Hindi Movie Review Amavas - Cast & Crew

A talented actress who has starred in over a dozen films, Tara Sharma has given the film lovers something to grasp on to and be happy about. Tara was born on 11th January 1977 as a British citizen. Even though British by birth, she was brought up as a perfect Indian. She completed all her studies in Italy and her diploma courses in London itself. She was a very bright student who was always an active participant in the various co-curricular activities. A talented singer, a graceful dancer and a fierce actor – Tara never shot down any opportunity. She’s an incredible person in all fronts. When she realized her talents and passion for the camera, Tara got herself to take part in advertisements for many prominent brands, such as Lakme, Garnier, and Pepsi. In the latter ad, she was extremely lucky to co – star with all round amazing actor Shah Rukh Khan, which in turn opened many doors to the film industry. Her luck turned thus.

Konkona Sen Sharma is a Bollywood actress hailing from Kolkata, West Bengal. She was born on 3 December 1979 in a Bengali family. She completed her schooling at the Calcutta International School and later moved to Delhi for a bachelor’s degree in English literature from Delhi University’s most prestigious college- St. Stephen’s. Cinema has already been existent in her genetic roots. Her mother, Aparna Sen, is a noted actress and director in Bengali cinema. Moreover, she is the granddaughter of Chidananda Dasgupta, a film critic who also established the Calcutta Film Society. In 1983, the four-year-old Konkona was first seen on the big screen in a Bengali film titled ‘Indira’. Her official Tollywood debut was in 2000 in ‘Ek Je Aachhe Kanya,’ for which she was awarded at the Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards (2002).

Born in Ludhiana, Punjab on 16^th September 1984 Naina showed early signs of being interested in performing. Naina was fortunate as in a place where females are not given any rights at all she was amongst those few who were allowed to study. She completed her formal education from Christian convent school, Kapurthala.

Sidharth Srinivasan is an Indian filmmaker, director, screenwriter, and producer based in New Delhi. Srinivas was interested in filmmaking at a young age and decided on the profession as a student at Rishi Valley School, a boarding school in Andhra Pradesh. In 1997, he graduated with an Economics degree and began his journey as an apprentice of filmmaker Kumar Sahani, winner of the National Award in 1972. In 2002, He released his first short film Swamohita (Tightrope Walker). It premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2000. Divya Drishti (Divine Vision) was directed and written by Srinivasan and released in 2002.

Sheel Kumar is an Indian film producer who has produced several films like Paap, Love You Zindagi, Vicky Donor, Swayam Ek Ehsaas, Piya Ka Ghar, etc. In 2018, he produced a movie called October. Shoojit Sircar directed the film, and Juhi Chaturvedi and Wajid Shaikh wrote the storyline for the film. Ashish Dixit, Hetvi Karia, Sheel Kumar, Ronnie Lahiri, and Kumar Thakur produced the film. And it starred Vraun Dhawan, Banita Sandhu, Gitanjali Rao, Sahil Vedoliyaa, Isha Chaturvedi, Prateek Kapoor, Iteeva Pandey, etc. Avik Mukhopadhyay managed the cinematography department, and Chandrashekhar Prajapati edited the film. Abhishek Arora, Shantanu Moitra, and Anupam Roy composed the music for the film, and Mansi Dhruv Mehta handled the production design. Lars Carlsson and Pia Cornelius managed the makeup department, and Veera Kapoor Ee managed the costume design.

Ravi Walia is an Indian cinematographer/ Director of Photography and film producer. He started his career as a producer in the year 2006 with Vicky Chopra’s Bollywood action film, Fight Club – Members Only. He went on to produce few more Bollywood films including De Taali (2008), Fun in the Army (2010), People of Allah (2010), and Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain (. It was also in 2006 when he started working as a cinematographer for Anubhav Sinha’s Hindi film, Tathastu.

Trilok Gurtu is an Indian composer. Trilok was born on the 30th of October in the year 1951. He is from Mumbai, Maharashtra. Trilok’s father was a Kashmiri Pandit, and his mother was a Marathi. He went to Don Bosco High School in Mumbai, Maharashtra. His mother was a singer. She made him learn Tabla while he was studying. He learned Tabla under Shah Abdul Karim.

Kuldip K Mehan is an Indian-Editor. He mainly works in the Hindi Film Industry. He is thinking of working in other film industries which include Tamil Film Industry, Telugu Film Industry, Malayalam Film Industry, and Kannada Film Industry. He is a hardworking and dedicated Editor. He believes in becoming a multi-tasking person, so he is exploring more in the media industry. He has many upcoming projects in the coming years.

Mahesh Manjrekar is a renowned actor, director and producer in Marathi cinema. The actor has been in the film industry and theatre for over two decades now and is considered to be a powerhouse of talent. With films like Vaastav and Astitva, he made a mark for himself as a director. Afterwards, he made Virudh with Amitabh Bachchan and Sharmila Tagore.

Victor Banerjee was born 15 October 1946 in Calcutta, India, belongs to a Zamindar family of Kolkata and got his initial education from Kolkata and higher education from Dublin.

He  is an Indian actor of Bengali descent and worked in various Hindi, Bengali and English language films. He has also appeared on a number of TV Series.

Firstly recognised by Satyajit Ray who knows his work in theatres and offered him to play a part in “The Chess Players” (1977 ) which is about  an uneven historical drama about colonial Indian politics. He began his career as a child actor on the Calcutta stage in various theatrical productions. He is best known for his performances in some of the films are “A Passage to India” (1984), “Pikoo’s Day, Home and the World" (1984), “Joggers Park”, (2003) and worked for prominent directors like Jerry London, Shyam Benegal, Satyajit Ray, Roman Polanski, James Ivory and David Lean. He is a national award winner also in three different categories as a Cinematographer in “Where no journey's end”, Director in “The Splendour of Garhwal and Roopkund” and the Best Supporting actor in Satyajit’s Ray in “Ghare Bairey”.

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