Hindi Movie Review Kedarnath - Cast & Crew

Pragya Kapoor is a Swedish Indian film industry actress and a model who is of Indian origin. She played a role in the film ‘Hawa Hawai’ in 2014. The film was directed and written by Amole Gupte.

Kanika Dhillon, an Indian writer. She writes scripts for films, novels and also books for children. Her debut novel, “Bombay Duck, is a Fish” was printed in 2011. She was born in Amritsar. In Bollywood, she works as a dialogue writer for Shahrukh Khan’s Red Chillies Entertainment. She worked in the movie Ra. One. She also worked as an assistant Farah Khan on “Om Shanti Om”. She script supervised on “Billu Barber”. In August 2014, she was married to Prakash Kovelamudi. He was the son of director K. Raghavendra Rao. She has written the story of Size Zero to be made into Hindi film, but her husband liked it so much that he did it in Telugu.

Nikhita Gandhi is a famous Indian playback singer. She is known for her work in movies like ‘Jab Harry Met Sejal’, ‘Jagga Jasoos’, ‘Sachin: A Billion dreams’ and many more. She sang the title track of ‘Raabta’ for Deepika Padukone. She was born in Kolkata, West Bengal. Her birth name is Nikita. She is half-Punjabi and half-Bengali. She did her graduation from Chennai and is a Dentist. She has also learned Classical music and Odissi dance for 12 years.

Shruti Kapoor is a costume designer working predominantly in the Hindi film industry. Shruti was the costume designer for the film Masaan (2015),  by actors Vicky Kaushal, Richa Chadda, and Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! (2015) starring Sushant Singh Rajput and Ak vs AK (2020) by Anurag Kashyap.

Himanshu Nanda, daughter of Gulshan Nanda, is an Indian publicity designer working for the Bollywood industry. Apart from being a publicity designer, she also has excellent listening skills and has worked on more than two hundred Bollywood movies.Some of the movies in which her works are reflected are Kerala Story, Main Hoon Na (2004), Koi... Mil Gaya (2003), Kaabil (2012), Bajrangi Bhaijaan, and Jab We Met (2007) and many more. In 2005, Himanshu Nanda received the Best Publicity Designer award for screening in the movie Main Hoon and then in 2006, he again won his award in publicity designing for the movie Black.

Alka Amin is a television actress from India who is famous for her role in the Indian soap, Parichay – Nayee Zindagi Kay Sapno Ka on Colors TV which aired from 2011 to 2013. She played the role of Veema Raj Chopra, the mother of the lead role, Kunal Chopra (played by Samir Soni) under Balaji Telefilms Production House. Alka has two sons and one of them is an actor. Their names are Faheen and Taber Amin. 

Pooja Gor is a Hindi Television actress. She was born on 1 June 1991 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. She is graduated from Gujarat University. She is featured in the popular shows like Mann Kee Awaaz Pratigya as Pratigya, Kitani Mohabbat Hai as Purvi, and Ek Nayi Ummeed - Roshni as Roshni. She has also participated in the reality show Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi in 2014. In 2015, she learned kickboxing for self-defense. She is dating actor Raj Singh Arora in a relationship since 2009. She has also worked in the recent Bollywood movie Kedarnath, which was a hit in the box-office and she has got a prominent role in the movie. 

Dr. Sonali Sachdev is an Indian actress and has performed stunningly on the small screen for the past 10 years. She was born in Mumbai. She is known for her great performance in Taare Zameen Par released in 2007. She played the role of a strict teacher and performed the character perfectly. Being an Actress she is also a qualified Dentist. After she completed her Doctorate she decided to become an Actress, which was her dream.

She has done 8 movies till now. Her first movie was Wishes in 2009 and the first serial she worked in was Baa Bahoo Aur Baby in 2005. She is well known for her character as a gynecologist in the serial. Her paternal side is from Gujarat so she is very fond of Gujrati cuisine. She is married to Hemant Sachdev.

During the promotion of her film, Satrangi Sasural, she shared her experience and what brought her in this industry. When she was doing her graduation she had a keen interest in acting and was actively involved in theatre. Her husband, Hemant, always supported her for her passion and to pursue her career in acting. She was strong enough on the financial side even in the early phase of her acting and did not suffer financially. Like any other celebrity she had to struggle a little to build her career in this field. From taking side roles and playing a lead role in serials and movies she made a strong career as an actress. She started her career in theatres and then she appeared on the small screen in 2005.

She is a great actress and has always loved what she was doing. She is passionate enough for her work and performs with all her heart.

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Sonali Mahimtura Sachdev is an Indian actress well known for her outstanding performances in various films and television shows. 

She was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Sonali is a Gujarati by birth. She is a well-educated woman and a dentist by profession. Later on, she decided to live and relish her dream as well as the passion of becoming an actress. She is married to Hemant Sachdev.
Sonali entered the film industry in 2009. Her debut film was “Wishes”. Then she went on to act in many other films like “Aamras: The Sweet Taste of Friendship” (a 2009 film as Mrs. Sehgal), “Aashayein” (where she played the role of a doctor), “Mere Dost Picture Abhi Baki Hai” (a 2012 flick), “Taare Zameen Par” (released in 2007, where she played a school teacher), “Pizza” (a 2014 supernatural thriller movie, where she played Priya Kapoor), etc.

Sachdev is a fantastic television actress as well. Her enthralling act as Dr. Shilpa Thakkar (a gynaecologist) in the blockbuster TV series “Baa Bahoo Aur Baby” earned her many praises and acclamations. This show aired on Star Plus from 2005 to 2010 and was very well received by its viewers. Some of her other shows include “Kya Mast Hai Life” (2009-2010), “Sanskar-Dharohar Apnon Ki” (as Parul Karsan Vaishnav). Sonali had the nomination for the Best Actress in a Supporting Role category at the Indian Telly Award (2013) for her performance in “Sanskar”. She is presently acting as Narmada Vatsal in “Satrangi Sasural” (Zee TV).
 

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Abhishek Kapoor is a prominent Indian film actor-turned-writer and director. He was born on August 6, 1971. He is the cousin of Bollywood actor, Tusshar Kapoor and Ekta Kapoor of the Balaji Telefilms, and the nephew of the popular actor and producer, Jeetendra. Abhishek got married to a Swedish actress and model, Pragya Yadav, on May 4, 2015, in Iskcon Temple, Mumbai. 

Sushant Singh Rajput is one of the famous Indian television and film actors. He was born on 21st January, 1986 in Patna. His father use to work in a government office. In early 2000s, his family moved to Delhi. Rajput is the younger brother to his four sisters. He has completed his schooling from St. Karen's High School located in Patna and Kulachi Hansraj Model School located in New Delhi. After that, he joined in DCE (Delhi College of Engineering), but after 3 years he has decided to drop out for his acting career.

He has chosen to perform in 2006 Commonwealth Games and the background dancer group at the 51st Film fare Awards. After shifting to Mumbai also he started to involve in theater plays and also became a member of Nadira Babbar's Ekjute theater group.

He began his career as a backup dancer and based on his performance, Balaji Films given him a TV role. His acting career consists of several Television serials, Films etc., He acted in TV serials like Kis Desh Mein Hai Mere Dil, Pavitra Rishta, Zara Nachke Dikha and Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 4. He also acted in films like Kai PO Che, Shuddh Desi Romance, etc., He got several awards like Indian Telly Awards, Zee Gold Awards, Star Build Awards and IIFA Awards and many more.

He is going to play a confirmed role in the next upcoming venture named "P.K." and a film called "Detective Byomkesh Bakshi" and going to be acting as a star role in film "Pani". He is one of the young and inspiring actors in India.

Serial Acted: Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil as Preet Lalit Juneja in 2008–2009, Pavitra Rishta as Manav Damodar Deshmukh in 2009–2011, Zara Nachke Dikha (season 2) in 2010–2010 and Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 4 in 2010–2011

DOB: 21st January 1986

Movies acted: Kai Po Che as Ishaan Bhatt in 2013, Shuddh Desi Romance as Raghu Ram in 2013, P.K. in 2014 and Detective Byomkesh Bakshy as Byomkesh Bakshy in 2015. 

Mayur Sharma is a well-known actor, anchor, and author. Mayur was born on the 11th of February. He hails from Delhi, India. Mayur did his schooling at the Air Force Bal Bharti School. He completed his graduation from Cambridge University. Mayur comes from a family of an Army/Military background. His father is a retired military officer. Mayur is the one who has conceptualized, scripted, and anchored the famous food-based show Highway on My Plate, which is a weekly travel food-based show. It was a food travelogue.

Born in the city of Mumbai to a family of Parsi religion, Rohinton Soli Screwvala is an Indian philanthropist, entrepreneur, CEO, and founder of UTV Group, which included Bloomberg UTV, UTV Software Communications, etc. Since school time Ronnie had an interest in films and theater. He also acted in some skits in Bombay theater like Alyque Padamsee and Pearl. But he did not like working for others, so his stage career ended as he wished to initiate his business. Ronnie started on a small scale in the year 1981.

Ajay G Rai is an Indian Bollywood producer who is currently living his dream and wants to be a good film producer. Ajay G Rai had produced two films in the Bollywood industry and he is remarkably safe and proficient. Ajay started working as a line producer in the year 1995 and collaborated with big ventures like Anurag Kashyap and helped him in movies like Dev D and Gulal to enhance his skills. He believes that the dominance of any film is its story. Ajay G Rai’s first debut film released in the year 2014 called “Mastram”. The movie is directed and written by Akhilesh Jaiswal and Gunjan Saxena under the banner of Bohra Bros Productions. The producer of the film is Ajay G Rai and Sanjiv Singh Pal.

Niraj Pamwani is an Indian executive producer and production manager working mainly in Bollywood Film Industry. Born in Mumbai, he completed his education at Bombay Scottish School. While the beginning of his career, Niraj worked as a production manager and line producer under Excel Entertainment for three years. He also worked for Bootpolissh Films as a line producer and an Executive Producer for Guy in the Sky Pictures, Kundalini Entertainment Pvt Ltd, and Red Chillies Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. Niraj Pamwani is currently the producer at Perry Road Pictures.

Amit Mehta is an Indian line producer. Amit was born in the city of Nainital. He is also quite passionate about the beauty of Uttarakhand and has, therefore, explored some of the most exotic and breathtaking places in the state. Amit realized his love for Cinema at an early age, and he started to work towards his dreams soon. Amit Mehta made his debut in the Bollywood with the movie Pyaar Toh Hona Hi Tha. Some of his other popular and successful production include Shubh Mangal Savadhan, Nil Battey Sannata, Fitoor, Kedarnath, Ramaiya Vastavaiya, Mrs. Serial Killer, and some more. He is also the founder of the company named Samhills.

Rakesh Bhagwani is a Hindi producer. Some of his works include Gangs of Wasseypur, an action, comedy, and crime film released in 2012, directed by Anurag Kashyap, written by Akhilesh Jaiswal, Anurag Kashyap, and Sachin K. Ladia, and starring Manoj Bajpayee, Ashish Chhipa, and Richa Chadha. He worked on Paan Singh Tomar, an action, crime biography film, directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia, written by Sanjay Chauhan and Tigmanshu Dhulia, and starring Irrfan Khan, Mahie Gill, and Rajesh Abhay.

Sunil Khedekar is a Producer and Director. He has been working in the entertainment industry since the year 2005. Initially, he worked as a production accountant for movies The Blue Umbrella, Don, The Darjeeling Limited, Little Zizou, and The Forest, released in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009 respectively. Moreover, as a production manager, he worked on movies, Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd., Rock on, Luck by Chance, Karthik calling Karthik, Game, Don 2, Agent Vinod, and David, released consecutively since the year 2007. Moreover, his recently produced Raees, starring Shahrukh Khan, was released in the year 2017, and Shunyata and Kedarnath were released in 2017 and 2018 respectively.

Ankur Khanna, has had a fair stint of 10 years in the film industry since the time he made his debut in the internationally acclaimed English film “Amu”. However, all his 12 odd films in English Hindi and Bengali have been more or less in the domain of art films, made for a niche audience, or for being shown in international festivals. Looking at the background of Ankur, this does not look too surprising, as this Punjabi lad who grew up in Kolkata, had got sucked into the typically Bengali milieu, with its tradition of theatre and culture. In fact, he was quite well known for his elocution and stage acting skills right from his St. James School days. He attributes his initial mentoring to the son of the legendary theatre personality Badal Sarkar, who happened to be one of Ankur’s teachers in school. Encouraged to take part in the British Council organised one-act play contests in those days, Ankur was part of his school team which went on to win 12 of the contests, out of a total 17.

Tushar Kanti Ray is a professional north Indian cinematographer. He has been working in the camera department for many years. Tushar Kanti Ray has been part of the camera crew of many Hindi films. He is best known for his movies D Day, Lucknow Central, Mumbai Diaries and many more. Tushar Kanti Ray got recognized for his work, and he got nominated for the category of Best Cinematographer for the Bollywood movie D Day. Tushar Kanti Ray has worked as a cinematographer, director of photography and an assistant director of photography. He was the chief assistant cinematographer for the movie called The Japanese Wife that got released in the big screens in the year 2010. This movie was directed by filmmaker Aparna Sen starring actors Rahul Bose, Japanese actress Chigusa Tataku, Indian actress Haima Sen and many more.

Hitesh Sonik is a music director and a singer in the Hindi film Industry. Making a mark in the Hindi music was not tough for him as he was the nephew of well-known music composer Sonik of the Sonik-Omi pair, who composed melodious music in 1970s. Sonik Omi is still remembered in the industry for the Rekha starred film, Sawan Bhado. Music composer Sonik Omi is also known for qawali track which was sung by Asha Bhonsle and Mohammed Rafi and became popular. 

Hitesh Sonik got the job of being an assistant to the music director Vishal Bhardwaj. He assisted Vishal in movies like Maachis and Hu Tu Tu and Kaminey and many more. He worked with Vishal for 11 movies. 

 As a music director, the greatest caliber he has shown to us is, that the full background music goes well with the overall flavor of the film, and he does not deviate from the core theme of the film. Examples of unconventional composition of Hitesh Sonik includes, from the film Hawaa Hawwai. 

As an independent composer, he will be also known for Luv Ranjan’s Pyaar Ka Punchaama and Raghav Dhars’s My Friend Pinto. Hitesh Sonik is now flooded with offers after the success of Kaminey; he is the choice for Pyar Ka Panchnama-2 and Manjhi- the Mountain Man. He also has scored the background music for Guddu Rangeela. 

He is married to singer Sunidhi Chauhan, who became highly popular with Ram Gopal Varma‘s MAST song. 

He also sung many songs in ‘ Hawaa Hawaai’, which grabbed the attention of us. Like other music composers, he chooses to sing songs only if that was a situational and conveys the central theme of the film. Otherwise, as a composer, his tunes are always catchy and can manage to lift our spirits at every situation. As a young music director, he sets an example of being an unconventional composer of recent times. 

Hitesh wanted to be an architect, but music was his passion. He loved playing guitar and he used to assist his father in recording and made it a full-time profession. Post partition, his family moved from Pakistan to refugee camp in Delhi; when they came to Mumbai, they had no godfather, but after his uncle Sonik put his feet in film world as a composer, there was no looking back for Hitesh’s family.

Most famous for his songs in Aashiqui 2, Arijit Singh has established himself as a prominent playback singer and music programmer. He was the runner-up in Fame Gurukul, a singing competition, in 2005. He then went on to win another singing reality show, 10 Ke 10 Le Gaye Dil.

Born in 1987 in West Bengal, Arjit was trained in classical music by his aunt and mother. He had a passion for music from an early age and his parents decided to get him a professional trainer, Rajendra Prasad Hazari for classical music and Dhirendra Prasad Hazari to train him at tabla.  His teachers encouraged Arijit to try out for Fame Gurukul in 2005 and chose to promote the Indian classical music genre.

Pritam Chakraborty gave Arjit a chance and signed him for three films; Crook, Golmaal 3, and Action Replayy. He made his debut singing “Phir Mohabbat” for Murder 2 in 2011. This kickstarted his career as a playback singer and led to him singing songs such as; “Raabta", “ Duaa", and “Phir Le Aya Dil", earning nominations for the latter two in Mirchi Music Award With the release of the hit song “Tum Hi Ho” Singh became a common household name. The song helped him win nine awards from various award shows. He has since sung.

Arjit is known as a down to earth, hardworking singer. His hobbies include badminton and writing.

Asees Kaur is an Indian Playback Singer. She works in the Hindi Film and Music Industry. Asees was born on the 26th of September in the year 1988. She was born in Panipat, Haryana.

Dev Negi is a Bollywood playback singer. He was born on 25 June 1989 and is 27 years old. His Star Sign is Leo. He is born in Dwarahat district of Almora, Uttarakhand. He was brought up in a musical background therefore he grew up playing and practicing Manjiras for Bhajans at a temple of Lord Shiva. No one ever thought that one day he will be the celebrity singer giving his voice in songs starring superstars such as Akshay Kumar, Emraan Hashmi, Varun Dhawan, R. Madhwan, and many more. Dev pursued Bachelors of Arts (B.A.) from Apeejay College of Fine Arts, Jalandhar, Punjab. He learnt music in Jalandhar. Besides being a professional singer, he is also a songwriter. Uttarakhand has come up with bunch of talented people time to time and Dev is one of them.

Allwin Rego works in Bollywood as a sound designer, sound artist. He is well-known for his work in movies like, Super 30 (2019) (Starring: Hrithik Roshan and Mrunal Thakur), Junglee (2019) (Starring: Vidyut Jammwal, Pooja Sawant, and Asha Bhat), and Manmarziyaan (2018) (Starring: Vicky Kaushal, Taapsee Pannu, and Abhishek Bachchan). Rego is a very famous Hindi film sound designer.

Sanjay Maurya is a sound designer and has worked in many Hindi films. He has worked in the film Drishyam starring Ajay Devgan, Tabu, Shriya Saran and Ishita Dutta. The movie was directed by Nishikant Kamat. It is a suspense movie and the story revolves around the life of a local businessman, Vijay, and his family who are the suspect in the missing case of Goa’s IGP’s son.

Mukesh Chhabra was born on 27th May 1980 in Mumbai of Maharashtra state. He is a very popular actor as well as a director, and he is the director of acting workshop too. He is active in the Bollywood film industry right from the year 2000 until the present. He also works in casting the actors for the movies and came up with successful casts as a whole. He did casting for prominent movies like Chillar Party, Kai Po Che, Gangs of Wasseypur, and D-Day. They were commercially successful movies, and the casting is quite apt and perfect.

Abu Jani is an eminent fashion cum interior designer from India. He became famous in the world of fashion in 2015, he along with Sandeep Khosla, presented their retro collections at the Lakme Fashion Week. Abu Jani was born in Mumbai,in a Bohra Muslim family, who were fascinated towards the glamorous fashion world. His upbringing was an exposure of lavish lifestyle attached to the fashion designers of the high society inf Mumbai. It was the reason which widened his vision with women couturier in an era when fashion designing was not at all profession.

    Sandeep is now well-known for incorporating both Indian craftsmanship as well as his heritage of garments together with the European tailoring into his designs. That means that he has the talent of combining tradition and trend. He is very famous in the industry and the demand for him has grown drastically ever since. Now many international stars also request outfits which are designed by him for award nights and many other celebrity events. Currently, he is moving towards interior designing as well and he has designed the interiors of several hotels, resorts, homes, events and restaurants in an attractive and unique manner.

Chandan Arora is an Indian cinema personality who is serving as a director and editor in Bollywood. Chandan obtained his Bachelor of Commerce degree from Bombay University in 1991. His subject was “Business Administration and Management”.Arora is fluent in five languages: English, Hindi, Punjabi, Gujarati, and Marathi. Chandan started out as an assistant director in the year 1989. Later, he was an assistant of Kishore Kapadia, a cameraman.

Vikram Gaikwad is an Indian makeup artist. He has worked in several movies like including Bollywood as well as other regional cinemas. He has won the National Film Award for best makeup artist twice for the Bengali film Moner Manush in 2010, also for his work and creativity in the Marathi film Balghandharva.

Rahul Nanda is a very famous publicity designer of Indian film industry. Rahul Nanda is son in law of Prem Chopra, married to his daughter Rakita. Rahul Nanda works with many famous actors like Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan, Om Puri, etc.He has a superb personality.Nature wise he is very nice, talks very nicely. Rahul Nanda won many awards for best publicity designer of many films.The films for which he wins the awards for best publicity designer are Main Hoon Na ( 2005), LOC Kargil ( 2003), Dhadkhan, Pukar, Mission impossible( 2001). And, he shared these awards with Himanshu Nanda. His recent movies in which he works are Dusari Goshta(2014), Jai Ho(2014), Besharam(2013), Fukrey(2013), Yamla Pagla Deewana(2013).

Dave Judge is a stunt director, coordinator and stunt performer. He has been working on the entertainment industry for almost 20 years. He did live stunting shows and TV shows too. He was a motocross competitor at a national championship level.

Sunil Rodrigues is a stunt director and stunt coordinator in the Indian film industry. He also works as the supporting actor and is mainly seen in Bollywood films, but he works in many South Indian films too.

Vishwas Savanur is an artist from Mumbai, Maharashtra. He is a VFX producer and a founder of the self-funded company Variate Studio. He went to St Blases High School in Mumbai, Maharashtra, where he completed his education. Vishwas worked as a VFX Head for “After Studio” from April 2014 to April 2021. In August 2020, he founded a studio and named it Variate Studio. He is a VFX producer/VFX supervisor, working as a self-employed personality for Variate Studio for around three years and five months.

Mir Sarwar is an Indian movie actor who was born on 19 February 1977 has acted in many Bollywood films playing a variety of roles. Mir Sarwar started his career as a model in 1999. Later he joined theatre in Delhi and went on to work with renowned directors like M K Raina and Bapi Bose. He has not only worked as an actor but also as a director and a producer in his career. As an actor, Mir Sarwar played various characters in high profile Bollywood films like Bajrangi Bhaijan, Phantom, etc.

Nishant Dahiya is an Indian actor. He was born in Mhow, Madhya Pradesh. He is a Hindu Jat from Sonipat, Haryana. He has also lived in Gwalior and Siliguri. His father’s name is Rajendra Singh who is an Indian Army Officer, and his mother’s name is Urmila who is a housewife.

Nitish Bharadwaj is an accomplished Indian actor, screenwriter, and director born on 2nd June 1963. Nitish has acted in many Hindi and Marathi movies and also in television serials and is famous for his portrayal of characters from Epics like Mahabharata and such books. He is known for his role as lord Krishna in the long run TV serial ‘Mahabharata’. He is a certified veterinary surgeon and he got his degree from the famous Bombay Veterinary College. He has also been a member of the Lok Sabha during the period 1996-1999 and he had won from Jamshedpur constituency on BJP’s ticket.

He debuted through the Hindi movie ‘Trishagni’, directed by Nabendu Ghosh in 1988, and the film was well received by the critics and it also won a national award. His next movie, ‘Njan Gandharvan’, was in Malayalam and was a super hit in the Malayalam industry. He went on to act in many more Hindi and Marathi movies and many television serials also. He made his debut as a director with the Marathi title ‘Pitruroon’ and the film received great appreciation from critics and audience. 

He has also directed a successful television serial named ‘Gita Rahasya’, and the serial was about historical stories. Nitish was married to the daughter of Vimala Patil, who was once the editor of the magazine Femina but later divorced. He is now married to an IAS officer from the 1996 batch Smita Gate.

Tarun Gahlot is an Indian actor known for his role in Abhishek Kapoor’s romantic drama “Kedarnath” (2018), starring Sushant Singh Rajput and Sara Ali Khan. In the film, which is built around the love story of a Muslim Pithu who saves a Hindu girl during the Kedarnath floods of 2013, Tarun played the Pithu leader who fulfills the demands of his community by negotiating with the Mandals.

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