pictures for films, Shashi Sumeet Innovations for brands, and Qat Whiskers for commercials. Shashi Sumeet is a very big production firm which was started in 2009 and is now the producer of some best television serials like ’Diya Aur Baati Hum’.
...16. Sameer Mishra
Sameer Mishra is an Indian writer who worked for the Hindi film industry. He is also a multi-talented director, and editor worked in many Hindi TV series. As an IIT Bombay graduate, he worked in more than 50 short films. Some of his famous works as a writer are KarnSangini, Dil Se DilTak, Shankar Jaikishan 3 in 1, Ek Duje KeVaaste, and many others.
...17. Shobhit Jaiswal
Shobhit Jaiswal is a famous screenwriter in the Bollywood television industry, working in various soap operas and films for more than ten years. He started his career as a screenwriter under the famous scriptwriter, Javed Siddiqui, and created a name for himself in the industry. Over the years, he has worked in many television serials like Kittie Party (2002), Kumkum: Ek Pyara Sa Bandhan (2003), Ek Rishta Aisa Bhi (2014), Begusarai (2015), Ek Duje Ke Vaaste (2016), Dil Se Dil Tak (2017), Tera Yaar Hoon Main (2021), and many more. Apart from working as a screenplay writer, he is also a talented author and has written a novel, Pink Rum.
...18. Kunal Verma
19. Abhilash Chaudhary
Abhilash Chaudhary is a new generation Indian television Actor, who has worked previously in Bollywood. His first movie to drop at the theatres was Paltan in the year 2018. He is a famous young actor of Indian Tele Vision soaps, and serials. He is seen in the show Bal Krishna. The actor has made his presence felt in Naagin 2, where he gave an astounding performance. An engineer by degree, the actor, can be easily spotted in the popular show of Star Plus channel “Mere Angne Mein” playing the interesting, and outgoing character of Ramesh. He inspires the youth to move towards the entertainment industry. "
...20. Karan Goddwani
He loved dancing from an early age, and practiced a lot by im-itating Hrithik Roshan. He is also a qualified audio engineer. Later he shifted to Mumbai to continue his studies and experiment with acting, which was certainly the right move as he is now a well loved youth icon. He played the lead role in “Chhal Sheh Aur Maat” on Colors but his debut was in “Jugni Chali Jalandhar” as the protagonist on SAB TV and a 7UP ad. Later he had a cameo as Adi in “Rang Badalti Odhanki” where he played a free-spirited young man who was also a casa-nova. Later he was offered a part in “Iss Pyaar Ko kya Naam Doon?” which was loved by all. His most recent venture was as Johnny with Jeannie Aur Juju, a comedy show on Sab TV.
It has been known that he is in a relationship with model Suchita Dakhane. When questioned about his take on reality shows, Karan Goddwani says that he would love to be on one of the dancing competitions. Not many people have seen him dancing, and he would like to surprise them.
Mrs. Pammi Pyarelal in year 2013 as Karan Goddwani
Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon in year 2011 as Nanda Kishore
Diya Aur Baati Hum in year 2011 as Vikram Arun Rathi
...21. Jignesh Joshi
Jignesh Joshi is an Indian TV and film actor who is known for performance of negative roles. Jigensh is from Mumbai and started his acting career form the TV serial 'Sangam' which was telecast on Star Plus during 2007-2009. the serial was produced by Neeraj Sharma for Fox Television Studios and directed by Ashish Khurana. He performs the role of a villain in the movie who drags Ganga, the female protagonist (played by Jennifer Winget) to his bedroom and forces her to please him and his friends against her wishes. His performance was so over powering that he had to face the dirty looks of his neighbors for quite some time as he stated in one of his interviews. His performance in the serial earned him a lot of name and fame and he was branded as a bad guy.
He again got a role of bad guy Keshav Rathod when he acted in his next venture “Jail” the movie directed by Madhur Bhandarkar. Again he gave a very convincing performance in the movie and as a result, his landlord decided to evacuate him from the house thinking that he must be equally bad in his real life. That was a real tribute to his acting potential.
He also acted in the serial 'Mrs. Ashikaga chi Paunch Bahrain' as the eldest son of Ashikaga family Earshot and his performance was again saluted by the audiences.
He was also seen in Colors channel serial 'Maat Pita Ke Charanon Mein Swarg' as a bad guy Madhukar.
...22. Sachin Parikh
23. Tej Sapru
He is the son of an actor and actress of Hindi films, D.K Sapru and Hemvati. We might have seen a face of an aged man mostly wearing Spectacles. He is none of them but only Sapru who worked in so many films of Indian cinema. Some of them are popular films such as Gupt, Sirf Tum, Saajan. He acted in more than 194 films. Sapru is mostly seen as in a negative role in the films as film also needs some negative characters to be more interesting.
...24. Rohan Gandotra
25. Sidharth Shukla
Siddharth Shukla is another actor who became popular in Tamil through the Hindi dubbed serial Manvasanai. Siddharth Shukla was born and raised up in Mumbai, Maharashtra, Indiai. He belongs to a Brahmin family from Allahabad and his father was a Civil Engineer who works in the Reserve Bank of India. Balika Vadhu, the Hindi version of Manvasanai has made him popular and changed his life.
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