Hindi Movie Review Wedding Pullav - Cast & Crew

Anu Ranjan is a producer who was born on 10th October 1960. She was born in New Delhi while she had been brought up in various cities as Shimla, Kolkata, and Los Angeles. Apart from being the producer, she is also the television veteran for three decades, philanthropist and educationist.

Born to Anu and Shashi in Mumbai, Anushka Ranjan is a well-known personality in the TV industry. Her father set up the Indian Television Academy. After completing schooling, she joined Subhash Ghai’s Acting Academy program in acting and Roshan Taneja’s school. She also received formal training in Kathak. Anushka Ranjan walked over some of the ramps including the one at Lakme Fashion Week. She is said to be very fashion conscious, and her sense of style has received appreciation by many fashion experts. Regarding style, she consults her younger sister Akansha Ranjan, who is her best critic and a best friend too. She follows her mother, Anu Ranjan’s footsteps and recently organized a special program and lunch for the women achievers to celebrate the glory of womanhood in India since 15 years. This program lays stress on “BETI” movement to increase awareness about female foeticide and acid attack victims.

Upasana Singh was born on June 29, 1975 and was married to actor Neeraj Bharadwaj in 2009, while they were doing the Aye Dil-e-Nadaan serial. Upasana comes from a middle-class family. She studied in a government school in Punjab, India and graduated in the Punjab Technical University.

She is a good actress and a stand-up comedian. Upasana’s debut film was the Rajasthani language film’, Bai Chali Sasariye. After that, she started acting in various regional films and was recognized in the Punjabi, Gujarati and in Hindi film industry. Upasana was also seen doing various supporting roles in films like, Jawani Zindabad, Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon, Old is Good, Hungama, Loafer, My Friend Ganesha and more. Upasana was also popular in doing comic roles for TV and movies and performed in well-known series like Ye Meri Life Hai, Pari Hoon Main, Ishq Da Kalma, Sonpari and Raja Ki Aayegi Baraat. She became popular on her performance as a deaf and dumb in Judaai; a 1997 Indian Bollywood film. She got her massive break in 1999 for doing the blockbuster film, Sarfarosh. Followers appreciated her performance in the 'God Tussi Great Ho' movie and the 'Golmaal Returns'.

At present, she is part of the TV series, Comedy Nights with Kapil, playing the role as the paternal aunt. She was called Pinky/Bua in the show and her dialogue, “Bittu, Kaun hai ye aadmi?” received so much popularity among audience as well as her character in this show. She has a remarkable sense of humor and her talking style is amazing. She received an award for her character in Bani – Ishq Da Kalma in Golden Petal Awards.

Kitu Gidwani is a model and an actress from India. She was born on October 22, 1967 at Mumbai, India from a Sindhi household who moved to Pakistan after the India’s Partition. They reside in a refugee camp located in Worli in Mumbai. Kitu made her schooling at the Fort Convent School, Mumbai. During her post graduation in college, she became interested in French language and she started to perform in French plays. Later, she also performed in English plays under the direction of Janak Toprani. Then she made her way to the television industry and acted in 1987 French movie, Black where she appeared as a Brazilian native. 

Kitu doesn’t have any formal training in acting. But she has an amazing collection to her credit. She was into theatre, television and film. Theatre became her training ground and she got the chance to work with brilliant artists like Vikram Kapadia. Kitu was never married and she promised that she will never settle down due to the danger of quest on what she calls, the Duende; a hunt for harmony with various supernatural characteristics of the living and the nature. 

Kitu was debuted as a television actress in the 1984 serial, Trishna. Some of her remarkable performances in television from 80’s to 90’s are Air Hostess, Junoon and Swabhimaan. She was recognized by many audiences after doing an intimate kissing scene with her Junoon’s co-star, Raj Zutshi. Aside from the shows Swabhimaan and Junnon, she is also doing the serials Yeh Kahan Aa Gaye Hum and Saahil. Then she was seen in the Hindi serials, Kaashish and Kulvadhu. 

She started her venture in the big screen in the 1992 film, Rukhmavati Ki Haveli. She also essayed the role of Pallavi, a promising classical singer who fights to bring her voice back when she loses her mother who is also her mentor in the Hindi film, Dance of the Wind in 1997. Her character gained her the Best Actress Award in the Three Continents Festival in Nantes, France. She played as Lajma in Karvaan (Shadows in the Dark) in 1997. Lajma is a middle-aged woman who resides in Pakistan. Then she did small roles in the romantic film, Student of the Year in 2012, Dhobi Ghat in 2011 and Fashion in 2008. She was also bagged in to play the role of a traditional Parsi woman in the play, Sock ‘Em With Honey. 

Kitu also did films like Holi in 1984, Janam and Wisdom Tree in 1985, The Khajuraho and Rukmavati Ki Haveli in 1991, Tehkikaat in 1994, Shaktimaan and Earth in 1998, Abhay and Happily ever After in 2001 and many more.

Gopal Shah is a Bollywood cinematographer who is known for movies including Bhaag Mika Bhaag, Veer, Chamku, Victory, Heroes etc. He was also an additional photographer for some movies.

Actor and director Shashi Ranjan has many movies to his credit. Debuting with ‘Prem Geet’ as an actor in 1981, he started his journey in the cinema industry. His interest in acting and theater was from his youth days, and the inclination was evident. Having the talent that is needed to survive in this industry, he decided to direct movies and he did so with ‘Siyasat’, in 1992. After this film, there followed a couple of movies like ‘Dobara’, ‘Mungilal Rocks’, and so on.

Karan is known for his work in Saarrthi and Yahan Main Ghar Ghar Kheli.

Rishi Kapoor is an actor born in the prominent Kapoor family who has a long history of Hindi cinema where members of the family had careers as actors, producers or directors. Rishi Kapoor was born to veteran actor and filmmaker Raj Kapoor and Krishna Kapoor on September 4, 1952, in Mumbai. Born with a silver spoon, it was not a difficult task for him to make a debut in films. Raj Kapoor gave him a chance to play a teenager, who was caught on the thin line of boyhood and adulthood in the movie Mera Naam Joker. The film fell flat in the box office, and Raj Kapoor was in massive financial loss. 

Binod Pradhan was born in Darjeeling, West Bengal. He is a Cinematographer by profession and has worked in both Indian and Nepali movies. He has the citizenship of both the countries. His father H.K. Pradhan owned a photo studio. He gave Binod his first box camera and he was fascinated with it. Binod used to capture black and white pictures and used to color them later using water colors. Soon, his father caught him and was amazed at his work. He displayed his work outside the studio. Seeing his interest, he soon rolled up working in the studio and later he started managing his father’s studio. Binod wanted to sharpen his talent, but this could never be possible in Darjeeling since there is no proper institute to train him.

Diganth is one of the sizzling male model-turned-actors, who will melt your heart. He is the chocolate hero in Sandalwood, and his cute expression and dialogue delivery had always impressed the teenage girls very much. His soft look and youthful mannerism has made girls’ meltdown their hearts. He is one of the hunky sandalwood actors, who got his start in the industry as a model! He made his acting debut in Miss California in 2006. Born to Mr. Krishnamurthy, a professor, and Mallika Krishnamurthy, who are his father and mother, Diganth joined the film industry in 2006.