Hindi Movie Review Uvaa - Cast & Crew

Archana Puran Singh is an Indian TV artist and presenter; she is also a film actress. She was born on September 26, 1962 at Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India. Archana was married to Indian film director and actor, Parmeet Sethi. They were blessed with two kids namely, Aaryamann and Ayushmaan. She is popular for doing comedic roles in Bollywood and as a jury in some comedy shows such as Sony TV India’s Comedy Circus. She became popular for her iconic English teacher role as Miss Briganza in the Hindi romantic comedy drama film, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. She was also starred in the Indian musical romantic drama film, Mohabbatein as Preeto and Zohra in Bollywood romantic action comedy film, Bol Bachchan. She was also the boss of Priya and Honey in the science fiction film, Krrish. Archana was a constant jury in the reality comedy show, Comedy Circus. She was judging the show since 2006 and the only jury who have appeared in the entire episodes of the show. 

She was also successful on doing a popular Band-Aid ad in Mumbai and started getting many offers in doing ad-films. The Band-Aid ad was under the production of Bollywood director, Jalal Agha who noticed Archana’s talent so he include her in the lead role of the show, Mr and Mrs. Her next successful break was from the Indian detective series, Karamchand under the direction of Pankaj Parashar. Archana was debuted in year 1987 in the film, Jalwa together with Naseeruddin Shah. However, even if the movie was a hit, Archana didn’t get the attention of some of the top producers and directors. So at first, she got offers for B-grade films only which are usually short and more on semi-porn films. Later on, she appeared with small roles in films like Raja Hindustani in 1996, Aashiq Awara in 1993, Shola Aur Shabnam in 1992, Saudagar in 1991 and Agneepath in 1990. Archana also did item songs in movies like Baaz and Judge Mujrim. 

After that, she massively limits herself in doing supporting roles in Hindi, mostly in comedies. Her recent films are Love Story 2050, Masti, Mohabbatein, Krrish, Masti, Bol Bachchan and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai where she received the Star Screen Award for Best Comedian and was nominated by Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role in 1999. But she was positively recognized for her flirty role as a college teacher in the super hit movie, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and Krrish. In 2009, she was featured in the Punjabi film, Tera Mera Ki Rishta. In 1993, she started anchoring on TV. She has her own show entitled, Wah, Kya Scene Hain under Zee TV. Following with the popular and very successful, Uncensored where she proposed the High and Low Society or the HS and LS concept. She also did sitcoms like, Shrimaan Shrimati, Archana Talkies and Jaane Bhi Do Paro. 

Archana also joined the dance reality show on Star Plus, Nach Baliye (Season 1) along with her husband in 2005 but both were eliminated on the 6th episode. Then the couple hosted the Season 1 of the dance reality show, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa. From then, she started to be a jury on comedy shows such as the Season 1 and 2 of the Comedy Circus show. In 2008, she became the host of Star Plus’ Kaho Na Yaar Hai along with her husband. When the second season of the Comedy Circus ended, she hosted another show, Comedy Circus – Kaante Ki Takkar then Comedy Circus – Teen Ka Tadka, Comedy Circus Superstar and more.

Om Rajesh Puri is one of the widely noted senior actors in the Indian film industry and he was born on 18th October 1950 in Patiala, Punjab. He is one of the few Bollywood actors to act in mainstream commercial English movies. The alumnus of National School of Drama was also a classmate of renowned actor Naseeruddin Shah of the 1973 class.

He started his movie career in 1976 with the Marathi film ‘Ghashiram Kotwal’ directed by K.Hariharan. The movie was based on a play with the same name and it got success both commercially and critically. His career graph saw the coming of critically acclaimed art films such as ‘Bhavni Bhavai’, ‘Sadgati’, ‘Ardh Satya’ etc. and he was one of the major stars to do art films at that time along with well-known actors like Naseeruddin Shah, and Shabana Azmi. His reputation sky rocketed with his unconventional roles in many films during the 80s such as ‘Aakrosh’ and ‘Disco dancer’. Puri became famous for his versatility and personality, and went on to act in films in many domestic and foreign industries. Be it Hollywood blockbusters like ‘Gandhi’ or ‘Charlie Wilson’s War’ or regional hits like ‘A.K. 47’, Puri left a unique zeal on every role he did.

If he was known for his personality and his unconventional roles in the movies, he proved the world that he could handle any kind of role with an envious ease with the TV series ‘Kakkaji Kaheen’ and ‘Sutradhaar’ where he did comedy characters. He was honoured by the government of India with Padma Shri award and he also received ‘Order of The British Empire’. He is currently working for the movie ‘Chapekar Brothers’ in which he will be playing Bal Gangadhar Tilak.

Jimmy Shergill is a renowned Indian actor and producer in the big screen, known for working predominantly in Punjabi and Hindi movies. He was born in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh in India on December 3, 1972 to a Sikh family. His real name is Jasjit Singh Gill, the son of the popular painter, Satyajit Singh Shergill. He studied at St. Francis College in Lucknow in his early years before he shifted to Punjab and studied at The Punjab Public School. He also attended Bikram and Nabha College and Patiala’s Punjabi University. Jimmy has learned to act through his guru, Sri Harpal Singh. He went to Mumbai to pursue his career as an actor.

Sangram Singh is a famous Indian wrestler and a wrestling coach. He is also known as an international wrestler and has represented India many times. He has won many medals in national level and international level of wrestling. He has also won a gold medal in Common wealth Wrestling Championship in South Africa. He has also won several awards and titles for his achievements.

 His birth name is Sanjit Kumar. He was born on July 21, 1985 in Madina village, Haryana. His zodiac sign is Aries. As a child, he got an attack of paralysis and was on a wheelchair for about 8 years long. But now he is completely fit. He was engaged to Payal Rohatgi on 27th February, 2014 and the couple will marry soon.

Talking about his career, he has worked in both films and TV serial. He was seen in the wrestling show named 100% De Dana Dan on Colors. He has also participated in Bigg Boss 7 on Colors. Now days he is seen in a daily soap Badi Door Se Aaye Hai, a comedy serial on Sab TV as Arman Kumar. This show is based on 5 aliens, who have come on Earth in search of their elder son (2015), who was lost few years back while travelling. This show was premiered on 9th June, 2014 and is doing on as a hit.

Jasbir Bhati is associated with the Indian film industry as director and writer. Kkusum is a famous TV series directed by him. His venture into big screen was with the 2016 film Bhouri.

Anil D. Jethani is an Indian film producer known for creating “Uvaa” (2015), starring Jimmy Shergill and Om Puri. It revolves around five friends in a boarding school who become part of a horrifying event one night and end up fighting for justice. Anil produced the movie along with his brother Chandresh D. Jethani under Dhanraj Films Production Company. The production house is a part of the Dhanraj Group, which is headed by Anil’s father, Dhanraj Jethani. The company previously released “Bin Bulaye Baraati” (2011), starring Aftab Shivdasani. However, both of its productions failed to sell enough tickets and were flops at the box office. The Jethani brothers were recently involved in a conflict with filmmaker Rajkumar Santoshi.

Chandresh D Jethani is an Indian Producer who predominantly works in Bollywood Industry and his work released in Hindi Language Movies. He was born in India. Chandresh currently lives in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. He stepped into the Cinema in 2015 and Produced his First Film "Uvaa" was released on 26 June 2015. He has produced only one movie till 2022.