Hindi Movie Review Alif - Cast & Crew

Neelima Azeem is a classical dancer and an actress who was born on 2nd December,1959. The famous heartthrob, Shahid Kapoor is her son. She learnt the classical dance style of Khattak from Birju Maharaj. Both her parents were journalists who worked for a Russian (then USSR) magazine publication “Sputnik” where they translated from Urdu to Russian. She was married to ‘Pankaj Kapoor’ but, separated due to the lack of companionship in 1984.She then tied the knot with Rajesh Khattar but, broke the marriage due to alcoholism and financial troubles. She had a son, ‘Shehzad Ishaan Khattar’, with him. She is now married to ‘Ustad Raza Ali Khan’ whom she met at the age of 45(2003).She started out as a solo Khattak dancer at the age of 15, while she was still a student under Birju Maharaj and started her acting career at 20. She was offered roles in Hindi movies like “Umrao Jaan” and “Utsav” which she declined. She feels that the role of ‘Shehnaaz’ which she played in the TV serial “Phir Wohi Talash” brought her great fame back in the day. She debuted in the Hindi movie “Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro”(Don’t Cry For Salim, the Lame) which was released on 29thMay,1989. She played the role of Chanda in the movie “Sadak” in the year 1991 which had similarities to ‘Martin Scorsese’s’ “Taxi Driver”. She acted in various other Hindi movies like “Nagin Aur Lutera” with Rajesh Khattar which was released in 1992, “KarmYoddha” directed by ‘Dayal Nihalani’ which was released in 1992, “DIl Apna Preet Parai” directed by ‘Kishore’ which was released in 1993, “Aaja Re O Sajna” a sci-fi movie with Rajesh Khattar which was released in 1994, “Zamaana Deewana” which was released in 1995, “Chhota Sa Ghar” which was released in 1996, ”Hahakaar” which was released in 1996, “Itihaas” which was released in 1997, “KaalaMandir” which was released in 2000, “IshqVishk” which was released in 2003(This was Shahid Kapoor’s first silver screen appearance), “Just Married” which was released in 2007 and “Yaari Mere Yaar Ki” which was released in 2008. She stated in an interview that she felt burnt out and stagnant after some point and felt that acting was deteriorating. She acted in Hindi TV serials like “Zameen Aasmaan” and “Amrapali” as well. She made a guest appearance in the famous Hindi TV show “Aek Chabhi Hai Padoss Mein” is which she played the role of ‘Devyani’ and called this her full-fledged comeback.She is now getting ready to get her son, Shahid, married to Mira Rajput on the 10th June 2015. The marriage is set to take place in Greece.

Zaigham Imam, an Indian filmmaker and author, is popularly known for his movie Dozakh - In Search of Heaven. He is a writer of immense knowledge, skills and talent who has written two novels, which has garnered both critical as well as public praise and reviews.

Pawan Tiwari is not only an actor, but he is also the producer having a very strong political background. His main focus of work has been the TV shows. While doing acting, he became the producer as well and the first movie, which he produced, was Dozakh In Search of Heaven. He named his production company as Jalsa Pictures and this was the first movie, which he produced. Pawan Tiwari was born in Basti, which is now called as Siddarth Nagar and it is the part of province UP. His initial schooling was from the Saint Joseph School in Basti and later on he went to Delhi University for graduation. He also got a diploma in fashion designing from an institute IIFT in Delhi. He had properly learned acting from a school in Delhi, by the name of NSD. After that, he moved to theatres and then, he entered the mainstream of professional acting on TV.

Pawan has not restricted to a single channel. Instead, he worked in different shows which were aired on different channels. His famous shows were Kismat Connection, Haunted Nights, Do Dil Ek Jan and Piya ka Ghar Pyara Lage. He also worked in a few movies like Pranali and the one he produced himself as mentioned before. He is not only a very good actor, but he has also proved himself to be a dedicated producer with the aim of producing quality stuff for media. He also vows to make and execute certain plans of this kind.

Prakash Jha, a director, film producer and screenwriter, was born on 27th of February 1952. ‘Prakash Jha Productions’ is his production venture. Hailing from Bihar, Prakash Jha went on to study B.Sc Honors in Ramjas College. Eventually he stopped studies and came to Mumbai, wanting to be a painter. As he was preparing for entrance exam for a course in painting, Prakash Jha watched the movie Dharma, and thus developed a passion for film making. The year 1973 saw him joining the Film And Television Institute of India, Pune, in order to study editing. But unfortunately the studio was shut down and thus Prakash returned to Mumbai and earned his living. Initially Prakash Jha was working on documentaries. 

His documentary, 'Face After Storm' received the 'Best Non Feature Film National Award'. Prakash’s debut commercial film, Hip Hip Hurray was released in 1984. This film was written by Gulzar and had Deepti Naval starring in it. Then came Damul in the same year and its stupendous success made Prakash a filmmaker to reckon with. The film gained both the National Award and Filmfare Award. His flick Parinati was released during the year 1986. This film had the talented Nandita Das amongst others sharing screen space. The year 2010 saw Prakash directing the political thriller Rajneeti. The film took up the story of Mahabharat in today’s world. Ranbir Kapoor, Nana Patekar, Katrina Kaif, Arjun Rampal, Ajay Devgan, Nasureedin Shah and Manoj Bajpai acted in this film. Then Aarakshan was released which had Amitabh Bachchan, Deepika Padukone and Saif Ali Khan sharing screen space. 

During 2012 Prakash’s film Chakravyuh, starring Abhay Deol, Kabir Bedi and Arjun Rampal, amongst others was released. Prakash Jha also had a brief stint in politics but it didn’t work out. He is greatly involved in social activism; he is committed to a NGO named Anubhooti. Prakash Jha also did quite some TV serials. On his personal front, Prakash Jha was wedded to Deepti Naval but later divorced. This couple had adopted a girl.

Muhammad Saud is a very talented and popular child actor. He has worked in many TV shows and movies as a child artist. He appeared in shows like Kumkum Bhagya and Rudra Ke Rakshak. He was a part of the movie ‘Azhar’ with lead actors ‎Emraan Hashmi‎, ‎Prachi Desai, ‎Nargis Fakri, and Lara Dutta. He was a lead actor in the movie ‘Alif,’ which was narrated by actress Jaya Bachchan.

Aditya Om was born on 5th October, 1975 and he is a Telugu Movie Actor. He has done many famous Telugu movies. His age is 41 yrs. and his star sign is Scorpio. He had many different roles in many movies and the audience likes and appreciates his performances. He has done different roles and proved himself as a versatile actor. He had contributed a lot to the industry. He has done the movie ‘Who Killed Rajiv’ and his performance was really good in that movie. He has also done the movie ‘Operation Green Hunt’ and the movie got released on 16th October 2015. The genre of the film was drama this was again a really good effort by Aditya Om. He has played his role in the movie really well. The director of the movie is Bharath Parepalli and he did the direction part well and made the movie what it is. The Producer of the film is Noorabdul Rahman Khan.

Early Life

Aman Pant is a musician and playback singer, who has worked mainly in the Hindi film industry. He started his career as one of the music directors in the movie, Gandhi to Hitler in 2013.

Ishaan Kaurav is an Indian child artist. He worked for the Hindi film industry. He is a very talented child artist known for his work in the movie Alif. On 3^rd February 2017, the movie hit the theatres, and it was a drama film. Zaigham Imam was the director of the movie with some famous cast as Neelima Azim, Pawan Tiwari, Bhavna Paani, and many other celebrities. The film is an award-winning movie narrated by Jaya Bachchan. The film is based on the ambition of a father to make his son, a doctor. The film premiered at Indian International Film Festival, which held in Queensland, Australia in November. The film also received the Best Screenplay and Best Child Artist Award.  

Sumit Mishra is an art director predominantly working in the Hindi Television and Film Industry. He hails from Mumbai. Sumit has completed his Bachelor of Design(B.Des) degree from Aditya School of Design. After graduation, he was searching for opportunities in television shows and movies.Sumit debuted as an art director in the 2006 drama “Ahista Ahista.”He was praised for its realistic and authentic set designs.