Hindi Movie Review Split Wide Open - Cast & Crew

Very few filmmakers can maintain a balance and succeed in art films as well as commercial cinema. Renu Saluja was one such woman. She was an editor, who was born in Punjab, India on July 5, 1952. In 1974, Renu tried to enroll herself in Film and Television Institute of India's direction program. However, the institution rejected it and gave her admission into their editing section. 

Though it was a male-dominated profession, Renu accepted the offer without much hesitation and studied there for two years. Initially, Renu began her journey by collaborating with her classmates from Film and Television Institute of India like Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Kundan Shah, Saeed Akhtar Mirza, and others. In fact, it was her work in Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro that forced the industry to notice her. Nearly six years after her graduation, Renu...

Laila Abdesselam Rouass took birth on 22nd June 1971 in Stepney, London, the UK, in a Moroccan-Indian family. She was married to Abselam Rouass in 1990 but, unfortunately, got divorced due to some reasons in 2003. She was dating Nasa Khan in 2005, a millionaire businessman. She has a daughter, Inez Khan with Nasa Khan even though they were never married legally. She dated James Petrie for around a year and is now with Ronnie O'Sullivan, a famous snooker player. She is even known as Lily among her close ones.

Laila was born in London and studied in Britain and landed in India for a travel sequence, but to her luck, she entered the Indian small screen industry through MTV, Channel V, and BBC in her earlier days. After returning to the UK, she did many television shows,...

Aadya Bedi is an actress who works in the Bollywood industry and also appears in Hollywood movie and TV industry. Born in Mumbai, Aadya completed most of her education from USA. Aadya is the cousin of famous actress Pooja Bedi and niece of one of Bollywood’s biggest actors ever, Kabir Bedi.

Naturally, Aadya like her relatives had a taste for creativity and she wanted to be an actress since her childhood. Aadya completed her masters in Fine Arts and soon started to work in theater plays and skits. Aadya made a name for herself in the theater scene in the USA and soon she came to India for her debut on the silver screen.

It was in 1999 when Aadya starred in Split Wide Open. Aadya had a small supporting role.After her debut, Aadya moved back to USA to work in the theater and TV industry. Aadya worked on the famous Pl...

Ayesha Dharker was born in Mumbai but raised in the United Kingdom is a British Indian actress. Born on 16th March 1978 she has appeared in many Hollywood films throughout her career. She is the daughter of Anil and Imtiaz Dharker; her mother is a poet and documentary filmmaker. 

She made her film debut at the age of 11 in the French film Manika: Une vie plus tard. In 1992 she played Om Puri's daughter in Hollywood's film City of Joy. The movie looked at modern India and how poverty has affected it. In 1998 she made her Bollywood debut in Saaz. Which many believe is based on the relationship of Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle. 

Ayesha received her first award at the Cairo International Film Festival for Best Artistic Contribution by an Actress for the role of Malli in The Te...

Having acted in the country's first television soap opera, Loveleen Mishra is best known for her performance in Humlog, 1984. She started acting for the show while she was still in college. Her other most notable works include writing and acting for movies like Yuva, City of Joy and Godmother. Although she is successful in films, she confessed in an interview that she finds theater more satisfying. She has also acted in Ismat Apa Ke Naam Part 2 — Kambakth Bilkul Aurat, a play directed by Naseeruddin Shah.

Loveleen has also worked on two radio plays for BBC. Although she started her career with television, she finds more happiness in writing and conducting seminars for children on acting, instead of taking on TV series. She has had the experience of working with...

Meghna Sane is a model and actress. She worked in many Marathi movies and TV shows. Meghna Sane debuted in 2016 with the film Gulmohar, directed by Gajendra Ahire. Meghna Sane has l acted in movies like Dhurala (2020), Baba (2019), and Mogra Phulaalaa (2019). She is known for her splendor, grace, and expertise. Meghna has won several awards and accolades for her performances. She is also active on social media, sharing her non-public and professional updates. 

She received many awards including, the Best Actress award at the Maharashtra State Film Awards for her function in Gulmohar, Best Debutant Actress award at the Zee Chitra Gaurav Awards for her role in Gulmohar Dhurala, Best Actress in a Negative Role award at the Planet Marathi Presents Filmfare, Best Support...

Neha Dubey is one of the well-known personalities. She was born in Ahmadabad, Gujarat India. She is an Indian psychoanalytic and psychotherapist based in Mumbai. She is also an actress who appears in Hindi films and theaters occasionally. Born to Lillete Dubey and Ravi, she has one sister Ira. Dubey from the beginning was interested in acting from her high school, and college Dubey acted in small roles. Her mother belonged to Theatre Company. While doing studies in psychiatry in London, she made her major theatre debut; during the time in London she played many roles for TV and films. These included independent films like “Monsoon Wedding”, “Bow Barracks Forever”, and “Manasarovar”.

She also emerged in a role in the “West End&rdq...

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Dev Benegal is a screenwriter and director and is famous for his debut film English, August (1994) and he won a National Film Award for Best Feature Film in English. He has directed many films and documentaries over the years and won several awards.

Dev was born to Som Benegal and and Suman Benegal in Bombay. His father was a theatre director and mother,a house wife. Shyam Benegal is the elder brother of Som Benegal. Dev was brought up in Delhi and later shifted to Mumbai to build his career. He pursued his further studies in Cinematography in New York University of Film for two years.

Dev assisted his uncle Shyam Benegal in making films like Kalyug (1980) and Mandi (1983). He directed a lot of famous short films like Kalpavriksha: The Tree of Life (1988), Anantaupam: The infinite Forms...

Rajesh is the youngest child of Mr. Gopikishan and Mrs. Gawara Devi, who came from a traditional Marwari family. He had two brothers and two sisters. Suraj Ratan Rathi is his eldest brother. During the summer holidays, their family would frequently visit an Ashram in Ramchandrapur (Nabadwip, District Nadia, West Bengal), famous for Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Lord Krishna's renowned devotee. At the temple, he started playing the Khol Drum. He was five when he started playing the drum. His father introduced him to a Tabla tutor, who happened to be Gowardhan Kaka, his uncle. His interest in music grew, and he began to play the Harmonium, Dholak, Tabla, and Bongo. He went to Gyan Bharti Vidyapeeth, where he attended primary school. His teacher was a music lover who pushed him to sing. In sixth grade, he gave his fir...

Nitin Sawhney is the world-class musician, composer, producer, songwriter, DJ, multi-instrumentalist, and actor. He is a British citizen with Indian roots. His parents are Punjabi emigrants. He is one of the pioneers of Asian Underground music scene, establishing a music genre that mixes western electronica and breakbeat style with South Asian musical influences. His skill set includes sitar, tabla, classical & jazz piano, and flamenco guitar, drum and bass. Sawhney became a modern-day Renaissance man in the world of music, video games, film, dance and theatre. Nitin attended Sir Joseph Williamson’s Mathematical School. He studied law at Liverpool University. At that time, he met James Taylor, his school friend and acid-jazz keyboard player. He toured with him along with The James Taylor Quartet. ...

Shirish Kunder is an Indian Film producer, director, writer, editor and composer. He was born on 24th of May 1973 in Mangalore. He lives in Mumbai and also grew up here. He completed his Engineering in Electronics and Telecommunications from Karnataka. He also studied Advanced Screenwriting from the University of Southern California. 

After that he was working for Motorola for some time. Shirish later started his career into films. He started off with editing for movies. His editorial debut was Champion. However he got his share of appreciation and fame for editing Main Hoon Na, a Farah Khan film in 2004. He edited about 20 films in all and then made a move to directing. The movie Jaan-E-Mann was his debut film as a director. The film had actors like Salman AKA Bhaijaan, the Khiladi of B-Town Akshay and the Dimple quee...

Rahul Bose, who is an actor, director, writer and playback singer was born on 27th July 1967. He was born in Kolkata and then later shifted to Mumbai. His parents are Rupen Bose and Kumud Bose. He has an elder sister whose name is Anuradha Ansari. She is married to Tariq Ansari, the director, and owner of Mid-day Multimedia. Even as a child, Rahul had been interested in different plays and also participated in various co-curricular activities in school. He was interested in varieties of sports such as rugby, boxing and also obtained cricket training under Ali Khan Pataudi. He began his acting career in plays, and then in advertisements. His first stage play was when he was only six years old where he played the role of Tom, the piper’s son. Later he worked in television in India’s first English ...

Liladhar Kambli is a famous Bengali actor. He has worked in many films. He started working in Mumbai Port Trust. After this, he started working in the theater industry. Some of their famous place names are Kachecha Chandra, Himalayachi Saavi, Kasturi Mrig, Ram Tujhi Sita Mauli, Lekure Udand Jhali, and Prema Tuja Rang Kasa. He has worked in more than 30 plays in which he played many characters. He started his film career with the 1979 movie Simhasan. Jabbar Patel directed this movie and Arun Sadhu and Vijay Tendulkar wrote the story of this movie.

After this, he also worked in many films, some of which are Goshta Eka Japtichi (2013)- directed by Sanjay Soorkar, Kurukshetra (2013)- directed by Milind Lele and written by Vijay Kuvlekar, Sukanya Tu Aahes Tar Mi Aahe Aamhi Aa...

Shivaji Satam is a famous Hindi and Marathi film and television actor, renowned for his role as A.C.P. Pradyuman in Sony TV’s hit crime drama, C.I.D. 

Shivaji was born on 21st April 1950. After graduating in Chemistry and earning a diploma in Business Administration, he worked as a bank official in Mumbai. He would have become a cricketer, if it were not for a happy co-incidence that led him to pursue theatre when he was in college. He had is stage debut as Hambirao in the Marathi play, Raigadala Jenvha Jaag Yete and went on to perform in many plays like Swapna Eka Valyache and Mansala Dankh Maticha. He made his film debut in Kaiwari and his television debut in Rishte-Naate. On the small screen, he featured in Famous Trials of India and Ek Shunya Shunya, but his popularity as the A.C.P. Pradyum...

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