Hindi Movie Review M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story - Cast & Crew

Aparnaa Bhaagwat is a Mumbai based Hindi playback singer; originally from Delhi; who started her career as a freelance vocalist in 2001 in the industry. She is also known for singing in Marathi, Bengali, Tamil, and Telugu. In 2006, she sang “Savaiyaa - Chota Sa Sajan” alongside Suresh Wadkar in Sooraj Barjatya’s family drama Vivaah starring Shahid Kapoor and Amrita Rao.

Palak Muchhal's birth date is on 30th March 1992 into a Maheshwari Marwari family in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India. She comes from middle-class family. She started singing since the age of four. In 1999, she spent a week singing door-to-door to collect funds for Kargil war soldiers. She has been performing shows since March 2000 and donated the amount for the hospitalization expense of children suffering from heart diseases.

She is an Indian film star born on 31st July, 1992 who is screened in Bollywood. She did her debut in Grazing goat pictures. Then she acted in film “Fugly” with co-stars Mohit Marwah, Vijender Singh, Arfi Lamba and Jimmy Shergill. This film was released on 13th June, 2014 and was under the direction of Kabir Sadanand and was produced by Ashvini Yardi and Alka Bhatia. She was born to Jagdeep Advani a businessman and Genevieve Jaffray a teacher. She has a younger brother named Mishall. Her father is Sindht while her mother belonged to a half muslim and a half british descent. She is the great grand daughter of Ashok Kumar. She is also the Neice of famous actress Juhi Chawla. Her family is very close to super star Salman Khan, who guided her when she stepped in the film industry. Before starting her film career she did two short courses in acting at Anupam Kher’s School of Acting and Roshan Taneja’s Institute. She got positive reviews for “Fugly” with Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama commenting that she is a combination of looks and talent. She is versatile and has range in her acting. This took her along way ahead in her career.

Bhumika Chawla or Rachna Chawla is an Indian actress born on 21 August 1978 in New Delhi. Bhumika was born in a Punjabi family, and her father was in the army. Bhumika did her schooling from New Delhi and later moved to Mumbai with her family in 1997. She made her debut in the South film industry with Yuvakudu in 2000 where she played the role of Sindhu. Before her debut in the Telugu film industry, she used to do Ads and video albums. Bhumika won Filmfare Award for Best Actress- Telugu for her role as Madhumitha in Khushi (2001). Meanwhile, Bhumika also made her debut in the Tamil film industry with the movie Badri as the role of Janaki opposite actor Vijay. One of her films Okkadu in 2003 was one of the highest grosser of the year and made her popular among the film industry. After a numerous super hits in Tamil and Telugu, she was starred in the Hindi blockbuster Tere Naam opposite superstar Salman Khan. The movie gave her career a new heights and appreciation from every corner and was one of the top grosser of the year.

Disha is an India based model turned actress. She is 5’8’’ in height, fair and has curly hairs. The beautiful actress is seen in many advertisements. The actress’s most popular add was Cadbury silk bubbly which made her famous in no time. As soon as she completed her studies the actress was seen in many modeling and advertisement assignments. The actress’s recent achievement is she was 1st runner-up in Femina Miss India held at Indore in 2013.

Neeraj Pandey is an Indian movie producer, director and screenplay writer. He is known for the picture named A Wednesday which got released in 2008. He received acceptance for his work from the critics as well as the audience. He went on to win Indira Gandhi Award under the category Best First Film of a Director (debut). He also received Star Screen Award for the best story as well as film for A Wednesday. His second movie named Special 26, starring Akshay Kumar, received the same reaction from both the audience as well as the critics.

Ashutosh Sharma is an Indian film producer, popular amongst the regional audience for his work in the movie Nakkash (2019). Mostly known for his dominant involvement in Bollywood movies, Hindi TV series, dramas, and short films, Ashutosh has received a lot of appreciation for his creativity and an eye for details over the years. In 2019, Ashutosh made his first notable contribution on the silver screen with the film Nakkash, where he was involved with the crew as the co-producer. The film was directed by Zaigham Imam and featured Inaamullhaq, Sharib Hashmi, and Kumud Mishra in lead roles. It was declared as an overall hit on the box office. 

Raghav Jairath is an assistant director who works in the Bollywood industry. Raghav studied movie making and direction in a Film School from 2002 to 2007. Raghav shot many advertisements and commercials before breaking in Bollywood. His first gig was on the set of the critically acclaimed and commercially successful Baby in 2015. He worked as an assistant director. The next year he worked as a second assistant director for Rustom. He has then gone on to work on several other hit movies like MS Dhoni, Toilet: A Love Story and Disguising.

As we read about new coming actors and directors, Shubhagat Chowdhary is a name for his assistant director. He doesn’t tell us about him that he is a director. He introduced himself as an assistant. He is not of more age but had a mature mind. He is a learning man. Shubhagat Chowdhary is living in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. He is about twenty- five years old. He had his schooling from Bhakti Vedanta Swami Mission School, Mumbai. He takes graduation from Jai Hind College, Mumbai in 2011 from BA (Arts) in History. When he completed his studies, he directs the Hindi movie Char Din Ki Chandni with Top Angle Productions, Rajasthan.

Deepak Gawade is an Indian writer, director, and producer in the Bollywood industry. Deepak’s interest primarily rests as an executive director, but recently he has explored working as a director in the Indian film industry. His directorial debut was Heyro Party (2013), which won the National Award for Best Non-Feature Film on Family Welfare. Later in 2017, Gawade released his debut Marathi film, Idak: The Goat. The film depicted a man and a goat going on a journey and the inevitable friendship that followed. The film was even selected for the Cannes International Film Festival in 2018.

Vineet Joshi is an Indian writer, director, producer and film and communication specialist. Most of his work has been in Hindi cinema. Some of his most famous works include movies such as M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story, he was the producer. The movie depicted the life and cricket journey of the former Indian mens cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. It was directed by Neeraj Pandey and the lead actor in the movie was Shushant Singh Rajput. Vineet Joshi was also the second unit or assistant director of Welcome Back. The producer of this movie was Firoz Nadiadwala.

Suraj Singh is the Co-Founder at Blive Productions & Music. He is now based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Suraj has extensive experience producing optimal results and value in high-growth environments, with over 17 years of experience. He did his graduation from Atmaram Sanathan Dharma College, DU. He has worked as a Vice President at Balaji Telefilms Ltd and as a Creative Producer at Sphere Origins Multivision Pvt Ltd. He also has experience in Programming (Creative Visualization) & Broadcast Management, Finance & Budgeting / P& L Management, Strategic Planning & Studio Setup Operations and Negotiations.

Dilip Jha is an Indian-Screenwriter. He was born on 4th March 1981. He mainly works in the Hindi Television and Hindi Film Industries. He got the appreciation for his work in the popular TV show, ‘Bade Ache Lagte Hai’. He was awarded Indian Telly Jury Award for Best Screenplay writer. In the year 2016, he wrote the script for MS Dhoni, the biopic of the Indian Cricketer, Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

Hindi Music director Sanjoy Chowdhury is the son of famous music composer Salil Chowdhury. Singer Sabitha Chowdhury is his mother, Sanjoy, along with his sister, Antara Chowdhury, has worked in several Malayalam projects. Sanjoy has also scored the background music for some films. He entered into the film industry in 1998; he scored the background score for the Malayalam film Ennu Swantham Janakikutty.

On 22 July, 1995, Armaan Malik was born in the city of Mumbai, Maharashtra. He is a playback singer by profession. Armaan belongs to a music family. His father, Daboo Malik, is also a singer and music director. The singer is the nephew of the famous Hindi music director, Anu Malik. Armaan has a brother, Amaal Malik, who is also a music director.

Siddharth Basrur is a singer and music composer from India. He was born in the year of 1981. From a young age, Basrur was interested in music. He was brought up by his grandparents. While studying in college, Basrur started to work at a cassette store. The owner of the store paid him more than the monthly allowance his parents gave him. As a result, Basrur quit his education. He would listen to lots of songs sung by Kishore Kumar to Alice Cooper. Not just Basrur, but most of his family members were avid music listeners. Of all genres, classic rock 'n’roll and Alternative Rock were his favorite. Basrur is an alumnus of Poddar School. To give himself an edge in the industry, Basrur studied audio engineering in a diploma college. After graduating from there, he took up the job of a sound engineer.

Sunil Babu is one of the best art directors and production designers of Bollywood. He has presented his art in numerous hit films, including Aim in 2004, Ghajini in 2008, Chota Mumbai in 2007, Notebook in 2006, Ugramm in 2014, Panjaa in 2011, etc. Being the production designer, Sunil has produced 'In the name of Buddha' in 2002, 'Tahaan' in 2008, 'Ramaiya Vastavaiya' in 2013, 'Singh is Bliing' in 2015, 'Tutak Tutak Tutiya' in 2016, etc.

What is the ultimate reason for the success of a movie? Most of us would agree that it the story and script that does the work. But, in reality there is much more work involved which escapes our eye's on a daily basis. One of such work is of a Casting director. A casting Director is someone who has a vision to see and judge whether an actor shall be best suited as a character in the movie or not. His functions involve coordinating with the Scriptwriter, Director and to study the characteristics of the role of an actor. Based on this, he puts some time and goes out looking for newcomers or the established actors best describing the role in the movie. Bollywood Introduced "Vicky Sidana" for the very first time when he made his debut work in Sooraj Barjatya’s Rajshri movie’s in 2010.

Shahid Kapoor starter forthcoming film Batti Gul Meter Chalu’s manager, Shree Narayan Singh who beforehand functioned with Akshay Kumar on Toilet: Ek Prem Katha is firm to make another social play. Allegedly, Shree's Mukambika Movies and Prernaa Arora’s Kriarj Theatre is grouping up for the women-centered film named, Jasmine –a tale of a leased womb. Shree, who gave Bollywood an accountable meaning steered movie in the form shape of Toilet Ek Prem Katha will be creating, along with Prernna Arora, another community matter centered story. The narrative scripted as Toilet: Ek Prem Katha’s writer duet Siddharth-Garima. Toilet: Ek Prem Katha prepared for proclamation on August 11, and it is quite in difficulty to halt the plague of failures the following year. The film has all the right elements for it to do good commerce and make an impact on the public.

Films are the visual art forms, which are the reflection of society and possess the capability to mold our rigid mindset. With the experience of few years in the Bollywood Industry, Manik Dawar offers the unique blend of knowledge and expertise in film editing. Manik Dawar has gained the skill from Whistling Woods International located in Mumbai. During his 2 years filmmaking program at the institute, he have got the opportunity to edit various short films, documentaries, music videos and show reels.

Keith Devlin is an English visual effects supervisor. He is working with the Bollywood Cinema. As a VFX Supervisor, Devlin did the Tubelight in the year 2017, Phantom in the year 2015, Agent Vinod in the year 2012, and Tezz in the year 2012. As a Visual Effects Supervisor, he did Kaabil in the year 2017, and M.S. Dhoni-The Untold Story in the year 2016. Kevin belongs to the United Kingdom. He did his bachelors of Arts Honours in Animation from Surrey Institute of Art and Designing the year 1995. Keith also works with the Motion Pictures and Film. He did his degree from Stevenson College Edinburgh in the year 1992. He is the recipient of Best VFX in the category of the feature film of the occasion of 24FPS Animation Awards. He has won this award for Bajrangi Bhaijaan. He has experience as Data Management Operative, 2D artist and Postproduction assistant.

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. 

Anupam Kher is a very popular actor, director, and producer of the Bollywood film industry. His place of birth was Shimla of Punjab and currently, he is living in Himachal Pradesh. His date of birth was 7th March 1955, and he hails from Kashmir. He got married to Kirron Kher in the year 1985. His brother Raju Kher is also a very famous actor cum director. The best part of Anupam Kher is that he got cast in more than hundred movies, and he is known to make this immense record.

Herry Tangri is a Young abundantly talented actor born in Ludhiana city of Punjab; he studied acting in Pune city, Maharashtra and had done some theater in Chandigarh. This 30 year old actor who looks younger than his age debuted into Hindi Film industry with the film Love, Sex Aur Dhoka in which he played the character of Loki Local which was later nominated for several awards for “Best Actor in Negative Role” and “Best Actor in Comedy role”, after which he was offered several other movies. His next movie “Mausam” starring Shahid Kapoor didn’t work well at the Box office but his character was appreciated widely and fetched him a role in Farhan Akhtar's blockbuster “Bhagg Milka Bhagg” in which he was a Sikh soldier “Taran Singh”- a friend of Farhan, for this character Herry Tangri had to gain 10 pounds.

Rajesh Sharma is an Indian actor. His work is predominant in the Malayalam film industry. He was born on 1st December 1973 in Kollam, Kerala. He finished his education in drama from the centre for performing arts at Sopanam Kalakendram, Kollam, in 1996. His career was started as a drama artist, with his work diversifying over fifty dramas.

P Vijay (Pa Vijay) is a Tamil poet and film lyricist, who wrote the award-winning lyrics for the song’’ Ovvoru Pookalume’’ in Cheran's Autograph in Kollywood film industry. This lyricist had an extensive impact on Tamil cinema and was considered to be a gem writer of many songs that had featured in many movies. This poet and lyricist-writer were born in a middle-class family where his mother was a school teacher, and his father worked as a spinning master in a textile mill in Coimbatore. The actor was born in Coimbatore on 20 October 1974 and did his MA Literature in Tamil from Annamalai University. This poet was a discovery of director K Bhagyaraj, who was his family friend. He was associated with K. Bhagyaraj in the magazine ‘Bhagya’ and even got a chance to pen his lyrics for the film Gnanapazham, which had music by K. Bhagyaraj himself. But it was in 2004 when the film ‘Autograph’ was released, his song ’Ovvoru Pookalume"’ became an instant hit. Dr. Karunanidhi had given him the title’ Vithaga Kavignar’ and he came to be known as one of the best poets in Tamil Literature. Even poet Vali felt that Pa Vijay was part of him and claimed that he alone can be his successor in the field of cinema lyrics. Pa Vijay is still humble despite he has contributions to the literary field by writing many books. He considered Kannadasan and Vairamuthu as his role model. He also acted in lead roles in films like ‘Gnabagangal’, ‘Ilaignan ‘and ‘Thagadu Thagadu’.

Falguni Thakore D Souza is an Indian costume designer, popular in the industry for her work in movies like M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story (2016), Special 26 (2013), and Baby (2015). Often referred to as Falguni Thakur and Falguni Tucker, she’s been working as a designer since 1998. Costumes are extremely substantial for every sequence of the plot.

Santosh Thundiyil is a cinematographer, who keeps on working hard behind the camera without any expectations, and it is the hard work of cinematographers like him, that movie’ s become superhits. We are going to share with you about one of the most popular Cinematographers the industry has ever had. He is a part of many successful films of the cinema world. Some of them are Kuch Kuch Hota Hain starring Shah Rukh Khan against Rani Mukherjee and Kajol, Hello Brother, Pinjar, Kaal, Krrish, Luck, Rowdy Rathore, Jai Ho, Rustom. He was born in Changanassery, Kerala, India. He completed his Schooling from Sacred Heart English Medium School and did his Graduation in Chemistry from St. Berchman’s College, Changanassery.

Amaal Malik (D.O.B- 16 June 1991) is a music composer and playback singer in Bollywood who hails from a family of highly talented musicians. He is the son of Daboo Malik- a well-known face in the music industry, grandson of Sardar Malik, the brother of singer Armaan Malik and the nephew of the famous music director Anu Malik.