Hindi Movie Review Naqaab - Cast & Crew

Abbas-Mustan are the Burmawalla brothers known in the Bollywood film industry for their suspense thrillers movies and direction. Top actors of Bollywood, such as Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Bipasha Basu, Saif Ali Khan, and Akshaye Khanna, among others, have risen to fame by the super hit movies of this duo. Even the concepts of villains, who are not much liked by the audience, have risen to fame by their movies. The best example of this is of the King Khan of Bollywood, Shah Rukh Khan, who is mainly seen in positive chocolate boy characters and played the role of a cold-blooded killer who puts his heroine to death. Priyanka Chopra, who is known for her cute roles, played the role of a villain in Abbas-Mustan’s movie, ‘Aitraaz’, and won many awards for it. Abbas-Mustan’s father ran a furniture business in Mumbai.

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.

Bobby Deol was a treat to watch when he walks to the tunes of the title song in the Hindi film “Soldier”. With his long hair, dimpled smile and a tousled look he was quite a heartthrob among the young girls. Born on January 27 1969 to a Punjabi family Bobby Deol is born to yesteryear superstar Dharmendra. His sibling is Bollywood actor Sunny Deol. Thriller films are Bobby Deol’s forte and he also played the negative character who is the prisoner of circumstances. His hit list includes Barsaat, Soldier, Gupt, Badal, Dostana, Humraaz, Badal, Bicchoo, Ajnabi etc. The film Gupt skyrocketed his career; his role in the film was very much appreciated. Soldier is also a successful film in his career. 

Originally known as Vijay Singh Deol, Bobby Deol was credited with the Filmfare Best Debut Award for his brilliant performance in “Barsaat” (1995). On his personal front Bobby Deol is happily married to Tanya Ahuja and has two sons. He is not only a good actor but also a good human being. The film “Apne” saw the three Deols (father and two sons) sharing screen space and the film was declared a hit. Yamla Pagla Deewana was another film which saw the Deols sharing screen space and it was successful at the box office. Bobby Deol has two Filmfare awards to his credit. 

Though he proved his mettle in thriller films Bobby was not so successful in the genre of romance. He might have become a prominent star through proper efforts, but unfortunately he didn’t become very successful even after facing few hits. All the same, his level-headedness can be proved when he said that he knows how to handle success and failure with equanimity. 

Nowadays, his father Dharmendra’s home productions are the only outlet to express Bobby’s acting skills. Thankfully Bobby didn’t rely only on films and now he owns a restaurant of his own in Mumbai.

Akshaye Khanna is a popular Indian film actor. He was born on March 28, 1975, in Mumbai, Maharashtra in India to Bollywood actor, Vinod Khanna and Geetanjali Khanna. His brother, Rahul Khanna is also an actor and they are both members of South Mumbai’s Royal Willingdon Sports Club. Akshaye studied at Kishore Namit Kapoor Acting Institute in Mumbai. 

After this, he was debuted in the Bollywood romance film, Himalay Putra in the year 1997, along with Hema Malini, Satish Shah, and Johnny Lever. This film was produced by his father, but it became unsuccessful at the box-office. In the same year, he acted in Sunny Deol-starrer film, Border. His role as the 2nd Lieutenant was initially offered to Aamir Khan, but due to date issues, the actor declined the offer and so Akshaye was cast in the film. He earned the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut and got nominated at the Star Screen Award for the Best Actor in a Supporting Role in the year 1998. Followed by this, was a string of not so successful films including, Mohabbat, Kudrat, Love You Hamesha, Laawaris, and Dahek: A Burning Passion from the year 1997 to 1999. 

Akshaye was starred in the Bollywood romantic drama musical film, Aa Ab Laut Chalen, alongside Rajesh Khanna. Though the film did an average business at the box-office, he received praises for his brilliant acting. Akshaye acted opposite Aishwarya Rai in the critical and commercial Bollywood romantic drama film, Taal, which was helmed by Subhash Ghai. In the year 2001, Akshaye appeared in the multi-starrer comedy-drama film, Dil Chahta Hai, alongside Aamir Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Sonali Kulkarni, Preity Zinta and Dimple Kapadia. This film became a defining moment in his career as it turns out to be a commercial and critical success. Initially, his role as Sid was offered to Abhishek Bachchan, but he turned it down, and so Akshaye was cast in the film and was applauded by his brilliant performance. He also earned the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor and his career was re-launched. In 2002, he played as a villain in Bobby Deol-starrer Humraaz. This film earned him critical acclaim and a nomination at the Filmfare for Best Performance in a Negative Role. Later, he shifted to doing comedy films and was cast in the Priyadarshan’s Hungama in 2003 and Hulchul in 2004; both films made it to the box-office success.

This was followed by lukewarm and unsuccessful films like Aap Ki Khatir and Shaadi Se Pehle in 2006, Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute to Love, Gandhi, My Father and Naqaab in 2007 and Mere Baap Pehle Aap in 2008. Akshaye later appeared in Abbas-Mustan’s blockbuster thriller film Race in 2008. This film became the 4th highest-grossing film of the year and his character as Rajeev Singh earned him the Screen Awards and IIFA Awards for Best Villain. But his performance as Harilal Gandhi, the son of Mahatma Gandhi (played by Darshan Jariwala) in the critically acclaimed biographical drama film, ‘Gandhi, My Father’ was considered as his best performance as an actor. 

In the year 2010, Akshaye was starred in the action-comedy film, No Problem, along with Sanjay Dutt and Kangana Ranaut in the lead role. He was also praised by his performances in the action thriller film, Aakrosh and in the heist comedy film, Tees Maar Khan in 2010. Besides acting, Akshaye voiced the character of Alex the Parrot in the 3D animated film, Delhi Safari in 2012. He was also featured in the Hindi comedy film, Gali Gali Chor Hai, along with Shriya Sarn and Mugdha Godse. 

After this, he took a hiatus from acting and recently made a comeback in the upcoming action-adventure film, Dishoom, helmed by Rohit Dhawan and is expected to release in the year 2016.

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.