Hindi Movie Review Gali Gali Chor Hai - Cast & Crew

Shriya Saran, the timeless beauty, is a much loved actor of the South Indian film industry who’s been reigning the world of cinema from nearly a decade. She’s acted in nearly 70 films in the languages of Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, English and Hindi and won a host of prestigious awards in all of her career.

A trained and expert traditional dancer, Shriya Saran was noticed in one of her dance videos and for the beauty that she was, movie offers came her way. Ishtam, the telugu film produced by Ramoji Rao was the first that she acted in and although the film didn’t really fare all that well, she was noticed. She was paired with bigger heroes like Nagarjuna and Tarun right after that when she acted in films like Santosham (with Nag) and Nuvve nuvve (first directorial of Trivikram Srinivas along side Tarun). Ever since that, she’s had no looking back. She acted in a lot of south Indian films after that, Tagore (starring Chiranjeevi), Balu (the Pawan Kalyan starrer), Chatrapathi (along side Prabhas), Sivaji (with Rajinikanth) being some of them.

Southscope award, Filmfare award, CineMaa award, Stardust award and Vijay award were won by Shriya Saran in her career, over and over again. Nearly ten years after Shriya Saran debuted, she still continues to compete with fresh talent bagging as many important roles and looking as beautiful as she did when she set foot in the industry.

Mugdha Godse is an Indian model comes to an actress known for her work in the movie Fashion. She was born into a middle-class family in Pune and attended the Nutan Marathi Vidyalaya, at Sadashiv Peth, Pune. She had to work extremely hard financially before achieving stardom. Mugdha and her sister Madhura used to sell oil and earn Rs 100 a day, for a living. Later on, she concentrated on her fitness and hit the gym on a regular basis so as to participate in local beauty contests.

Anmol Malik was born on February 5, 1990 in Mumbai, Maharashtra. She is a very prominent Bollywood playback singer and also she does write the lyrics for the songs. This is a trend setting attitude for a singer and this is a positive sign which happens out to be overwhelming by the newcomers. She is the daughter of Bollywood’s popular music composer Anu Malik. Her mother name is Anju and she has sister namely, Ada Malik.

Her grandfather is a famous music composer and her uncle is a promising songwriter. She is able to perform well in her career as the profession is pretty good right from her ancestors. She did her schooling at an International school based in Mumbai. She is a Bachelor’s in Science graduate from the very popular University, which is based in England. Her degree is basically a blend of Management, Movie as well as Computer related one.

She did her music degree in the arena of Piano at the Trinity College of London whereby she had completed the five levels. This gave her unique cognition in the arena of music and it served as in her proactive medium. Her practice sessions took place at the projects of her father, whom she worked so intensely. Her strong area is absolutely the western based sort and she is capable of singing songs in the languages of Persian, French and Spanish. She is quite popular with her western numbers and her voice is pretty much unique and adorable. Her career in singing took off at the age of seven whereat which she sang for the movie Diljale. She also got an occasion to sing for the prominent actress and the Miss.Universe Aishwarya Rai for the movie Umrao Jaan directed by J.P.Dutta. This brought in a lot of felicitation for the singer.

The Maliks’ Family Tree (Infographic Family Tree)

Mamta Sharma is a very renowned playback singer of Bollywood. She was born on September 7, 1980, in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. Right from the beginning she had the urged to sing and had formed her bands. She used to sing at parties, weddings, reception, cultural fests and all. Her singing lifestyle provided her a strong base in singing career.

Born on 26th February, 1984, Veena Malik’s real name is Zahida Malik. She was born in Pakistan. Later, she went ahead to turn into a well known Pakistani actress and model. In the year 2000, she marked her debut with the film Tere Pyar Mein. She has played a pivotal role in a number of woman centric films like Ishq Be Parwah, Yeh Dil Aap Ka Huwa.

Rumi Jaffery is a Writer, Director, and an Actor. He mainly worked as Writer in Indian Film Cinema since his debut. Rumi Jaffery has written over 50 movies since his debut in Indian Cinema. He was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India in 1974. He did his schooling from Mumbai, and college from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. He has interest in writing stories since his childhood. He won many competitions when he was in school. Rumi Jaffery made his debut in Indian Cinema in 1992, when he worked as writer in the movie “Paayal”, directed by Mahendra Singh, starring Bhagyashree, Himalaya, and Farida Jala as lead roles, while Tiku Talsania, Annu Kapoor, Baby Rupal, Aha Sharma, Raju Shreshtra, and much more played the roles of supporting artists. The story of the movie was loved by everyone and Rumi Jeffery was appreciated by everyone for his work.

Nitin Manmohan is the son of yesteryear Bollywood actor Manmohan who played the villain’s role in movies like 'Gumnam,' 'Aradhana,'  'Amar Prem,’ 'Satyakam,’ 'Purab Aur Paschim,’ 'Jugnu,’ 'Namaj Haraam,’ 'Aandhi' etc. His father was a popular star in the 1970s and acted in movies by Shakti Samanta, Pramod Chakravarty, and Manoj Kumar. He also appeared in all Bhappie Soni's movies.

Akshaye Khanna is a popular Indian film actor. He was born on March 28, 1975, in Mumbai, Maharashtra in India to Bollywood actor, Vinod Khanna and Geetanjali Khanna. His brother, Rahul Khanna is also an actor and they are both members of South Mumbai’s Royal Willingdon Sports Club. Akshaye studied at Kishore Namit Kapoor Acting Institute in Mumbai. 

After this, he was debuted in the Bollywood romance film, Himalay Putra in the year 1997, along with Hema Malini, Satish Shah, and Johnny Lever. This film was produced by his father, but it became unsuccessful at the box-office. In the same year, he acted in Sunny Deol-starrer film, Border. His role as the 2nd Lieutenant was initially offered to Aamir Khan, but due to date issues, the actor declined the offer and so Akshaye was cast in the film. He earned the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut and got nominated at the Star Screen Award for the Best Actor in a Supporting Role in the year 1998. Followed by this, was a string of not so successful films including, Mohabbat, Kudrat, Love You Hamesha, Laawaris, and Dahek: A Burning Passion from the year 1997 to 1999. 

Akshaye was starred in the Bollywood romantic drama musical film, Aa Ab Laut Chalen, alongside Rajesh Khanna. Though the film did an average business at the box-office, he received praises for his brilliant acting. Akshaye acted opposite Aishwarya Rai in the critical and commercial Bollywood romantic drama film, Taal, which was helmed by Subhash Ghai. In the year 2001, Akshaye appeared in the multi-starrer comedy-drama film, Dil Chahta Hai, alongside Aamir Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Sonali Kulkarni, Preity Zinta and Dimple Kapadia. This film became a defining moment in his career as it turns out to be a commercial and critical success. Initially, his role as Sid was offered to Abhishek Bachchan, but he turned it down, and so Akshaye was cast in the film and was applauded by his brilliant performance. He also earned the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor and his career was re-launched. In 2002, he played as a villain in Bobby Deol-starrer Humraaz. This film earned him critical acclaim and a nomination at the Filmfare for Best Performance in a Negative Role. Later, he shifted to doing comedy films and was cast in the Priyadarshan’s Hungama in 2003 and Hulchul in 2004; both films made it to the box-office success.

This was followed by lukewarm and unsuccessful films like Aap Ki Khatir and Shaadi Se Pehle in 2006, Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute to Love, Gandhi, My Father and Naqaab in 2007 and Mere Baap Pehle Aap in 2008. Akshaye later appeared in Abbas-Mustan’s blockbuster thriller film Race in 2008. This film became the 4th highest-grossing film of the year and his character as Rajeev Singh earned him the Screen Awards and IIFA Awards for Best Villain. But his performance as Harilal Gandhi, the son of Mahatma Gandhi (played by Darshan Jariwala) in the critically acclaimed biographical drama film, ‘Gandhi, My Father’ was considered as his best performance as an actor. 

In the year 2010, Akshaye was starred in the action-comedy film, No Problem, along with Sanjay Dutt and Kangana Ranaut in the lead role. He was also praised by his performances in the action thriller film, Aakrosh and in the heist comedy film, Tees Maar Khan in 2010. Besides acting, Akshaye voiced the character of Alex the Parrot in the 3D animated film, Delhi Safari in 2012. He was also featured in the Hindi comedy film, Gali Gali Chor Hai, along with Shriya Sarn and Mugdha Godse. 

After this, he took a hiatus from acting and recently made a comeback in the upcoming action-adventure film, Dishoom, helmed by Rohit Dhawan and is expected to release in the year 2016.

An active actor, filmmaker & producer as well. He was born in Haryana, India on April 13th, 1956. This actor has marked his presence in the comic roles since his entry in Bollywood, He worked with the prominent actors of his time & is active yet in Bollywood. After completion of graduation from National School of Drama in 1978, he made his entry in the Filmmaking as an Assistant Director of the movie “Masoom” that won the Filmfare Award for “ Best Film Critics”, directed by Shekhar Kapoor. Masoom was his first movie as an actor too. He bagged two Filmfare Award in the category of Best Comedian for his role in Ram Lakhan & Saajan Chale Sasural. He tried his hands as Director, Producer, Screen Writer along with acting on the Telly Shops.

Vijay Raaz (Born: 5th June 1963) is an Indian film actor. His breakthrough came with the role he played as Dubeyji in the movie ‘Monsoon Wedding’ and achieved his fame for the performance in the film ‘Run’. His “Kauwa Biryani” act became highly praised worldwide. Since then, Raaz has been cast in small and comic roles in many Hindi movies. His specialty lies in depicting a common man in today’s Hindi movies.

Kalim Khan is an Indian producer, associate producer, director, actor, music director, story writer, supporting actor, and additional crew member who lives in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Kalim Khan has primarily worked for the Bollywood film industry and television. Kalim Khan is an associate producer at K Rulz Entertainment, and he has worked as an associate producer in several Hindi films, like Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana, released in 2017, starring Rajkummar Rao and Kriti Kharbanda, and directed by Ratnaa Sinha. Kalim Khan is known for his notable work in several Hindi films like Ten, released in 2005 and directed by Christopher Nolan; Bade Miyan Chote Miyan, released in 1998; and Chor Machaaye Shor, released in 2002, both directed by David Dhawan.

Anu Malik is considered as one of the most famous and successful music directors from film industry. He has also established his name as a singer. He began his career as a music director in 1977. He gave the music for the film Hunterwali. He became famous in 1990s by delivering the blockbusters like Baazigar,Janam and so on. We can say 1990 to 2000s was the golden period of his career. He was awarded a National Award for his phenomenal music for the film Refugee. His other blockbusters were Shah Rukh Khan starrer Mai Hoon Na and Baazigar . This movie gave him a Filmfare Award of Best Music Director. He has made a record of winning this trophy for 6 times. Anu Malik has given his versatile music for more than 350 films. He is considered as the most promising music director from the industry. So his songs like Garam Chaye Ki Pyali, Mehbooba Mehbooba, Gori Gori are some of the most famous songs from his compositions. He has also successfully played the role of a judge in the reality show Indian Idol. And has also made a presence in many T.V. shows. Anu Malik has successfully tried many gener in his compositions from a soulful love song to a dance number. He has different style of composition.

Indori was born on 1st January 1950 and is one of the most praised Urdu writer and Bollywood rhymesters. Former to this he was a researcher of Urdu poetry at Indore Academia. Rahat Indori is very well known amid his billions of fans internationally for his poetic braininess and a nod style of interpreting ash'aars. Dr. Rahat Indori was born to father Rafatullah Qureshi, a fabric mill worker, and his wife and his mother, Maqbool Un Nisa Begum. He was their fourth kid. He did his teaching at Nutan School Indore from where he completed his higher studies. He accomplished his graduation from Indore from Islamia Karimia College, in 1973. He has passed his MA in Urdu writing from Bhopal from Barkatullah University (Madhya Pradesh) in 1975.

Kailash Kher was born on 7 July, 1973 in New Delhi. He is an Indian pop Singer, Music Director and his music style is influenced by, Indian Sufi and folk music. His family belongs to Kashmiri roots. His father named Pandir Mehar Singh Kher was a famous Folk Musician and Singer. Kailash was very interested in singing and music from his childhood. He left his home at the age of 14, for learning music and took proper lessons from his guru.

After many attempts, he didn’t get the right teacher. He began to learn music, by listening to the classical music of Indian singers like Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, Pandit Kumar Gaurav, Pandit Gokulotsav Maharajand and also Lata Mangeshkar. After that, he started to teach music for his expenses in Delhi. Because of some problems in the family, he left singing and completed his graduation from Delhi University. When he was staying in Delhi, he met Paresh Kamath and Naresh Kamath in a concert. They together, started his band named “Kailasa”. Thus, he started his journey in his music career. 

He has sung more than 5000 songs in 20 different languages of India. He got the opportunity to sing in the movie “Andaaz” (Rabbaa Ishq Na hove). After this, his song “Allah ke Bande” from movie “Waisa Bhi Hota Hai 2” became very popular, and made him a popular singer in Bollywood. The song "Teri Deewani" from the album of the same name by his band Kailasa and the song "Ya Rabba" from the movie Salaam-e-Ishq had record sales. His band albums are Kailasa(2006), Jhooma Re (2007), Chaandan Mein (2009), Rangeele (2012),Naina Chaar (2013) etc. 

He won Filmfare award as Best Male Playback singer for the film Fanna (2007) and also won the Filmfare award as Best Male Playback Singer-Telugu for the film Mirchi.

Mohit Chauhan is a Bollywood playback singer. He was born on March 11, 1966 at Nahan, Himachal Pradesh, India. He was also a previous front-man of the band, Silk Route. Mohit is fluent in Pahari, Hindi and English languages. He went to St. Xavier’s School in Delhi and then he came to Himachal Pradesh to finish his studies. He graduated college with a Master of Science in Geology at Dharamsala College. 

Debajit Changmai is an Indian audio engineer who has literally given voice to over 150 Bollywood movies in a career spanning nearly two decades. He was born and raised in Sivasagar, Assam, where he attended the Sivasagar Government H.S. & M.P. School. He graduated from the Jorhat Institute of Science & Technology before pursuing his masters from the Jyoti Chitraban Film and Television Institute in Guwahati. He joined the FMx studio in 2002, where he currently works as the senior re-recording mixer. His first project was as an assistant sound mixer in Tighmanshu Dhulia’s “Haasil” (2003), starring Jimmy Shergill and Irrfan Khan.

Boloy Kumar Doloi was born and brought up in Guwahati, Assam, India. He did his schooling at Maharishi Vidya Mandir, Guwahati. When he was just 18 years old, he moved to Mumbai to complete his diploma in Audio Engineering and Film Making. At the same time, he has been working in the industry. Currently, he works as a Sound Recording Mixer and Sound Engineer in the Indian Film Industry. He has worked in Documentaries and Biopics, etc., in different languages such as Hindi, English, Telegu, Bengali, and Marathi. He has been working in this field for more than 19 years. Now he is known to be a person who has mastered the art of mixing on Dolby Atmos. His first job in this field was at Vikrant Studio, and he is still working there. He worked at FutureWorks as a Sound Re-recording mixer and has also worked at Creative Sound Design. He has worked with great filmmakers such as Mira Nair, Shamim Sarif, S.S Rajamouli, and many more. Some of his great works are ‘Holiday: A soldier is never off Duty’ released in 2014, ‘Deep Inside’ in 2021, ‘Kaabil’ in 2017, ‘Haider’ in 2014, ‘Kaali Khuhi’ in 2020, ‘Dhadak’ in 2018 and a lot more. He is not active on social media.

Rahul Karpe is a re-recording mixer, and recording artist. He is famous for his works in the movies ‘RRR (2022),’ ‘Kaabil (2017),’ ‘Baby (2016),’ and ‘Monica, O My Darling (2022).’ He also contributed to the ‘Kakuda.’ Rahul worked as associate re recording mixer at FutureWorks Media Limited for almost 12 years. He now works as a freelance re-recording mixer.

Ahmed Khan is a multi talented personality of the film industry. He is a choreographer, director and actor by profession. He is also a writer and producer, he wrote the script of the movie ‘Paathshala’, starring Shahid Kapoor and the film was also produced by Ahmed and his wife Shaira Khan. He lives in Andheri in Mumbai. He studied from The Bishop’s School, Pune, Maharashtra.

A Muthu is an Indian director, editor, and producer. He directed movies like ‘Pyaasa’ and ‘Tera Jadoo Chal Gaya.’ He also wrote the movie ‘Sheesha.’ Muthu is the producer of the movie ‘Badlapur Boys.’ He is most notably known for his work as an editor for numerous films like ‘Gali Gali Chor Hai,’ ‘Sheesha,’ ‘Kismat,’ ‘Haseena Maan Jayegi,’ ‘Biwi No.1,’ ‘Daag: The Fire,’ ‘Bade Miyan Chote Miyan,’ ‘Iski Topi Uske Sarr,’ ‘Mr. & Mrs Khiladi,’ ‘Banarasi Babu,’ and many more. Muthu has worked for hits like ‘Loafer,’ ‘Coolie No. 1,’ ‘Laadla,’ ‘Raja Babu,’ ‘Bol Radha Bol,’ ‘Baaghi: A Rebel for Love,’ ‘Sadak’ and so on.

Mohit Baghet is a Bollywood supporting actor and a Humor comedy actor. She has done many stage shows and Plays. He has been a versatile actor and has accomplished The directors wish on every movie set.

Arun Verma is an Indian television actor, and cinematographer, who has portrayed challenging roles throughout his career and is best remembered for his roles in ‘Khal Nayak’ (1993), ‘Khakee,’(2004) and ‘Budtameez’ (1966). Arun Verma has astoundingly flourished in a domain where a lot of aspiring fellows have tried and failed. His decision to relocate to Mumbai after university stemmed from his desire to do something out of the ordinary, and make a mark for himself in the society.

Amit Mistry is an Indian actor and director who was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra. He is a very prominent actor, who have acted many Bollywood and Punjabi movies. He first broke to the big screen in the year 2007 in comic thriller Ek Chalis Ki Last Local alongside Abhay Deol and Neha Dhupia. He was seen in the year 2009, in real event based thriller 99. He was seen in the second half of 2009 in comic flick Bad Luck Govind. He has been typecast by the audience, as comic. And staying true to that, he has been doing movies of comedy gene only. In 2011, he featured in the movie Yamla Pagla Deewana, starring all the men of the Deol family.

Annu Kapoor or born as AnilKapoor, is an Indian movie actor, TV and radio presenter who were born on February 20, 1956 in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. He has an almost similar name with the actor, Anil Kapoor, so in 1982 he decided to change his name to Annu Kapoor. He was trained in the National School of Drama in New Delhi, India in 1976.

In 1979, he first appeared as a stage actor and he was noted for his appearance in Ek Ruka Hua Faisla under the direction of his brother, Ranjeet, in 1982. Shyam Benegal, an Indian director who made Annu’s debut film, Mandi in 1983.

Annu was also part of the serial, DD National (DD1) in 2007 and performed in the black comedy film, 7 Khoon Maaf as Inspector Keemat Lal. The Golden Era – With Annu Kapoor is the melancholy show about the Indian cinema, specifically Bollywood Music. He was the radio presenter in the 92.7 Big FM station with his show called, Suhaana Safar with Annu Kapoor.

His career traversed for over 30 years. He has done TV serials, game shows and performed in Bollywood cinema. He also hosted the STAR One’s singing contest, Antakshari – The Great Challenge. Annu played an Obsessive-Compulsive physician in the Bollywood comedy-drama, Vicky Donor, in 2012, which became a renowned critically acclaimed film and gave him the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor. In 2013, he appeared as Sir Yograj Khanna in the Bollywood action comedy film, Yamla Pagla Deewana 2, under the direction of Sangeeth Sivan.

Annu came from a family connected with art and nationalism. He was the son of the poet, Shabnam Kapoor, who was one of the very few people that mastered Urdu, Arabic, and Persian languages. She was also articulate in languages like Punjabi, Gujarati, Marwadi, Marathi, and some other dialects. Annu has four sons and has been married twice.

He also directed various plays and films such as the Abhay (The Fearless) that received the National Film Award for Best Children’s Film and V. Shantaram Award in 1994. He was also the Aao Jhoomein Gaayen on SAB TV, a musical talent competition for kids and the Gaan Gaao Taaka Naao on Kolkata.

Annu have done several films from 1983 to 2014 and Television appearances such as Close Up Antakshari, Quile Ka Rahasya, Idea Jalsa, Junoon Kuch Kar Dikhane Ka and a lot more.
 

Ashok Samarth is an Indian film actor, popular amongst the regional audience for his work in movies like Singham (2011), R… Rajkumar (2013), Rowdy Rathore (2012), Vitti Dandu (2014), etc. Mostly known for his dominant involvement in Bollywood movies, Hindi TV series, and dramas, he has often been praised by the critics for his on-screen timing and spontaneity. In 2005, Ashok made his first notable contribution on the silver screen with the film Insan, where he played the role of Maqsood. It was directed by K Subhash and featured Akshay Kumar, Tushar Kapoor, and Ajay Devgn in lead roles. Since then, Ashok has improved a lot as an actor and has made appearances in more than fifty major film projects in Bollywood.

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.

Whenever we see the above personality, we remember the name Tsunami, which is a very popular character in the Salman Khan Starrer ‘Bodyguard.' The real name of Tsunami is Rajat Rawail, a famous producer in the Bollywood who has given great hits to the industry with the movies like ‘Ready,’ ‘Rowdy Rathore,’ etc. He had also directed quite a few films. All in all, he is a producer, actor, and director in the Bollywood.

Shashi Verma is an Indian artist who has tested every profession in the Hindi-language film industry. He is a known actor, writer, director, anchor, mimicry artist, and a renowned filmmaker. Shashi Verma had a debut in his director & writer role in the series AK47. He showed his acting prowess in Hindi films like Gunjan Saxena, Shorgul, Bala, Chacha Hamare Vidhayak Hain Season 2, and the web series Panchayat. Shashi has worked in around 70 advertising films like Shaadi. He has worked for a few brands like Com, Zomato, Faviquik, etc. Shashi Verma was born and raised in Bihar. He is a resident of Sitamarhi, Bihar and came to the acting field after being an anchor & mimicry artist for an orchestra. He holds a degree in theatre arts from Delhi Shri Ram Centre.

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