Hindi Tv Serial Kumkum Bhagya - Cast & Crew

Disha Parmar is an Indian actress who works on Indian television. She was born on 11 November 1992. She is well known for her notable role of Pankhuri in a soap opera of Star Plus ‘Pyaar Ka Dard Hai Meetha Meetha Pyaara Pyaara.’

Disha Parmar has started her career by modeling for several commercial ads and print ads. She has the privilege to visit many countries for her modeling before starting acting as Pankhuri in Pyaar Ka Dard hai. She gave a break to her studies as, during her studies, she has received the super offer by Rajshree productions for the show. It was her debut role in this serial. She had no plans to leave her studies in between and work for Pyaar ka Dard hai. She just gave an audition and was selected for the lead role in the serial. It is her famous pairing with Nakuul Mehta, which is being liked and praised by all. She also has the honor to win the Indian Telly Awards for the Fresh New Face (Female), and in 2013 she also won the Naya Sadasya category in Star Parivaar Awards. Besides, in 2013 at Big Star Entertainment, she also received the Entertainer of the Year award.

Swati Anand can adjust herself to any character she is given to play. In some TV arrangement she assumed a negative role, in some she was among the loving and caring ones, while in some she assumed part of a comic. According to her, she never wanted to label herself in the industry with only few specific roles. She always likes to challenge her acting ability and in an interview she said, “I don’t call that person an actor, if he/she can't play different types of characters.”

Swati is part of the TV Industry for a long time, for few episodes she was casted in a crime based TV serial CID, aired on Sony entertainment television. She was also being casted in other popular TV serials such as, Kasamh Se (January 16, 2006 – March 12, 2009), Pavitra Rishta (2009-present), and last but not the least Madhubala — Ek Ishq Ek Junoon (28 May 2012 – 9 August 2014); in Madhubala she played a comic role for the first time in her life, and it turned out to be a great pleasure for her when she saw herself blend quite well with the character.

Viewing motion pictures, voyaging, and perusing are the things she jumps at the chance to do in her extra time. Being a film aficionado, she tends to keep herself updated with all the new motion pictures discharged. She additionally likes to listen to Indian tunes. She has read many novels, as it is a hobby she got from her mother, who liked to read a lot. Seema's most loved novel is "Bazaar-e-Husn" composed by Premchand.

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Swati Anand is an Indian television actress who has appeared in many shows. She appeared on CID in the year 1998. She was seen on Zee TVs Kasamh Se (2006-2009) in the role of Rashi Ranbir Bali. She acted in Zee TV’s Pavirtaa Rishta (2009-2014) as Manjusha Vinod Karanjkar. She was also seen in the show Sindoor Tere Naam Ka (2005-2007). She portrayed the role of Leelawati Sharma in Color TV’s Madhubala – Ek Ishq Ek Junoon (2012-2014).  Zee’s Kumkum Bhagya had her cast opposite Anurag Sharma. 

Supriya Shukla is well known as Supriya Riana, born in India. She is an Indian television as well as Bollywood actress. She is identified for her role in Tere Liye.

The actress is well known for her chirpy smile both in on screen as well as off screen. The show Sanskaar – Dharohar Apno was telecasted in Colors TV and the role Rameela Vaishnav was played by Supriya Shukla, who had a big chirpy smile on her face throughout the show. Her biggest asset is life is her husband and her child. It has been 18 years of marriage and she is very happy in her married life. She has been married to Haril Shukla. She is the proud mother of Jhanak Shukla, who is also a child actress from the hit Hindi movie Kal Ho Na Ho.

Her current project is KumKum Bhagya by Balaji Telefilms which is being telecasted in Zee TV. Her character in the show is Sarla Arora, the mother of the lead Pragya. In the recent press meet she asserted “KumKum Bhagya is very close to her heart and she has become part and involved deeply in the serial”.

Supriya Shukla has acted in all types of roles including negative roles, serious roles and sporting mother character as well.

In the entertainment world, we have seen many mother-daughter or son-father duos in the same field. Though they may not work together but still share the same profession. Here we have one such pair who has shared the same entertainment platform, i.e. Supriya Shukla and Jhanak Shukla.

Born on 7 February 1986, Shikha Singh hails from Chandigarh. She is an Economics graduate from MCM College. In the year 2006, she became "Miss Chandigarh".

In the year 2007, she relocated to Mumbai. Here in Mumbai, she unintentionally started her acting career. She never longed herself to become a performing artist. She demonstrated her ability in the introduction serial "Meri Doli tere Angana". She has packed away the solid and challenging parts of Amba the dacoit, in the popular Colors TV’s show "Na Aana Is Des Laado". Few people do know the fact that besides acting, Shikha loves writing, dancing and has got a natural flair for cooing also. She was one of the performing artists of the Chandigarh's Theater Group. She has likewise appeared in a couple of music videos and has done various photo shoots for her serials. Her enthusiasm over cooking forced her to participate in the show "Kitchen Champion" aired on Colors TV.

She has additionally showed up in a couple of movies. Her enchanting role in the serial "Meri Doli Tere Angana" opened the door for her next serial titled "Left right Left" aired on Sab TV. She played the part of Cadet Akriti Bhatt in the show. At present she is assuming the part of Alia Mehra in the serial Kumkum Bhagya. Aliya is Abhi’s sister in the show. She is a young lady with a presumptuous mindset. Belonging to a rich family, she doesn’t like poor people. The wonderful performer Shikha has played the part of Meghna Singhania in the serial the Sasural Simar Ka. Her role was effective and solid, much the same as her part in "Na Aana Is Des Laado". Recently, she was seen assuming the role of Shikhandi in the show Mahabharat aired on Star Plus.

Samiksha Bhatnagar is a popular model and Indian television actress from Dehradun. She made it into the Indian television by a series of modelling projects and ended up with a show on Sony Entertainment Television’s “Kya Huaa Tera Vaada” in which she did a cameo. The show was a story of a young couple with three children and their struggle with life.

Samiksha was also chosen for a negative role in Sahara One’s show “Niyati”. The show was based on the struggle of Niyati- the lead with life. She also played the role of a cop in Star Plus’ crime-based show “Arjun”.

Samiksha’s career went uphill when she got signed for two big shows. In these two shows, she has been given pivotal roles.  Baal Veer in the channel SAB TV in 2008. It is a fantasy based show. Samiksha plays the role of one of the nine fairies, shown in the serial. Her character’s name is Vijdhar Par who has the power of bijli and protects people from evil intentions.

Star Plus’s Veera is the other show which brought her to the mainstream. She plays the role of Gurmeet. Her character is a very positive woman who is devoted to her husband and his family. Samiksha says, “It is because this was for the first time that I got to play a Punjabi role.”

Samiksha has also done a film called “Apne Ghayal Indian” in 2012. She plays the lead role in this movie. Her character starts as a twenty two year old lady who later on becomes a politician and helps people. The film was released in Nagpur and other smaller places.

Samiksha has her focus on the small screen as she has landed up with two major roles in the most fabled channels of the Indian television.

Pratyusha Banerjee was a gorgeous Indian actress. She was born on August 10, 1991 at Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India. She was grown up in a traditional Bengali family. She was also a trained classical dancer and a good singer. Pratyusha haddone her first stage show entitled, Kalidas when she was 17-years old. She also acted in the play, Aashad Ka Ek Dinn. She had also done small modeling jobs in Kolkata before she bagged a role in Balika Vadhu. She stated that she never really thought that she’d become an actress, until she was given a chance to essay the role of older Anandi after a five year leap in BalikaVadhu. She wanted to become a model at first but her height became an issue.

Mouni was born on 28th September 1985 in Cooch Behar, West Bengal, India. Her father Anil Roy was the office Superintendent and her mother teaches in school. Her acting talent got from her grandfather Shekhar Chandra Roy, a well known theatre Artist. She completed her schooling from “Kendriya Vidyalaya” in Baburhat, Cooch Behar and graduated from the college “Miranda House” in Delhi. She also studied Mass Communication at “Jamia Millia Islamia University”. During her college days being a Kathak Dancer, she turns into a choreographer. She is an excellent dancer.

She put her legs in the small screen with the famous television drama “Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi” aired on Star Plus. Her character was Krishna Tulsi. She then signed another famous serial named “Devo Ke Dev …Maha Dev” where is played the role of Sati. The story of most a powerful God “Lord Shiva”. She gets recognition by the show. Later she worked in many dances and television dramas like Kasturi, Dance Pe Chance Reality show Tolly vs Bolly, Tyohaar Dhamaaka, aired on 9x Channel and also Pati Patni aur Woh with Gaurav Chopra. She also worked in a Punjabi movie named “Hero Hitler in Love” as a Sahiban. She was participated in most celebrated show “Jhalak Dikhla Jaa” Season 7. She was last seen in television drama “Junoon –aisi Nafrat to Kaisa Ishq” a different kind of love story aired on Life OK.
 

Madhurima Tuli is an Indian actress as well as a South Indian Actress. She debuted in a Telugu movie Saththaa with Sai Kiran. She also worked as a model for various advertisements which includes Fiama Di Wills, Karbonn Mobiles and Godrej. She was born on august 19th,1985 in Dehradun. She began her career in Hindi serials with the role of Tanu in ‘Kasturi’. She took acting seriously and went to learn acting at Kishore Namit Kapoor Acting School.

She was raised in a beautiful family where her dad worked in Tata Steel and mother worked in the NGO. She has a younger brother. Her actual career began in 2008 when she gained a lot of offers. She played the role of Satya in Homam which was an Indian thriller. Thereafter, she worked in a movie named Toss as Sherry. She got two serials after this movie on Zee TV Channel – Shree and Jhansi Ki Rani. One of her remarkable role was of Khushi in Rang badalti Odhni.

Currently, she is working as a lead Rukmini in serial Kaalo and it won the best cinematography award and best feature film award in South African Halloween Horror Festival held in Cape Town. She is fearless as she took part in colors channel Khatron K Khiladi along with Dino Morea. She debuted in Bollywood with the movie ‘Kya Karein Ya Naa Karen’ as nisha. Later she worked in Cigarette Ki Tarah and an English short film – ‘Lethal’. Her other works include 3D film Warning, NImbe HUli. Also, she worked in the movie ‘Mariacha’ of which Kannada and Tamil remake were made.

Madhu Raja is a very senior actress. She started working as an officer with Doordarshan and after her retirement from the Government job, she started acting . She is a very well known actress in Delhi and presently lives in Mumbai.

She appeared in Balajee Telelfilms serial Bade Achche Lagte Hain in the role of Krishnaji, the real mother of male protagonist Ram Kapoor. Her performance in the serial was highly appreciated as a mother and also a very considerate mother-in-law and the character was loved by all. She said in one of her interviews that the role was just like her and very much suited to her own personality and probably that was one of the reasons of her great performance.

She was again seen as Dadiji in Balajee Telefilm's serial Kumkum Bhagya where she acts as grand mother to two female protagonists Sriti and Mrunal. This character has also been loved by all and Dadiji has become a known name in the households due to her excellent performance.

She is more than 70 years old. She was married to Rabindranath Raja. She also has two daughters. One of her daughters, Tarana Raja  is also a very famous actress of Indian television.

Apart from acting, her other hobbies are reading, poetry writing, film music and story telling. She is also a Radio Jockey for Community radio in Pali Hill.

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Madhu Raja is an Indian actress, and she is extremely senior also. Her nickname is Madhu. She came up on the Balaji Telefilms serial, Bade Achhe Lagte Hain. At present, she is well-known for her famous character Dadiji on Kumkum Bhagya. She is newly introduced in Bade Achhe Lagte Hain as Krishna or actual mother of Ram Kapoor. People know her as Krishnaji. She is the choice of everybody because of her acting and execution. Kumkum Bhagya comes on Zee TV and Bade Achhe Lagte Hain on Sony TV.

The spouse of Madhu Raja is Rabindranath Raja. She had a daughter Tarana Raja, who is also an actor and dancer. She is an actress, Radio Jockey, and Bollywood artist. She was also co-act with her mother in her serials. She is a young and beautiful artist that is appreciable. Madhu is a decent and elegant mother and woman. Bade Achhe Lagte Hain is a Hindi television soap opera which was telecasted on 30 May 2011 in Sony Entertainment Channel. It is produced by famous producer Ekta Kapoor.

Karishma Tanna is an Indian Television actress born on December 21st 1983 in Mumbai. She did many commercial ads for Nirma, LifeBuoy, Stayfree and many others. She graduated from Sydenham college. From the beginning she had interest in acting. After completing her studies she started her acting career from Ekta Kapoor’s most popular drama of Indian Television Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi in which she played the role of Indu Virani. Her character of Indu received much appreciation because of its innocence and naughtiness.

After Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, she did many TV serials also like Sahara TV’s Kahin to Milenge, Star Plus’s Shararat, Sony TV’s Kkusum, Zee TV’s Paalkhi, Sony TV’s koi Dil Mein Hai, Star one’s Virasat and Star plus’s Pyar Ke Do Naam ek Radha ek Shyam.

She also took a part in Sony TV’s popular show Kaante ki Takkar/ Comedy circus with her Co-partner Khayali. After that she again did many TV serials like Mansha, Jaane pehchane Se Ye Ajnabee, Ek Ladki Anjani Si and Adalat. She participated in Imagine TV’s show Zor Ka Jhatka: Total Wipeout as a contestant. She flaunted her dancing skills in Star Plus’s popular dancing show Nach Baliye with her partner Yartharth Agnihotri.

She started her Bollywood career in 2005 with Dosti: Friends Forever. She also did a Kannada movie I am sorry Mathe Banni Preethson in 2011. In 2013 she starred in Indra Kumar’s comedy movie Grand Masti which was a major hit. The movie was a sequel of Masti. It is rumoured that she is dating Hanif Hilal who is a dancer and model. Her upcoming movie is Tina and Lolo directed by Devang Dholakia which also stars Sunny Leone.

Nia Sharma is a renowned Indian television and film actress. She was born as Neha Sharma on September 17, 1991, in Delhi, India. Initially, she wanted to be a broadcaster, and so she studied Mass Communication and Journalism at Jagan Institute of Management Studies (JIMS) in Rohini, Delhi. Her father died at a very early age, and she maintained a close relationship with her mother.

Ekta Kapoor; a legendry producer in Indian TV and film industry was born on 7 June 1975 in India. She is basically the creative director and Joint Managing Director of her production company Balaji Telefilms. She is the daughter of Shobha Kapoor and actor Jeetendra. Tusshar Kapoor, his brother is also working in Bollywood movies. She completed her early studies from Bombay Scottish School Mahim and went to college Mithibai.

Ms. Kapoor has produced many wonderful soap opera, unforgettable movies and long remembered tv series. Kasturi, Kabhii sautan Kabhi Sahelii, Hum Paanch, Kasautii Zindagii Ki, Kahiin to Hoga, Miya Fauj mein Biwi Mauj Mein, Kkavyanjali, Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, Kkusum, Kitani Mohabbat Hai, Kutumb, Tere Liye, Bandini, Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil, Zindagi Kay Sapno Ka and Kya Hua Tera Vaada are some of her most likeable soap operas. Presently, she is working on Bade Achhe Lagte Hain, Pavitra Bandha, Pavitra Rishta and Ye Hai Mohabbatein.

Ekta began her Bollywood career as producer in 2001 started with Kyo Kii Main Jhuth Nahi Bolta and Kucch to hai. Her one of the very famous movie Krishna Cottage broke many records and still remains most favorite. She is also known by her block buster movies Once Upon a time in Mumbai, Dirty Picture, Shootout at Wadala, Once Upon a time in Mumbai dobara, Eik Villan, C Kkompany and Ek Thi Daayan.
 

Sayantani Ghosh is a popular TV/film actress, dancer, and singer, and is famous for her roles in Naaginn, Adaalat, and Mahabharat. Born on 6th September 1987, she was brought up in Calcutta, West Bengal and earned a degree in English Literature. She is in a long term relationship with Bharat Kaul and is popularly known as the Bipasha Basu of Indian television.

She won the Miss Calcutta pageant which launched her career. She acted in Bengali movies like Raju Uncle, Swapnoo, Nayak - The Real Hero, and Sangharsha, before debuting on the small screen as Antara Wadhwa on Kumkum. 

She won the lead roles of Kakul Choudhary in Ghar Ek Sapna, aired on Sahara One; Amrita on Zee TV’s Naaginn – Waadon Ki Agnipariksha; and Pratibha on Life OK’s Meri Maa. She also played prosecutor Pranali Gujral on Sony TV’s courtroom drama, Adaalat, and had roles in Star TV’s Sabki Laadli Beboo and Sony TV’s Crime Patrol. She proved her versatility by playing a comedy role in Comedy Circus 2, and also delighted the audience and judges alike while contesting the reality dance shows, Ek Se Badhkar Ek on Zee TV and Nach Baliye Season 6 on Star Plus. She featured as a naagin in Mrs. Kaushik Ki Paanch Bahuyein. 

She was one of the contestants on Big Boss Season 6, the celebrity reality show on Colours. She had a special appearance in the film Himmatwala, and has acted in the Bengali movie, Chaap – The Pressure. This talented actress currently plays Satyavati in Star Plus’s Mythological drama, Mahabharat.

Aafreen Dabestani is a talented TV actress from the Bollywood television and film industry. She studied at Carmel School, Kuwait, and graduated in Science and Hotel Management from the Institute of Hotel Management, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. She is an actress at the Taneja School of Acting in Mumbai. Her parents are Nasir Dabestani. Her nickname is Aafi Cherrybomb.

Aishwarya Khare is an Indian Model and TV Actress. She has completed her secondary education from St. Theresa Senior Secondary Girls School, Bhopal. She took training from Javed Khan’s Popular, Academy of Acting and Modeling, situated in Bhopal. Her Debut television Serial was Yeh Shaadi Hai Ya Sauda which aired in 2014.

Drashti Dhami is a Bollywood model and television actress who acts in many television serials. She was born on January 10, 1985, and brought up in an orthodox Gujarati household in Bombay. She is widely known for her energy on the screen and the liveliness she brings to the shows she plays. She finished her studies at Mary Immaculate Girl’s High School in Mumbai and went on to complete an Arts Degree Major in Sociology at Mithibai College.

Hiba Nawab is an Indian film and TV actress. She was born on 13 May 1991. She appeared in the serials like Saath Phere- Saloni Ka Safar, Lo Ho Gai Pooja Iss Ghar Ki and Shhh Phir Koi Hai.

In 2005, she appeared in Saath Phere as Manno. The character Manno is the best friend of the leading actress of the show Saloni Singh.

Manno is always there to help her best friend in all possible ways she can have. The role of Saloni Singh was done by the actress Rajshree Thakur. The show was telecast on Zee TV from 2005 to 2009. It was created by Sphere Creations and directed by Rakesh Sarang. Theme song of Saath Phere was sung by Shreya Ghoshal. The main story of the show is about a dark complexion girl. How she proves her identity? The dubbed version of the show is now telecast in Sri Lanka, UAE and other African and European countries. Saath Phere received several awards at Sansui Awards, Indian Telly Awards and Zee Utsav TV Awards.

Hiba Nawab also a part of Shhh Koi Hai. It was a horror and thriller show aired on Star Plus. Hiba played different roles in more than 25 episodes of the serial. In one of the role she can be seen in the costume of a Ghost. She also was a part of Season 2 and Season 3 for first few episodes. The producer of the show was Abhimanyu Singh and directed by Kaushik Ghantak. Season 2 and Season 3 was telecast on Star One channel.

Leena Jumani is a model and an actress on Indian Television. She was born on July 16, 1989 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. She is a famous Hindi Television actress and played different role for lots of Hindi TV serials as well as Bollywood films.

She made her debut in the serial Bandini, and there she played the character of Khemi, a poor family girl of a village. After that serial, she again gave her appearances in the show Koi Aane Ko Hai for the character of Suhasi. She also gave guest appearances in two different serials. The names of these serials are Tujh Sang Preet Lagai Sajna and Aahat. She also worked in Tere Liye.

As a lead role actress, Leena first appeared in the character Pakhi in the serials Ganga Kii Dheej. This serial was broadcasted on November 15, 2010 on Sahara One TV. Leena has worked with co-star Kabir Bedi, Ashwini Kalsekar, Saurabh Pandey and Nandini Singh.

In Chhoti Si Zindagi, Leena played the character of Ira. This serial was aired on ZEE TV on April 4, 2011. This serial was produced by J.D. Majethia and all the scene were shot in Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh. She also worked in Punar Vivah, Piya Ka Ghar Pyaara Lage and Amita Ka Amit.

After successful launch in Hindi Television, Leena got the chance to work in Bollywood film Himmatwala. The film was an action comedy which was directed by Sajid Khan and jointly produced by UTV Motion Pictures and Vashu Bhagnani. In this film Leena played the character of Padma. The film was released on 29 March 2013 in the banner of UTV Motion Pictures.

Her second film was Sathiyo Chalyo Khodaldham, a Gujarati drama film directed by Samir Jagot. It was produced by Mihir Patel and released in 11 July 2014. Leena played the character of Arushi Patel in this film.

Mrunal Thakur is a television and film actress who is popular for bagging the role of Sakshi in the action crime television series, Har Yug Mein Ayega Ek Arjun on STAR Plus. She was born on August 1, 1992 at Nagpur, India. Mrunal was brought up in Mumbai. She studied at KC College in South Mumbai and took up journalism before landing into the field of acting. She came from an orthodox family so she had a hard time convincing her parents and uncles to enter the television industry. She started when she was just 15 years old through a Marathi documentary drama.

When she was studying in college, a friend adviced her to audition and she got the lead character role as Gauri Bhonsle Gaikwad in Hemant Devdhar soap, Mujhse Kuchh Kehti… Yeh Khamoshiyaan, opposite with Siddharth Kapoor (played by Mohit Sehgal). Gauri was raised in London and she went missing after returning to India. This serial ended after few months but she said that her experiences were really amazing and she learned so much from her co-stars like the proper intonation, how to deal with people and how to become professional and some life lessons too.

Besides acting, she also did the Hindi play Do Fool Chaar Mali together with Barun Sobti under the direction of Manoj Verma. Recently, she played the role of Bulbul Arora, sister of Pragya Abhishek Prem Mehra (played by Sriti Jha) in the drama serial, Kumkum Bhagya on Zee TV which was directed by Ekta Kapoor. 

She also appeared in the silver screen through the film Rangkami in year 2013. She was also given a spot in the romantic comedy film, Jab We Met in 2007 by Shahid and Kareena Kapoor. Mrunal was also roped in to do a role in a Marathi film, Hello Nandan by Shashi-Sumeet Mittal. She played the role of Ruby, Nandan’s another love interest. Later, she did a pivotal role as Sandhya in the Marathi film, Viti Dandu which was directed by Ganesh Kadam. This year, in another Marathi film, she bagged the role of Dr. Swapna Bhosale in Surajya under the direction of Santosh Manjrekar

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Mrunal likes to enter the Bigg Boss house when given a chance. She was known for her beauty and her beguiling smile that can melt a stone. She is also waiting for a better opportunity to come her way either in television or films.

Mrunal also acted in various films such as “Super 30,” “Batla House,” “Ghost Stories,” “Toofan,” “Dhamaka,” “Jersey,” “Sita Ramam,” “Jahaan,” “Selfiee,” “Gumraah,” “Lust Stories,” Season 2, “Aankh Micholi,” “Pippa.” She was also appeared in a Web series “Made in Heaven,” Season 2. She also appeared in music videos such as “Gallan Goriya,” and “Aise Na Chhoro.” Mrunal also received many awards, such as “Rising Star From Indian Television to Films,” “Most Promising Newcomer- Female,” “Most Stylish Rising Star (Female),” “Most Stylish Game Changer,” “Diversity in Cinema Award,” “Best Actress Critics- Telugu,” “Best Female Debut- Telugu,” “Best Actress in a Short Film.” 

Neetu Wadhwa is a Punjabi actress and is well known among Hindi serial viewers through a number of serials she has performed in different characters. She hails from Chandigarh and has been educated in Delhi. She was interested in acting since her childhood days and during her education in Delhi also she performed in theatres and plays. 

She was noticed in the Zee TV serial Mamta during 2006-09 when she relocated to Mumbai and her role though small attracted the attention of viewers. Mamta was produced by Shobhna Desai Productions and was directed by Vijay Verma and Apoorva Acharya. It was based on the eternal theme of motherhood and the case of surrogate mother and became quite popular during its telecast due to freshness of its storyline. Then came Raja Ki Aayegi baraat where again she performed in a small but effective role and won the hearts of the viewers. The serial was produced by Rashmi Sharma for Sunrise Telefilms and was directed by Taraknath Maurya and others. The storyline dealt with the progress of a girl from the servant of a palace to becoming the queen there. Shew as again seen in Laagi Tujhse Lagan on Colors channel again in a small but challenging role and won the accolades from the audiences. 

After that she started making serious attempts for an entry in Bollywood films which is generally the ultimate goal of many of the serial artists. She refused a role in Chennai Express of Shahrukh Khan as it was too small.

She is embarrass by a mole on her left lip just like legendary star Rekha and tries to cover it up with make up layers. She has an extra toe on her left foot which she considers as her lucky charm.

Known for her beautiful looks & even beautiful acting this Delhi based actress is most applauded for her role in Maryada: Lekin Kab Tak? She loves dancing & that’s the reason why she first entered in the TV industry through dancing. She was an integral part of Shiamak Dawar Dance Institute.

Irrespective of being a dancer & a good actor, her first job in the TV industry was of a co-producer on a bollywood news channel. But acting finally got hold on her when she was cast in Jhoome Jiiya Re. She also did a challenging in Laagi Tujhse Lagan, but it was her role in Maryada that took her many leaps forward. Having featured in many TV soaps, she was also a part of Dance Realty show Nach Baliye, where she did exceptionally well & had to leave the show because of her partner’s injury.

She is the sister of another talented actor Akshay Dogra & is married to Raqesh Vashisth, who also is a very popular TV & Indian film actor. Her personal life is going well but an awkward statement by her husband saying that they don’t  have babies of her own because they are workaholics & they don’t have time for it. Whatever be the reason for that statement, but this statement has raised the eyebrows of millions of TV soap lovers out there.

Serials & Movies: She first featured in Jhoome Jiiya Re & later seen in many TV soaps namely, Seven, Rishta.com, Laagi Tujhse Lagan, Savitri & a few more.

This is about the incredible journey of a girl who belonged to a small city & then shifted to many big cities, fought with her time & atlast fulfilled her dream of becoming an actress. She was born in Darbhanga, Bihar. She did her schooling from Kolkata & Nepal. Then she went to Delhi for higher studies & graduated from Delhi University.

There she joined the drama societies & trained herself to be a good actor. She did so good that she bagged the Best Actor Award in Delhi University. Then she went to Mumbai & she got her big break in Dhoom Machaao Dhoom. This show introduced her as an actor convincingly. Before of her talent got featured in many famous shows like Jiya Jale, Rakt Sambhand & many more. Now she is working in famous TV soap Kumkum Bhagya & show is doing exceptionally well.

She has traditional looks with potential to do any kind of roles. In her career she has played a variety of roles which makes her a valuable asset for producers & directors. She has been approached by Bollywood producers & we should not be surprised if we see her in a Bollywood sooner or later. Serials & Movies: She started her career with Dhoom Machaao Dhoom & later featured in many shows namely Jyoti, Shaurya Aur Suhani, Rakt Bandhan, Balika Vadhu & a few more. She is very popular for her role in Kumkum Bhagya.

Navina Bole is a television actress and has done a couple of roles in different serials, of which the most popular one is Miley Jab Hum Tum, in which she plays the role of Diya Bhushan. This show was a youth program that had a large number of youngsters as the audience. The show started in September, 2008 and continued till November, 2010, with the completion of some five hundred and twenty seven episodes. It was aired on Star One Channel. The show was about college students and the mischiefs that they are upto; it can be rated as both comedy as well as a romantic drama. Navina plays the role of a rich spoilt brat here, having a condescending attitude for people who come from small towns. She also manages to put the protagonist of the show, Gunjan, in trouble a couple of times because she had the same love interest as hers.

Bobby Khanna is a Bollywood film and television actor, who is most remembered for his role in Mansoor Khan’s sports drama, Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar, released in 1992. The film became a superhit at the box office, and went on to win the Filmfare Award for the Best Film and Best Editing. The film also got remade into various regional languages.

Neil is a young actor from a small city, Nagpur. Neil is born and brought up in Nagpur. He went to SFS in his school years and Hislop College for his graduation in commerce. He hails from a common family, but he realised his love and passion for music at a young age.

Dilip Raj is a popular TV actor who is referred as the poster boy of Kannada television. The actor nursed his acting ambition from his college days started off as a dancer and choreographer. The actor soon got involved with amateur theatre groups like Dhristhi and Nataranga. His theater stint led from one thing to another and he soon landed a role on TV serial Kambada Mane. This was his debut role. Noticed for his good looks and acting skills Dilip then was offered Janani.

Nikhil Arya is one of the popular faces of Indian television and has been part of a number of well known shows. He began his career in the TV industry in the year 2004 when he essayed a negative character named Rudra in Ekta Kapoor’s Kesar. His portrayal was appreciated by the audience and Nikhil became a known face. Since then, he has acted in many other Indian TV serials including Kasturi that aired on Star Plus and was a love fable about Robbie and Kasturi. Rabba Ishq Na Hove also featured him. The story was based on a love triangle. Tere Liye and Chhoona Hai Aasman are also among his good works. The former is a story based on the sacrifices in love and the later is a story revolving around six Indian air force officers. His role has been appreciated in both these serials as well.

In the 2013 version of mythological TV series Mahabharat, Arya essayed the role of Hindu god Lord Indra. Most recently, he was roped in for a negative role by director Ekta Kapoor for her new show Yeh Dil Sun Raha Hai. The show is currently running on new television channel Sony Pal.

Nikhil Arya has also made guest appearances in shows like Uttaran and Encounter. In the former, he was seen as a no nonsense cop while in the latter, he played the role of real life cop and encounter specialist Vijay Salaskar in one of the episodes. Nikhil is one of the finest actors in Indian television and has been proving it time and again by pulling off difficult roles with ease.

Faisal Rashid, aged about 30 and 5’ 9” tall is an Indian Television actor who is well-known for his acting skills. His debut television serial was “Upanishad Ganga” on Doordarshan in 2012. He is very glad that he plays different characters in the show. He is a very dedicated actor. He used to read Upanishads for the sake of acting in the serial. Upanishad Ganga is an Indian Television drama series based on the message in the Upanishads directed by Chadraprakash Dwivedi. It is to his credit that he spoke in Hindi even though he does not know Hindi. The serial mostly dealt with the ideal thinking and empowerment provided by the Vedic society of India. He was also seen in the serial Rishta.com on Sony TV. Actor Faisal Rashid has graduated from the reputed Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune. 

He then started his career in theatre in the year 2005 with the veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah. He has been part of several plays of Motley’s Productions which includes Antigone, The Caine Mutiny Court Martial and By George. He was seen in the films like Raavan, My Friend Pinto and others. He is awaiting the release of his two upcoming films Mohalla Assi and Sonali Cable. Talented theatre personality Faisal Rashid is currently (2014) seen in Ekta Kapoor’s serial Kumkum Bhagya on Zee TV, which revolves around a women-centric family. He is an excellent actor playing the pivotal role in the show.

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Anang Desai was born on May 4, 1953 at Ahmedabad. He is married to ‘Chitra Desai’, who is a lawyer and has two sons. He went to ‘National School of Drama’, Delhi to hone his acting skills and graduated in 1978. He then, for the next 8 years, remained connected to institute’s Theater Company.
He started his acting career with his debut appearance in the Oscar winning Hollywood movie, ‘Gandhi’. The movie was released in 1982, wherein he performed the role of ‘J.B Kriplani’. Since then, he had acted in around 85 Bollywood movies. He has performed almost all types of characters in his 3 decades of Bollywood career.
He has also been working for TV industry since 1987, when he appeared in the political TV series, ‘Raj Se Swaraj’. The next year, he did a few episodes of all time hit Tele series, ‘Bharat Ek Khoj’ as ‘Raja Ram Mohan Roy’ and as ‘Ibrahim Lodi’. This historical drama was aired during 1988, on Doordharshan or DD National, as it is currently known as. In his illustratious career, he had worked with top Indian directors including Shyam Benegal, Subhash Ghai, Mahesh Bhatt and Satish Kaushik among others. He has acted in more than eighty TV-shows so far. The last year, he was seen in a Psychological thriller ‘Main Naa Bhoolungi’ as ‘Mahanto Jagannath’. The serial has been aired from Dec 2013 and recently been concluded during the month of Aug 2014 on Sony TV. Currently he is busy in doing a TV sitcom, titled, ‘Chandrakant Chiplunkar Seedi Bambawala’ where in he is performing the role of ‘Hasubai Mehta’. The show has started on 18th Aug 2014 and is running on SAB TV.
He won two Star Pariwar awards for the role of ‘Tulsidas Parekh’ aka ‘Babuji’ in the TV sitcom, ‘Khichdi’. The serial was broadcasted from 2002 to 2004 on Star Plus. The second season was named as ‘Instant Khichdi’ wherein he again donned the role of ‘Tulsidas Parekh’ but this time the TV series was broadcasted on Star One (a sister channel of Star Plus) from 2005 to 2006. This was followed by the movie with the same name, ‘Khichdi: The Movie’ which was released during Oct 2010 and rated as average. In the movie, he again performed the role of ‘Tulsidas Parekh’ aka ‘Babuji’.

A famous Model as well as Hindi TV serial Actor, Amit Dhawan has done few small roles in movies like Durai, Modhivillyadu, Vaada, Chattam, he has also advertised products and brands like TVC, Thumps Up, Chevrolet, Maruti Alto, Jeevanparash, Vodafone, Indica Hair Color, Lauret Bath Tub, Knockout Beer, Sharon Ply.

Delhi boy Ankit Mohan, born on 1990 and and brought up in Chandni Chowk Ankit Mohan is basically a model turned actor who arrived to limelight for participating within the reality show Roadies 4. He also earned a lot of respect and appreciated by TV audience for his role of Ashwathama in “Mahabharat”. Ankit is a trained dancer.
He love reading novels and including singing too. He is doing many commercials. Ankit Mohan also appeared in many Hindi TV serials like, “Shobha Somnathi Ki”, “Ghar Aja Pardesi” and “Basera”. make his debut with Pankaj Kapoor's "Mausam".
 He is confident and fears no competition. Ankit says that he don't follow anyone in Bollywood as his dad always says that if you want to live, live to leave a  long lasting impression. He added, "If I try and copy someone, I will lose myself. The acting talent of many actors like Pankaj Kapoor, Hrithik Roshan and Amitabh Bachchan gives me a encouragement, but that's about it",  Ankit also said"I am very much of a health freak so sometimes I go for a long walk with a bag loaded with bricks”. Ankit’s first movie "Mausam" has Pankaj's son Shahid Kapoor in the lead role and Sonam Kapoor plays his lady love. The film also features Supriya Pathak, Anupam Kher and Aditi Sharma. He played the role of an air force officer “Ashfaq Hussain”, a good friend of Shahid kapoor in the movie”.

Shabbir Ahluwalia is an Indian television and film actor, host, and producer. Born on 10th August 1979 in Mumbai, he studied at St. Xavier’s High School and the University of Maryland.

He began his acting career by debuting in Hip Hip Hurray. This was followed by his roles as Aniket in Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, Shashank in Kahin To Milenge, and Soumil Dixit in Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii, where he steadily built a name for himself. However, he’s most famous for portraying Rishi Garewal in the hit soap opera Kahiin To Hoga, and Milind Mishra in Kayamath. He also appeared on Kya Hadsaa Kya Haqeeqat, Kyaa Hoga Nimmo Kaa, as Vansh in KKavyanjali, as Sandeep Sikand in Kasamh Se, as Omi in Kasautii Zindagii Kay, and as Dutta Bhau in Laagi Tujhse Lagan. He currently plays the lead role of Abhishek Mehra opposite Sriti Jha in Zee TV’s drama serial Kumkum Bhagya, which is loosely based on Sense and Sensibility, a novel by Jane Austen.

He has hosted many shows such as Nach Baliye seasons 1 and 2, Dancing Queen, Meethi Churi No. 1, and Guinness World Record Ab India Todega. He also participated in Dhamaal Express and Fear Factor – Khatron Ke Khiladi Level 3, which he went on to win.

He made his big screen debut in Shootout at Lokhandwala (2007) and also featured in Mission Istaanbul (2008), before becoming a producer of running Flying Turtles, his production company.

He works out a lot and plays badminton and squash. In November 2011, he married Kanchi Kaul, and the couple is rumored to be expecting their first child. He says he would love to have a daughter. He finds anchoring as challenging as acting and thoroughly enjoys doing both. He claims that he is a very hard actor to please.

Anurag Sharma is an Indian television actor. He was 26 years old and his first show which has been titled as Chauda Phere aired on DD National.  He is known for acting under the role of Satish Deshpande in Zee TV's show Pavitra Rishta. Pavithra Rishta is an Indian soap opera that aired on Zee TV from 2009-2011. Its initial concept was an adaptation from south Indian Tamil serial Thirumathi selvam.

Arjit Taneja born in Delhi, India is known for his appearance in Channel V’s The Serial.

Pearl V Puri is a famous Indian Television Actor and an Anchor. Pearl was born on 10th July 1989 in Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh. Pearl was raised in Agra, Uttar Pradesh. His father didn’t want him to become an actor, but Pearl decided to go against his father wishes. His father has cut all his relations with his son through his mother supports him a lot. He also did an acting course from Anupam Kher’s Actor Prepares. Pearl started his acting career in the year 2011 with a Hindi Television series named Dil Ki Nazar Se Khoobsurat. His biggest success on Indian Television was the show Phir Bhi Na Maane Badtameez Dil in the year 2014, where he played the lead role of Abeer Malhotra. The show was broadcasted on Star TV and Hotstar. The show was produced by Saurabh Tiwary.

Shaan Kakkar is a popular TV and movie actor. He is well versed in Hindi, Urdu, Haryanvi, Punjabi and English. He is a diploma holder in acting. He did his acting course at 5 Elements Theatre Group from 2012 to 2014. Shaan played a gangster in “Officer,” a Telugu film directed by Ram Gopal Varma in 2018. The film has Akkineni Nagarjuna in the lead role. Although Shaan’s screen presence is minimal in this film, he is well-recognized. He made his first appearance on TV in 2015 with the serial Pyaar Ko Johann. Shaan played a businessman in the serial. He also played an Inspector of Police in the multilingual hit series, “Nagin” Season 1. He is also popular for the cop role in Meri Aashiqui Tumse Hi. He also played a supporting role in the serial Sasural Simar Ka on Colors TV alongside Dipika Kakkar, Shoaib Ibrahim, Avika Gor and Varun Sharma.