Hindi Movie Review Kalpvriksh - Cast & Crew

Manika Sharma is a young Indian Director. The creative filmmaker has struggled a lot in her career. She did not get the opportunity to implement her ideas into making a movie. However, her hard work paid, off and finally, she directed her film and registered her name in the list of budding filmmakers of the country.

She has directed movies and short films such as The Wishing Tree and Aiyoo Paaji. Her works are influential and portray social issues in front of the audience. Manika Sharma started her career as an assistant director. She also worked among the crew on the film sets. She was an associate director in the Santosh Sivan directorial Asoka.

It has Shahrukh Khan and Kareena Kapoor in the lead roles. It got released in 2001 and won awards such as Filmfare Best Cinematography and an Indian Film Academy Award. Manika...

Her first offer was to dance in the Holi song for a telefilm from where she started her acting and dancing career. This good actress has been in the industry since late 1990s. She worked as the lead role in the play “Jhansi ki Rani” which was aired on Zee TV. She did a serial “Neem ka Ped” which was first telecasted on Lucknow Doordarshan, but later it was aired on national channels. Due to her talent, Jaya’s career started to flourish and in no time she was receiving offers from many ser...

Shabana Azmi is a film actress of Indian origin and social activist. Shabana was born on 18, September 1950 in Hyderabad. Her father, Kaifi Azmi was an Indian poet while her mother Shaukat Azmi was a stage actress for the Indian People’s Theatre Asociation.

Both her of her parents was supporters of the Communist Party of India. She has a brother named Baba Azmi, who is a cinematographer. Shabana’s early childhood memories consist of high social activity of her parents and respect for human values.

Shabana did her schooling at the Queen Mary School situated at Mumbai. Following that she did her graduation in Psychology from St. Xavier’s College. Post-graduation, following her passion for acting, she opted for acting c...

Navneet Nishan was born on October 25, 1965. her father was an Army officer. Most of her childhood was spent in Patiala and Chandigarh. She joined National School of Drama after completion of her education in Delhi and soon established herself as a devout theatre artist. Like all other artists her relocation to Mumbai was just a matter of time and in Mumbai also she soon established herself as an artist with great acting mettle. 

She has worked in a number of movies with great success some of which are Waaris in which she debuted, Dilwale, Khuddar, Raja Hindustani, Achanak, Janam Samjha Karo, Salaam-e-Ishq and many more. She was also seen in 2010 movie 'My Name Is Khan'. She also acted in a number of successful Punjabi movies and some of them are Ik Kudi Punjab Di in 2010, R.S.V.P. In 2013 and Aa Gaye Mu...

Shernaz Patel is an Indian theater and film actor born on January 1, 1970, in Mumbai. Burjor Patel and Ruby Patel are her parents. Her parents are veteran Gujarati stage artists, and thus, Patel grew up in a theater environment. She completed her schooling in Fort Convent School. She actively participated in plays during her school days. She was also the part of a play directed by Pearl Padmasree. She completed her studies at Elphinstone College, University of Mumbai. Later she got acting training from Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. Patel mainly works in Hindi and English films. She rose to fame from the movie Black and appreciated for her role in Guzaarish. Patel portrayed the role of Rani Mukherjee’s Mother in Black.

She is also popular in English Lan...

Harshdeep Kaur is an Indian playback singer who has been singing for Bollywood movies since 2003 and also a well known name in Sufi genre of songs. She rose to fame by appearing in reality musical programmed and even bagged the title ‘Sufi Ki Sultana’ form legendary actor Amitabh Bachchan for a program ‘ Lux Junoon – Kuch Kar Dikhaane Ka’ that was aired on NDTV Imagine in September 2008. She has also participated in ‘Home World Tour’ program organized by music maestro A R Rahman in 2010 and had toured all over USA, Canada, UK, South Africa. In 2014, she accompanied the maestro Rahman again for ‘Infinite Love Concerts’ in Singapore and Malaysia.

Harshdeep Kaur entered movie playback singing with her first song ‘Sajna Main Haari’ for film...

Raajaysh Chetwal is an Indian filmmaker. He owns Rhombus Films, which is an Independent film and media company based in Mumbai. Before making it big, Raajaysh Chetwal made a few documentaries and short films. Raajaysh Chetwal produced Manika Sharma's 2017 feature film debut, The Wishing Tree. The film was recognized widely as the motive of the film is to spread awareness about the importance of trees and the environment.

Another noteworthy work of Raajaysh Chetwal is the short drama named "Women's Safety Begins at Home" was released in 2014. It was directed by Harsh Dedhia and written by Sameer Kohli. The drama stars Chandan Anand, Rajneesh Duggal, Samvedna Suwalka. The plot talks about the critical issue of domestic violence faced by women.

Rajiv Jain is an Indian Cinematographer, who is known for capturing breathtaking scenes through his lenses. Rajeev belongs to a mediocre family and was born in Lucknow. He was brought up in Etawah, a small town in Uttar Pradesh. Rajeev’s father owned a camera that he was not allowed to touch. He has told that this provoked his curiosity and made him a Cinematographer. Rajiv Jain graduated from the University of Lucknow, in Uttar Pradesh. He further studied Stage Lighting and Stagecraft at the Bhartendu Academy of Arts.

Rajiv Jain was fascinated by light and wanted to become and Light Designer. Rajiv Jain had no connection with the Cinema field. His father was a Banker, and he wanted Rajiv  to become an Engineer or an IAS officer. In contrary to that Rajiv Jain ended up choosing a completely differ...

Sandesh Shandilya is an Indian musician working in Bollywood. He is also a singer and composes music for films. He is famous for his music album Piya Basanti which came out in 2001. Shandilya was born in Agra on 19th February 1968. He lived there up to the age of21. His father taught military science at a college. Shandilyafelt a connection towards music from a young age. So he got himself to get trained from Shri Ram Bhartiya Kala Kendra in Delhi.

When he turned 21, he went to Mumbai to pursue a career in music industry. He began assisting SurinderSodhi. He gained knowledge by being a pupil of Ustad Sultan Khan, the famous Sarangi Maestro. He not only focused on classical but also on Western music.

For that he studied western cl...

Amitabh Bachchan was born on October 11, 1942 in Allahabad, India. Bachchan's father was a prestigious Hindi poet Dr. Harivansh Rai Bachchan and his mother, Teji Bachchan, was a Sikh socialite. Being his parents’ first born, he has a junior male sibling resembling to his name Ajitabh. Bachchan went to Sherwood College before enlisting in Delhi University to complete his B.A. (Bachelor of Arts) degree. He became a cargo dealer in Calcutta after completing his graduation. Amitabh Bachchan married to Jaya Bhaduri and has one son named Abhishek and one daughter named Shweta. Bachchan's father passed on in 2003 and his mother in 2007.

In 1969, Bachchan made his film debut in Saat Hindustani a film administered by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas which won him the National Film Award for Best Newcomer. By t...

Manmeet Singh, born 1969, 29 July, is an Indian television and movie actor and model known for his appearance in several television series and movies.

He was born in Nainitall to Ajit Singh Sawhney. He graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Communication from G.N. Khalsa College Bombay in 1991.

Manmeet started his career as an actor from Ram Gopal Verma's Jungle. Since then, he has acted in several movies like Kalpvrish (2012), Hear land (2011), Chhevan Dariya (2010, Naanu Nanna Kanasu (2010), Band Baaja Baaraat (2010), Accident on Hill Road (2009), Abhium Naanum (2008), Sat Sri Akal (2008), Hari Puttar: A Comedy of Terrors (2008), Khusboo (2008), Black and White (2008), Swami (2007), Apne (2007), Rang De Basanti (2006), Barsaat (2005), Zameen (2003) and Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon (2003)....

Rajendranath Zutshi, popularly known as Raj Zutshi, is the father of film actor Imran Khan of Delhi Belly. The actor was married to the daughter of producer, director, and writer, Nasir Hussain. The couple divorced in the year 2006. Raj was born on 4th February, 1961. To add to his family credentials, he is the grandson of Dina Nath Zutshi, a popular radio and TV artiste.

In the year 1984, he made a shift from theatre to film with the film, ‘Holi’. Some of the films to his credit include Kya Dilli Kya Lahore as Barfi Singh, Kalpvriksh, Gangoobai as Rohan, Ekhon Nedekha Nodir Xhipare, Assamese film as Jayanta Doley, Love Aaj Kal as Harleen's Father, Anubhav as Vanraj, Kidnap as Mahesh Verma, 1920 as Priest, Slumdog Millionaire as Director,...

Saurabh Shukla was born at Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh in the year 1963 on 5th March. He is a versatile personality who started from theater & reached to Bollywood where he tried his hands in Direction, Screenplay writing along with his Acting. At the age of two, he left Gorakhpur & moved to Delhi. He completed his schooling & later did his graduation from Khalsa College in Delhi. In 1984, he kickstarted his career as a professional with his entry into the theater. Shekhar Kapur gave him the debut role in Bandit Queen.

Earlier he did many plays & also joined NSD Repertoire Company as an actor. Satya, that was directed by Ram Gopal Verma proved to be the film in which his role could not be sidelined. Anurag Kashyap & Saurabh Shukla wrote the story of th...

Known for his comic timing and comic roles, Vrajesh Hirjee was born on 16th June, 1971. He is from Gujarat. His sister, Pushtiie Shakti too is an actress. Most recently, she played a pivotal role in the serial Mahi Vay. Vrajesh Hirjee showed up in a number of successful movies, some of them notably are Rehna Hai Tere Dil Main, the blockbuster Kaho Na Pyar Hai, Krishna cottage and most recently the Golmal series. He portrayed the role of Hrithik’s best buddy “Tony” in the movie Kaho Na Pyar Hai.

Recently, viewers enjoyed his comic role of “Ichaadhari Naag” in the Golmaal series. Other than appearing in Bollywood, he has turned up for various TV reality shows. He was one of the contestants of the show Zor Ka Jhatka- Total Wipeout. He likewise played a crucial role in Bhai Bhaiya aur Brother aired on Sab TV. The...

Makarand Deshpande is an Indian actor and director who makes films predominantly in Hindi and Marathi. He is popular for playing pivotal supportive roles in many movies like Jungle, Sarfarosh, etc. He has directed more than five films and written 35 full-length plays and owns a theatre company in the name of ‘Ansh’.

He is noted for his unconventional and eccentric personality. He often turns heads with his weird outfits and hairdos. He is currently based in Vile Parle, Mumbai. At the age of 48, he is proactive and exhibits enthusiasm in making movies and plays and essays versatile roles in movies like wayfarers and drunkards. His directorial venture has resulted in quite a few famous movies like ‘Hanan’ in 2004, ‘Danav&rsquo...