Hindi Movie Review Article 370 - Cast & Crew

Jyoti Deshpande is a powerful businesswoman who is a producer as well as a distributor in the Bollywood industry. Jyoti was born on 1972 and brought up in Mumbai, India. When she was six months old, she got pneumonia and recovered as soon as possible. One fine day, she was unable to crawl. When the family doctor checked, it was only then her parents got to know that her left leg is affected by Polio. She always remained positive in spite of this. She did her schooling from Seth Chunilal Damodardas Barfiwala High School and was the head girl of the school. Later, she took a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce & Economics and graduated from the famous Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics.

Priyamani is a talented actress of the Southern film industry. She received the prestigious National Award for her role in the Tamil film Paruthiveeran. Before entering into the film industry, Priyamani was doing modeling. 

Born on June 4, 1984 in Bengaluru, Priyamani debuted into the film industry with the film Tamil flick Kangalal Kaidhu Sei. The film was a disaster at the box office and she shifted to Telugu and Malayalam films. Pellaina Kothalo is her debut Telugu film opposite Jagapati Babu. This film gained her the much-needed recognition and it was declared a super hit. She came to Tamil industry with a bang through the flick Paruthiveeran, sharing screen space with Karthi Sivakumar. Satyam was her first Malayalam film, but this film was not well received at the box office. In 2005 she made her screen presence in Balu Mahendra’s flick Adhu Oru Kana Kalam opposite Dhanush. Though this film was appreciated by critics, it bombed at the box office. Priyamani’s performance also received good response. 

Alongside getting the National Award for her stellar performance in Paruthiveeran, Priyamani received State Film Award and South Filmfare Award. She also received an international award for this film. The 2007 Telugu flick Yamadonga was another successful film in her career. During the same year she had another hit in the form of the Tamil film Malaikottai. Thirakkatha is a Malayalam film in which she received critical appreciation. This film also fetched her Filmfare award. 

Thotta, Arumugam, Classmates, Raam are some of the other Malayalam films in which Priyamani acted. The 2010 Malayalam flick Pranchiyettan and the Saint was a roaring success in her career. Maniratnam’s Raavanan, Ram Gopal Verma’s Raktha Charithra were the other films that she acted. Vishnuvardhana, her Kannada flick, was also a superhit. Kannada film Anna Bond of 2012 was a box office success. She worked in another venture in Bollywood (apart from Raavan) by doing an item number in Chennai Express, opposite Shahrukh Khan. 

Priyamani knows many languages including Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Hindi and Kannada. She is the cousin of Bollywood siren Vidya Balan.

Intro: Iravati Harshe is a veteran actress who started her career with television serials and reached to the heights of Bollywood movies where she worked along with the likes of Kamal Haasan and Shah Rukh Khan.

Iravati Harshe started her acting career in 1990s and her first significant role was for the popular Doordarshan National television serial Shanti where she worked along with Mandira Bedi. Shanti was telecasted in 1994. Some other noted television serials in which she played lead or supporting role include Split Wide Open, Dil Mil Gayye, Sanjivani-A Medical Boon, Kabhi Kabhi, Mrityudand, Tanha, and Achanak 37 Saal Baad. In Sanjivani-A Medical Boon, she played the role of Dr. Smriti and in Shanti she appeared as Nidhi. Another popular role that she played was of Rukhsana for the television serial Tanha. Tanha was a joint venture of India and Pakistan which was aired from the year 1997-1999 on Star Plus. She also worked in minor roles for some other television serials too such as Ankahee and Waris.

Iravati Harshe is a very talented individual and she is a trained classical dancer with expertise in Bharatanatyam. In addition, she is endowed with her ability as a multilingual as she can fluently speak French, Hindi, English, Marathi and many other languages. Because of her multilingual ability, she got the chance to dub for Madhuri Dixit for the French version of movie Dil To Pagal Hai. She appeared as Shah Rukh Khan’s wife in the movie Hey Ram which was released in the year 2000.

Yami Gautam is a Hindi television and movie actress, who is best known for her roles in the Hindi movies such as ‘Vicky Donor’ (2012), ‘Total Siyapaa’ (2014) & ‘Action Jackson’ (2014). Her role of ‘Ashima Roy’ in the film ‘Vicky Donor’ was described as an excellent debut by a newcomer by the critics all over. The film was a low budget project, but it turned out to be a major success for the production house of the film, which belonged to John Abraham. Most recently she was seen doing lead roles in the movies such as ‘Total Siyapaa’ & ‘Action Jackson’, in which her performance was widely acclaimed.

Aditya Suhas Jambhale is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and actor. Aditya was born on October 12, 1991, in Ponda, Goa. He completed his B.E. in Electronics and Telecommunication at Goa Engineering College (GEC). In his family, he has a mother named Smita Jambhale, a sister named Rucha, an uncle named Sanket Patel, and two cousins named Amol and Atul. Aditya Suhas Jambhale worked at CommScope as a System Analyst Trainee. Then he went to a graphic design company, ‘Logocrazze, and a film production company, ‘Shree Mahalasha Productions, to make a career in the film industry.

Siddharth Vasani is one of the most well-known cinematographers in India and has made a significant impact on the film industry. He was born and raised in Mumbai, where he also got his bachelor's degree in mass media. So, Siddharth Vasani began his career in the industry as a Director of Photography and later went on to work as a Second Unit Cinematographer in several different films. One of his best works as a second-unit cinematographer is the movie "URI: The Surgical Strike". After working for two years as an assistant with Raj Mistry, who is a very well-known commercial photographer, he decided to make cinematography his primary career and further take direction and guidance from well-known cinematographers such as Anuj Dhawan and Mitesh Mirchandani.

Shashwat Sachdev is an Indian composer and playback singer who rose to fame through the immense success of the movie ‘Uri-The Surgical Strike.’ He composed several background scores for many Bollywood films and was the recipient of the Filmfare Award. Shashwat grew up in the city of Jaipur, where he received intensive musical training from the age of three. He perfected different styles of Hindustani music under the patronage of the renowned Ustaad Ramzan Khan and later learned to play the piano during his days in school. His musical talents were apparent to his father, who pushed him to perfect his skill, nurturing the hope that his son would someday be a famous composer. Shashwat pursued Law at Symbiosis University for five years while he developed his art as a background hobby. However, he left for Los Angeles as soon as he graduated to pursue professional music.

Shivkumar V. Panicker is a film editor in the Bollywood industry. He is known for Uri: The Surgical Strike (2019), Kapoor & Sons (2016), Jalsa (2022) and, Shamshera (2022). Shakun Batra, Ayesha DeVitre and, Spandan Mishra wrote Kapoor and Sons (2016). It was directed by Shakun Batra. It stars Rishi Kapoor, Rajat Kapoor, Ratna Pathak Shah, Fawad Khan, Sidharth Malhotra, Alia Bhatt and, Vikram Kapadia. Uri: The Surgical Strike (2019) was written and directed by Aditya Dhar. It stars Vicky Kaushal, Mohit Raina, Paresh Rawal, Yami Gautam, and, Kirti Kulhari. Shivkumar won the Filmfare Award for Best Editing in 2020 for Uri: The Surgical Strike (2019). Jalsa (2022) was written by Prajwal Chandrashekar, Abbas Dalal, Hussain Dalal and, Suresh Triveni. Jalsa stars Vidya Balan, Shefali Shah, Rohini Hattangadi, Manav Kaul and, Iqbal Khan. Panicker was also nominated for the FOI Award for Best Film Editing for Jalsa (2022).

Vaibbhav Tatwawdi is a Hindi and Marathi film actor who was born on 25th of September, 1988 in Maharashtra, India. His parents are Dr. Vivek Tatwawadi and Sheela. He has a younger brother named Gaurav Tatwawadi. His father is the head of an Indian Engineering college and his mother is a homemaker. He studied in the Somalwar High School. After completing school, he joined the College of Engineering, Pune and obtained his Engineering degree. He had a desire to become an actor since his childhood. During his college days, he involved actively in the stage plays and dramas. In 2011, after completing his Engineering degree, he moved to Mumbai and tried to find work in Indian film industry. However, he started his career as a film actor in 2014 with “Surajya”. Surajya is a production of Santhosh Manjrekar and Vaibbhav received good reviews from critics and viewers for his acting. However, the film wasn’t a commercially that successful. His second film is “Coffee Ani Barach Kahi” directed by Prakash Kunte. It was a romance movie and the heroine was Prarthana Behere. Vaibbhav played the role of Nishad and the film was a commercial success. He received excellent reviews for his performances from the viewers of the film. Followed by the success of “Coffee Ani Barach Kahi”, his second film release in 2015 was “Hunterrr”. Hunterrr is directed by Harshavardhan G. Kulkarni and it’s an adult comedy movie. Vaibbhav did a supporting role as Kshitij and the film was a Bollywood hit. Some of his upcoming Marathi movies are “Cheater”, “Lipstick Wale Sapne” and “Shortcut”. Lipstick Wale Sapne is a production of Prakash Jha. Vaibbhav shares the screen space with critically acclaimed actors like Konkana Sen and Ratna Pathak Shah in this movie. At present, he is involved in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Bajirao Mastani and he played the role of Chimaji Appa.

Arun Govil was born on 12 January 1958 in Ramnagar near Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. He spent his teenage life in Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh. He got his formal education at Chaudhary Charan Singh University, where he took part in some plays. In 1975 he moved to Mumbai with an initial intention to start his business, but later on continued to pursue an acting career. His debut in Indian cinema was in 1977 when he acted in the film Paheli. In the following years he performed in several other movies, such as Sawan Ko Aane Do from 1979, Saanch Ko Aanch Nahin from 1979, Ayaash from 1982 and Itni Si Baat from 1981.

Kiran Karmarkar is a theatre, television and also a film actor from India. He initiated his career in the Marathi Theatre and played cameo roles on television shows and commercial ads. He got his first major role in the television show, Ghar Ek Mandir under the direction of Ekta Kapoor on Sony India. He got his fame and become an overnight sensation for playing the role of Om Vishwanath Agarwal opposite with Sakshi Tanwar in Balaji Telefilms’ Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii that was broadcasted on STAR Plus channel. Later, his character as Om was killed in the serial. Afterwards, there has been some changes in the script and he was once again received an offer to do the same role.

Kiran was born on January 1, 1958 and he was married to actress, Rinku Dhawan Karmarkar, his co-star in Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii. Later, he appeared on television shows and played various roles. In 2006, he was starred in television show Saarathi as a business tycoon. Then he was bagged to do the negative role of Tej Baldev Singh Bundela in Uttaran that was aired on Colors TV. In 2013, Kiran was nominated in the Indian Telly Jury Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role for his performance in Uttaran. He also essayed small roles in some of Bollywood films.

Besides the big and small screens, Kiran also worked in some Marathi films and stage plays. He did a comedic role in the play, Merra Naam Joker opposite with Bhavana Balsavar under the direction of Shubha Khote. Kiran also played the main character in the Hindi play, Bas Itna Sa Khwab Hai…! along with Shefali Shah under the direction of Chanrakant Kulkarni. In 2009, he played the role as the Chief Minister in the Marathi film, Kshanokshani where he got the Maharashtra State Film Award.

Some of Kiran’s films are Padosan, Thoda Tum Badlo Thoda Hum, Thodi Si Zameen Thoda Sa Aasmaan, Just Married, Kahaani Hamaaray Mahaabhaarat Ki, Raajneeti, Pankh, Zindagi Kahe – Smile Please, Shanghai, Pune 52, Badalte Rishton Ki Daastan and more. In 2007, he also joins the reality-based comedy show, Comedy Circus on Sony Entertainment Television.

Kiran claims that he is just an ordinary person with a variety of emotions. He likes to watch films during his free time and he likes Ijaazat so much. He also prefers to perform on theatres, so when he is not doing any television shows, he goes out of the country together with his theatre group to perform.

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