Hindi Movie Review Raabta - Cast & Crew

Kriti Sanon is a model-turned-actress who made her first break in cinema through a Telugu film. It was in the year 2014; she signed for a Telugu film “Nenokkadine’’ where she played the role of Sameera. The film was a biggest grosser in US markets, and the film had Mahesh Babu as hero opposite Kriti Sanon. It was the most costly film in Tollywood.  In the same year, she got her first break in Bollywood. 

Priya Gupta, popularly known as Sona Babu, hails from Jodhpur, Rajasthan. Born on 3rd March 1998, she has gained fame as an actress, comedian, Instagram star, and social media influencer. Priya is especially popular in Rajasthan, as she is often seen in a Rajasthani avatar, dancing and acting on famous Rajasthani music and folklore and creating comical videos around the same. This social media star did not have things easy for her. Due to financial trouble within her family, she had to quit her education at a young age to support her family. However, she remembered her dreams, and with hard work, perseverance, family backing, and a zeal to prove herself, she ventured out on her own and achieved the success she has today in a short period.

Neha Kakkar is a prominent Indian comedian and playback singer; born on June 6, 1988 at Rishikesh, Uttarakhand in India. Neha is the sister of the popular playback singer, Sonu Kakkar. She and her family shifted to Delhi where she studied at New Holy Public School before she joined the second season of the reality show, Indian Idol in 2006. She became popular as the Indian version of Columbian singer, Shakira because of her brilliant singing style. Later, she got the chance to work with the renowned comedian, Kapil Sharma in the reality-based comedy show, Comedy Circus Ke Tansen.

Nikhita Gandhi is a famous Indian playback singer. She is known for her work in movies like ‘Jab Harry Met Sejal’, ‘Jagga Jasoos’, ‘Sachin: A Billion dreams’ and many more. She sang the title track of ‘Raabta’ for Deepika Padukone. She was born in Kolkata, West Bengal. Her birth name is Nikita. She is half-Punjabi and half-Bengali. She did her graduation from Chennai and is a Dentist. She has also learned Classical music and Odissi dance for 12 years.

Deepika Padukone is an Indian actress and model. She was born on 5th January 1986. Deepika is one of the most famous celebrities. She is working in Bollywood films and won two film fare awards. She is the daughter of the badminton trouper Prakash Padukone. Copenhagen was the birth place of Deepika. She was raised in Bangalore. She frolicked badminton in national level championship in her teenage but later on she switched her career from spots and became a model. In 2006 she did receive some offers for Indian films and did her film debut. In 2007 she did double role in her first Indian bestseller film Om Shanti Om. In the same year she won the film fare award for best female debut. In 2009 she performed in an Indian film Love Aaj Kal and in 2010 she acted in a drama Lafangey Parindey. Her performance in Bachna Ae Haseeno in 2008 and Housefull in 2010 got negative reviews.

In 2012 her performance in the super hit movie Cocktail was turning point of her career and she won many awards in different ceremonies and she was nominated as the best actress. After that she acted in many super hit films of Bollywood such as Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani in 2013, Chennai Express which is also released in 2013 and Happy New Year in 2014. She won film fare in 2013 for the performance and lovely acting in Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela. Deepika Padukone also did many stage shows as well. She has also inscribed posts for Indian newspapers. She is a prominent celebrity and brand ambassador for many brands and products.

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Sushant Singh Rajput is one of the famous Indian television and film actors. He was born on 21st January, 1986 in Patna. His father use to work in a government office. In early 2000s, his family moved to Delhi. Rajput is the younger brother to his four sisters. He has completed his schooling from St. Karen's High School located in Patna and Kulachi Hansraj Model School located in New Delhi. After that, he joined in DCE (Delhi College of Engineering), but after 3 years he has decided to drop out for his acting career.

He has chosen to perform in 2006 Commonwealth Games and the background dancer group at the 51st Film fare Awards. After shifting to Mumbai also he started to involve in theater plays and also became a member of Nadira Babbar's Ekjute theater group.

He began his career as a backup dancer and based on his performance, Balaji Films given him a TV role. His acting career consists of several Television serials, Films etc., He acted in TV serials like Kis Desh Mein Hai Mere Dil, Pavitra Rishta, Zara Nachke Dikha and Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 4. He also acted in films like Kai PO Che, Shuddh Desi Romance, etc., He got several awards like Indian Telly Awards, Zee Gold Awards, Star Build Awards and IIFA Awards and many more.

He is going to play a confirmed role in the next upcoming venture named "P.K." and a film called "Detective Byomkesh Bakshi" and going to be acting as a star role in film "Pani". He is one of the young and inspiring actors in India.

Serial Acted: Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil as Preet Lalit Juneja in 2008–2009, Pavitra Rishta as Manav Damodar Deshmukh in 2009–2011, Zara Nachke Dikha (season 2) in 2010–2010 and Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 4 in 2010–2011

DOB: 21st January 1986

Movies acted: Kai Po Che as Ishaan Bhatt in 2013, Shuddh Desi Romance as Raghu Ram in 2013, P.K. in 2014 and Detective Byomkesh Bakshy as Byomkesh Bakshy in 2015. 

Dinesh Vijan is known for his production company Illuminati Films, that was found by Saif Ali Khan and Dinesh himself in 2009 and the duo partnerships had given multiple block busters hits. Both have been involved in making spy thrillers Agent Vinod, double role flick of Saif; prestigious Love Aaaj Kal, or even Go Goa Gone where Saif played a comedian with Russian outlook. Over the course of 10 years of film producing, Dinesh has done some high-budget Bollywood films and still working on some of the biggest blockbusters ever made. Known for his high-end production, he is a finance MBA graduate, who went to make his debut as a film producer with his pet project “Being Cyrus” starring Saif Ali Khan in 2006. “Being Cyrus” was an English Language Indian film, which was directed by Homi Adajania which gave critical acclaim to Saif Ali Khan and even established Dinesh as a film maker. 

Besides Illuminati Films where only Saif Ali Khan acts and Dinesh produces, the film celebrity has another feather in his cap too. He is founder of Helming Maddock films which made films like Badalpur and The Fault In Our Stars Remake with Varum Dewan. Earlier, he also made Finding Fanny which had Arjun Kapoor and Deepika Padukone in the lead and was released in 2014. Dinesh Vijan has seen more ups and down in his career, but interestingly, the performance of Badalpur in box office has established him as more powerful and successful film producer of the country. Although people loved his Cocktail and Go Goa Gone, his success for Badalpur will remain a milestone. Now we hear that, Vijan has got a script ready which he might even direct also. He has approached Parineeti Chopra and Saif Ali Khan to play lead roles for a love story script. Dinesh Vijan has chosen to become film producer, although his father and grandfather had been in the truck running business. 

Starting a film production company is not for the weak or faint of heart, you need to research first, lots of it. Dinesh does his magic on the script, music, editing and even story concept too.

Bhushan Kumar was born on 27 November in 1977 in Delhi in India. He is a film and music producer for many films in Indian Film Industry. He is mainly known for Hindi films. He is also the MD of the T-Series Music Production. His parents are Sudesh Kumari and Gulshan Kumar, who is the founder of T-Series. He was married to Divya Kumar in Katra. They were married in 2005. They are blessed with a boy whom they named Ruhaan.

Madhav Roy Kapur is an Indian producer in the Bollywood industry. Recently Mr. Madhav is associated with many awards winning films. The industry is encouraging young talents, and he is one of them. He is the younger brother of Siddharth Roy Kapur who is a businessman and a CEO of UTV Motion Pictures. He was born in Kolkata, India and went Pune to study. He did his graduation from Indira School of Communication and received a degree in Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Mass Communication. Apart from BAJM he also had a keen interest in doing Hotel Management but later decided to pursue Mass Media.

Jigar Saraiya is a playback singer and music composer, who composed for Bollywood Movies and Gujarati Movies as well. He was born on 12 April 1985 in Ahmedabad. He was interested in music from his childhood, but like other students, studies and education overpowered it but with time he realized his love for music and followed the field judiciously.Jigar Saraiya is married to Singer/Lyricist Priya Panchal.They are also known as Sachin-Jigar i.e. (Sachin Sanghvi and Jigar Saraiya). He started his career with theater and Tv shows. He independently composed various songs for plays and Tv serials. He was assisting music director Rajesh Roshan where he met Amit Trivedi, who introduced Jigar to Sachin Sanghvi.Later they joined hands and started assisting music composer Pritam.

Sourav Roy was born in a small town in West Bengal, Asansol. Sourav's father worked in the government as well as a table player, and his mother was a vocalist. He has completed his degree from Trinity College of Music and has learned music from Mr. Sam Engineer in Kolkata. He won awards as a composer and producer. He is also a singer-songwriter and an Independent Artist. He was a part of Fusion bands such as TaalYagna and TaalTantra, and after some time, Sourav started working as a full-time arranger and producer. Sorry Bhai, his first project in Mumbai, debuted in 2008.

Irshad Kamil is an Indian lyricist and poet who came to prominence with his work in Bollywood movies. He was born in Punjab as a Punjabi Muslim on 5 September 1971. After completing his Diploma in Journalism from Punjab University, he also completed a Ph.D. in contemporary Hindi poetry and a Post Graduation in Hindi language; he chose journalism as his career and joined a newspaper ‘Tribune’ in Chandigarh and covered entertainment and educational news. During this period, he also interviewed actors like Pooja Bhatt and Manoj Bajpayee. He then worked even in a Hindi newspaper and was involved in desk jobs. However, right from childhood, he had a unique sense to understand his life’s decisions and knew well how he has to choose his career. Soon, he left his journalism job and then did his Ph.D. and was given the offer to teach. But his refusal to become a teacher proved a turning point in his life. He met producer and director Lekh Tandon, who came to Chandigarh to shoot for TV and was looking for a writer. On Tandon’s advice, he came to Mumbai and started writing for TV. Dissatisfied with his career in TV again, he left behind his journey as a writer and was a lookout for a job as a lyricist in the film industry. 

Most famous for his songs in Aashiqui 2, Arijit Singh has established himself as a prominent playback singer and music programmer. He was the runner-up in Fame Gurukul, a singing competition, in 2005. He then went on to win another singing reality show, 10 Ke 10 Le Gaye Dil.

Born in 1987 in West Bengal, Arjit was trained in classical music by his aunt and mother. He had a passion for music from an early age and his parents decided to get him a professional trainer, Rajendra Prasad Hazari for classical music and Dhirendra Prasad Hazari to train him at tabla.  His teachers encouraged Arijit to try out for Fame Gurukul in 2005 and chose to promote the Indian classical music genre.

Pritam Chakraborty gave Arjit a chance and signed him for three films; Crook, Golmaal 3, and Action Replayy. He made his debut singing “Phir Mohabbat” for Murder 2 in 2011. This kickstarted his career as a playback singer and led to him singing songs such as; “Raabta", “ Duaa", and “Phir Le Aya Dil", earning nominations for the latter two in Mirchi Music Award With the release of the hit song “Tum Hi Ho” Singh became a common household name. The song helped him win nine awards from various award shows. He has since sung.

Arjit is known as a down to earth, hardworking singer. His hobbies include badminton and writing.

Named Muhammad Atif Aslam when he was born, he is famously known as Atif Aslam. He started off his career as a pop singer in Pakistan and has made his way into Bollywood as a playback singer. He has also made cameo appearances in Indian films along with starring in Pakistani film Bol in 2011. 

Born in Wazirabad, Pakistan Atif moved to Rawalpindi where he pursued his studies. He moved back to Lahore and attended Punjab College from where he obtained his Bachelor’s degree. Asif was an avid cricket fan and hoped to play cricket for the Pakistani national team but when that didn’t pan out he began singing. He formed a band, Jal, and recorded his first song “Aadat” spending his own money. The song became an instant hit online and was one of the biggest hit at the time. He released his first album Jal Pari which featured “Bheegi Yaadein” which was featured in the Indian movie Zeher by the name “Woh Lamhe”.

Asif continued his solo musical career after he left Jal and worked on two albums, Doorie and Meri Kahani. He performed in sold out concerts at home and internationally touring U.S. and Canada. In 2006 he recorded Tere Bin for the Indian movie Bas Ek Pal. He won Best Playback Singer (Male) at the Filmfare Award for Tere Bin. He continued to lend his vocals for Indian movies and sung songs for Race 1 and 2, among other films. 

Atif is currently married to Sara Bharwana, his long-time school girlfriend. He broke many hearts when he tied the knot with her in 2013.

The talented Jubin Nautiyal was born on 14th June 1989 in the city of Dehradun, Uttrakhand. He hails from a Brahmin family with roots in Jaunsar region. His father Mr. Ram Sharan Nautiyal is a politician as well as a businessman while his mother Mrs. Neena Nautiyal is a businesswoman as well. Jubin states that his father came from a small agricultural background and that he feels extremely proud that his father came so far starting from zero. He further says that he enjoys all the attention he gets considering the fact he has worked hard and that he doesn’t come from any ‘Bollywood family’ or has any ‘Bollywood connection.’ He did his schooling till the eighth grade from St. Joseph’s Academy, Dehradun. He continued school at Welham Boys’ school, Dehradun where he studied music as a subject and built his base in the teachings of Hindustani classical music. After completing his schooling, he enrolled in Mithibai College in Mumbai.

Parichit Paralkar was a student of the Indian Institute of architecture from 1995-1999, learning everything he is doing today. He went to I.E.S English Medium School Hindu colony Dadar East for his primary and secondary education. Parichit Paralkar hailing from Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, has been an active member of the Bollywood industry for a long time. He has been designing and constructing sets on which we see our favorite movies being shot. Production and set designing isn't just art; it's the art of telling and representing a whole new world to the common public by their skills and imagination and trying to make them connect with the movie. He is known for his work as a production designer in Miss Lovely, A Flying Jatt, ABCD2, Raabta, Humpty Sharma ki Dulhaniya, and Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge. He was also the art director of Miss lovely and Khwaish.

Mukesh Chhabra was born on 27th May 1980 in Mumbai of Maharashtra state. He is a very popular actor as well as a director, and he is the director of acting workshop too. He is active in the Bollywood film industry right from the year 2000 until the present. He also works in casting the actors for the movies and came up with successful casts as a whole. He did casting for prominent movies like Chillar Party, Kai Po Che, Gangs of Wasseypur, and D-Day. They were commercially successful movies, and the casting is quite apt and perfect.

Vaibhav Vishant is an Indian casting director based in Mumbai, popular amongst the audience for his work in films like Haider (2014), PK (2014), Badlapur (2015) and Badrinath Ki Dulhania (2017). A pass-out from Delhi Public School, Rourkela, he’s been working in the industry as a casting director for close to 11 years now. Over the years, Vishant has worked in quite a few movies involving the big guns in the industry, when we talk about the actors. According to him, it’s not very tough for a smart actor to strategize in an efficient way. He played the role of Young Khalid in the National Award-winning film Shahid (2012).

Akkineni Sreekar Prasad, also called Sreekar Prasad, is an Indian film developing capable, known for his works in the Indian film industry. He works unpreventably on Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and English movies. His received National Film Award for Best Editing, for his exceptional work on the part motion picture Firaaq (2008), composed by Nandita Das.

Huzefa Lokhandwala is a very talented editor in Indian Film Industry, who started his career as a visual effects artist. He is the Co-founder and the Creative Director of advertising at Prime Focus. Huzefa has worked with almost every advertising company and advertising filmmaker in India. He is highly praised and widely known for his good work. He has edited the popular movie ‘Delhi Belly’ that won him the Colors Screen and Film fare Awards for best editing in 2012. Editing of Delhi Belly was like a fun puzzle game to him. He says, “It’s challenging but in the form of a puzzle game. More than that challenge, it was like having fun.

Raj Kumar Yadav, also known as Rajkummar Rao, started his Hindi film career from the movie, Love Sex aur Dhokha, in the year 2010, but the movie that got him critical and public acclaim was Kai Po Che, for which he received the Filmfare Award for the Best Supporting Actor, in the year 2013. He has not looked back since then, and has received Filmfare Best Critics Award for Best Actor and National Film Award for the depiction of the lawyer, Shahid Azmi, in the movie, ‘Shahid’, that released in the year 2013. Since then he has starred in numerous Hindi films, and has established a unique style of acting and an intense position in the industry.

Irrfan Khan is a noted Bollywood actor who started his career with various Indian television series. His noted Bollywood movies include The Warrior, Maqbool, Haasil, Paan Singh Tomar, Gunday, Rog and The Lunchbox. At the very early stage of his acting career, he acted in various television serials like Barat Ek Khoj, Chanakya, Sara Jahan Hamara, Chandrakanta, Banegi Apni Baat, Star bestsellers, Anoo Goonj and Sparsh.
His early film credits include Ek Doctor Ki Maut and Such a Long Journey. Although these movies were critically appreciated, it did not propel him to success.

Jim Sarbh is an India Theater actor, and also a director. He was born on 27th August, 1987. He did one commercial film in the year 2016 called 'Neerja' which was directed by Ram Madhvani and starring famous actress Sonam Kapoor in the major role. He also received a title of Forbes India 30 under 30 in 2015.. Jim Sarbh is a Mumbaikar and born in a Parsi Family. His mother was a renowned physiotherapist, and his father was a master mariner, who later became a Regional Director of P&O of Ports South and Middle East Asia. He then moved to Australia along with his family when he was three, then later came back to Mumbai at the age of eight. He went to school at the American School of Bombay, after which he did his graduation from Emory University in Atlanta in Psychology.

Karan Chhabra alias Karan Singh Chhabra is a famous Indian model who was once the Vice President of the Organizing group of AIESEC. He was born and brought up in Chandigarh. He is a ramp show model and has been participating in the shows for many years. He has been the model of many popular brands in India, including the top company Kingfisher. He is one among the top models in the Indian fashion industry. He is also a corporate anchor for many shows. He acts in serials that give importance to his roles. Karan is a fun loving guy; but also a reserved type. His favorite star is Ranbir Kapoor and he wants to act as Ranbir in a movie, if his life history is taken as a film. He is a lover of books. He reads all the books, whether it is a fiction based or not. If he is given a chance to act in a romance story, he would prefer to act the epic love story of Salim and Anarkali. 

He says if he would not have been the actor, he would have become a successful businessman. Karan Chhabra is basically a Sikh boy, who searched for the modeling career, when he was doing his engineering. He has also won the show, SUPER MODEL HUNT 2007 and got the title as a super model. Karan is a shopping passionate. He has lots of clothes, shoes and accessories due to his shopping passion. Being a Sikh, Karan feels proud to have a long hair inside his prestigious turban. He loves to be like what he is. He respects the culture and feels the style of a person definitely should reflect the culture. Karan was the first turbaned model in the ramp shows.

Naveen Tomar is an actor who was born in Delhi and is famous for his work in the Hindi film industry. He is most famous works in the industry are as follows - an action-drama film, Zanjeer released in 2013, a war drama, Tubelight released in 2017, and a popular action thriller Baaghi 2 released in 2018. Coming to other latest films, he had made appearances in the movies like Race 3, Haseena Parkar, Behen Hogi Teri, Raabta, and Sonchiriya.

Rahul Kohli is a widely-known English personality with excellent acting skills. He comes from an Indian origin. Acting has been his passion since his early childhood. Therefore, he has given several exceptional works to the industry. His best performances include the roles he played as Dr. Ravi Chakrabarti in the series ‘iZombie’, and Owen Sharma in ‘The Haunting of Bly Manor’ and his guest appearances on the gaming channel Funhaus.

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