Hindi Movie Review The Fakir Of Venice - Cast & Crew

Neha Kaul is a Kashmiri born Mumbai settled Indian television actress. She is one of the few actresses in the industry who are naturally beautiful, and she gives the credit for this to her Kashmiri antecedents. She was first noticed in the TV serial Gulaal during 2010. The serial was originally telecasted on Star Plus but later on, shifted to Star Utsav. It was produced by Sunjoy Wadhwa and Comall Wadhwa and directed by Siddhartha Sengupta. Gulaal was the story of a young Gujarati girl who even after modest upbringing brings joy and happiness to all around her. It was the story of her struggle to make her life happy and also the lives of people around her and protecting herself against the onslaught by the society and evil persons in the name of traditions against widows.

Deepti Gupta, a Pakistani actress, was born 28th July in Delhi to a Hindu Family. She graduated from Delhi University with B.A (English Literature). After being moved to New York, she did her M.A (Theatre Studies) and M.F.A in Acting in University of Texas, Austin. Having an ardent interest in acting, Deepti encouraged herself in her stream and had given aloud success.

Lata Mangeshkar, the veteran playback singer, had formal training in music from her father. Her father ran a theater company in Mumbai, where she began to learn music with her father's grudging approval, and with whom she also sang a song. As her father was a conservative man, film music was not appreciated at her home. After the theater company was auctioned, her father died, and she assumed the financial responsibility by becoming an actress, first in Marathi and later in Hindi cinema, but in acting, she did not click. Later she surprised everyone with one of her solo number (Aayega Aanewaala) from the movie Mahal released in 1949. The song was screened on Madhubala. Finally, Lata became a singing star overnight. 

Later on, Lata Mangeshkar had lent her beautiful voice to actresses for generations -- from Nargis and Mala Sinha to Hema Malini and Madhuri Dixit. And the ladies on the screen too did ample justice to her songs. As a popular singer, she also had met many difficulties with other composers, singers and even film makers. Her rifts with Mohammad Rafi, "over loyalties" and Raj Kapoor, when he changed the composers for "Satyam Shivam Sundaram" is well known. Above all, she never lent her voice for O P Nayyar. 

When she used to record Bengali songs, she learned the exact pronunciation from Salil Chowdhury. Earlier, when Dilip Kumar criticized Lata for her pronunciation in Urdu, she made it a point to learn Urdu with flawless diction. Fortunately, her training in classical music and her disciplined voice started to fetch her playback assignments; she became the nightingale of India. 

She is famous for lilting melodies like "'Aaja Re Pardesi" ( Madhumati), "Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya" ( Mughal-e-Azam)," Chalte Chalte" ( Pakeezha), "Lag Ja Gale" ( Woh Kaun Thi), "Aaj Phir Jine Ki Tamanna Hai" (Guide), and "Satyam Shivam Sundaram." She has sung all kinds of songs in her long career, including romantic numbers (Tu Jahan Jahan Chalega), cabaret numbers (Aa Jane Jaa), and even naughty ones( Bahon Mein Chale Aao). 

Lata Mangeshkar was born on the 29th of September 1928 in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India. Her first guru was her father. With more than 26,000 songs that she had sung in all Indian languages, her name exists in the Guinness World Records.

Lata Mangeshkar impressed the South Indian fans with her songs in the super hit Maine Pyaar Kiya and Hum Aapke Hain Koun. These movies made a strong impression on Bollywood among South Indian fans. Her songs with "S P Balasubrahmanyam" echoed everywhere in the South. Although she made her South debut in 1956 with the Tamil song, Enthan Kannalan, her songs in the 80s composed by "Ilaiyaraaja" gained massive attention. The legendary singer was affected with coronavirus in January 2022 and had been getting treatment for the same at a private hospital in Mumbai. Even after getting treatment in all the possible ways, her body couldn't recuperate. On 6^th February 2022, Lata Ji left for the eternal world after 28 days of treatment. Fondly called Lata Di, she still surprises everyone with a career span of more than 6 decades. Started her career in the mid-40s, Lata Di had sung thousands and thousands of songs in almost all the Indian languages and foreign languages! She left a void in the Indian film industry, and there is nothing to deny it!

Born on February 24, 1968, in Canada, Kamal Sidhu, an Indo-Canadian VJ, actor, model and TV anchor was a winner of Miss India Canada in 1991. She was born in Indian Punjabi Sikh family. Her family lived in the Philippines till she was six and later, shifted to Canada. She got her education in Quebec. Kamal got the college degree in pre-medicinal. She speaks fluently in languages like Punjabi, French, English and Tagalog.

Sushma Prakash is an actress of Indian television and movies. Seen in the 1985 film Trikal, she played the role of Anna. After this, she was seen in 1989’s TV series Intezaar. She has also appeared in Doordarshan’s Yatra and STAR Plus’s Dekho Magar Pyaar Se. Dekho Magar Pyaar Se is a soap opera in which Sushma plays the role of Tara Bedi. Zee TVs Rishtey, which shows small stories about relationships, is also a show she appeared on.

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One of the most recognized young director of Indian cinema. In fact, he is the most versatile person in the industry as of now. He is Farhan Akhtar, a film director, actor, singer, writer, producer, screenwriter everything you name it, he has it. Son of the famous writer Javed Akhtar & actress Honey Irani was born on 09 Jan, 1974 in Mumbai. 

As he was growing, he found the film industry around him. At home, the atmosphere of arts, literature influenced him to become creative man. He did his schooling from Maneckji Cooper & Graduated from HR College, Mumbai. After then, he started his career in films, first as assistant director & then director. His first directorial debut was Dil Chahta Hai in 2001 which received critical acclaim as well as commercial success. After then he did not see back & made other movies like Lakshya in 2004, Don in 2006, Rock On in 2008. He got two national awards, one for Dil Chahta Hai & another for Rock On for direction & production subsequently. 

He portrayed the character Milkha Singh, in the year 2013 in his biographical feature film, for which he got positive reviews as an actor & it, is his best performance yet, which also earned him Filmfare Award for Best Actor. He considers Robert Di Niro as his inspiration for his life & career & respects his parents for the heritage he got & continues to do better work. He has a production company named Excel Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. established with Ritesh Sidhwani. 

He directed a 12 min short film named Positive, 2007 based on HIV-AIDS, to create awareness about the problem. He did sing for Rock On which showed his versatility. He has also launched a social campaign named MARD – Men against Rape & Discrimination.

Annu Kapoor or born as AnilKapoor, is an Indian movie actor, TV and radio presenter who were born on February 20, 1956 in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. He has an almost similar name with the actor, Anil Kapoor, so in 1982 he decided to change his name to Annu Kapoor. He was trained in the National School of Drama in New Delhi, India in 1976.

In 1979, he first appeared as a stage actor and he was noted for his appearance in Ek Ruka Hua Faisla under the direction of his brother, Ranjeet, in 1982. Shyam Benegal, an Indian director who made Annu’s debut film, Mandi in 1983.

Annu was also part of the serial, DD National (DD1) in 2007 and performed in the black comedy film, 7 Khoon Maaf as Inspector Keemat Lal. The Golden Era – With Annu Kapoor is the melancholy show about the Indian cinema, specifically Bollywood Music. He was the radio presenter in the 92.7 Big FM station with his show called, Suhaana Safar with Annu Kapoor.

His career traversed for over 30 years. He has done TV serials, game shows and performed in Bollywood cinema. He also hosted the STAR One’s singing contest, Antakshari – The Great Challenge. Annu played an Obsessive-Compulsive physician in the Bollywood comedy-drama, Vicky Donor, in 2012, which became a renowned critically acclaimed film and gave him the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor. In 2013, he appeared as Sir Yograj Khanna in the Bollywood action comedy film, Yamla Pagla Deewana 2, under the direction of Sangeeth Sivan.

Annu came from a family connected with art and nationalism. He was the son of the poet, Shabnam Kapoor, who was one of the very few people that mastered Urdu, Arabic, and Persian languages. She was also articulate in languages like Punjabi, Gujarati, Marwadi, Marathi, and some other dialects. Annu has four sons and has been married twice.

He also directed various plays and films such as the Abhay (The Fearless) that received the National Film Award for Best Children’s Film and V. Shantaram Award in 1994. He was also the Aao Jhoomein Gaayen on SAB TV, a musical talent competition for kids and the Gaan Gaao Taaka Naao on Kolkata.

Annu have done several films from 1983 to 2014 and Television appearances such as Close Up Antakshari, Quile Ka Rahasya, Idea Jalsa, Junoon Kuch Kar Dikhane Ka and a lot more.
 

Anand Surapur is an Indian Ad filmmaker and movie director who works mainly in the Bollywood industry. Best known for directing the film The Fakir Of Venice (2009), which got screened at the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles 2009, and after ten years had its theatrical release on 1st February 2019.

Junaid Pandrowala is an executive producer associated with Hindi films. He attended the Grammer School in AI Garhoud, Dubai, for his pre-schooling. He, then joined the Learner’s Academy in 1983. He later joined St. Germain High School in Bengaluru, Karnataka. Junaid has worked with many films. He has produced more than 300 commercials and music videos. His famous movies as an executive producer are Quick Gun Murugan: Misadventures of an Indian Cowboy by Phat Phish Motion Pictures and Fox Star 2009, The Fakir of Venice in 2009 under the same production house, and No Problem in 2008. In movies like Niyati under Phat Phish Productions, he worked as an associate producer with the executive producer Anand Surapur.

Rajesh Devaraj is one of the famous, renowned writers of Bollywood. He is someone who has been serving the industry for a decade with his writings. He started his career at an early age. One thing we have to notice about him was his dedication towards his work. He already proved himself by writing good scripts. Though some of them did not work well, he did not lose hope. He instead tried giving his best to the next script which made everyone to rejoice him a lot. He is an author of a book on Indian Film posters.

Bakul Sharma or Bakul Omprakash Sharma is a brilliant Indian cinematographer, who started her career with portraiture and original photography. Having no formal training in photography aside from her imagination and dreams, she became an assistant cinematographer in the year 2001. Bakul has worked on several projects and became an independent director of photography in 2008. She gained more experiences after working on many documentaries, short films, feature films, and television commercials. But experimental films remain in her heart.

Akshay Mudwakar is a Marathi actor who works in TV serials and films. Born in Nasik, he shifted to Mumbai and chose acting as his career. He entered the modeling field in the hope of getting chances in films. He participated in several ramp walks and fashion shows. He also has been a theatre artist and performs in many stage shows, such as Gandhi Hatya Aanimi. Akshay started acting in the short film 'A Piece of Paper.' The film was released in 2019 and received mixed responses from the audience. He has acted in TV programs. The 2019 Marathi Biography serial 'Swarajyajanani Jijamata' was widely appreciated by the audience.

A. R. Rahman is a Legendary Music Composer, prominently known for his rocking music for the movie “The Slumdog Millionaire”. He had won a couple of Oscars for this album and made India proud.  Allah-Rakha Rahman’s birth name is A.S.Dileep Kumar. He was born on January 6th, 1967 in Chennai. His music journey had begun at the age of 4 when he learned piano. At the age of 11, he joined the Maestro Ilayaraja's troupe as a Keyboard player. He made his debut as a composer with the legendary film-maker G.R.Maniratnam’s film “Roja” which came out in 1992. Some of his popular music albums were for the movies like Rangeela, Bombay, Dil Se and Lagaan: Once upon a time in India.

Ramchandra was born on January 12, 1918 in Ahmednagar, Maharashtra. Ramchandra Narhar Chitalkar was a famous music composer in the Indian film Industry. He learned music at "Gandharva Mahavidyalaya" under the guidance of Vinayakbua Patwardhan and further under Shankarrao Sapre of Nagpur where he took training close by Vasantrao Deshpande.

Rajendra Krishan (also spelled as Rajinder Krishan) was an Indian lyricist, poet and screenwriter. He was born on 6th of June in the year 1919 in Jalalpur Jattan,in Gujrat district then part of British India (now a part of Pakistan). He died at the age of 68 on 23rd of September in the year 1987. He is known for his poems and lyrics for multiple Indian cinema songs and scripts for various flicks. He started developing a knack for poetry at an early age of 12. In his early life, he took up a job of a clerk in a municipal office in the town of Shimla. He worked there till 1942. During this phase, he did a vigorous reading of books written by both Indian and Western authors. He continued to write poetry.

We have people who switch careers and follow their dreams but there are very few who actually get to make a mark and live by the quantum of the sacrifice made. Abhay Jodhpurkar is one such fellow who has made it big in the entertainment industry because of the interests that he had. A boy from the small town of ‘Sendhwa’ in ‘Madhya Pradesh’ who hails from a family with close relations to the classical music, Abhay always had an interest in art and music but could never make up his mind if he actually wanted to take them up as a career option.

Arjun Chandy is a well-known playback singer in the film industry; he is basically from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. He has a keen interest in music since his childhood. At the age of 14, he started singing for a quartet in middle school. Afterward, he joined the University of North Texas music school, for studying choral music and jazz studies.

Born to parents Soma Sundaran and Rathibayi in Punnol, Kerala, Shajith grew up to become a sound designer. He is famous for sync sound technique in Indian cinema. He has carved himself a niche in Foley editing and pre-mixing. He completed his higher studies from Brennan College in Thalassery, and currently lives in Mumbai. He was disabled with rheumatoid arthritis when he was 13 years old, and was confined to his home. While visiting Mumbai with his sister, the natural vibe of the city grew upon him, he shifted his base to Mumbai in 1999. His illness required him to discontinue his studies. He continued fighting, his thirst to learn quenched by a local library in Kannur. His achievements speak momentously of his efforts which includes sound designing for Bollywood’s acclaimed movies like ‘Maqbool,’ ‘Haider,’ ‘Mangal Pandey,’ ‘Omkara,’ ‘Kaminey,’ and many more.

Amrit Pritam Dutta is a famous Indian sound designer. He pursued his Physics degree from JB College, Jorhat. He has also been chosen as Oscan Governing body’s member. Having born in Jorhat, he has contributed to several movies as sound designer. Kaabil Kick, PK, Beautiful Lives, Highway, Jazbaa, Ghajini are some of his latest works. Amrit Pritam got the Best Sound Editing award along with Resul Pookutty for Roar:

Debajit Changmai is an Indian audio engineer who has literally given voice to over 150 Bollywood movies in a career spanning nearly two decades. He was born and raised in Sivasagar, Assam, where he attended the Sivasagar Government H.S. & M.P. School. He graduated from the Jorhat Institute of Science & Technology before pursuing his masters from the Jyoti Chitraban Film and Television Institute in Guwahati. He joined the FMx studio in 2002, where he currently works as the senior re-recording mixer. His first project was as an assistant sound mixer in Tighmanshu Dhulia’s “Haasil” (2003), starring Jimmy Shergill and Irrfan Khan.

Debasish Mishra is a Bollywood sound designer known for his work in over 38 movies. He has been nominated for Best Sound Design and Star Guild Nominee for his exemplary work. The movie ‘Chalo America; by director Piyush Jha launched his career back in 1999. Since then, he has worked with exceptional directors and cast.

Yusuf Shaikh has worked in several roles during his career which include roles of both a producer and a consultant. Shaikh has done his schooling from Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan High School. He has  graduated in commerce from Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics, Mumbai.

He is an Indian actor who works for the Hindi film Industry. He worked in movies like Dil pe mat le yar (2002) and Hum Phir Na Milenge Kabhi (2009). He was well known for his versatile acting. He worked predominantly in Bollywood and his reappearance in the movie Game Over (2017) that was a hit in theatres.

Vikram Sahu is an Indian actor and director. He works in both television and film industry. He started his career with the Hindi film ‘Hare Kaanch Ki Choodiyan’, which released in the year 1967.

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