Hindi Movie Review Biryaani - Cast & Crew

Sonam Kapoor, Daughter of Anil Kapoor and model Sunita Kapoor, is a Bollywood actress who was born in the suburb of Chembur, Mumbai on 9 June, 1985. The Kapoor family then moved to Juhu where Sonam Kapoor did her schooling and was raised. She is the eldest of her three siblings. Belonging to the oldest family in the industry "kapoors", she got her first break in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's movie- Saawariya . This was not new to her that she was offered such a movie, because she was offered Saawariya when she was just 17 but due to her weight she had to wait and after losing some she was finally ready to take up the movie.

Before she came into the Bollywood industry she was a waitress just to increase her pocket money. But this only lasted for a week. When she was young she did not have this perfect figure. Before she stepped in this line, she lost almost 30 kgs.

She has also been active in donating the needy. She participated in the International Indian Film Academy Charity Fashion Show. She also encouraged his followers to donate to Ogaan Cancer Foundation on the occasion of her birthday. She is very outspoken in media interactions. She is also frequently featured on fashion magazines like Stardus.

She is also been awarded as the "Superstar of Tomorrow-Female" for her first film Saawariya. This Beauty has also won The Best Actress in a Comedy or Romance for the movie Khoobsurat. She has also been honored as the NDTV Brand Ambassador of the Year and GQ Woman of the year Sonam Kapoor is the Celebrity endorser for brands Electrolux, Lux, Colgate, Signature and Mont Blanc.

She played a leading role in Raanjhanaa, for which she was really appreciated and was also nominated for the Best Actress Sonam Kapoor is in the Bollywood industry from the past 9 years and has done 13 movies by now.

Ram Madhvani is an Indian Director. He has worked in the Film Industry as well as Television Advertising. He is one of the most prominent directors of ad campaigns on Indian Television. In the year 2004 – 2005, he was given the honor of the Teachers Achievement Award for his impeccable contribution to the advertising world of Hindi Television. He also won a silver and bronze lion in the year 2006 at the Cannes Film Festival for his Happy Dent White Commercial. The short ad film has also won him other prestigious awards like Best Production Design, Best Director and Best Film at the Asia Pacific Awards. By a popular Gunn report, Happy Dent was ranked 11 in the Top 20 commercials of this millennium. It was the only Indian commercial in the list. An ad that Ram directed for Hippo Baked Munchies won a silver acclaim at the Adfest Bangkok for the Film Craft Awards.

Born on 7th July 1963, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra is a screenwriter and filmmaker. Rang De Basanti and Baag Mika Baag are two of his acclaimed films. He has penned the script as well as directed the films Aks and Delhi 6. The issues surrounding the Mandal Commission of VP Singh inspired Mehra to direct Rang De Basanti. 

Mehra never hesitates to voice his opinion on current issues, no matter they are done through films or in real life. He in fact condemned the Education system of India to give priority to scores. He also cited Shakespeare and Rabindranath Tagore in this regard. He told that Shakespeare would not have been a great writer if he was recognized only by his scores. He applied the same logic to Rabindranath Tagore. Mehra is also fascinated towards culinary. 

Mehra kick started his career as a marketing person for Eureka Forbes. Then he went on to work as a filmmaker in advertisements. He has worked in many television advertisements not only for Indian clients, but also for international ones. And he had a brief stint with music videos. 

Later Mehra donned the role of a filmmaker after trying his luck as ad filmmaker. Flicks Motion Picture Company Private Limited is the name of his company and the film Aks was produced under this banner. This film, though didn’t set the cash registers ringing, it was widely appreciated for the roles of Amitabh Bachchan and Manoj Bajpai. 

Rang De Basanti was the turning point in his career and it was highly successful in India as well as overseas. He was bestowed with the Filmfare Best Director Award for this film. This film also represented India at the Oscars. A couple of his films Delhi 6 and Teen They Bhai were not commercially successful. The Baag Milka Baag happened and it was not only a commercial success, but also critically acclaimed.

Imran Khan is an Indian film actor, who is famous in the Hindi film industry. His real name is Imran Pal and he was born on January 13, 1983 to Anil Pal and Nuzhat Khan at Madison, Wisconsin in U.S.A. His father is a Hindu Bengali while her mother is a Muslim. Imran is the nephew of the popular actor and director, Aamir Khan and Mansoor Khan. He is also the grandson of Nasir Hussain who also came from the same industry. When his parents had a divorced in year 2006, he moved to Mumbai together with her mother. Imran studied at Bombay Scottish School where he developed a disorder called stammering due to caning. The actor stated that he got failing grades because of his inability to deal with his environment. He was anxious and obtained facial tics. Because of this, his parents decided to transfer him to another school. He studied in Blue Mountain School, a boarding school located at Coonor, Tamil Nadu. It was a very extraordinary experience for him when the school principal decided to start his own school. They followed him in Gurukula or Gurukul in a jungle located in Ooty. There is no electricity there and they washed their clothes in a stream; they also need to grew their own food so they can eat. He admitted that all his experiences made him independent and he used to being alone. Later, he moved to his father’s place in Sunnyvale, California. He went to Fremont High School and upon graduation, he aims to become a film director. The actor then moved to Los Angeles and took a degree in filmmaking in a branch of New York Film Academy. When he finished his degree, his journey in advertising and market research started. In the long run, he came back to Mumbai and took a formal training at Kishore Namit Kapoor Acting Institute to become an actor.