Hindi Movie Review Ab Tak Chhappan 2 - Cast & Crew

A former beauty queen, model and social activist, Gul Panag is a gifted actress who has worked for some Bollywood movies and television serials.

Gul Panag is an Indian model, actress, social activist, politician, and former beauty queen who contested the Miss Universe Pageant. She started her career as a Bollywood actress in the year 2003 when she played a lead role in the movie Dhoop. The movie was loosely based on the real story of Captain Anuj Nayar, MVC. Since then, she has played some significant roles in various movies including Dor, Hello, Ab Tak Chappan 2, Straight, Rann and Manorama Six Feet Under.

Gul Panag appeared on television when she played the lead role in the television series Kashmeer. Her co-stars for this television serial included Farooque Sheikh, Suresh Oberoi, Salim Shah, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, late Nirmal Pandey, Vishal Singh, and Ankur Nayar. This television series Kashmeer was telecasted on Star Plus in the year 2003. In the year 2011, she appeared as a presenter for the karaoke show Kisme Kitna Hai Dum hosted by Sonu Nigam which was aired on Star Plus. She also appeared as presenter for a television travel show Musafir Hoon Yaaron, which was aired on Star TV. Gul Panag also hosted a lifestyle and fashion show titled Khoobsurat. However, the most acclaimed show of Gul Panag was Vijay Jyoti, which was based on the life of Indian Army’s soldiers and officers. This television series was aired on Zee TV.

Aejaz Gulab started his entertainment career as a stunt performer. That quickly grew into a Stunt Coordinator and stunt director.  Then after a decade, he also became an Action director as he was designing the grand scope of an action sequence from thought all the way to the edit.  As an action director, he took credit for Shootout at Lokhandwala. 

Nana Patekar is a popular Indian actor who was born in 1st January in 1951. He is also a successful filmmaker and writer simultaneously. He was born in the place named Murud-Janjira which is located in Raigad district in Maharashtra. His parents are Dinkar Patekar and Sanjana Patekar. Nana Patekar studied Applied Arts at the Sir J.J Institute in Mumbai. From his college life, he was attracted to acting and he did attend the inter-college dramatics. He also loved to sketch. His journey in the film industry started in 1974 with the film named ‘Garman’. After that, he acted on several movies like “Mohre(1987)”, “Salaam Bombay(1988)” and so on. But, he came to the gossip headline by his acting in the film “Parinda” which was released in 1989. He appeared as a villain in that movie. As the recognition of the fabulous acting in that movie he won the National Film Award as well as the Filmfare Award as best Supporting Actor. He acted as villain in some movies, but most of the cases, he acted in positive roles. Most glamorous movies acted by him are – “Khamoshi (acted as a deaf father)”, “Krantiveer (acted as a gambling son)”,“Ab Tak Chhappan (acted as a police officer)”, “Paathshaala”, “Rajneeti (acted as a political leader)”,“Wajood (acted as a schizophrenic)”, “Welcome (acted as a powerful,but funny don)”, “It’s My Life” and so on. His natural acting is always entertaining to the people. As a successful filmmaker, he is the creator of the famous film “Prahar: The Final Attack” in which the glamour queen Madhuri Dixit was the leading heroine. He is also a little bit involved in playback music. His upcoming movies are “Saamna”, “Welcome Back” and “Yahan Ke Hum Sikandar”.

A versatile actor, Ashutosh has worked in Indian films along with Kannada, Telugu, and Marathi films. He was born on November 10th 1964 in Dadarwara and had a knack for acting. His passion for acting prompted him to go to National School of Drama and studied acting. 

Starting his career on the television screen he first graced television in 1994 in a mini-series, Tahqiqat. He got his first break on the big screen, playing a clerk in Sanshodhan in 1995. His role in Dushman made him a well-known actor as he portrayed a psychopathic killer.  This led to his first set of awards for Best Villain in a movie at Filmfare and Screen Weekly Award. He won another Filmfare award in 2000 for Best Villain for his role as Lajja Pandey in Sangharsh. 

Ashutosh has been featured in 220 movies throughout his career in 5 different languages. His latest film is Black Home in which he a darker side of India is portrayed. 

Ashutosh Rana is married to actress Renuka Shahane. The couples have two children together, Shauryaman and Satyendra. He is known to be a devoted believer of his guru who he refers to as Dadda Ji and who guided him throughout his career.

       ‘Ashutosh Rana’ was born on 10th Nov 1964 in Gadarwara, Madhya Pradesh, which is also known as the ‘city of Osho’. He is an Indian Television and Bollywood actor. There he was known as ‘Ashutosh Neekhra’. He spent his childhood in ‘Gadarwara’ where he finished his primary school. He used to play the role of Ravana in the city Ramleela. Ashutosh Rana has staunch faith in his Guru, whom he calls "Dadda Ji". It was Dadda Ji, who suggested to ‘Rana’ to take up the acting career. When Rana was about to venture in the field of acting, Dadda ji told him to go to Bombay and meet ‘Mahesh Bhatt’ and take any project which starts with the letter "S". When Rana got an offer of “Swabhimaan” from Mahesh Bhatt, he didn't wait for a second and grabbed the opportunity. He frequently appears in Mahesh Bhatt's films.

        He is married to TV show host and Bollywood actress ‘Renuka Shahane’ and has two sons ‘Shouryaman’ and ‘Satyendra’. ‘Ashutosh Rana’ learnt acting from “National School of Drama at Delhi”. This was followed by Farz, Sazish, Kabhi Kabhi, Dhund, Apradhi Kaun and Waris. In 2010 he acted in a Star Plus show “Kaali- Ek Agnipariksha”, where he played an extremely powerful negative role as ‘Thakral’. He played the role of “Sarkar” in the reality show, ‘Sarkar Ki Duniya’. He anchored the TV show, ‘Baazi Kiski’ in the year 2001. He made his debut in Hindi films in the year 1996 in ‘Sanshodhan’. His acting was highly applauded in the film ‘Dushman’ in which he played the role of a cold blooded murderer and psychopath killer and he won award for the ‘Best Actor in Negative role’ in the ‘Filmfare’. He is mostly given roles of antagonists in movies, particularly that of a killer. He has played the role of Alia Bhatt's father in Karan Johar's “Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania”.

Vikram Gokhale is one of the very promising actors in the television and Bollywood industry. He is born on the 14th of November, 1945. He is also popular for stage acting. He is known for his significant contribution to the Marathi and Hindi films. Chandrakanth Gokhale is his father. He too is a theatre artist and is known for his contribution to the Marathi Theater. He was born in Pune, but is currently settled in Mumbai and works from there.

One of the significant roles on the television very recently is that of Dr. Kamal Chopra in the serial Sanjivani that was aired on Star Plus in 2002, and continued till 2005. Sanjeevani was based on the lives of doctors and the bond between a doctor and a patient. Vikram Gokahale played the role of the filthy rich doctor, Dr.Chopra, who was also the trustee of the hospital- Sanjeevani.

Recently in movies he has been seen in Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam and Bhool Bhulaiya. In Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, he plays the role of a singer who desires his daughter to follow the culture and traditions of his family and hence forbids her to marry his foreigner student, Sameer that was played by Salman Khan. Bhool Bhulaiya is a psychological thriller, based on multiple personality disorder, where he plays the guru to the genius psychiatrist and helps save the life of a patient affected by the same disease.

On 24th November 2022, Vikram Gokhale was admitted to a private hospital in Pune for various health issues. His health deteriorated and he died at the hospital on 26th November 2022.

Mohan Agashe is a theater based actor who predominantly takes an interest in stage and plays. He was introduced to films by Shyam Benegal, who made the only art-house film. The actor got a chance to play roles in movies like Bhumika, Manthan, Nishant and went to act in Govind Nihalini’s’ Aakrosh’ and Goutam Ghose’s film ‘Paar’ and Satyajit Ray’s film ‘Sadgati’ too. He acted in many films that were produced by National Film Development Corporation. In 1982 epic biographical film ‘Gandhi’ directed by Richard Attenborough, Mohan Agashe got a chance to play Tyeb Mohammed’s (Alok Nath) friend. After a series of art-house films, he chose commercial cinema too. His first commercial cinema was Yash Chopra’s ‘Mashal’ and then he went to act in the movies like "Trimurti", "Aks", "Gangajaal", "Rang De Basanti" etc.

Raju Chadha is a successful businessman and film producer. With his decades of experience and leadership skills, he can lead multiple large industries. Though he was looking towards the sky, his roots were still intact.

Govind Namdev is known for his villainous characters in Bollywood movies. However, he has worked in some significant television serials too.

Govind Namdev is a veteran actor who has performed a good number of character roles in Bollywood movies. He has also worked for some television serials and shows and he has also made a name in movies of regional languages. It should be noted that in his debut movie Shola Aur Shabnam, Govind Namdev played a negative role of a corrupt cop. While he has played some positive character roles too, but one can say that mostly he has played negative or antagonist roles. An alumnus of National School of Drama New Delhi, he has performed some notable theatrical works too. Some of the popular theatre dramas for which Govind Namdev has worked includes Tughlak directed by Ebrahim Alkazi. Some other popular plays of Govind Namdev are The Fools, Cherry Orchard, Andhayug, Othello, Azar Ka Khwab, Matta Villas, and Marco Millions.

Govind Namdev appeared in the television series Viruddh – Har Rishta Ek Kurukshetra which was telecasted on Sony TV in 2007. Namdev played the role of Mr. Sinha in the series whose main lead was Smriti Irani playing the role of Vasudha Raisinghaniya-Verma. Another popular serial for which Govind Namdev worked for was Aashirwad which was aired on Zee TV in the year 1998. In this serial, Govind Namdev played the role of Purushottam Choudhary, a strict patriarch. Navin Nischol also played a significant role in this serial.

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Govind Namdev is a well-known face of the Indian Cinema since the 90s. He is married to Sudha Namdeo and also has three Daughters named Pragati, Megha, and Pallavi. Making his debut as a Corrupt Cop in the film “Shola Aur Shabnam” in 1992, he has contributed over 25 years to the film industry with over 60 films to his credit. Born on 3rd September in 1950 in Sagar, India, he is a critically acclaimed actor who his famous for villainous roles in many films. In 1977, he attended the famous National School of Drama. He has given notable performances in some films, some of which are Bandit Queen, Satya, Kachche Dhaage, Mast, Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani, Sarfarosh, Qayamat, etc. In the year 1999, he was nominated for the Best Villain Award for his film Satya. He also has won many awards like Best Negative Performer of the Year (Male) at Screen Awards, Best Actor at Osian Cine Film Awards in 2009, Best Actor International Osian Cine Fan Awards in 2012, Best Performance (Male) at RAPA Awards and the very prestigious Madhya Pradesh Ratna award. He was last seen in films like Singham Returns and Main Gabbar. Now, He will be seen sharing screen space with Bollywood Badshah Shah Rukh Khan in his film Raees and another movie titled “JD”.