Hindi Movie Review Kachchi Sadak - Cast & Crew

Shreya Ghoshal, one of the most famous singers in Bollywood today, was born on March 12th, 1984, in Berhampore, West Bengal. Her father Biswajit Ghoshal is an electrical engineer and mother Sharmistha Ghoshal is a postgraduate in literature. She started singing since the age of 4 when her mother taught her. She started her formal training in Hindustani classical Gharana of music when she was only six years old. She was trained for 18 months after which she continued her training in Mumbai with Late Mukta Bhideji. She completed her graduation in Arts with majors in English. Her first on-stage performance was at their club’s annual function. Her first studio album was in Bengali in 19998 and was named Bendhechhi Beena, and her first onscreen performance was in Awaz Nayi Andaaz Wohi. In 1995, she became the winner of All India Light Vocal Music Competition. Her fame and career began with her winning a television singing reality show named Sa Re Ga Ma Pa.

Parmita Katkar is an Indian Actress and Model. She was Miss India Pacific (2003) and a Television Anchor. She is also famous for Fashion Model shows. She is one such actress known for her glamorous roles and stunning ramp walk. Even at the age of 40, she enthralls everyone with her majestic persona. Parmita was born in Delhi and brought up in Bangalore. She started her career as a model and later took to acting. She is married to Ravi Kurada and has two sons. She is presently residing in Stamford, USA.

Reema Lagoo is an Indian television and film actress who is the most popular, kind hearted and loving Maa of the Industry. The veteran actress has been around in the industry for around four decades and has won accolades for her work in both Hindi and Marathi film industry. Starting from her early films, Reema featured in the super hit flick 'Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak' as Juhi Chawla's mother. Since enacting the role of Salman Khan’s mother in the movie ‘Saajan’ and Maine Pyar Kiya, to enacting a major role in family drama films like Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! and Hum Saath-Saath Hain, which were big hits of their time, she has been widely appreciated by the audiences and her roles are still fresh in their minds.

Rahul Singh is a popular Indian model and actor, born and raised up in Udaipur, India. He is a Thakur with a background of Jagirdari and the son of the popular Hindi poet, Dr Prabha Thakur. However, his mother didn’t find good opportunities in Udaipur so they shifted to Mumbai with his father. He attended Silver Beach High School and he was a complete brat. He do not listen and would want to write love letters instead of studying so his father sent him back to Rajasthan. From there, he studied at Mayo College in Ajmer. When he reached the Class XII, he came back to Mumbai and graduated at St. Xavier’s College where he started writing and working on theatre. During those times, his parents returned to Udaipur. His dad already owned a hotel there while his mom entered politics. Prabha became a Parliament member and the President of the All India Mahila Congress. After graduating college, Rahul went to England and attended the Royal Academy of Arts for 3-years and at the same time, he also works in the British Film Institute (BFI). When he came back, he did some modeling and worked with Atul Kasbekar where he unexpectedly donned his first ad film with Abhinay Deo.

He got his first acting break when he was cast as Raja Digvijay Singh on Shyam Benegal’s Zubeidaa in 2001. By coincidence, Deo is also directing the drama series, 24 where he was cast as Vikrant Maurya, the husband of Divya (played by Shivani Tanksale). Deo also cast him in the clack comedy film, Delhi Belly in 2011.

Rahul has done more than 30 films including Yaadein, Darna Mana Hai, Kisna: The Warrior Poet, Mumbai Godfather, Family: Ties of Blood, Kya Love Story Hai, Firaaq, Well Done Abba, Jail, Tere Bin Laden, Bheja Fry 2, Chaar Din Ki Chandni, Jal, Rush, Khiladi 786, Jayanta Bhai Ki Luv Story and more.

Aside from the television series 24, he also appeared in Captain Vyom and Taccuino Indiano. He was also known for his portrayal as Brij Bhushan Pandey in the television series, Sapno Ke Bhanwar Mein on Life OK. Besides acting, he wrote the dialogue for the Bollywood films, Kaante by Sanjay Gupta and Kachchi Sadak by Sanjay D Singh. Rahul also wrote the dialogues for Kevin Spacey film under the direction of Kaizad Gustad and various screenplays under the direction of Navdeep Singh and Tigmanshu Dhulia.

Karim Khatri is a cinematographer based in India. He worked in Border, an action, drama, and history film released on 13 June 1997, directed by J.P. Dutta, written by O.P. Dutta, and starring Sunny Deol, Suniel Shetty, and Akshaye Khanna. He worked on Kissise Na Kehna, a rom-com film released on 8 July 1983, directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee, written by Sachin Bhowmick, D.N. Mukherjee, and Rahi Masoom Reza, and starring Farooq Shaikh, Deepti Naval, and Utpal Dutt. He worked on Kachchi Sadak, an action and drama film released on 8 September 2006, directed by Sanjay D. Singh, written by Rahul Singh, and starring Rahul Singh, Parmita Katkar, and Tinnu Anand. Some of his other works include Sargana in 2018, Kala Sach: The Black Truth in 2014, Chand Sa Roshan Chehra in 2005, and a few others.

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.

Adnan was born on august 15,1973. He is keenly interested in music. He is presently married to Roya Faryabi in 2010. Before this, he did two marriages, but because of less understanding, he got divorced from both his wives Sabah Galadari and Zeba Bakhtiar. He got a baby from his first wife Zeba too.

Kay Kay Menon or K.K. Menon or Krishan Kumar Menon is an Indian actor. He was born on 2nd October 1966 in Kerala, India. His zodiac sign is Virgo. His family shifted to Mumbai when he was only 6 years old. His father was popularly known as “Cashier Menon”. His childhood was spent in Ambarnath. He did his schooling from St. Joseph’s High School. He did his graduation in physics from Mumbai University. He is a post graduate in business management from University of Pune. He is a good Ghazal singer. He married to a bollywood and television actress “Nivedita Bhattacharya”. In his private life he is very reserved and prefers to spend most of his time with his family.

When we talk about the few legends in the Indian film Industry then it becomes inevitable to take the name of Mithun Chakraborty; more commonly known as Mithun Da.  His real name is Gouranga Chakraborty, and he was born on 16th of June 1950. He is not only an actor, but also a producer, singer, social worker, entrepreneur, and writer. In addition, he is also a member of the Rajya Sabha Parliament. It was the year 1976 when Mithun Chakraborty made his debut with the art house drama called Mrigayaa. The fact that he won the first National Award of his life right from his debut film gives a sheer proof of his supreme talent. But, it was not the end; after winning the National Award for Best Actor for the art house drama, he won two more National Film Awards.

Mithun Chakraborty started as a dancer, which helped him to set himself up as an actor. This is the reason why he became immensely popular with his street dancer role in the movie called Disco Danger (1982); where he played the character of Jimmy. After earning immense popularity with this movie, he won National Awards for the movies called Tahader Katha and Swami Vivekananda, in 1992 and 1998 respectively. Apart from working in Hindi movies, he has also acted in Oriya, Bengali, Punjabi, Telugu, and Bhojpuri films. In total, he has worked in more or less 350 films. He is also the main judge or the Grandmaster in the TV show Dance India Dance; and for this his name has been entered in the Guinness World Records.

Aman Verma was born on 11th October 1971. He was born and bought up in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. His family consists of his father, Yatan Kumar Verma, who works in the Indian Army, and her sister Gowrie. He was married to Vandana Lalwani on December 14, 2016. He has done MBA in Finance and Diploma in Journalism. Aman works as an Actor and an Anchor in the Indian Film Industry, predominantly in Bollywood. Aman Verma became famous after being selected as an anchor for the popular singing reality show Indian Idol Season 1. He has also been a part of many TV Shows and Movies. Some of them are ‘Sangharsh’ released in 1999, ‘Jaani Dushman- EK Anokhi Kahaani’ in 2002, ‘Pran Jaye Par Shaan Na Jaye’ in 2003, ‘Dosti: Friends Forever in 2005, ‘Tees Maar Khan’ in 2010, ‘Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behana Hai’ in 2012, ‘Big Boss 9’ in 2015, ‘Savdhaan India’ in 2017, ‘Bhuj: The Pride of India’ in 2020 and many more. He has also received various awards for his role in different TV Serials.

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.

Anant Jog was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra and he is an Indian movie and television actor. He has acted very well, be it a small screen or a big screen and has never done any compromise with respect to his acting skills. He has so far acted in a couple of film industries; they are Hindi and Marathi movies. He had acted in Dish TV, and honour which was ensued in the year 2004. The people from his next generation have  also actively propagated his profession.

Govind Namdev is known for his villainous characters in Bollywood movies. However, he has worked in some significant television serials too.

Govind Namdev is a veteran actor who has performed a good number of character roles in Bollywood movies. He has also worked for some television serials and shows and he has also made a name in movies of regional languages. It should be noted that in his debut movie Shola Aur Shabnam, Govind Namdev played a negative role of a corrupt cop. While he has played some positive character roles too, but one can say that mostly he has played negative or antagonist roles. An alumnus of National School of Drama New Delhi, he has performed some notable theatrical works too. Some of the popular theatre dramas for which Govind Namdev has worked includes Tughlak directed by Ebrahim Alkazi. Some other popular plays of Govind Namdev are The Fools, Cherry Orchard, Andhayug, Othello, Azar Ka Khwab, Matta Villas, and Marco Millions.

Govind Namdev appeared in the television series Viruddh – Har Rishta Ek Kurukshetra which was telecasted on Sony TV in 2007. Namdev played the role of Mr. Sinha in the series whose main lead was Smriti Irani playing the role of Vasudha Raisinghaniya-Verma. Another popular serial for which Govind Namdev worked for was Aashirwad which was aired on Zee TV in the year 1998. In this serial, Govind Namdev played the role of Purushottam Choudhary, a strict patriarch. Navin Nischol also played a significant role in this serial.

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Govind Namdev is a well-known face of the Indian Cinema since the 90s. He is married to Sudha Namdeo and also has three Daughters named Pragati, Megha, and Pallavi. Making his debut as a Corrupt Cop in the film “Shola Aur Shabnam” in 1992, he has contributed over 25 years to the film industry with over 60 films to his credit. Born on 3rd September in 1950 in Sagar, India, he is a critically acclaimed actor who his famous for villainous roles in many films. In 1977, he attended the famous National School of Drama. He has given notable performances in some films, some of which are Bandit Queen, Satya, Kachche Dhaage, Mast, Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani, Sarfarosh, Qayamat, etc. In the year 1999, he was nominated for the Best Villain Award for his film Satya. He also has won many awards like Best Negative Performer of the Year (Male) at Screen Awards, Best Actor at Osian Cine Film Awards in 2009, Best Actor International Osian Cine Fan Awards in 2012, Best Performance (Male) at RAPA Awards and the very prestigious Madhya Pradesh Ratna award. He was last seen in films like Singham Returns and Main Gabbar. Now, He will be seen sharing screen space with Bollywood Badshah Shah Rukh Khan in his film Raees and another movie titled “JD”.

Mukesh Tiwari is an artist known for his work in the movie Gangajal, Golmaal and The Legend of Bhagat Singh. He is known for playing negative and comic side roles. He entered the film industry in the year 1998 with the movie China Gate in which he played the role of Jageera. He had a small but significant role in the movie. Many directors recognized his acting skills. Thus, in the year 2000, he starred in the movie called Hum Panchhi Ek Daal Ke. The movie was a huge failure but since Mukesh had a small role in the movie, it didn’t have much effect on his career. Thus, in 2001 Mukesh appeared in many movies. He exclusively appeared in either supporting roles or negative roles. He played the role of Danny Mendoza in the movie Aaghaaz in 2001.

Narendra Jha is an actor from India who is best known for his appearance in the television series, Havan in 2011. He played the main lead role as Hari Om Baapji which was aired on Colors TV. Havan is a tale about God and his devotee. It has been said that a person only unites with God after his life, but what if that person meets God while he is still alive? The show was produced by Rajan Shahi by Director Kut’s Productions.

Narendra was born in Madhubani, Bihar. He graduated History at New Delhi Jawaharlal Nehru University. He thought of becoming a teacher at first but he realized that he wanted to become an actor. His father encourages him to have training in acting and ends up with Sri Ram Center in New Delhi. In year 1993, he left North Bihar and shifted to Mumbai. He became a model and did various ad films before he started in doing television serials.

In 2002, he played as the childhood love of Amrapali (played by Shilpa Shinde/Pooja Bharti) in the historical drama serial, Amrapali on Doordarshan channel. He is also part of Balaji Telefilms, Captain House in year 2004. From 2006 to 2008, he essayed the main lead character as Ravan in the mythological drama series, Ravan on Zee TV. Narendra was also seen in the Hindi serial, Choona Hai Aasmaan on STAR One. In 2013, he was part of the popular crime-based series, Hum Ne Li Hai… Shapath on Life OK and acted as ACP Karanveer. He also appeared in the television serial, Shanti. Narendra also did a cameo role as a Bollywood superstar in the teen sitcom, The Buddy Project on Channel V.

Recently, he did the role of Muhammed Ali Jinnah in the 10-part serial, Samvidhaan: The Making of the Constitution of India under the direction of Shyam Benegal which was broadcasted on Rajya Sabha TV. He also did a pivotal role on Zee TV’s Begu Sarai along with Shweta Tiwari.

Narendra also did several films like Fun2tosh and Nanak Dev. He acted as Baji Rao in the box office Telugu film, Chatrapati in year 2005. In 2006, he bagged a role in the Bollywood film, Kachchi Sadak by Sanjay D Singh. Later, he played the lead role as Vasundhara Das in the film, Ek Dastak. Narendra was also part of the commercial Masala film, The Cactus. He bagged the role of a scientist who invented a transport machine and will be use illegally.

This year, he played the role of Dr. Hilal Meer, the father of Haider (played by Shahid Kapoor) in the crime drama film, Haider which was directed by Vishal Bhardwaj. This film became a box office hit and his role was notably remembered. He also sung, Ghulon Mein Rang Bhare with his own voice in the film.

Rahul Dev is an Indian model turned film and television actor. He was born as Rahul Dev Samra on September 27, 1968 in New Delhi, India to a Khatri Punjabi household. He studied at St. Columba’s School in Delhi where he used to be a fast bowler. Gursharan Singh, a former cricket player saw him bowling and he got impressed so he asked Rahul to join his academy. However, Rahul is more focused on his studies at that time. His father was once a police commissioner in Delhi and his brother, Mukul Dev is also an actor. In the early 90’s Rahul has donned modeling. He was the first Indian to be featured in GQ Magazine’s London Edition with 6-pages story. He is also a regular face of the popular brand, Hugo Boss.

Rahul Dev was supposedly debuted as an actor through the unfinished Bollywood film, Dus in 1997. But the director, Mukul S. Anand died during the time that the film was still in production. He was then debuted in the 2000 film, Champion which stars Sunny Deol and Manisha Koirala. He played the villainous role of Naseer Ahmed, the threat to the life of Abbas (played by Abhishek Sharma) and his performance gained him nomination for Best Performance in a Negative Role at the Filmfare Award, Best Actor in a Negative Role and the Most Promising Newcomer at the Screen Award. Since then, he started to do villain roles in many films including the Punjabi film, Dharti in year 2011.

Rahul has done more than 60 films including Aashiq, Asoka, Takkari Dhonga, 23 March 1931: Shaheed, Parasuram, Supari, Kyon?, 88 Antop Hill, Omkara, Aan: Men At Work, Kyon Ki, Mazhai, Vidyarthi, Fight Club – Members Only, Sarhad Paar, Pournami, Munna, Tulasi, U Me Aur Hum, Premi No. 1, Yodha, Mirza The Untold Story, Naayak, Shadow, Jatt Boys – Putt Jattan De, Yevadu, and a lot more. He was also part of the Oriya-language film, Mahanayak in 2007. Rahul also donned the Malayalam film, RajadhiRaja which stars Mammootty and the Punjabi film, Hikk Naal in 2014. Also, in year 2003. His performance as Shekhar Srivastav in the Hindi crime thriller film, Footpath won the Best Villain Award at the Zee Cine Award in 2004.

In 2013, Rahul made his debut in television. He bagged the role of Demon Arunasur who will fight against Lord Shiva (played by Mohit Raina) in the drama series, Devon Ke Dev… Mahadev on Life OK. 

Rahul got married to Rina Dev in year 1998 but she dies on May 16, 2009 due to cancer. Their son, Siddharth was only eleven years old when his mother died

Sharat Saxena was born on 17th August 1950 in Satna, Madhya Pradesh. At the beginning of his career, he wanted to become a hero. But later, due to his bulky appearance, he got only the roles of henchman. In 1973, he starred in his first movie Benaam.

Tinnu Anand can only be described as a multi talented human being. From being an actor to being a man having a keen acumen for directing, he has it all. Tinnu was born in the city of Mumbai before relocating to Lucknow, where he did his schooling from Mayo College. He had to fill in some big shoes given that his father was none other than the great writer Inder Raj Anand and his uncle was director Siddharth Anand.

Vishal Rajan is a renowned singer known for the songs like Badmast, Setting Zaala, Chaalis Chauraasi (title track), Parinda, Yaron ka Mausam, Roshni, Pizza Delivery, Khayalon Mein, etc. he has sung songs for the famous three movies including Chaalis Chauraasi (4084), Shut Up & Listen and Pizza Delivery. He is also known for another major hit of the year 2023, Thalainagaram 2, released in June 2023. Vishal Rajan has released his EP, which consists of a few songs depicting the story or stages of human beings going through different areas of life, like Teens, Dreams, Romance, and faith.