Om Rajesh Puri is one of the widely noted senior actors in the Indian film industry and he was born on 18th October 1950 in Patiala, Punjab. He is one of the few Bollywood actors to act in mainstream commercial English movies. The alumnus of National School of Drama was also a classmate of renowned actor Naseeruddin Shah of the 1973 class.

He started his movie career in 1976 with the Marathi film ‘Ghashiram Kotwal’ directed by K.Hariharan. The movie was based on a play with the same name and it got success both commercially and critically. His career graph saw the coming of critically acclaimed art films such as ‘Bhavni Bhavai’, ‘Sadgati’, ‘Ardh Satya’ etc. and he was one of the major stars to do art films at that time along with well-known actors like Naseeruddin Shah, and Shabana Azmi. His reputation sky rocketed with his unconventional roles in many films during the 80s such as ‘ Aakrosh’ and ‘Disco dancer’. Puri became famous for his versatility and personality, and went on to act in films in many domestic and foreign industries. Be it Hollywood blockbusters like ‘ Gandhi’ or ‘Charlie Wilson’s War’ or regional hits like ‘A.K. 47’, Puri left a unique zeal on every role he did.

If he was known for his personality and his unconventional roles in the movies, he proved the world that he could handle any kind of role with an envious ease with the TV series ‘Kakkaji Kaheen’ and ‘Sutradhaar’ where he did comedy characters. He was honoured by the government of India with Padma Shri award and he also received ‘Order of The British Empire’. He is currently working for the movie ‘ Chapekar Brothers’ in which he will be playing Bal Gangadhar Tilak.

Nitish Bharadwaj

Nitish Bharadwaj is an accomplished Indian actor, screenwriter, and director born on 2nd June 1963. Nitish has acted in many Hindi and Marathi movies and also in television serials and is famous for his portrayal of characters from Epics like Mahabharata and such books. He is known for his role as lord Krishna in the long run TV serial ‘Mahabharata’. He is a certified veterinary surgeon and he got his degree from the famous Bombay Veterinary College. He has also been a member of the Lok Sabha during the period 1996-1999 and he had won from Jamshedpur constituency on BJP’s ticket.He debuted through the Hindi movie ‘Trishagni’, directed by Nabendu Ghosh in 1988, and the film was well received by the critics and it also won a national award. His next movie, ‘Njan Gandharvan’, was in Malayalam and was a super hit in the Malayalam industry. He went on to act in many more Hindi and Marathi movies and many television serials also. He made his debut as a director with the Marathi title ‘Pitruroon’ and the film received great appreciation from critics and audience. He has also directed a successful television serial named ‘Gita Rahasya’, and the serial was about historical stories. Nitish was married to the daughter of Vimala Patil, who was once the editor of the magazine Femina but later divorced. He is now married to an IAS officer from the 1996 batch Smita Gate.

Param Baidwaan

Param Baidwaan is an actor, who reached the lime light of the tinsel town through the reality TV show SplitsVilla which was aired on MTV. He went on to win the sixth season of the show along with Mandy and his success in the show landed him a role in the 2014 Bollywood movie ‘Purani Jeans’. The movie had an average response overall but cannot be considered as a success. Critics stated that the plot of the movie was too old to find relevance in the current scenario. The movie said the story of three college friends who wanted to keep their friendship forever. A lesser known fact is that ‘Purani Jeans’ was, that it is not his first movie and he had already done a part in the movie ‘No One Killed Jessica’ earlier. Param Baidwaan was born in Mohali, Punjab and did his schooling from Yadavindra Public School, Mohali, and holds a bachelor’s degree in fine arts. Param could not become successful as an actor and many chances didn’t follow him after the release of ‘Purani Jeans’. He shifted his base back to Mohali from Mumbai later, and founded a café named ‘Brick and Road’ in Mohali along with his friend. He is also the artistic director of the café.