Hindi Movie Review The Hangman - Cast & Crew

Smita Jaykar is a well known actress in Indian cinema that is prominently seen playing supportive roles. She was born and brought up in a Maharashtrian family and her native is Thakurdwar in Mumbai. She is married to Mohan Jaykar who is the son of respectful advocate Mr. Jaykak. She is famous for her renowned roles in several Marathi daily soaps and Bollywood movies. She started her career in 1995. She has done several Bollywood movies that make a long list in her notable career.

She was also appraised for her performance in a daily soap Yahaaan Main Ghar Ghar Kheli which was aired on Zee TV. She played the role of Abha’s (main lead) Mother aka Thakurain Chandra Prabh. The story revolved around a father daughter relation who believed in ethics and also where against woman who earn. The character of Smita Jaykar was about an understanding wife cum mother who does the upbringing of her children in a well and supportive manner. She was recently seen in a movie Sonali Cable which released in the year 2014. She played the antagonist role of mother of the main lead Ali Fazal in the Movie.

Anita Kanwar is an Indian film and television actress who earned her popularity after she successfully portrayed the role of Lajoji, the wife of Master Haveliram (played by Alok Nath) in the television series, Buniyaad which was aired on DD National in year 1986.

Anita usually acted in school and she was in college when she saw an adaptation of Ibrahim Alkazi’s Look Back in Anger. It was then when she realized what she wanted to be, an actress. She attended and graduated from the National School of Drama and trained under the popular, Mr. Ibrahim Alkazi himself in 1978. She never thought of doing any television shows or act in the big screen since all she wanted to do was to act in theater. Until she realized that she also need to survive life and theater won’t provide her needs. She moved to Mumbai but initially, she struggled so much and had no work for quite too long, until she was cast in Buniyaad. But after this, there was no work for her again and she was typecast for her character in Buniyaad. That’s when she decided to leave Mumbai and lived in Delhi.

She also acted in 1985 Hindi autobiographical film, Janam by Mahesh Bhatt. She played as Rekha in Mira Nair’s ‘Salaam Bombay!’ and bagged the role of Rekha in 1988, where she earned nomination at for Best Supporting Actress at the Filmfare Award. Later, she has done a tomboy character in the Hindi film, Thodasa Roomani Ho Jaayen. Prior to this, the actress started acting in the 1982 Hindi film, Aadharshila, followed with a list of film to her credit including the film, Spandan in 1982, Mandi in 1983, Trikaal in 1985 where she acted as Sylvia, the hysterical mother of Anna (played by Sushma Prakash), Mati Manas, Sheela and Amrit in 1986 and Shyam Benegal’s Susman in 1987. She was also seen in the 1987 film, Dacait. In 1988, she was starred as Phoolkumari in the Indian Postmodernist film, Om-Dar-Ba-Dar and later bagged a role in Tumare Share before she donned the film, ‘Salaam Bombay!’ She was also seen in the 1989 art film, Ek Din Achanak which stars Shreeram Lagoo and Shabana Azmi. She also did the films, Bandook Dahej Ke Seeney Par  in 1989, A Woman in 1990 and she was featured in Amol Palekar’s Thodasa Roomani Ho Jaayen in the same year.

After Buniyaad, Anita also acted in the television serial, Pukar. It was her last performance in the screen before she took a six-year hiatus from the industry. When she returned, she was starred on another crime-based serial entitled, Saboot where she bagged the role of Inspector KC, a CBI Officer. Later, she acted in the television serial, Shanti as Indu Singh.

Nazneen Ghaani is a Hindi TV and film actress who shot to fame with few serials and films in her career. She is a young and talented actress who also has appeared in 150 advertisements in her long career. Hence the actress is the well-known face for appearing in advertisements such as 'Cadbury' and 'Big Bazaar' advertisements. After making her appearance in TV commercial advertisement, she got a chance to show her skill of acting for TV show such as 'Kya Mast Hai Life ' which was produced by Disney channel India. She got popular by the character of Ragini Juneja in the TV serial 'Kya Mast Hai Life'.

Amrita Bedi is an Indian film actress, popular amongst the regional audience for her work in movies like The Hangman (2005), Ram Milaayi Jodi (2010), etc. Mostly known for her predominant involvement in Bollywood movies, Hindi TV shows, daily soaps, and advertisements, Amrita has often been praised by the viewers and critics for her spontaneity and facial expressions as an actress. A passionate acting enthusiast since her childhood, Amrita made her first notable contribution on the silver screen with the Bollywood film The Hangman (2005), directed by Vishal Bhandari, starring renowned actors like Om Puri, Gulshan Grover, and Tom Alter. Five years later, she featured in Ram Milaayi Jodi (2010). 

Vishal Bhandari is an Indian filmmaker who has been mainly associated with Bollywood. The Hangman, Mr. Romeo etc. are some of his notable films. 

Bipin Patel is a film producer who works for the Indian film industry. Apart from working for this industry, he also manages speedy mart food stores as its president and chief executive officer and the chain of convenience stores based in New Jersey and also the gas stations in the tri-state area. Besides being a film producer, chief executive officer, and president, he is also the Indus American bank’s chairman.

Om Rajesh Puri is one of the widely noted senior actors in the Indian film industry and he was born on 18th October 1950 in Patiala, Punjab. He is one of the few Bollywood actors to act in mainstream commercial English movies. The alumnus of National School of Drama was also a classmate of renowned actor Naseeruddin Shah of the 1973 class.

He started his movie career in 1976 with the Marathi film ‘Ghashiram Kotwal’ directed by K.Hariharan. The movie was based on a play with the same name and it got success both commercially and critically. His career graph saw the coming of critically acclaimed art films such as ‘Bhavni Bhavai’, ‘Sadgati’, ‘Ardh Satya’ etc. and he was one of the major stars to do art films at that time along with well-known actors like Naseeruddin Shah, and Shabana Azmi. His reputation sky rocketed with his unconventional roles in many films during the 80s such as ‘Aakrosh’ and ‘Disco dancer’. Puri became famous for his versatility and personality, and went on to act in films in many domestic and foreign industries. Be it Hollywood blockbusters like ‘Gandhi’ or ‘Charlie Wilson’s War’ or regional hits like ‘A.K. 47’, Puri left a unique zeal on every role he did.

If he was known for his personality and his unconventional roles in the movies, he proved the world that he could handle any kind of role with an envious ease with the TV series ‘Kakkaji Kaheen’ and ‘Sutradhaar’ where he did comedy characters. He was honoured by the government of India with Padma Shri award and he also received ‘Order of The British Empire’. He is currently working for the movie ‘Chapekar Brothers’ in which he will be playing Bal Gangadhar Tilak.

Those who follow Bollywood movies are accustomed to the character ‘Iqbal,’ which follows the story of a mute and deaf, rookie Indian bowler’s attempt to achieve recognition, and be one of the prestigious XI, that represent the country in cricket. The character, which goes by the same name of Iqbal, was portrayed by none other than Shreyas Talpade, who is an Indian actor. Shreyas is a Mumbaikar, who pursued his schooling from Shree Ram Welfare Society. The inception of his career began with Marathi television serials, and numerous stage plays across the state. Shreyas was famous for his role in the Marathi soap opera, Aabhal Maaya. In the year 1997, he pocketed a crucial role as a child actor in the Zee TV produced television serial “Woh.” Talpade played the role of a young Ashutosh Gowarikar. He is also ostentatious for his roles in the mini soap operas produced by Adhikari Brothers, and his role as “Tejas,” in the Damini. The character of Tejas, transformed Talpade, into a well-known Marathi household name. Shreyas began his movie venture with cameos in Nidaan, Raghu More, and Aankhen. He pocketed a major role in the Marathi horror-comedy, “Pachadlela.” The movie catapulted Talpade’s career, and he managed to attract the attention of various directors in the Marathi film industry. In 2005, he auditioned for the role of a deaf and mute, young cricket aspirant in Nagesh Kukunoor’s film titled “Iqbal.” Talpade reportedly stated that he honestly didn’t expect to grab the lead role in Kukunoor’s venture. The movie was a huge hit at the box office, and Shreyas was also nominated for a Filmfare Award in the Debut category.

Gulshan Kumar is Bollywood’s most sought-after villain who did over 400 films in his career till date. He was born on September 21, 1955. He is one of the actors who made a switch from Bollywood to Hollywood.

Tom Alter is a multifaceted acting personality who has showcased his acting skills in television, Hindi movies and in theaters. Tom Alter was born on Jun22, 1950 in Mussourie, Uttarakhand, India to a family of Christian missionary ancestry and has been awarded with Padmashree award by the Govt. of India in the year 2008. Tom Alter started his acting career with theatres in the year 1976 and till date considers the Late superstar Rajesh Khanna as his idol and inspiration to take up the acting profession.  In his personal life, Tom Alter is married with two children, a son Jamie and daughter Afshaan. Tom Alter is a bright graduate from the prestigious FTII, Pune (Film and Television Institute of India).  Before taking up acting as a profession Tom Alter used to teach in a school in Mussoorie.  Tom Alter appeared in many notable and popular Hindi television serials. Among them, Junoon- a revenge romantic drama and Zaban Samhalke – a comedy show are worth of special mention. In the latter Tom Alter essayed the role of a British writer who is very keen about Indian languages and Indian culture and wants to learn the national language Hindi.  Tom Alter till today is very much involved in theatres and loves to work in them and considers acting in theaters as stressbusters. Among his notable Hondo movie appearances the movies like- Kranti, Shatranj Ke Khiladi, Bheja fry, Rang Rasiya, Veer Zara, Aashiqui, Parinda, Gandhi, etc are mention worthy.