Hindi Movie Review Second Hand Husband - Cast & Crew

Shreya Srivastava is an Indian Film writer who has predominantly worked in Hindi film Industry. She was born in Amritsar, Punjab in a middle-class family. She grew up with her parents and her younger brother. Her father was an IT professional and her mother was a house-wife. She completed her schooling from her hometown. She was more of a book-worm kid. She used to read books a lot. She slowly developed interests towards writing as well. She always used to write short stories in her free time. Many of her stories were printed in the local as well as school magazines. She also used to take part in story reciting competitions and narrated her own written stories. She was appreciated for her work and won various awards too. After completing her college, she moved out of her hometown for further studies.

Jasmin Sandlas is a Punjabi songwriter, performer, and singer. She sings Punjabi and Bollywood songs and has contributed to some Punjabi songs. She was born in Jalandhar, Punjab and always wanted to choose singing as her career. She sang her first song named Muskan in 2008 which was a song from the album ‘The Diamond’. After its release, she instantly became famous for her singing. She also sang the song Yaar Na Miley from the movie Kick starring Salman Khan in the year 2014. It fetched her several awards and was praised by critics for her remarkable voice. She was awarded the Screen Award for Best Female Playback singer.

Ritu Pathak was born on September 4, 1987. She comes from Gopalganj in Madhya Pradesh. She is a playback singer by profession and is very popular in the Bollywood Industry. She is regarded as a versatile singer in just 28 years as she can sing western, classical, pop and film music. She has worked hard on her vocals and started to from the scratches to reach the level she has reached now.

Narmada is an aspiring Indian Film heroine, she is still now better known as the daughter of the veteran actor Govinda. She was born in 16th July in the year 1989. Her mother is ‘Sunita Ahuja’. She changed her screen name as ‘Tina Ahuja’ and it is in rumor that due to her superstition, she has taken such decision. She shares a strong bond with her sibling ‘Yashvardhan Ahuja’. This simply implies that she possesses versatile aptitudes and now the Indian Audience is eager to see whether she posses flair in acting or not. In an interview she stated that, ‘she felt nervous as she felt it is her responsibility to continue the bequest that is inherited by her father’. Before making her Bollywood debut with ‘Second Hand Husband’ she completed make-up course in London and also studied Gemology. Apart from that she has also done a course in Fashion Designing after accomplishing her school studies and attended acting course in London and ‘Namit Kapoor’s’ Institute. In ‘Second hand Husband’ she was casted opposite ‘Gippy Grewal’ who is a renowned Punjabi Musician. Here she also shares screen space along with veteran actor ‘Dharmendra’. The film is scheduled to be released in July 3, 2015. The director of this movie is ‘Smeep Kang’ and it is being produced by ‘GB entertainment’. ‘Jatinder Shah’ composed most of the songs of the movie, “Bad Baby” is composed by Badshah, this song is written by him as well.

Geeta Basra is known for her multi-ethnic looks.She was born in Portsmouth. She is an Indian actress, and her most famous break came when she was signed for the film Dil Diya Hai, in the year 2006, where she was sharing screen space with the actor Emraan Hashmi. She was signed for another film with Emraan named The Train, where she played the character of women having an affair outside her marriage. However, the two films did not receive the fame that Geeta could have got. And then she was rumored to be in a relationship with the bowler Harbhajan Singh. However, both denied the relationship and said that they were merely friends. However, the news was out when the couple was caught discussing their wedding on the set of a television show. 

Geeta was born in the year 1984, and when she came to Mumbai, she pursued training herself in the art of acting from the renowned Kishore Namit Kapoor acting studio based in Mumbai. She is loved for her stylish image and flamboyant diva like looks. However, she has made the most news for her tie-ups with the spinner Harbhajan Singh and while she has faced the butt of the jokes she has also been praised for the bowlers good luck charm. Once asked about the question whether she is the lucky charm of Harbhajan Singh, she was reported to have said that, people should ask the question to Harbhajan Singh.

Amolak Singh Gakhal is a global businessman. He promotes sports, films, and another social gathering in Punjab. A few years ago, he was seen in the promotion of Kabbadi sport at Sikh Panchayat and spoke on making Punjab as a business hub too in a business event. He also promotes Punjabi video albums. His album 'flat' had music by Jaidev Kumar. He has also financed Bollywood actor Dharmendra's film. Amolak was often seen in the media with Bollywood superstar Dharmendra promoting his film 'Second Hand Husband' (2015) at PVR, Andheri. Mumbai.

Gurvinder Singh was born in Delhi in a Sikh family. He is an Indian movie Director and has made mainly Punjabi cinemas. His Chauthi Koot and Anhe Ghore Da Daan are the most famous Punjabi films that made him a successful Director. Gurvinder was into painting, arts and Photography in his childhood. He studied film direction in Pune at the Film and Television Institute of India.

Manwinder Singh was an associate producer of the movie 'Second Hand Husband.' There were four more associate producers such as Iqbal Singh. Palwinder Singh, Gurvinder Singh, and Mayank Gupta. The film was directed by Smeep Kang. The film had music by Badshah, Jatinder Shah, Dr. Zeus. It starred Dharmendra, Gippy Grewal, Tina Ahuja, Geeta Basra, Sanjay Mishra, Vijay Raaz, Ravi Kishan, Mukesh Tiwari in prominent roles.

Mayank Gupta is the co-producer of the Bollywood movie Second Hand Husband that was released in 2015. He also acted in the supporting role in the Bollywood flick Zindagi Na Milega Doobara.

Vaibhav Suman is a Mumbai based Indian actor and screenplay writer in the Bollywood industry. He is most well known for being part of Luv Ranjan’s Pyaar Ka Punchnama (2011) as the screenplay writer along with Deepak and Sumit Saxena. The movie was a commercial success as well as critically appraised. It made Rs 17.5 Crore at the box office, satellite rights and DVDs against a low budget of Rs 7 Crore. In 2013, he was the screenplay writer for the Punjabi comedy films Lucky Di Unlucky Story, and Bhaji Ki Problem along with Smeep Kang and Naresh Kathuria.

Manoj Shaw or Manoj Gupta is a renowned name in Hindi Cinematography active since 2001. He is a Director of Photography for many famous movies in the Hindi Language. He started his career with Yeh Zindagi Ka Safar in 2001. His journey has been a remarkable one. He is best known for some of his recent work in past years, which are Doorbeen (2019), Fryday (2018), and Mumbai 125 KM 3D(2014).

DJ Flow is a popular DJ and music producer. He has the specialty of playing traditional folk songs sung by icons including Amar Singh Chamkila, Mohammed Saddiq etc. He has mixed the folk song with Italian genre. Besides being a DJ , Flow has also ventured into music direction. His famous genres include Hip Hop, Dancehall, House etc. He has also appeared in films including Danger Doctor Jelly. Laung Laachi is his 2018 venture and it is a romantic drama. DJ Flow took birth in Italy but he has a great interest towards Punjabi culture. He is a Punjabi who was brought up in Italy.

Jatinder Shah is a Punjabi film industry musician, singer, and music composer. Genres he has worked in are Bollywood, Bhangra, Punjabi and Folk. He enjoys playing Dhol, Tabla, and Tumbi. He has worked with many celebrities including Diljit Dosanjh, Gurdas Mann, Amrinder Gill, Sunidhi Chauhan and many more. In 2011, he made his debut from the hit movie ‘Jihne Mera Dil Luteya’ directed by Mandeep Kumar. After that, he has worked in many films including ‘Mirza: The Untold Story’ and ‘Jatt and Juliet’ in 2012, ‘Singh vs. Kaur’ in 2013, ‘Romeo Ranjha’ in 2014, ‘Angrej’ in 2015 and so on. His 2019 releases are ‘Kala Shah Kala’, ‘Ardaas Karaan’, ‘Laiye Je Yaarian’ and ‘Chandigarh Amritsar Chandigarh’.

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.

Surinder Rattan is an Indian DJ Hindi Musician. He became famous for “Tappe,” in which he infused House Music, with Bhangra. He pointed out that Indian Music has a separate and strong fan base in Britain, and that it is one of the genres that are also loved by the country’s people. He states that all kinds of cultures are welcomed in the UK, and the youth culture usually tells about the trend. Its good news that bhangra become an integral part of the industry. He loves to club Bhangra music and fuse Indian music with Indian music; it is his style of music combo.

Aditya Singh is a lyricist, playback singer, and actor who is primarily working in the Bhojpuri music industry. He celebrates his birthday on 14th September every year. His recent Bhojpuri hit with Anjali Bharti was Balam Ji Raua Bambey Rahatani. It released on 28th November 2019 under the banner Team Film. Some of the songs that were sung by him include Laika Abhi Bani Ji (2017), Ja Re Bewafa Tujhe Bhulata Hu (2018),

Gippy Grewal is an actor and singer in the Indian movie industry. He was born near Ludhiana in a village called Koom Kalan and has two sons with his wife, Ravneet Kaur Grewal. He performs for the genres of Pop, Punjabi, and Bhangra. His music career began with an album whose producer was Aman Hayer. This album, named Chakkh Lai, was succeeded by Gangster, Phulkari, Phulkari 2 Just Hits and Nasha. His most popular work has been the song “Angreji Beat” which was heard in the Bollywood hit Cocktail. His 2013 song “Hello Hello” was filmed in Las Vegas, Nevada. His Punjabi songs are very popular and have even broken records (Phularki). His reach is so wide that in the year 2014, he sang at the Sandwell and Birmingham Mela.

Nowadays, TV channels telecast several talent hunt shows. Lakhs of people participate in these serials in the hope of winning it. However, in spite of becoming the winners, very few can carve a sustainable career for themselves. Kamal Khan is a singer who belongs to this category.

Ravindra Upadhyay is an Indian singer from the city of Jaipur who has sung many well-known songs. He has given his voice for many songs in the movie ‘Happy New Year’ such as ‘Lovely’ and ‘Kamlee’. His concert in Abu Dabi in the year 2011 was also a success, video of which can be found online.

Roshan Prince was born on September 12, 1981, in Banga, Punjab to a Brahmin Hindu family, Rajiv Kaplish. He is a famous Punjabi singer, music director, lyricist, and producer.

Kunal Mehta is a known sound designer in the India Film Industry. He had done many hit movies of his time in his career span. The sound designer was born in the year 1976 and entered the Entertainment industry without any professional training or diploma course. He began his career with the studio named ‘Sumi’ as an assistant. Here, he learned the different nuances of Sound design and the importance of background music for any visual. He debuted with the film ‘Mann’ in the year 1999 and gained immense fame with the movie ‘Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya’ starring Salman Khan and Sushmita Sen, Katrina Kaif, and Sohail Khan.

Parikshit Lalvani is a famous Indian sound editor, sound designer, DJ and the CEO of Creative Sound Design with an experience of more than 16 years. Parikshit was born on 27th August, 1977 in Juhu , Mumbai. He started his career as an engineer by taking a degree in Digital Electronics and working at PACE Communications.

Ritesh Soni is an Indian film editor. He has worked predominantly in Bollywood. He is known for his collaboration with YRF films. He first worked as an assistant editor in 1997 for the romantic drama Dil To Pagal Hai. Ritesh worked as an editor in Uday Chopra and Tulip Joshi- starrer Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai in 2000. He worked on various and popular projects like Mujhse Dosti Karoge, Hum Tum, Veer Zaara, Bunty Aur Babli, Salaam Namaste, Bachna Ae Haseeno, Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, Dhoom 3, Dishoom, Judwaa 2, Dabangg 3, Jabariya Jodi, LoveYatri, Mardaani 2, and Coolie No. 1.

Dharmendra Singh Deol was born on 8th December 1935 in Punjab, India. He is considered to be an asset of the Indian film industry. He is an icon of the Bollywood film industry, and he has acted in movies that are indeed blockbusters. Currently, he resides in Phagwara, Punjab. He is a very popular actor as well as producer of films. He got into politics as well, and he is a member of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Alok Nath is an Indian television and Bollywood film actor who got his fame in the television drama series, Buniyaad in 1986. He played as Master Haveliram, a patriot and freedom fighter. Buniyaad was first broadcasted on DD National under Doordarshan network and later, because of its popularity, it was re-broadcasted in DD Metro and several Indian television channels like Sahara One. 

Alok was born on July 10, 1956 and raised up in New Delhi, India. He studied in the Modern School and Hindu College. When in college, he performed along with Ruchika and the popular theater group in Delhi. This became his advantage to join the prominent National School of Drama as a part of his degree in college. 

He started in year 1980 in the television series, Rishte-Naate followed by the epic film, Gandhi in 1982. Alok was the bar owner in the Bollywood film, Aaj Ki Awaaz under the direction of Ravi Chopra. He also appeared in Mashaal under the same director in 1984. Alok made an appearance in some of the major hit Bollywood films and played supporting roles like Taal, Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!, Pardes, Maine Pyar Kiya and Vivah which is a box office hit and her role as an uncle was appreciated by the critics. He did negative roles in movies like Shadyantra, Bol Radha Bol and more. In 1989, he played as Karan, a poor mechanic who lives with her daughter Suman (played by Bhagyashree Patwardhan) in the musical romantic film, Maine Pyar Kiya. 

He was essayed to do the role of Deepak Seth in Raman’s Kumar soap opera, Tara on Zee TV channel from 1993 to 1997. He was also in some of the episodes of Zee TV’s, Rishtey from 1999 to 2001. Alok played the role of Prakash Chandra Sharma in Sapna Babul Ka… Bidaai on STAR Plus from 2007 to 2010. He was also the father of Abha in Yahan Main Ghar Ghar Kheli. Some of his recent television serials are Kuch Toh Loh Kahenge and Do Dil Bandhe Ek Dori Se. At present, he is Jagat Babuji in the fictional comedy series, Tu Mere Agal Bagal Hai on SAB TV. 

After thirty years of being in the acting industry, Alik became popular in the Hindi cinema and television. Recently, Alok became an overnight viral in social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook when all of a sudden, people make fun on his character on films under Rajshri’s production. Some even created a page entitled, Alok Nath Memes that gained so many likes.

Gurpreet Ghuggi is a Punjabi and Hindi film actor who is known for his comedy roles. He has also acted in TV soap operas too. The actor began his journey as a Punjabi actor in Jalandhar Doordarshan. He later appeared in lead roles in a TV soap opera titled ‘Parchhaven’. But the real recognition came for him after a reality show named ‘The Great Indian Laughter Challenge’. Gurpreet is an actor who divides his acting between TV and films. In our opinion, he has perhaps deservedly, taken a serious choice of films in recent years. Admittedly his career in Bollywood and Punjabi films has delivered some superbly performances in the recent years. For the next few years, he will remain as one of the biggest comedian stars in Punjabi cinema.

Mukesh Tiwari is an artist known for his work in the movie Gangajal, Golmaal and The Legend of Bhagat Singh. He is known for playing negative and comic side roles. He entered the film industry in the year 1998 with the movie China Gate in which he played the role of Jageera. He had a small but significant role in the movie. Many directors recognized his acting skills. Thus, in the year 2000, he starred in the movie called Hum Panchhi Ek Daal Ke. The movie was a huge failure but since Mukesh had a small role in the movie, it didn’t have much effect on his career. Thus, in 2001 Mukesh appeared in many movies. He exclusively appeared in either supporting roles or negative roles. He played the role of Danny Mendoza in the movie Aaghaaz in 2001.

Sanjay Mishra is an Indian comedian, most famous for his role as Apple Singh, featured in the ESPN Star Sports during the 1999 Cricket World Cup. Apart from that, he has acted in countless other Bollywood films, his most famous roles being Dil Se (1998), Ankhon Dekhi (2013) and Jolly LLB (2013) to name a few.

Born in 1963 in Bihar, Sanjay Mishra joined the National School of Drama after his graduation. He acted in many TV commercials before he got a role in the TV series Chanakya in 1991. In 1995 he made his Indian film debut in Oh Darling!Yeh Hai India! followed by Rajkumar (1996) and Satya (1998). His Role in Satya and Dil Se (1998) helped him grab a role in Office Office as Shukla. For the next few years he appeared in TV serials till 2005 after which he completely switched to Bollywood films. His acting was much praised in Bunty Aur Babli, Apna Sapna Money Money, Golmaal:Fun Unlimited and Dhamaal, the last two being consecutive hits in 2006. He later starred in many small roles in big banner films before his role as RGV in All The Best:Fun Begins made him a national phenomenon. His famous dialogue "Dhondu Just Chill" was a common dialogue on the streets.

He went on to win the Indian TV Honors Golden Globe awards in 2011. In the same year he won the Star Screen Awards and in 2014, won the Jagran Films awards.

His recent releases include Phas Gaye Re Obama, based on the Indian recession, Bhoothnath Returns and Kick. Though Sanjay Mishra did some serious roles in a couple of films like Zameen, Charas and Satya, he is mainly recognised as a comedian.

Vijay Raaz (Born: 5th June 1963) is an Indian film actor. His breakthrough came with the role he played as Dubeyji in the movie ‘Monsoon Wedding’ and achieved his fame for the performance in the film ‘Run’. His “Kauwa Biryani” act became highly praised worldwide. Since then, Raaz has been cast in small and comic roles in many Hindi movies. His specialty lies in depicting a common man in today’s Hindi movies.

Baljit Singh Padam, famous as Dr Zeus in the world of music, was born on 20th March 1976. He is basically a Punjabi. His family has been in Birmingham, UK, where he was born and did his schooling. He is married to a 'Punjabi Kudi'. He got the name Dr. Zeus by the people relating him to a movie where he composed music for a few tracks. Dr Zeus signed with Envy Music Label in 1999, where he started his career. Here he produced "Pure Garage-Sue My Ass" by Balwinder Singh Safri and "Deathjamm 4.5", a part of Deathjamm series.

Smeep Kang is an Indian actor who works in Punjabi films. He is an actor, film producer and director. He was born on 30 Jan, 1973 in Patiala, a city in Punjab. He did his graduation from the Punjab University with a well earned degree in Chemical Engineering. He is famous for his work as a director on Punjabi comedy films. His popular works are films like Chak De Phatte in 2008, Carry on Jatta in 2012 and Lucky Di Unlucky Story in 2013. At first he started off with directing films such as Meri Vahuti Da Viyah in 2007, Chak De Phatte in 2008 and Yaara o Dildaara in 2011 which did not hit the box office. But soon success knocked at his door and he quickly shot to fame as the director of Carry On Jatta.

Ravi Kishan Shukla, or ostentatiously known by his stage name of Ravi Kishan, is a Bhojpuri film and television artist. Kishan has also acted in many well-known Bollywood movies such as "Tere Naam", "Phir Hera Pheri", "Pitambar", "Raavan", "Welcome to Sajjanpur", and "Luck", among many others. Kishan was also a finalist on the 2006 season of the reality television show, Bigg Boss. The year of 2012 also saw him as a participant on Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa Season 5. Kishan is also affiliated with the Indian National Congress Party.

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