Hindi Movie Review Iqbal - Cast & Crew

Elahe Hiptoola is an Indian film actress, costume designer and producer. She was born in Mumbai but raised up in Hyderabad since she was two months old. She studied at Nasr School in Hyderabad, St Francis and later attended Law at Government Law College in Mumbai. Elahe has learnt piano, kathak and horseback riding. She got married to Vidyut Jaisimha, the son of the cricketer M.L. Jaisimha; but their marriage lasted for two and a half years only. 

She took up a law course, but she did not practice it. She founded her very first fashion store ‘Elahe’ in Hyderabad, which housed the collections of designers like Anamika Khanna, Abu Jani...

Devika Bahudhanam is a film producer, production designer, and director who has worked predominantly in the Hindi film industry. She was born in Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh. She pursued her education in Hyderabad though she had always been inclined toward the creative world of film-making. Chasing those aspirations, Devika, after completing her graduation in 1988 worked alongside Mani Shankar – a revered Bollywood director. In due course of time, she met Nagesh Kukunoor with whom she worked on her first movie “Rockford” and was involved in nearly every aspect of its making. She has since then worked on several projects with Nagesh including Bollywood Calling, Iqbal, 3 Deewarein, etc. Devika never had formal training as a director and only observed the director on set.

After the completion of ‘Iqbal”...

Fabeha Khan is an Indian costume designer. She did a short-term diploma course in fashion designing while she was doing her graduation. She did her fashion studies at JD School of Fashion Studies. Other than that, she learned from her mom too. She used to design her uniform as party wear on her style right from cutting and stitching. She picks the dress which is comfortable for her, unlike to impress others. She makes the light-weighted and simple dresses to make actors comfortable as they have only limited time for a change and need to hold it for a long time.

She likes to work for little pay as they have limited resources with an arduous environment. Her works as a costume designer were in Agra (2020), For Bindiya Call Jugnu(2017), Bard of Blood(TV Series for three episodes like "When Sorrow...

Prateeksha Lonkar is an actress for many films and TV series. She is known for her Marathi films in India. She got her name and fame for her lead role portrayal in the Marathi TV show Damini. The show aired on Doordarshan Sahyadri. She was born and raised in Aurangabad in Maharashtra. Her mother was a teacher and father was a popular doctor in the city.

After finishing her schooling, she decided to try for following her dreams in an acting career. Her career started when she moved to Bombay for increasing her chances of getting selected and making a long career in the acting career. She played in many TV shows in both Hindi and Marathi series. She played the lead character of Damini on the TV show Damini, which became for medium for her stardom. Another Hindi TV shows Ka...

Nagesh Kukunoor was born in Hyderabad to Kusuma Sudarshan and KS Naidu. He completed his high school education at Montfort School, Yercaud. He has a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Osmania University, Hyderabad and a master’s degree in the same field from Georgia Institute of Technology. After this, he started working at Trinity Consultants in Texas and then Atlanta as an Environmental Consultant. During this period, he attended various workshops in the film. Later, at Warehouse Actor’s Theater in Atlanta he studied acting and direction. He stepped into the film industry in the year 1995, with a short film, One Culture At a Time of which he was the director, producer, and screenwriter. His next movie, Hyderabad Blues in the year 1998 saw him stepping into the shoes of an act...

Subhash Ghai is an Indian filmmaker, screenwriter and producer in the Bollywood film industry. He was born on 24th January 1945 to a family of Punjabis in Nagpur, in the Indian state of Maharashtra. He completed his Higher Secondary education in Delhi and also graduated with a commerce degree from Rohtak, in the state of Haryana. In the year 1963, he joined the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) by moving to Pune, Maharashtra. He got married in 1970 to Mukta Ghai. He stays with his wife and two daughters Muskaan Ghai and Meghna Ghai Puri in Mumbai.

Ghai’s Hindi cinema career started with minor roles in movies such as ‘Taqdeer (1967)’ and also ‘Aradhana’ in 1971. He played major roles in th...

Vibhu Kashyap is the Vice President at Digital at Balaji Motion Pictures. He was also the former Senior Creative Director (Fiction – Original Series) with VOOT (Viacom18 Digital Ventures). The theme is also the filmmaker, photographer. He did his schooling at Saint Joseph College, Allahabad. During college, he was the  captain of his school and was the badminton champion in 1992. He did his Bachelor in Commerce, Economics, and Business Management from the University of Allahabad. He was the Vice President of the Undergraduate Commerce Association for two years; and arranged the Biannual Inter-Collegiate cultural festival – COM-FEST 1996-97. He then did his PG diploma in film and TV and studied filmmaking from Xavier Institution of Communication, Mumbai.

Vibhu started his career in ...

He is an Indian writer, scriptwriter and an entrepreneur. He came in lime light through his latest film Rustom(2016). Besides movies, he has also left his impression on television industry with Vicky Ki Taxi. His documentary named Audi Alteram Parten got nominated at the Stuttgart Film Festival, Germany for the Best Documentary and Audience Choice award. Apart from these, he also writes for magazines, newspapers, websites and has also written a book "Film Ki Kahani Kaise Likhe" under Rajkamal Prakashan publishing house.

He was born on 7 November 1968 in Surendranagar, Gujrat. Before landing into the writer's world, he worked as a sailor in Indian Navy. He took his basic training at INS Chilika. Soon he came in the film industry to try his h...

Sudeep Chatterjee is a well-known cinematographer in Bollywood. He was the man behind the camera for movies such as ‘Chak De! India’, ‘Iqbal’, ‘Dhoom 3’ and ‘Bajirao Mastani’. Sudeep was born in the city of Kolkata in West Bengal. In his childhood, Sudeep always wanted to express and visualize art. His desire to visualize made him try a hand at painting but it didn’t work out for him. Later when he was in the 10th grade, Sudeep’s father gave him a camera as a gift.

Sudeep claims that the camera had helped him find himself and had finally found a way to fulfill his desire of expressing using visual arts. Even though young Sudeep couldn’t afford to get better cameras, he made the best out his camera. Seeing ...

Intro: Himesh Reshammiya got his stardom after winning success as a story writer, producer, screenplay writer and music composer for various television serials.

Himesh Reshammiya is known for his singing skills and as a music composer; he has gained a reputation; however, his career started with the television industry and television became the platform of his rise. He started his career as a music composer, screenplay writer and story writer for various television series’ which were telecasted on Zee TV. Among the popular television series for which Himesh Reshammiya wrote stories and composed music Dum Dama Dum, Amar Prem, Andaz, Ashiqui, and Jaan were very popular serials. In addition to it, he was also the producer of many television serials including Amar Prem and Andaz.

Irfan Siddiqui is an India-based screenwriter, composer, and lyricist. He majorly worked in the Bollywood film industry. He worked as a composer in Jackpot in 2013. He worked as a screenwriter in Chain Kulii Ki Main Kulii in 2007. In Rafoo Chakkar: Fun on the Run, Fashion, and Meerabai Not Out in 2008. In 8 x 10 Tasveer and Kurbaan in 2009. And in Chance Pe Dance and Bumm Bumm Bole in 2010. He worked as a lyricist in Iqbal in 2005. In High School Musical in 2006. In Chain Kulii Ki Main Kulii, High School Musical 2, and Manorama: Six Feet Under in 2007. In Camp Rock, Fashion, and Meerabai Not Out in 2008. In Chance Pe Dance and Teen Patti in 2010. In Always Kabhi Kabhi and Aazaan in 2011. In Heroine in 2012. In Roar: Tigers of the Sundarbans in 2014. And, in Wedding Pullav in 2015.

Krishnakumar Kunnath is an Indian playback singer of Malayalam region. He was born and brought up in Delhi. Krishna was born to C.S. Menon and Kanakavalli, both his parents are Malayali. He has sung a song in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayali languages. His other names are K.K. or Kay Kay. He has completed his schooling from Mount St. Mary’s school, Delhi. Krishna graduated from Kirori Mal College, Delhi University from the commerce background. During his school days, he won many singing competitions. Even before joining singing as his profession he was the lead vocalist for different college bands. KK was very much influenced by singer Kishore Kumar and music director R.D. Burman. No training was taken up by him in this field. After completing his graduation, he moved to Mumbai with dreams to become a s...

Ravindra Upadhyay is an Indian singer from the city of Jaipur who has sung many well-known songs. He has given his voice for many songs in the movie ‘Happy New Year’ such as ‘Lovely’ and ‘Kamlee’. His concert in Abu Dabi in the year 2011 was also a success, video of which can be found online.

He has also sung the song ‘Jiya Lage Na’ for the movie ‘Talaash’ which was loved by everyone. In 2014, he was part of a gala musical in his hometown. The event was also attended by poet Sanjay Jhala and Sa Re Ga Ma Little Champ’s winner Azmat Hussain.

The night was not only filled with Bollywood songs but also Sanjay Jhala’s poetry written for his mother in w...

Sukhwinder Singh, an asset to the Bollywood Music Industry, was born on 18th July 1971. He is a playback singer, who is quite active from the year 1992 until the present. There are a huge number of his fan followers, and he is gifted with an incredible voice. Apart from any element in any aspect of film making, songs sung by him made a phenomenal difference in its success. He has sung some outstanding numbers in the Bollywood film industry in the late nineties.

He is the singer of a couple of miraculous songs namely "Chaiya Chaiya" from Dil Se movie, and "Jai Ho" from the Oscar award winning movie Slumdog Millionaire. For these couple of songs, he won national award for its unbelievable hit and success. He was completely into singing at the age of eig...

Suresh Ishwar Wadkar is a well-known playback singer. He sings in Hindi, Marathi, Bhojpuri and Konkani too. He has sung some devotional songs in many Indian languages. Though groomed for Indian classical music, He participated in the Sur-Singer competition in 1976 despite being a trained singer in Indian Classical Music. He not only did win the competition but also was offered the song,”Seene Mein Jalan” from one of the judges and music composers, Jaidev. He was recommended to Laxmikant-Pyarelal by Lata Mangeshkar as she was extremely impressed with him.

They also sang a duet, “Chal Chameli Bagh Mein” in 1981 For him the turning point in films was – Prem Rog (1982) after that he sang many songs for the R.K. Banner and was the first choice fo...

Sunil Babu is one of the best art directors and production designers of Bollywood. He has presented his art in numerous hit films, including Aim in 2004, Ghajini in 2008, Chota Mumbai in 2007, Notebook in 2006, Ugramm in 2014, Panjaa in 2011, etc. Being the production designer, Sunil has produced 'In the name of Buddha' in 2002, 'Tahaan' in 2008, 'Ramaiya Vastavaiya' in 2013, 'Singh is Bliing' in 2015, 'Tutak Tutak Tutiya' in 2016, etc.

Apart from being the production designer and art director, he has also produced the film 'I.D.' in 2012. Sunil has also worked as an art department in the TV series 'The Amazing Race' in 2001. Moreover, he has contributed as an assistant art director in the films, including 'Pirate's Blood' in 2008, 'Tahalka' in 1992, &#...

Sanjib Datta is a Indian Editor. He has worked on numerous projects in the Indian Film Industry. Moreover, Sanjib has also received awards for his works in different categories. So far, he has won three awards and has received four nominations. Sanjib used to work as an assistant editor. His first film was Mujhse Dosti Karoge released in the year 1992. As an assistant editor, he has worked on films like Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa, 1942: A Love Story, Is Raat ki Subah Nahin, When One Falls in Love, and Kareeb.

A few of his works as an editor were Tum Bin, Dil Vil Pyar Vyar, The Perfect Husband, Stumped, The Eye of the Fish, 3 Deewarein, Ek Hasina Thi, Shaadi ka Laddoo, Iti Srikanta, Hyderabad Blues 2, Dil Maange More, Kalpurush, Iqbal, Tathastu, Sacred Evil, Rocky, Anamika: The Untold Story, God lives in the Himalayas, Lafangey Parind...

Those who follow Bollywood movies are accustomed to the character ‘Iqbal,’ which follows the story of a mute and deaf, rookie Indian bowler’s attempt to achieve recognition, and be one of the prestigious XI, that represent the country in cricket. The character, which goes by the same name of Iqbal, was portrayed by none other than Shreyas Talpade, who is an Indian actor. Shreyas is a Mumbaikar, who pursued his schooling from Shree Ram Welfare Society. The inception of his career began with Marathi television serials, and numerous stage plays across the state. Shreyas was famous for his role in the Marathi soap opera, Aabhal Maaya. In the year 1997, he pocketed a crucial role as a child actor in the Zee TV produced television serial “Woh.” Talpade played the role of a young Ashu...

Balaji Manohar is an Indian-Actor. He mainly works in the Kannada Film Industry. He is thinking of getting into the Telugu, and Tamil Film Industry. He is a very hardworking, and dedicated person. Some of the movies in which he has acted include Avane Srimannarayan, and Athade Srimannarayan. In the year 2020, his movie Athade Srimannarayan gets released and it is highly appreciated by its audience. Some hit movies are named as Lucia, and Churikatte.

He believes in being a multi-tasking person. In the year 2015, he started his career with the movie named as Iqbal. The director of the movie is Nagesh Kukunor.

Born on 19th May 1938, Girish Raghunath Karnad is a multi-faceted artiste; he is not only an actor, but also a writer, director and playwright. He has mainly worked in South Indian films. He was awarded the Jnanpith Award during 1998; this award is the highest literary recognition in India. Girish Karnad has been working on plays for around 40 years. His subject of interest is mythology and history. He has also done translation of his plays into English language. Moreover, his translated plays in regional languages were directed by many directors. 

During the 60s Karnad was an outstanding playwright and Kannada world witnessed Modern Indian playwrighting through him. Kannada literature was carried away by the Western literature during the time when Karnad stepped into writing plays. Here, then Karn...

Naseeruddin Shah is an experimental actor and associated with theater. He had treated art-cinema as his serious endeavor requiring the dedication, discipline, and integrity. Throughout his career, he subjected his own acting to a process of rigorous artistic self-analysis and reflection. He was the discovery of filmmaker Shyam Benegal, who introduced actors like Shabana, Om Puri, Smita Patil and others in the Indian cinema. Undoubtedly, this actor has acted in some serious films such as Sparsh, Paar and Iqbal( three national awards). For his performance in Paar, he received the best actor in the Venice Film Festival. His growth even in art-cinema was slow, as he had acted in women-oriented films of Shabana Azmi or Smita Patil. Later, he was chosen to play lead roles in films of Sai Paranjpye’ Sparsh, ...