Hindi Movie Review Kismat Konnection - Cast & Crew

Vidya Balan is an award winning Bollywood actress who was born in Poothamkurussy, Puthur of Kerala. Her birthday is 1st of January in 1978. Her parents are Saraswathy and P. R Balan. Her elder sister is Priya Balan and her second cousin is Indian actress Priyamani. She studied at a High School in Mumbai and in 1995, at the age of sixteen, she played the role of Radhika in the first season of Ekta Kapoor's TV series named “Hum Paanch”. In her teenage, she was inspired by Indian actress Shabana Azmi and Madhuri Dixit. She studied Sociology in St. Xavier's College and completed Master's in Mumbai University. She has appeared in several TV commercials and also she has starred in music videos. Vidya has briefly studied Carnatic music, Bharatnatyam and Kathak. She was listed as the "India's hottest vegetarian" in polls conducted by PETA in 2011 and 2012. In 2003, she commenced her career in feature film industry with the Bengali movie “Bhalo Theko”. “Parineeta” (2005) was her foremost Hindi movie. There she played the role of Lalita. Parineeta was a box-office hit and Vidya received the Filmfare best actress award in 2006, for her performances in Parineeta. Later, she appeared in “Lage Raho Munna Bhai” (2006) co starred with Sanjay Dutt. In 2007, she appeared in romantic comedy film “Heyy Babyy”. Heyy Babyy is a remake of Hollywood film “Three Men and a Baby”. Vidya played the role of Isha Sahni and the movie became an overnight hit. She got the opportunity of working with director Aziz Mirza, in 2008. Aziz selected Vidya for the role of Priya, in “Kismat Konnection”. The victorious period of her career as a Hindi actress began in the year 2009. She appeared in five different successive films, including “Paa” (2009), “Ishqiya” (2010), “The Dirty Picture” (2011), Kahaani (2012). Her prominent acting skills in those roles recognized her in Hindi cinema. She has won the National Film Award for best actress (Dirty picture), five Filmfare Awards for Parineeta (2005), Paa (2009), The Dirty Picture (2011), and Kahaani (2012) and Ishqiya (2010), five Screen Awards and Padma Shri Award in 2014. Vidya Balan got married to Siddharth Roy Kapoor, the CEO of UTV Motion Pictures on 14th of December 2012 in Bandra, Mumbai.

Juhi Chawla is a renowned Indian actress and producer of Bollywood films. She was born on November 13, 1967 in Ambala, Haryana in India. She studied at the Fort Convent School in Mumbai and took an HR course at the Sydenham College. In year 1984, she bagged the Miss India title at the Femina Miss India beauty pageant. In the same year, she also got the Best in Costume award at the Miss Universe pageant, which was held at Miami, Florida in USA. Juhi is a trained Kathak dancer and classical singer. She got married to Jay Mehta, an industrialist, and they have two children namely Jhanvi and Arjun.

Aziz Mirza was born in 1947 and has established himself as one of the more popular directors in Indian films. Aziz has not been active in the industry since 2008 but his popularity has yet to die due to the reputation he has made in Bollywood.

Aziz began his career working with his brother Saeed Mirza and director Kundan Shah in 1985. The three of them established Iskra, a production house. He made his directorial debut in a television show Circus. The show followed a circus and starred Shahrukh Khan and Ashutosh Gowariker. This was Shahrukh Khan’s first break into Indian television and also helped establish Ashutosh Gowariker who later on became a director himself in Bollywood. 

Shahrukh Khan and Aziz Mirza had formed a special bond during Circus and he partnered with Sharukh for all the movies he has directed.  The first, Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman, was Mirza’s debut film in Bollywood. Juhi Chawla and Shahrukh Khan shared the screen in the comedy, which follows a young engineer going to Bombay to find a job and falls in love with a girl. Then he directed Yes Boss and Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani, both films starred Juhi Chawla and Shahrukh Khan. Both films were well received and were hits. Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani was the first movie made by Dreamz Unlimited which was a production company formed by Aziz Mirza, Shahrukh Khan, and Juhi Chawla. 

The recent movie directed by Aziz was Kismat Konnection.  The movie was the first that did not star Shahrukh Khan, he did however narrate in the movie. It also had Juhi Chawla in a supporting role while Shahid Kapoor and Vidya Balan held the leading roles. 

Aziz’s filmography has definitely helped him become one of the top directors in India today. 

Kumar Taurani is a very famous producer in the Bollywood film industry. He is the producer of many films and his films distributed by the Tips Industries has won many awards in its glory like Zee Cine Awards, IIFA, Filmfare, Star Screen and other National Awards. He is the President and Managing Director of Tips Industries Limited, which is one of the largest commercial organizations in the field of entertainment and music.

Shahid Kapoor also identifies as the name Shahid Khattar. He is an Indian movie or film artist or say, actor. He was born in the year 1981, February 25. He is being honoured with the two Awards of Film fare from the four suggested nominations. The boy child of the actors Neelima Azeem and Pankaj Kapur, the junior Kapoor commenced his professional career by acting in some musical videos and commercial videos of television. He started his debut movie by playing the lead role in a romantic and passionate comedy movie, named “IshqVishk” in the year 2003. For the movie “IshqVishk”, Shahid won an Award of Film fare event for best male actor for a debut. Shahid Kapoor pursued it with playing the roles in the minor booming movies like as Fida in the year 2004 and movie Shikhar in the year 2005. Then, he was starring in the greatly booming family entertaining movie, “Vivah” of Sooraj R. Barjatya in the year 2006. Shahid Kapoor received nominations for an event of Film Fare Awards. For the Best Leading Actor for representing a disturbed Entrepreneur in the romantic comedy movie “Jab We Met” of Imtiaz Ali released in the year 2007 and for the role of twin’s brother in the thriller movie “Kaminey” of Vishal Bhardwaj in the year 2009. From the year 2010 to the year 2013, Shahid Kapoor is featured in the sequence for the flops in the box office that directed for his career setback. Then, the action movie “Rajkumar” in the year 2013 is established as his first professional success in the three years. Shahid Kapoor played the role of the Hamlet in significantly highly praised movie “Haider” of Vishal Bhardwaj in the year 2014. For the movie” Haider”, Kapoor won quite a few of Awards that involve the Award of Film fare event for the best Actor. Shahid Kapoor is very fond of bike and cars. Black Range Rover Vogue, white Mercedes-Benz, Jaguar XK RS are one of his favorite collection. He loves to go for a ride on his favouite bike Harley Davidson. During his free time, he prefers reading books and dancing. He is very fond of collecting different types of watches and love travelling. Recently, he got married to a Delhi- based girl Mira Rajput on 6th July 2015.

Boman Irani is a well known name today in the Bollywood industry with a strong audience support for his studied comic roles tinged with traces of villainy in many cases. His entry into the industry was, however, much later in life when he was already 41. In fact, his route to film acting was laced with diverse previous occupations. Along with his love for photography, which many people are not aware of, he had a nascent fondness for acting too, but was never very open about it. It was ultimately Shiamak Davar who facilitated this and got him to audition for the veteran theatre personality Alyque Padamsee. Once the acting bug caught on with him, there was never a looking back. He swiftly established himself not only as one of the leading theatre personalities but also one who was clearly acknowledged by many as a prodigy. Theatre it was, that took him places, and soon he was a familiar face not only on the regional stage but also well known for his roles in English drama in the Mumbai circuit. In fact his most noteworthy stage appearance was in “I am not Bajirao”, which drew audiences for almost ten years. His transition from stage to the silver screen was punctuated by several ad shoots for leading brands, till he finally landed up with a small role in the 2003 film “Darna Mana Hai”, which in spite of not being commercially successful, had the audience look up to him as an actor of immense talent. For one like he, so obviously steeped into acting and rendering each of his roles with aplomb, it was natural that his name as a character actor of substance spread very fast and wide. His brand of comedy laced with villainous touches has been very popular with his large fan following, but on a more serious note, his performances in other roles too have been appreciated by critics. While the Raj Kumar Hirani films like his first film “Munna Bhai MBBS”, followed by his sequel “Lage Raho Munna Bhai”, the subsequent “3 Idiots” and the more recent “PK” have already made him a character whose next appearance is anxiously awaited, his more serious or varied roles in films like the Yash Raaj films “Veer Zara”; “Maine Gandhi Ko Nahi Maara”, remembered for Anupam Kher’s brilliance and Ram Gopal Varma’s crime thriller “My Wife’s Murder” have been equally appreciated by the discerning moviegoers. With over 70 films to his credit including one in Telegu, Irani’s tally of films and awards is likely to rise steeply, and his place in movies can be considered not as a loss for the world of theatre, but as a gift from theatre to cinema, since he continues to equally enthuse theatres not only in India but elsewhere too with his superb acting skills.

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.

Ramesh Sadhuram Taurani is the full name of Ramesh S Taurani. He was born on 31st July in the year 1961. He is the co-founder and the current Managing Director of Tips Industries. In the field of music and film production, Tips is one of the largest houses. Ramesh himself is a promoter of the industry and has garnered an enriched experience of over 27 years in the field of film and music production. He has completed his graduation in Bachelors in Commerce from the Mumbai University. He is not only the Managing Director but also the Executive Director of Tips since the year 2005. He is also a Member of Stakeholders Relationship Committee at Tips Industries Limited. Ramesh S Taurani is one of the principal media industry veterans. He founded Tips Industries alongside his brother Kumar Taurani.