Tamil Movie Review Padmaavat - Cast & Crew

Shobha Sant is an Indian Film producer who has predominantly worked in Hindi Film Industry and is the CEO of Bhansali Productions. She was born in Pune, Maharashtra, India in a middle-class family. Her father was a govt. teacher and her mother was a house-wife. She completed her schooling from her hometown. While she was in her school, she used to be among the toppers of the class. She used to participate in inter-school level science conferences. She developed a love for reading when she was just a kid. She used to read novels during her free time. Apart from studies, she was also into extracurricular activities as well. Shobha Sant also was the part of her school’s drama club and eco club. She used to take part in all events very enthusiastically.

Shreya Ghoshal, one of the most famous singers in Bollywood today, was born on March 12th, 1984, in Berhampore, West Bengal. Her father Biswajit Ghoshal is an electrical engineer and mother Sharmistha Ghoshal is a postgraduate in literature. She started singing since the age of 4 when her mother taught her. She started her formal training in Hindustani classical Gharana of music when she was only six years old. She was trained for 18 months after which she continued her training in Mumbai with Late Mukta Bhideji. She completed her graduation in Arts with majors in English. Her first on-stage performance was at their club’s annual function. Her first studio album was in Bengali in 19998 and was named Bendhechhi Beena, and her first onscreen performance was in Awaz Nayi Andaaz Wohi. In 1995, she became the winner of All India Light Vocal Music Competition. Her fame and career began with her winning a television singing reality show named Sa Re Ga Ma Pa.

Casting Directors in Bollywood were a new concept couple of years ago. But now, every production house has space to accommodate the Casting Directors. And these Directors have assistants for themselves to help them carry out the hustling task of going through hundreds of profiles. Shruti Mahajan, a Jaipur bred Casting Director is relatively new to this arena. Shruti has around two and a half years invested in the industry and has already been applauded for her work by many. 
It was Sameer Sharma who was convinced that Shruti needed to be in the Bollywood industry somehow and saw something in her. He later gave her first Yash Raj opportunity in YRF itself as an Assistant Casting Director. Shruti had a contract of one year with YRF and had already got the taste of Bollywood, and her knack to cast the spot on faces grew tremendously. Married to Cinematographer Sachin Krishn, Shruti turned a new leaf and got acquainted with the eat-breathe-live cinema lifestyle. She successfully holds her own Casting agency today. 
From Jaipur to Mumbai, being a Casting Director was not something that was planned and executed for this young woman. Shruti reckons the times where she was expected to be like any other girl- to have a degree and a morning till evening job at a big MNC. She did, however, did her part of getting a degree (MBA) and was working for an MNC until Bollywood came calling. 
This light-hearted woman shares her working experience with big names like Sanjay Leela Bhansali. She has the credit of three films for Bhansali Productions so far, and unquestionably it has enriched her experience in the field. Ramleela, Mary Com, and Baaji Rao Mastaani are the three prominent movies which helped Shruti grow to great heights in her career. BaajiRao Mastaani being Magnum Opus of Bhansali, Shruti considers herself blessed to have gotten the opportunity. She was hesitant in the beginning to work for Bhansali as the level of expectation is always high, but she was able to do a fantastic job with the casting for the film. She believes it is not just about the three protagonists Ranbir, Deepika, and Priyanka but getting each supporting actor for the movie was vital, and it accounts for the wholeness and perfection of the movie. She says it is so very important to have right cast as some directors ask for a perfect actor for a particular role. 
Shruti has around fifteen movies for her long list of successful ventures. In a short time of just two and a half years, Shruti has certainly made a name for herself. Casting Priyanka for Mary Com and Jai Gangajal took a lot of visionary efforts by Shruti. To be able to envision the actor for a certain role, given by the Director, and then going with guts needs experience and moreover needs that kind of talent. Shruti not only depends on a screen test of an actor but depends hugely on her gut feeling and intuition. She says that her intuition works beyond all the auditions and screen tests. 
When asked about working with various directors, Shruti says she loves her job, but it also involves a lot of thought process and understanding a director’s way of thinking. To be able to catch a director’s vision and his/her expectation from the character is a skill to possess and Shruti seems to have got that. She started out with Chkravyuh and Satyagrah with Prakash Jha and went on to cast for his later movie Jai Gangajal. The funny cast of Finding Fanny was her doing, and so was Shamitabh, which obviously has Amitabh Bachan in it and also a new face of Akshara Hassan in it. Her latest installment was Sarbjit which has Aishwarya, Randeep Hooda and Richa Chadda in it, giving a powerhouse performance. 
Addressing issues about the role of Casting Director in a movie, Shruti says that there is only so much you can do as a CD. One can only suggest and find a fresh face and discuss them with the director. She can, up to the maximum influence her opinions about an actor to the Director, the final call is the Director. She ultimately has to respect what a Director needs. Shruti enjoys her work to the fullest and like every other CD, she too wishes to launch fresh faces into the industry as she says it her small way of contributing to the world of Cinema. 

Maxima Basu is a well-known costume designer from Delhi. Maxima is also an Earth lover and a scuba driver. She has worked for various films and has created a wardrobe ranging from majestic clothes to ragged clothes. Her wardrobe selection has intensified the films she was involved in. She has worked simultaneously on three different films at a time. They were: ‘Padmavati’ (Bhansali production), ‘Raabta’ (Maddock production) and ‘Dangal’ (Aamir Khan production).

Preetisheel Singh is a famous make-up artist of the Bollywood industry. Specializing in prosthetic make-up, she gave us proof of her exquisite work in films such as Bajiroa Mastani, Haider, and Brothers. Preetisheel Singh was born and brought up in Pathankot. She did her schooling at the St Joseph’s Convent school and passed with flying colors. Preetisheel then moved to Dalhousie, whereby she studied at the Sacred Heart High college in Dalhousie. Afterward she decided to pursue her undergraduate in Punjab.

Deepika Padukone is an Indian actress and model. She was born on 5th January 1986. Deepika is one of the most famous celebrities. She is working in Bollywood films and won two film fare awards. She is the daughter of the badminton trouper Prakash Padukone. Copenhagen was the birth place of Deepika. She was raised in Bangalore. She frolicked badminton in national level championship in her teenage but later on she switched her career from spots and became a model. In 2006 she did receive some offers for Indian films and did her film debut. In 2007 she did double role in her first Indian bestseller film Om Shanti Om. In the same year she won the film fare award for best female debut. In 2009 she performed in an Indian film Love Aaj Kal and in 2010 she acted in a drama Lafangey Parindey. Her performance in Bachna Ae Haseeno in 2008 and Housefull in 2010 got negative reviews.

In 2012 her performance in the super hit movie Cocktail was turning point of her career and she won many awards in different ceremonies and she was nominated as the best actress. After that she acted in many super hit films of Bollywood such as Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani in 2013, Chennai Express which is also released in 2013 and Happy New Year in 2014. She won film fare in 2013 for the performance and lovely acting in Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela. Deepika Padukone also did many stage shows as well. She has also inscribed posts for Indian newspapers. She is a prominent celebrity and brand ambassador for many brands and products.

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As her title may be suggesting, Aditi the talented and versatile actress origins from Hyderabad. But her introduction should not end up just there. On the side of performing arts, she is a trained classical dancer, specializing in Bharata natyam, while in respect of family lineage she comes from the confluence of two distinct blue blooded families of the South - that of Akbar Hydari former Prime Minister of Hyderabad on one hand and from the Wanaparthy royal family on the other. Her family also had a distinctly accomplished educational background and she herself also did complete her graduation before entry into films.

Anupriya Goenka is an Indian film and television actress and a known commercial model. She was born in Lucknow and moved to Mumbai to pursue her acting career. Before moving to Mumbai, she studied at Delhi’s Gyan Bharati School and later attended Bhagat Singh College. She was a Commerce graduate and the face behind the UPA’s Bharat Nirman campaign in 2013.

Padmavati Rao was born in India. She is an Indian film actress. Rao preferably works for the Hindi film industry. She has been worked preferably for the Kannada film industry. He made her first appearance in the film screen in the year 1981. She was featured in the movie Geetha in the year 1981, which became a great hit in the theatres and all the viewers have a lot of fun watching the cinema.

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Born on 24th February 1963, Sanjay Leela Bhansali is an acclaimed Indian multi-faceted personality; he is a producer, director, screenwriter, and music director. He studied at the Film and Television Institution of India. The middle name Leela is from the name of Bhansali’s mother, Leela.

Ajit Andhare was born on July 11 and he is the very honourable CEO at Viacom 18 Motion Pictures. He is an Entrepreneur, Business Leader and Chief Operating Officer at our very own Viacom 18 Motion Pictures. Ajit has completed his education from National Institute of Engineering Rourkela and he joined School of Business. Before he joined Viacom 18, he has worked in HUL & BBLIL, Hindustan Lever, Brook Bond and Lipton and has done a great job everywhere.

Sudhanshu Vats is the Deputy Managing Director at Pidilite Industries Limited. He has a profession of 30 years throughout the FMCG and Media sectors with a significant record of business growth and creating long-term value for all stakeholders of the company and the employees. Sudhanshu attended NIT Kurukshetra for B. Tech and later did post-graduation in management from IIM, Ahmadabad. Before joining Pidilite, Sudhanshu Vats was the Managing Director and CEO at EPL Limited, where he articulated the strategy of "Leading the Pack" with Sustainability at its core and well-defined five Must Win Battles will assist EPL in keeping its robust run in the years ahead.

Arvinder Gill is an Indian line producer who has experience working at Bhansali Productions Private Limited, one of the most renowned production houses in Bollywood which has produced many epic Bollywood movies over the years. He is a Delhi University alumnus and holds a bachelor’s degree in Fine/Studio Arts, General. He has worked with the Ramesh Sippy Entertainment as a Production Manager from 2012 to 2013.

If you want to work with a director who has the highest level of professionalism while being down to earth, then Raghav Khanna is the guy for you. After completing his graduation in mass media, Raghav worked as a trainee in NDTV productions as an assistant camera person. After some years, he built up his career smoothly, and soon enough, in 2013, Raghav became the producer and director of Dreamcatchers Films. Then Raghav got a job as a content writer for some reputed companies. Raghav always wanted to own a production house that would feature films that struck a chord in each one’s mind and soul. So, Horse Shoe Media was co-founded by Raghav, which also happened to be an NGO agency. In 2016, Raghav was offered the role of an executive producer in the notable Bollywood historical film, Padmaavat. For the next year, Raghav worked as a senior executive producer for the National Geographic Channel. Presently, he is working as a producer and writer for Netflix. Anyone who has worked with Raghav would certify him as the most hardworking and a real gentleman on Earth. He knows what is perfectly required for his clients and never compromises on the project’s vision.

Chetan Deolekar or Deolekar Chetan Bhalchandra is an Indian Film Producer active in the Hindi Film Industry. He was born on 26 April 1979. He completed his education at the University of Bombay with a Bachelor of Commerce in 2000. He has been working with Bhansali Films Private Limited since 2005. He has worked as an Associate Producer for popular Bollywood Films – Padmavat (2018) and Bajirao Mastani (2015). Before this, he worked as an Executive Producer for several popular Films like Gabbar is Back (2015), Mary Kom (2014), Goliyoki Rass Leela “Ram Leela” (2013), Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi (2012), Rowdy Rathore (2012) and Guzaarish (2010). Chetan also has experience working as a Chief Production Accountant for Films like My Friend Pinto (2010), Saawariya (2007), and Black (2005).

Prakash Kapadia is a renowned screenwriter in Bollywood and has been in this field for years. He is one of the most busy artists in Bollywood and has given dialogues for some of the best performers of Bollywood. His dialogues in the movies are widely appreciated and many of his given works have been hellishly famous in the past decade. Movies like Bajirao Mastai and Padmavat are endowed with his dialogues.he is also believed to be a close associate and related to one of the favorites of Bollywood directors panel- Sanjay Leela Bhansali and evidently worked in most of his films. There are also many stories written by him. 

Sudeep Chatterjee is a well-known cinematographer in Bollywood. He was the man behind the camera for movies such as ‘Chak De! India’, ‘Iqbal’, ‘Dhoom 3’ and ‘Bajirao Mastani’. Sudeep was born in the city of Kolkata in West Bengal. In his childhood, Sudeep always wanted to express and visualize art. His desire to visualize made him try a hand at painting but it didn’t work out for him. Later when he was in the 10th grade, Sudeep’s father gave him a camera as a gift.

Sanchit Balhara is a background music composer who works in the Indian Hindi film industry. He is popular and is widely acclaimed for his works in the films bajirao mastani and padmaavat. Sanchit was born on 1st October 1988 in Rohtak in Haryana to Mr. Bal Singh balhara and Mrs. Mukta Choudhary.

A.M. Turaz is a renowned lyricist in the Indian Film Industry. He is also a scriptwriter of movies and television, director and poet. He has given numerous hits to Bollywood. His work captures a unique blend of Hindi and Urdu languages. He also pens down ghazals and mushaira. The lyricist most acknowledged works include lyrics for 'Ghoomar-Ghoomar’, ‘Kabhi Jo Badal Barse', 'Udi', 'Aayat', 'Aaj Ibaadat'.

Shivam Pathak is a singer-songwriter and composer from India.  He competed in the fifth season of Indian Idol, placing him in the top 5. With the release of "Sukoon Mila" and "Ek Dil Ek Jaan" in 2017, Pathak gained a lot of notoriety. Pathak is from Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur (Kheri) (Lucknow). To enroll in a hardware and networking school, he relocated to Mumbai in 2008. He had a fantastic voice, so a friend advised him to try his hand at music reality programs while looking for a career after graduation. He was one of the Top-chosen finalists on Indian Idol 5, but he could not advance to the final three. He spent two years studying music with Suresh Wadkar.

Swaroop Khan is a playback singer born on 7th August 1991 in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. Swaroop turned popular after participating in the reality singing show “Indian Idol Season 5.” The show's judges were Anu Malik, Sunidhi Chauhan, and Salim Merchant. Hussain Kuwajerwala and Abhijeet Sawant hosted the show. Swaroop could not make it in the finals. But, he earned a good name and fame. He got an opportunity to enter Bollywood with the film The Emotional Atyachar. He sang the title track with Bappi Lahiri, Toolika Das, and Upasona. In 2014, he got the offer to play in the Aamir Khan, Anushka Sharma, and Sushant Singh Rajput starrer, “PK.” He crooned the song, Tharki Chokro, composed by Ajay and Atul. In the same year, he crooned for Hawaa Hawaai, composed by Hitesh Sonik. Partho Gupte, Saqib Saleem, and Pragya Yadav played the lead roles in Hawaa Hawaai. He sang the song Udaari from the film “Filmistaan,” composed by Arijit Datta.

Bishwadeep Chatterjee is an Indian-audio mixer, Sound Designer, and Sound Editor. He has worked on a lot of projects in the Television and Film Industry. He worked in the movie named Madras Café, which brought him the National Film Award for the Best Audiography. In the year 2013, he worked in Bajirao Mastani. In the year 2018, he worked in Uri: The Surgical Strike, and in the year 2018, he worked with the movie named Children Of The Soil.

Nihar Ranjan Samal is the sound designer hailed from Odisha, India. He completed his education from Film and television institute of India, Pune. Nihar is well known for his work in the most controversial film of 2018, PADMAVAT. He also worked for the film BAJIRAO MASTANI (2015) as a sound designer. He is in the list most talented sound designers in Bollywood.

Delhi based film editor and director Akiv Ali was born in 1981. He worked as an editor, director and film actor in his 26 years of career. He entered in Bollywood as a film editor for the film Kaash Aap Hammare Hote on 2003. Akiv also tried acting for film Rog (2005), which is edited by him.

Rajesh Pandey has been a part of the Entertainment Industry for nineteen years now. He has a background in journalism, and throughout his career, he has been a critic for Cinema, Politics, Hospitality, and Sports. He is born and bought up in Mumbai, Maharashtra. He has graduated with the Bachelor’s Degree in Biology, from Baba Raghav Das Inter College. His ultimate goals have always been writing and direction. He is the member of the Indian Film Society, Film Writers Association, and Indian Films and Television Directors Association.

Prasad Vasant Sutar is a famous Indian producer and visual effects supervisor, designer, and coordinator active in the Bollywood film industry. He completed his schooling at Shri Vani Vidya Shala High School and also completed a course in animation and VFX in Mumbai, Maharashtra. He is working in the Hindi and Marathi language entertainment industry. At the start of his career, he started as a CGI Animator and compositor, Prasad Sutar later worked as Visual Effects Supervisor and Digital Artist at CMM Studios for two years in 1997. He joined Maya Entertainment in 2000 as Visual Effects Supervisor and worked there for three years. From 2004 to 2012, he worked at EFX and Pixion. CCL as Visual Effects Supervisor and Director.

Ranveer Singh Bhavnani is an Indian movie actor who had no filmy links to make a Bollywood career. This handsome hunk is a carbon copy of Disney's Tangled Flynn Rider (Hollywood actor). Ranveer Singh is one of our brightest stars who rose to his heights through dedication, hard work, and perseverance. He always had an inclination for performing arts, But this actor needed the luck to launch his film career. Yash Raj films invited the struggling actor to audition for their next film, and Ranveer won the part of lead hero in the surprise 2010 hit ‘Band Baaja Baaraat’.

Shahid Kapoor also identifies as the name Shahid Khattar. He is an Indian movie or film artist or say, actor. He was born in the year 1981, February 25. He is being honoured with the two Awards of Film fare from the four suggested nominations. The boy child of the actors Neelima Azeem and Pankaj Kapur, the junior Kapoor commenced his professional career by acting in some musical videos and commercial videos of television. He started his debut movie by playing the lead role in a romantic and passionate comedy movie, named “IshqVishk” in the year 2003. For the movie “IshqVishk”, Shahid won an Award of Film fare event for best male actor for a debut. Shahid Kapoor pursued it with playing the roles in the minor booming movies like as Fida in the year 2004 and movie Shikhar in the year 2005. Then, he was starring in the greatly booming family entertaining movie, “Vivah” of Sooraj R. Barjatya in the year 2006. Shahid Kapoor received nominations for an event of Film Fare Awards. For the Best Leading Actor for representing a disturbed Entrepreneur in the romantic comedy movie “Jab We Met” of Imtiaz Ali released in the year 2007 and for the role of twin’s brother in the thriller movie “Kaminey” of Vishal Bhardwaj in the year 2009. From the year 2010 to the year 2013, Shahid Kapoor is featured in the sequence for the flops in the box office that directed for his career setback. Then, the action movie “Rajkumar” in the year 2013 is established as his first professional success in the three years. Shahid Kapoor played the role of the Hamlet in significantly highly praised movie “Haider” of Vishal Bhardwaj in the year 2014. For the movie” Haider”, Kapoor won quite a few of Awards that involve the Award of Film fare event for the best Actor. Shahid Kapoor is very fond of bike and cars. Black Range Rover Vogue, white Mercedes-Benz, Jaguar XK RS are one of his favorite collection. He loves to go for a ride on his favouite bike Harley Davidson. During his free time, he prefers reading books and dancing. He is very fond of collecting different types of watches and love travelling. Recently, he got married to a Delhi- based girl Mira Rajput on 6th July 2015.

Jim Sarbh is an India Theater actor, and also a director. He was born on 27th August, 1987. He did one commercial film in the year 2016 called 'Neerja' which was directed by Ram Madhvani and starring famous actress Sonam Kapoor in the major role. He also received a title of Forbes India 30 under 30 in 2015.. Jim Sarbh is a Mumbaikar and born in a Parsi Family. His mother was a renowned physiotherapist, and his father was a master mariner, who later became a Regional Director of P&O of Ports South and Middle East Asia. He then moved to Australia along with his family when he was three, then later came back to Mumbai at the age of eight. He went to school at the American School of Bombay, after which he did his graduation from Emory University in Atlanta in Psychology.

Raza Murad is a famous Indian Bollywood actor who has predominantly appeared in Hindi films and TV serials. He has played several roles in over hundred films as a fatherly figure to a sensitive friend, etc.

Sonu Sood is a famous Indian Cinema actor, model who is famous for portraying Chhedi Singh in the Salman Khan Starrer Dabbang, for which he received the Apsara Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role and IIFA Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role. Besides working in Bollywood movies, He has also acted in Tollywood, Kollywood and Kannada language films. Sood was born on July 30th, 1973. Sood’s father is an entrepreneur and his mother was a professor, he grew up in Nagpur and received his degree in Electrical Engineering. He is from Moga, Punjab, who made his debut as an actor in 1999 with the Tamil film Kallazhagar. His first Bollywood debut was in 2002 in the movie Shaheed-E-Azam where he portrayed the role of Bhagat Singh. The Movie could not hit the screens due to a controversy and it was banned. Sood has also participated in the Mr India pageant and appeared in commercials of Apollo tyres and Airtel. Having won critical acclaim for his work in Tollywood movies, he received the Nandi Award for Best Villain and Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor in Telugu for the role of Pashupathy in the movie Arundhati. Sood has worked in well acclaimed movies like Yuva(2004), Ashiq Banaya Apne(2005), Athadu(2005), Jodha Akbar(2008), Dookudu(2011) and Shootout At Wadala(2013). Sood married his wife Sonali on September 25th, 1996 who hails from Andhra Pradesh and holds a degree in MBA. He also has two sons named Ishant and Aryan. He went to fulfil his childhood dream of becoming an actor, by getting a break as a villain in a Tamil movie for which he had to shave his head. His favorite co-stars to work with are Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwariya Rai Bachchan. He is a teetotaler and a fitness freak who loves to exercise regularly.

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