Jyoti Madnani Singh
Raveena Tandon
Bidita Bag
Ali Faulkner
Kireet Khurana
Abis Rizvi
Ashish Aryan
Resul Pookutty
Gaurav Shakya
Pravin Chandra
Sankalp Meshram
Kabeer Khurana
Zachary Coffin
Subrat Dutta
Iqbal Azad
Manoj Pahwa
Pitobash Tripathy
Rakesh Pandey
Salim Mansoori
Sarath Mohan
Toby Jose
Yulian Shchukin
1. Jyoti Madnani Singh
Jyoti Madnani Singh, professionally known as JMS, was born on 30 December 1990 in Rajasthan, India. Jyoti joined the National Institute of Fashion Technology (Mumbai branch) and received her B.Des (Bachelor in design) degree in 2009. Jyoti has been actively working as a costume designer since 2009. Jyoti has designed costumes for many well-known actors like Mohanlal, Vikrant Messey, Tanya Maniktala, Ali Faulkner (known for Twilight saga), Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Prateek Babbar, Diandra Soares, Patralekha Paul, Amit Sadh, Arbaz Khan, Esha Koppikar, Dipanita Sharma, and many more. JMS is the in-house designer for Yatri Theatre. It is administered by Om Katare. Apart from working as a costume designer in countless films, Jyoti has also acted in short films and TV Series. JMS is well-known for her role in the short film To My Brother (available on MX Player). Also, she directed a short film recently that was later named I Am Down.
...2. Raveena Tandon
Raveena Tandon is an Indian film actress who is known for doing some commercial cinema and then migrating to serious roles that gave her recognition as a serious actress. She made her superstar debut in film Mohra, which was supposed to be done by Divya Bharti. As Divya died, Raveena was the ultimate choice to play the role of the sexy girl, who did first item song’ Tu Cheez BariHai Mast Mast’. She was often paired with Akshay Kumar, and the duo became the most successful pair in Bollywood. She also made a hit pair with Govinda and did some blockbuster movies with the actor. Raveena made a sabbatical from films and did reject offers such as Dil To Pagal Hai, Gupt, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and Virasat, which went to other successful heroines of Bollywood.
...3. Bidita Bag
Bidita Bag was born on September 30 in 1985 in Santragachi in West Bengal in India. She is a model and an actress. She is mainly known for her works in Hindi and Bengali movies. She finished her studies in KV School and college education in KV Fort William.
...5. Kireet Khurana
Kireet Khurana is an ambitious filmmaker, ad-film director, storyteller and animator. Kireet has done over 400 ad-film directions and 12 short films. Kireet was born on 25 October 1967 in Mumbai, India. Bhimsain, his father was an Indian animation pioneer. He was exposed to the animation films at the age of six. He completed his schooling from Jamnabai Narsee School and got a BA Degree with major in economics at Mumbai University. He went to Sheridan College in Canada to achieve honours in animation filmmaking. He established Climb Media and later, he came up with his animation wing called 2nz Animation Co.
...6. Abis Rizvi
Abis Rizvi has gained an experience as a popular Bollywood script writer and film producer. He has been the screenplay writer and co-writer of mega-budget hit movie like ‘Roar’ (Roar- Tigers of the Sundarbans) which was co-written by film director Kamal Sadanah and produced by him. The film released in the year 2014 but gained popularity only because actor Salman Khan had launched the trailer of the film in Mumbai. Since, Salman has acted in Ek Tha Tiger- he was the obvious choice of many to release the trailer. The film also gave a message how to save inhabitants of the Sundarbans from the clutches of the white tiger. But as a producer and a story teller, the film showed man-animal conflicts which was never seen before in Indian cinema. The film’s stage and setting was great to watch. The script also demanded some graphic concepts and visual effects to pull the audiences. The film was different from several Bollywood films and the casting was very unique, which demanded new faces (hero and heroines).
...7. Ashish Aryan
Ashish Aryan is a young multi-faceted film maker known for his work as a writer, producer and director in Indian film industry. He is passionate about storytelling and has left significant remarks on the Indian Cinema through his skill in creating compelling narratives. Few of his works directed by him include film R K aur I and Kanpuriye (2019). With his creative vision and ability to bring stories to life he earned acknowledgement by the industry professionals and film enthusiasts for his work as a director. Ashish’s works as a film writer include the film T for Taj Mahal, released in 2018, where he showcased his ability to write engaging stories that resonate with the audience. For his work on this movie (T for Taj Mahal) he was honored as the winner of the Best Story Writer award at the Washington DC South Asian Film Festival for writing meaningful stories that associates with the welfare of the society. Through this achievement, he further solidified his position in the Indian film industry.
...8. Resul Pookutty
9. Gaurav Shakya
Gaurav Shakya is a Hindi sound engineer. He is also a sound designer and sound mixer. He completed his Diploma in Audio Engineering, and Sound Engineering from SAE Institute of Technology, Mumbai. He started his career with Trinayan Studio as a Sound Engineer in 2009. In 2018, he joined Prime Focus Limited as an Audio Engineer. Currently, he is working as a freelancer in Bollywood and OTT industry.
...10. Pravin Chandra
Praveen Chandra is a successful Bollywood casting director at Abis Rizvi Films (ARF). He is also a freelance writer, celebrity manager, talent manager, and Chief executive officer of Joch Theatre, Lucknow, India. He is also an acting coach for children and youth and polishes people with their acting skills, body language, behavior, and physical appearance. About the starting life of Praveen, started his career in the corporate industry and used to do a full-time job and went to the theatre in the evening to fulfill his passion for the filmmaking industry. However, as time went on, he wanted to do something which gave him recognition, and thus, he flew over to Mumbai to give his passion a kick shot and make a career in this industry.
...11. Sankalp Meshram
Sankalp Meshram is an Indian filmmaker, producer, editor, and writer who has bagged five National Awards for editing and direction. Born in 1966 in Nagpur, Sankalp Meshram grew up in different places like Gwalior, Goa, Calcutta, Pune, and Mumbai. He did part of his schooling at The Frank Anthony Public School at Calcutta and remaining at Government Higher Secondary School at Panaji. Sankalp Meshram received his Bachelor’s degree in Commerce from Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics, Mumbai. He further did his post-graduation in Law from Government Law College, Mumbai. In 1994, he pursued a specialization course in film editing from Film and Television Institute, Pune.
...12. Kabeer Khurana
Kabeer Khurana is an Indian director, writer, and editor. He was born in 1998 in Mumbai, Maharashtra. His father is also a filmmaker- Kireet Khurana, and he is the grandson of Indian animation pioneer, Bhimsain. He made his debut with the short movie ‘Project Oneness’ in 2015, which won 3 International awards in Venice, Ukraine, and Houston. He made many short films like Ism (2016), Strings (2017), Religion of Dummies (2018), and Karma café in 2018 starring Amole Gupte and Nakul Sahdev. His short films have received more than thirty international selections and eight international awards.
...13. Zachary Coffin
Zachary Coffin, a.k.a, Zack Coffin is a versatile actor who has worked in Bollywood, Hollywood, Kollywood films and has also acted in some of the hit TV shows and webseries. Other than acting, he has also displayed his skills in writing. He has dual citizenship of Canada and USA. He has studied at Stella Adler Acting Academy, New York. He learned to be a master screenwriter from Columbia University. He studied film production at a Summer Program of Sight and Sound at New York University and received a Masters degree in Fine Arts from the University of Southern California and learned direction in Cinema and Television.
...14. Subrat Dutta
Subrat Dutta also known as Subrata or Subroto Dutta is an actor known for his roles in many Hindi and Bengali films. Born in the district of Bankura in the state of West Bengal, Subrat was struck by a passion for theatre and film at a very young age but never expected to end up acting in films. After higher secondary education, Subrat spent most of his time watching movies.
...15. Iqbal Azad
The experienced actor Iqbal Azad is native to the city of Gujarat. However, his father grew up in Mumbai and then moved to Patna which led him to be brought up in both the cities. Conversely, his mother was from Himachal, so Iqbal refers to himself as belonging to 4 states; he strongly believes in the importance of keeping in mind where one came from. Iqbal had always been interested in acting and had planned on becoming an actor from a very young age. In his 12th grade, he worked at an amateur theatre and took his career from there.
...16. Manoj Pahwa
Manoj Pahwa is an Indian television and cinema actor who is known for his good comedy acting. He has featured in very many films, and many of them have been box office hits. He has also acted in the Punjabi film industry. He was born in 1963, and his birthday is on September first. He was raised in Delhi, and his family came from a Punjabi background. He has studied in the National Public school in New Delhi.
He made his first foray into television in the comedy serial ‘Just Mohabbat’ on Sony TV where his role was not very important. He later acted in the comedy ‘Office Office’ on SAB TV in 2001 as Bhatia. He became well known through this series, and it can be assumed that if he had not acted in ‘Office Office’, he might not have gone much further in his career.
He first acted in Bollywood in the movie ‘Tere Mere Sapne’ in 1996. After this, he has featured in numerous serials and movies including Singh Is Kinng, Jolly LLB, Salaam-e-Ishq, Tashan and Dabangg 2. He is currently shooting for the Punjabi movie ‘Heer and Hero’ which is also a comedy. He plays a contract killer called Bhuchi Badmash in the movie.
17. Pitobash Tripathy
18. Rakesh Pandey
Rakesh Pandey born in Himachal Pradesh was once a very handsome looking actor of Bhojpuri cinema. A Younger generation remembers him for playing the role of Ayub Khan’s father in “Dil Chahta Hai.” He was the most famous actor of Bhojpuri cinema along with Sujit Kumar and Padma Khanna.
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