Hindi Movie Review Darr @ the Mall - Cast & Crew

Who will forget the dictator and bossy girlfriend of ‘Pyar Ka Panchnama,' a story depicting the life of three friends? The role was played with such perfection that it will remain forever with the audiences. No point in guessing, we are talking about Nusrat Bharucha, the leading lady and the “Babu” of the movie. 

Nivedita Bhattacharya is a television actress. She was born in Lucknow. And graduated from I.T. College; Lucknow and then started theater at Lucknow. Her first stage performance was under the direction of Surya Mohan Kulsheshtha. She has performed her one of the best roles as Jiji in Zee TV serial named 'Saat Phere - Saloni Ka Safar' from 2005 to 2009 and in ‘Sona Spa’ in 2013.

Shradha Kaul is a television actress in India. She is known for her portrayal of Mandey on ZEE Next's Simply Sapney; she has also been on the hit show Left Right Left based on the military life.

Yaushika Verma is the daughter of an action director, Pappu Verma. Being born in the family of action actors, she believes in the fact that her work should be recognised and appreciated. This hot actress from the action background debuted in Indian film industry at the age of 14 in her father's directorial debut film 'Vansh'. Belonging to film background, she started her career in a very clichéd way by working as an Assistant Director.

Pavan Kripalani is a successful movie director and rose to fame with movies like “Ragini MMS” and Phobia to his name. He has admitted to being a lover of the thriller-horror genre and enjoys horror-psychological thrillers,both of which he considers to be siblings. Pawan Kripalani loves playing around with horror, and his next film can be a horror comedy. He had assisted Ram Gopal Verma in many films before he made his directorial debut with the movie that roared at the box office, “Ragini MMS”. It was one of its kind as it was the first Indian film belonging to found footage category. But after this golden opportunity was given to him by Ekta Kapoor, not many offers came his way. Two years after shuffling from one studio to another just so that his script could be read, he was desperate and completely broke. He had to do something to pursue what he really wanted to make. So, “Darr@themall” happened which unfortunately threw him back even more as it did not fare well at the box office. It was really difficult for him to get a movie after that.

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.

With roles in chunauti, Karambhoomi, mrityudand, Dhund, aarzoo, campus, among others, Arif has grown to become a big act in the Indian film industry. Born on the 11th of November, 1966, Arif began his career acting in theater which in college and later moved to television and film.

Arif has virtually travelled all over the world with major roles in movies produced in Australia, Europe, Poland, Hong Kong, Singapore, to mention a few. He is famous for his roles in My Name is Khan and as Emmi Begum in Darmiyan. 

Arif got married to Namrata Sharma on January 15, 2002, after a courtship that lasted for 4 years with the couple meeting at a party at Starters and More, on January 15, 1998.
Arif Zakaria has also worked in many other Hindi films and TV shows including Campus, Sir Syed Ahmad Khan the Messiah, Kashmir - Enigma of Paradise, IPC 420, Pride, Black Currency: The Fake Currency Truth Unfolds, Mission Raniganj (2023), Mastaney (2023), Gandhi Godse Ek Yudh (2023), The Socho Project (2022), Shoorveer (2022), Kaun Pravin Tambe? (2022), A Thursday (2022), 420 IPC (2021), Qubool Hai 2.0 (2021), Mr. Somebody (2020), Avrodh: The Siege Within (2020), Gul Makai (2020), The Body (2019), War (2019), Ahaan (2019), Hutatma (2019), Leila (2019), The Warrior Queen of Jhansi (2019), The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir (2018), Raazi (2018), Aamad (2017), Rahenge Sadaa Gardish Mein Taare (2017), Blue Mountains (2017), Spotlight (2017), Poorna (2017) Movies included.

Asif Basra is an actor possessing so much of talent. He has a spark for acting. He is an Indian television, film and theater actor. His career started in 2001, and he is working to date. His dedication and devotion can make anyone admire his personality. He also conducts workshops for theater and is a theater facilitator. Asif is acting since his school time in class tenth. In his college days, he was a highly popular actor for plays and grabbed many awards. Surprisingly Asif is a graduate from the science background and was well settled in his job. But his studies and job couldn’t create distance between him and acting. He spent much of salary on watching plays and during this routine his life took another positive turn for him.

Neeraj Sood is a renowned actor in the Indian television industry. The veteran actor has been part of a number of popular TV serials in the past two decades. His career began in the year 1998 when he played a part in Missing, a TV show that aired on Zee TV. In his early days, he also worked in serials such as Kittu Sab Janti Hai and Siddhant among others. The former was a serial based on the life of a simple middle class girls who dreams beyond her colony whereas the later is a one hour weekly show depicting the life of a lawyer who considers himself to be class aparts.

In the recent past, his most prominent appearance on Indian television was his portrayal of Bihari Raj in the hit TV show Afsar Bitiya. In this show, his character had negative shades as he always tried to put down the protagonist and her family by any means possible. He also had a cameo appearance in the Channel V show Humse Hai Life as one of the character’s uncle. Other than that, he was also a member of the cast for the SAB TV show Mrs And Mr Sharma Ilahabadwale and gained popularity for his portrayal of Gopal Bhatt.

Apart from TV shows, Neeraj Sood also has quite a few Bollywood films to his credit. He featured in the hit Salman Khan film Tere Naam. He also had important roles in films like Band Baaja Baarat and Rocket Singh and small time appearances in films as well. According to sources, Neeraj has been roped in by Disney Channel for their upcoming show Tere Ghar Ke Samne which also stars many other television veterans. It is a story revolving around two families who are completely different. The types of disputes lead to total comedy!

RanjitBarot  is a  Film Score Composer as well a allrounder personality born around 1955 in England has hands on in an assorted arena of the music world. Usually a diversified and dynamic person started his career in the year 1995 with Oh Darling YehHai India  and is working his charm till date in the music array.

Vikram Raj Bhardwaj is an Indian actor. He worked for the Hindi film industry. He worked in many Bollywood films like Darr @The Mall, which hit the theatres on 21st February 2014. It was a horror-thriller movie with some of the Bollywood &most famous actors. Jimmy Sheirgill, NushratBharucha, ArifZakaria, and Geet Sharma are in the cast of the movie.

Ganesh Hegde is a popular singer, choreographer and presenter who have worked for a number of Bollywood songs and movies. He has also choreographed for some Indian television shows.

Ganesh Hegde is a popular singer, musician and choreographer who have worked for Indian television industry and Bollywood. Some of his finest works as choreographer include Lagaan and Company. Ganesh Hegde has worked as a choreographer for various stage shows too. He was the main choreographer for the stage show Temptations 2004 which included performances of Preity Zinta, Rani Mukherjee, Saif Ali Khan, Arjun Rampal, and Shahrukh Khan. He has also choreographer for Filmfare Awards and Zee Cine Awards. In addition, he has also choreographed a number of item songs for various movies including Mast Mahaul Mein Jeene De for movie Fiza.

Ganesh Hegde started his career as a choreographer and performer with legendry singer Asha Bhonsle. He has also choreographed and sung the title rap song ‘Ek Sawaal Ka Sawaal Hai’ for Indian television quiz program Kaun Banega Crorepati Season 3. The host of the show during the third season was Shahrukh Khan. He also appeared as a judge for the dancing competition television series Kabhi Kabhii Pyar Kabhi Kabhii Yaar which was aired from July 2008 to August 2008 on Sony TV. He also judged a singing competition television show Fame X 2006. His co-judges for the show were Daler Mehndi and Nikhil Chinapa.

Ganesh was born on 10th November 1973 to Harishchandra Subbaiah Hegde and Vidya Hegde in a Tulu-speaking family in Mumbai. He completed his schooling at Umedbhai Patel English School and graduated from Prahladrai Dalmia Lions College, Mumbai. Ganesh married Sunayna Shetty in 2011. The couple has two sons, Giaan and Hriyaan. Ganesh’s choreography has made many songs and stars to a top level, including some special songs, Mehboob Mere, featuring Sushmita Sen, Babuji Zara Dheere Chalo, featuring Yana Gupta, and Khallas, featuring Isha Koppikar. Chammak Challo from Shah Rukh Khan and Kareena Kapoor Khan’s movie Ra One was one of Ganesh’s masterpieces. In one of his album songs titled Bolydude Ganeshan, he choreographed for Deepika Padukone.