Hindi Movie Review Saas Bahu Aur Sensex - Cast & Crew

Shona Urvashi is an Indian director. She has also produced films and worked with ace brands such as Nike, Fossil, Tanishq, etc. She tried hands in entrepreneurship and founded PLA Entertainment. It restored classics such as Chashme Baddoor, Jalwa, etc. Shona took birth in Canada in the year 1977.

Tanushree Dutta is an actress and model from India. She was born in Jamshedpur, and usually appears on Hindi movies. She is known for winning the title of Femina Miss India Universe in the year 2004. She was also counted in top finalists for Miss Universe pageant. Dutta, hails from a Bengali family, and was born in the year 1984. She did her schooling from DBMS English school in Jamshedpur, and completed her studies in Pune. After getting modelling assignments, she dropped out from college and started ad campaigns, ramp shows, and print shoots. Tanushree Dutta, even worked as sales executive with an event management company. While she was in her struggling days, she took training in Indian classical dance and music from Rabindranath Tagore academy.

She started acting in films in 2005 with films Ashiq Banaya and Chocolate, where she did a great job. The movie Ashiq Banaya Apne rocked the charts of music, and the filmed gained a huge success. She even performed well in many genres of films like thriller, comedy, romantic, and horror. However, her career witnessed a short span in the entertainment industry. She even came into few headlines for some controversies and red carpet looks. She proved some negative reviews on her wrong by giving amazing performances in Apartment, Rama The Savior, and Rokk. She loves travelling, and is also into yoga, adventure sports, and spirituality.

Kirron Kher or Kirron Anupam Kher was Kiran Thakar Singh in real life. She was born on June 14, 1955 in Punjab, India and she was raised in Chandigarh. Because of her belief in numerology, she decided to alter her name from Kiron or Kiran to Kirron. She is a veteran Indian film and television actress. She is also a theatre artist and a television host who belongs to the Bhartiya Janata Party. She was voted in Lok Sabha, the lower house of India’s Parliament. Kiran is the sister of Kanwal Thakar Kaur, a popular badminton player. She has a brother who died last 2003 and another sister who was married to a retired Naval Officer.

She studied in Chandigarh and graduated in the Department of Indian Theatre of Punjab University. She got married to Gautam Berry, a wealthy businessman from Mumbai. They had a son name Sikandar Kher who is also an actor. Later, the two had a divorce and she remarries the Bollywood actor, Anupam Kher in 1985.

During the 80’s, Kiran tried her luck in the film industry to no success. She visits different producers and search for any role in films. Before she got married to Anupam, they have become friends since he is also a struggling actor and they have known each other in the University of Chandigarh. They worked in the same theatre industry and worked together in Chandpuri Ki Champabai. Anupam got his break in the film, Saaransh and later he divorced his wife. Kiran gets divorced as well and she got married to Anupam. The two are now running a production house.

She was debuted as a film actress in the Punjabi film, Aasra Pyar Da in 1983. Later, she had her break in films. From 1983 to 1996, she did only one Hindi film, Pestonjee with Anupam Kher. She came back into theatre and performed in the play, Saalgirah under the direction of Feroz Abbas Khan. Then she became a host of television shows like Zee TV’s Purushkshetra, Kiron Kher Today and Jagte Raho before she started doing Bollywood films. On her comeback to the big screen, she was awarded the Special Jury Award in the National Film Awards for bagging the role of Sardari Begum in the Hindi film, Sardari Begum in 1996. Then, she did the critically acclaimed Bengali film, Bariwali where she played the lead role as Banalata in year 2000.She won the Best Actress Award in the National Film Award but there are rumors that the Bangla actress, Rita Koirla dubbed for her character in the film. Rita wanted to share the award with her but Kiran claims that she spent many hours on practicing her dialogues, and so the award should not be shared by anyone.

She appeared in the romantic drama film, Devdas in 2002 and played the role of Sumitra Chakraborty. She gained a nomination in the Filmfare’s Best Supporting Actress award. She also did the French/German film, Khamosh Pani in 2003. This is the story that depicts the predicaments of a woman who was abducted while the partition of Bristish Indian Empire is happening. She got the Best Actress Award in the Locano International Film Festival in Switzerland, Karachi’s International Film Festival in Argentina’s International Festivals in Ciepie, South Africa’s Cape Town. The film received few awards as well.

In 2004, the IFFLA or Indian film Festival of Los Angeles, paid tribute to her during their yearly festival. In 2010, she did the episode, Damaged in the television series, ER together with her husband. In 2005, she appeared as Sunanda in TV serial, Prratima which was aired on Sahara One. Prior to this, she also made an appearance in television series like Isi Bahane, Dil Na Jaane Kyon and Chausath Panne.

She earned positive responses from her films Main Hoon Na, Veer Zaara, Hum Tum and Mangal Pandey: The rising. Her role as Mitro, the mother of DJ (played by Aamir Khan) in the Indian drama film, Rang De Basanti became a box office and gained her nomination to the Filmfare’s Best Supporting Actress Award. She was also appreciated in her characters in Fanaa and Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna. Kiran also did some comedic roles in Singh is Kinng, Dostana and more. She was also one of the juries in India’s Got Talent in 2009.

Kiran was nominated and won many awards. She was also part of different non-profit movements such as Laadi and Roko Cancer. Recently, she won the Lok Sabha seats which defeats Pawan Bansal and Gul Punag in the General Elections.

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.

Farooq Sheikh is a legendary actor, a television presenter and a philanthropist. He was born on March 25, 1948 in Amroli, in the district of Surat, Gujarat. He is the eldest son of Mustafa and Farida Sheikh, who are both Muslim. Farooq studied at St. Mary’s School in Mumbai and later attended in St. Xavier College. Subsequently, he studied at Siddharth College of Law. Since his father is a lawyer from Mumbai, he was prompted to take up a law course. But he failed to relate in his course and shifted to acting. He did some theatre shows while in college and from there, she met Roopa Jain and fell in love with her; later, the two tied the knot and have been blessed with two lovely daughters namely, Shaaista and Sana. 

Farooq was popular for working in several Hindi films from year 1977 to 1989. He was also active in television from year 1988 to 2002. In 2008, Farooq came back to the big screen until he died on December 27, 2013 due to cardiac arrest. He contributed to the Parallel Cinema and had worked with famous directors like Ketan Mehta, Muzaffar Ali and more. 

He started acting on theatres and did plays with the Indian People’s Theatre Association (IPTA) together with the renowned directors. In year 1973, he was approached by MS Satyu for a role in the Hindi-Urdu film, Garam Hawa. He bagged the role of Sikander Mirza along with Balraj Sahni. Later, he became a quiz master on radio and an anchor in Yuvadarshan and Young World from which he became a household name. He later appeared in the films Mere Saath Chal, Gaman, Noorie, Saath Saath, Bazaar, Kissi Se Na Kehna, Katha, Lakhon Ki Baat, Lorie and a lot more. Some of his recent films are Tell Me O Khuda, Listen… Amaya, Shanghai, Club 60, Yeh Jawaani Hai deewani, Children of War and Youngistaan. It is from the Bollywood sports film, Lahore where he got the National Film award for Best supporting Actor in 2010. 

 Farooq also acted in many television serials. He appeared in Chamatkar on Sony TV, from which the story revolves on a man who has a hearing difficulty. He is not deaf but he has the power to read anyone’s mind and listen to what they are thinking. He also did the Hindi serial, Ji Mantriji, an adaptation of the British sitcom, Yes Minister. Later, he appeared on many shows and stage plays. He also hosted the television show, Jeena Issi Ka Naam Hai which is also a hit. 

Farooq was on a vacation in Dubai together with his family when he died. His funeral was held at Millat Nagar Mosque in Mumbai.