Hindi Movie Review Gadar: Ek Prem Katha - Cast & Crew

Alka Yagnik is a very popular playback singer of the Bollywood film industry. She was born on March 20, 1966. She has been working in the Hindi film industry for three decades. She had bagged seven Filmfare awards out of the thirty five nominations at the Filmfare awards. It was for the best playback singer award category. Her singing is quite beautiful and she was felicitated by many icons. 

She came to the Bollywood industry as a singer at her early age. This gave her a lot of experience and she groomed herself as a consistent and successful singer. Alka Yagnik's songs were listed more than 20 times in the “BBC's “Top 40 Bollywood Soundtracks of all time”. Alka Yagnik was born in Kolkata on 20 March, 1966 to the Gujarati-Hindu parents. She started her singing career at the age of six while she had sung the song for the All India Radio, Kolkata. 

She came to Mumbai at the age of 10 as a child singer. She had sung 2482 songs in 1114 films as of date. Alka Yagnik has a soothing voice that manifests the song even better. She is the fifth most successful and prominent singer of Bollywood cinema. Her career in Bollywood has been more than three decades and she had pulled out pretty good in the duet numbers. She is a classically trained singer who had profound knowledge in it. Alka Yagnik had won a lot of awards in the prominent ones like Zee Cine Awards, Star screen awards, Filmfare, IIFA awards, Bollywood movie awards, etc. Alka Yagnik had been highly rewarded for having won a lot of Filmfare awards and got the maximum number of nominations. 

In the hundred years of Hindi cinema function, Alka Yagnik's song “Taal Se Taal Mila” from the movie Taal was voted as the best song of the century. This had been done by Fever 104, , Hindustan Times and DesiMartini. She has been active in the Cinema industry since 1980.

Parveen Sultana is a leading Indian classical vocalist recognized as an innovative exponent of the Patiala Gharana ; however she has not restricted her training or singing to any particular Gharana. Praveen learned the finer points and techniques of Indian classical music from her father, Ikramul Mazid who advised her to avoid Hindi film music.

Preeti UttamSingh is a Bollywood playback singer. She is the daughter of Uttam Singh, a famous music director. She started her career with the hugely popular song titled 'Lakdi Ki Kathi Kathi Pe Ghoda' as a child artist in the movie Masoom which was released in 1983. At that time, she was credited as Gurpreet Kaur in the song, but later on, she took on Preeti Uttam as her professional name. She sang several Hindi film songs, including the most successful song titled 'Charkha Chalati Maa' from the movie Pinjar which was released in 2003. After she released her first album Preeti, she worked on the album titled 'Aathwan Sur- The Other Side of Naushad, 'which was released in 1998, in which she sang songs that were composed by music director Naushad along with the singer Hariharan. Then she collaborated with her father on the album, "Sur" in 2002.

Ameesha Patel was born on 9th June 1975. She is an Indian actress. She is working in Bollywood films and Telugu films as well. She performed in most of the blockbuster Indian films like Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai in 2000, Ek Prem Katha in 2001 and won the special praise due to her performance in Gadar. In 2002 she performed in a film Humraaz which became super hit in Bollywood and she was nominated for best actress of the year. In 2011 she introduced her private production house under the name as Ameesha Patel Productions with her corporate partner Kuunal Goomer.

Ameesha Patel belongs to a Gujarati family. Her father name is Amit Patel and her mother name is Asha Patel. She opened her eyes in the real world first time in Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai. Her schooling is from Cathedral and John Connon School located in Mumbai. She got her higher education from Medford in Tufts University.

After graduation she started her career as a financial forecaster at Khandwala Securities Limited. When she came back to home country, she joined theatre of Satyadev Dubey group and played various roles in different serials. She also did modeling for numerous Indian brands including Bajaj Sevashram, Lux, Fair & Lovely and many more.

She got first opportunity to do acting when her father’s schoolmate offered her in 2000 in a film Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai but she declined the offer as she desired to endure her studies in USA. She was replaced by Kareena Kapoor but due to some reasons Kareena was dropped and she again received the offer in a family lunch. After this film she became one of the most popular artists. Ameesha Patel also worked in a number of talk shows such as Rendezvous along with co-host Simi Garewal and some other shows others. She was also the evaluator of special Valentine’s Day episode in 2006.

Dolly Bindra is an Indian film and TV actress and stage performer. She started her acting career at the age of 18 years and has a number of films to her credit like Khiladiyo Ka Khiladi, Pyar Koi Khel Nahin, ham Sab Ek Hain, Gadar etc. she has also acted insmall negative roles in a number of TV shows.

Dolly came to lime light in 2010 when she entered the house of Bigg Boss Season 4 in 2010. It was a reality show on Colors Channel. She was given wild card entry on day 21 and since her entry in the show, she was known for the controversies she created and the statements that she made against other participants. She accused Shweta Tiwari, a famous V actress of granting sexual favours for Rs. 75000/-. She threatened Shweta that she can reveal the name fo father of her children. She also accused another participant Ashmit Patel of shooting a sex MMS with co-actor Riya Sen. She made demaening public statements against Veena MalikMalik, a Pakistani actress who was participating in a reality show in India. She also went to Pakistan and even raised her shoe to express her feelings for Veena Malik in front of Pakistani media. 

She was continuously in the news during the shooting of Bigg Boss 4 and reached to the final week. Finally she was declared as fourth winner whereas the winner on the show came out to be Shweta Tiwari.

Lillete Dubey is an Indian theater personality who has also featured in various Bollywood and British films. She was born in Pune to Govind and Leela Kiswani. Her father named her Lillete as a faux-French derivation of her mother’s name Leela, and she never had an affinity for her name during her childhood. She attended a Parsi boarding school, “Rustoms” and also went on to change various schools due to her engineer-fathers regional postings.

Anil Sharma is an Indian film producer and director who was born in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. His father is the film producer, K.C. Sharma As a child, he was fascinated by mythological stories that his grandfather told him. We can see the mythological touch as well as emotional factors in his movies. He pursued his graduation (B.Sc) from Khalsa College, Mumbai. Then he got interested in cinematography. He then assisted Baldeo Raj Chopra on movies like "Pati Patni Aur Who," "Insaaf ka Tarazoo," and "The Burning Train." He also played a small role in these movies. Anil's first film as a director was "Shradhanjali" (1981) starring Rakhee. Then his first movie as the producer was "Elaan e Jung" (1989). His other movies are "Maharaja" (1998) and "Faristey" (1991). Anil worked with Dharmendra in "Hukumat" (1987).

Vikram Gupta is an Indian director who worked for the Hindi film industry. He is a multi-talented director, writer, and second unit director working in the Bollywood film industry. Some of the popular films in which he shared his work are Main Hoon Na, Man’s World, Gadar: Ek Prem Katha, and Khauff. Vikram also worked with big Bollywood celebrities like Shah Rukh Khan, Amrita Rao, Sunil Shetty, and many others. Main Hoon Na is an action, comedy, and drama movie which hit the theatres on 30th April 2004. It was a block-buster hit film and won many awards. It won 10 awards and more than 20+ nominations in various award functions like Awards of the International Indian Film Academy, Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards, Filmfare Awards, and Screen Awards.

Nittin Keni had traversed a different road to prove his talents and worth in the movie industry. Instead of role-playing, he focused his efforts towards the production of the material shown on the silver-screen. As an individual involved in the production team, Keni has an affluent influence over the film fraternity for his artistic prowess. Holding his residence and office in Mumbai, Maharashtra, he is currently situated at the center of the entertainment industry and gathers latest updates regarding the ever-dynamic, Bollywood.

He is an Indian assistant director as well as an actor in the film industry. After completing his graduation, he started his career as a writer working in film Aashik Aawara (1993), in 1995 he worked in Vartmaan as a story writer, dialogue writer and also screenplay was done by him.

Najeeb Khan is a film cinematographer in Bollywood. Najeeb began his career as a full-fledged cameraman with the film 'Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar' which was produced by Nasir Hussain and directed by Mansoor Khan. The film featured Aamir Khan, Ayesha Jhulka.

Uttam Singh is an Indian musician (Music director, violinist, and arranger) born on 25 May 1948. He is known for directing music for Yash Chopra’s Dil Toh Pagal Hai. He lived with his parents who moved to Mumbai when he was twelve years old. Father of Uttam Singh was a Sitar player. Since he was a child, he started learning Tabla and Western violin. To earn income for survival, his family used to conduct kirtans at different Gurudwaras. For three years he worked as a Violinist. In 1963, he broke through when he worked on a Mohammad Safi’s documentary as a violin player.

Anand Bakshi was an old poet and lyricist with his popularity in the Hindi film industry. Anand Bakshi He was born in Rawalpindi, a part of India in 1930 which later got converted into a Pakistan city after independence in 1947. His mother died when he was five years old. Due to the partition of India and Pakistan, on October 2, 1947, Bakshi’s family shifted themselves to Delhi. Initially, Bakshi was in the Indian Army after completing his studies. In the free time, he used to write songs occasionally while working for the army. Bakshi initially tried to become a writer or a singer in the Hindi films, but later he found his talent in writing songs.

Kunal Sharma was born on December 12, 1987 and hails from Andover, Massachusetts, U.S.A. He has been honoured for the movies he has chosen and the way he exploits in the movies. Though he did only a few films, he has been appreciated by the audience. His acting career started when he was just fourteen. He did his debut as an actor with a TV series. Later on, after a few years, he once again bounced back in the year 2003 with a television series called “Phil of The Future”, which was an American television series broadcasted on Disney Channel.

Sanjay Dhabade is an Indian art director who works in the Hindi film industry. Dhabade did his schooling from S. V. Joshi High School in Dombivli in Mumbai. He went for higher studies to L. S. Raheja School of Art in Bhandara in Maharashtra and Sir J. J. Institute of Applied Art in Mumbai. After earning a diploma in art direction, Dhabade worked in the advertising industry for five years. He then worked in the television industry as an assistant art director to Nitish Roy for series like Discovery of India, Chanakya and Mrugnayni. He joined the Zero Hour India art production house in 1995 where he designs sets for movies, serials, events and corporate weddings.

In today's times, hardly youngsters are interested in learning Indian classical dance forms and preserving our country's rich heritage. The male population flinches when it comes to traditional dancing, and people mostly consider it as a girl's terrain.

Jay Borade was a Mumbai-based choreographer who was born nearly in 1937 and started his career from 1981-2013. Jay Borade worked with renowned film directors like Sooraj Barjatya, Babbar Subhash, Kalidas, Imtiaz Punjabi, Partho Ghosh, Vinod K. Verma, and many other directors.

Keshav Naidu is an Indian film editor. His filmography began in 1980 with Aakrosh, directed by Govind Nihalani, which served as his debut as an editor. He later gained a reputation after three years through his next movie, Vijeta, in 1983 for which he won a Filmfare Award. Another Filmfare Award credited under his name was for the film Bees Saal Baad. His most known works as an established editor in the Indian Film Industry include Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge in 1995, starring Shah Rukh Khan. His other works include Rafta Rafta The Speed, Baaz – A Bird In Dager, Dil Pardesi ho Gayaa, Dil Ne Jise Apna Kahaa, and many more that helped him cultivate his image as one of the fine editors of Indian Cinema. He also contributed as a visual effects artist for the movie Don in 2006. 

Ravi Dewan is a Bollywood stunt director who has begun his career as an assistant stunt master in Yash Chopra’s ‘Mashaal’. 'Mashaal' was a movie that paired Dilip Kumar and Waheeda Rehman in lead roles. There were some stunt scenes in the movie which was performed by Anil Kapoor. 

Sunny Deol is a film actor, director and producer. He is best known for his ‘Dhaai Kilo Ka Haath’ dialogue. He was born as Ajay Singh Deol, on 19th of October, 1956, in Sahnewal, Ludhiana, Punjab. He is the eldest son of veteran actor, Dharmendra, and his first wife, Prakash Kaur. Bollywood actor, Bobby Deol, is his younger brother.

Amrish Lal Puri was born on 22nd June, 1932 in Punjab. He was a popular Bollywood actor and an artist who was known for his ideal performance in the Indian cinema. He was apparently known for his playwrights namely Satyadev Dubey, and Girish Karnad. Most importantly he is known for his negative roles in Bollywood, and also in other Indian and International movies. They were highly a great sign of his performance which did made a real difference to the industry. His movie Mr.India (1987), and Indiana Jones and the Tempel of Doom (1984) are the movies that he had attracted the Indian and the International audiences.

Ishrat Ali, an Indian T.V., and movie actor cum action director lives in Andheri West, Mumbai of Maharashtra. He became famous for his acting in the movies like “Krantiveer” in 1994, “Sarkar” in 2005, and “Bhawandar” in 2000. In the world of Indian Television Ishrat is famous for his acting in the popular T.V. show “Chidiya Ghar” as Dimak Chacha in SAB T.V. In this comedy drama of Garima Production, he acted in a negative role.

Mithilesh Chaturvedi is a popular supporting artist in Hindi movies. One of his earliest known works is the Taal, which had Anil Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, and  Akshaye Khanna in the lead roles. The movie was directed by Subhash Ghai. He did that film in 1999 and played the role of Rambhajan. He did a small role in the 2001 Amitabh Bachchan starrer Aks. He has also done a supporting role in Road in 2002 and Bunty and Babli in 2005. In 2006, he played a minor role in Rakesh Roshan’s science fiction superhero flick, Krrish. 

Mushtaq is a well known person in the Indian television and film industries. He has given more than three decades to Indian cinema and television. He was born in Baihar, Madhya Pradesh. He started his career at an early age with the movie named “Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyon Aata Hai”, in 1980. He played a character of Lecherous Shopper trying to flirt with Smita Patil. In the same year, he worked in the movie, “Thodisi Bewafaii”. His character was named “Mustaq”, who was a worker with a sick wife. Later, he worked in many movies like Sajaye Maut, Kalia, Congregation, Angaarey, Kabzaa, Main Azad Hoon, Aakhri Gulam, Sathi, Sadak, Lakshamanrekha, Zulm Ki Hukumat, Dharavi, Saatwan Aasman, Raja, Milan, Baazi and many more. He got recognised by the super hit movie “Hum Hai Rahi Pyar Ke”. He played a character of Bhagwati Prasad Mishra. He played various characters in various movies and won the heart of the Indian audience through his humorous acting.

Pramod Moutho is an eminent film and television actor who acted in more than 200 films and various television shows in India. He was born as Pramod Sharma from a Punjabi Brahmin in Kapurthala. He got his last name Moutho during his college days since he was known for playing mouth organ, so his friends usually called him as Moutho. He studied at NJSA Government College in Kapurthala. He initiated his career by doing stage plays and he even got a diploma in the Department of Indian Theatre.

Initially, he worked as a freelance stage actor in Delhi and Punjab. In 1972, one of the actors in the National Youth Festival backed out and he was asked to replace him two days before the final day. Since then, he has done amateur theatre and later, he moved to Delhi to try his luck in acting. He attended the National School of Drama Repertory Company in Delhi. He was the very first non-trained NSD actor who acted on stage for the Repertory. For the whole eight years, the brilliant actor has done almost all types of roles. In 1989, he moved to Mumbai after receiving an offer from the popular screenwriter and director, Chandraprakash Dwivedi to bagged the role of Shaktar in the historical drama series, Chanakya on DD National.

Subsequently, he entered the film industry. He was given a small role in Pooja Bhatt’s debut film, Daddy in 1989. His major break came from the blockbuster Bollywood action thriller film, Khalnayak by Subhash Ghai in 1993. He was launched as a new villain and received praises for his performance as Roshan Mahanta in the film. Later, he became notable as the most sought after villains in the film industry. Later, he appeared as the brother of Mama Thakur (played by Paresh Rawal) in another hit film, Dilwale. Since then, he has acted in films like Mafia, Loafer, Qila, Hero Hindustani, Agniputra, Deewane, Shikari, Indian, Jodi No. 1, Basti, Dev, Jodhaa Akbar, Dark Rainbow, 28 January Good Morning India 2009 and a lot more.

He also continued his journey in television and appeared in the Punjabi serials like Supne Te Parchhaven and Buniyad. He also donned a Punjabi Teleplay entitled, Bebasi. In the early 2000, he played as Fyomancho, the main villain in the superhero series, Junior G – The Magic Starts Now on Doordarshan channel. In 2010, he acted as a mentally disturbed doctor in the drama series, Maan Rahe Tera Pitaah on Sony Entertainment Television. From 2010 up to the present, he played as Mr. Avatramani in the popular courtroom drama series, Adaalat. He also played as the father of Jasveer (played by Sukirti Kandpal) on Jay Productions’ Rab Se Sohna Isshq which was aired on Zee TV.

Some of the popular stage plays to his credit are Hewers of Coal, Shuturmurg, Nayak Katha, Chhatrian, Surya Ki Antim Kiran se Surya Ki Pehli Kiran Tak and more.

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Pramod Sharma is an Indian film and TV serial actor. He was born in 1955 at Amritsar.

Rakesh Bedi along with Staish Shah can be termed as the pioneer of comedy in the Indian TV industry. They both acted in ‘Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi’ the epic comedy serial aired on 1984 in good old Doordarshan. Born in New Delhi to Punjabi parents Raja (as he is popularly known as) always wanted to become an actor and started doing theater from an early age.

Suresh Oberoi is a character actor and the father of actor Vivek Oberoi. He was born as Vishal Kumar Oberoi, on December 17, 1946, in Quetta, Baluchistan, present-day Pakistan. His father was a Punjabi businessman named Anand Sarup Oberoi. He four brothers and sisters. His entire family relocated to Hyderabad state in India, during the time of Partition. Here, his family established a chain of medical stores.

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