Hindi Movie Review Shimla Mirchi - Cast & Crew

Hema Malini is perhaps the only dream girl of the Bollywood. After Vyjanthimala had left Bollywood, she took steps to reach superstardom on her elegant looks and acting prowess. But she was also an actress who tried to act at the age of 15 in a Tamil film but she was rejected by Tamil Director Sridhar as she was very lean.

Kiran Juneja or Kiran Joneja is a renowned Indian actress who works in many Hindi and Bollywood films. She was married to the Indian film director, Ramesh Sippy. Kiran hailed from, and raised up in, the locality of Punjabi Bagh in Delhi, India. Her father is a doctor.
In early 70’s, she worked in Weston TV. Later, she appeared in Ramesh Sippy and Jyoti’s drama series, Buniyaad, in 1987, where she played the role of Veeravali, the sister of Haveliram (played by Alok Nath). Then she acted in the show, Sindoor on Zee TV. Kiran got her fame in the Hindu epic, Mahabharat, in 1988, where she played the role of Ganga. She was also seen in Doordarshan’s soap opera, Wah Janab, opposite with Shekhar Suman. In 1998, she played as one of the leads in Tere Ghar Ke Saamne along with Raju Kher. 
She was debuted as a film actress in the Hindi action film, Mulzim as the sister of Vijay in 1988. Then, in the year 1995, she played as Shalini, one of the criminal psychologists in the Hindi movie, Zamaana Deewana. She played as the mother of Babli (played by Rani Mukerji) in the Bollywood crime-comedy film, Bunty Aur Babli in 2005. She played a small role as the mother of Priya (played by Priyanka Chopra) in the science fiction film, Krrish, which was produced and directed by Rakesh Roshan in 2006. Kiran made an appearance as Mrs. Sudha Khosla in the comedy-drama film, Khosla Ka Ghosla from the same year. Subsequently, she did the romantic movie, Jab We Met and played as the mother of Geet Dhillon (Kareena Kapoor). In 2008, she was the mother of Meghna (played by Priyanka Chopra) in the drama film, Fashion. She is also the wife of Chiang in the action movie, Chandni Chowk to China in 2009. Then she did the movies, Badmaash Company in 2010 and Sahi Dhande Galat Bande in 2011.
Kiran also anchored for quite some time in STAR Plus channel. She also won the Miss India title during college. Besides acting, she is also a model for products like Nivea, Vimal and more. She also learned so much about filmmaking from his husband and later, she founded her very own company, Kiran Chitra Enterprises, which is also a sister company of Sippy Films and R.S. Enterprises. Kiran is also a script writer, producer and an aspiring director.

Kausar Munir is a prominent Bollywood screen writer and lyricist. She was born and raised up in Bandra, Mumbai in India. Music and songs has always been her passion. She studied at Xavier’s College in Mumbai, where she took an English Literature course.

Pony Verma is a known Indian choreographer. Her real name to which she was born is Rashmi Verma. Pony is a name given to her by her aunt which she loved dearly and penned it as her name onscreen. In South- India she is known as Boney Master. She has choreographed over 25 movies. Her works include Yeh Teraa Ghar Yeh Meraa Ghar, Hungama, Filhaal..., Stop, Hulchul, Kyon Ki, Malamaal Weekly, Aap Ka Suroor, Bhool Bhulaiyaa and more recently she has worked in Bhool Bhulaiyaa, The Dirty Picture and Jila Ghaziabad.

Priyanjali Lahiri is an established costume designer. She has been involved in the designing of costumes and the costume department of the film industry since 2007. She got her first film project, Taare Zameen Par, which became a critical and commercial success in Cinemas and hit the “crores category” of film success. Before working as a costume designer for this movie, she had moderate success with the TV movies Bali (2004) and Hope & a Little Sugar (2006). After Taare Zameen Par, she gave many commercial success movies to the Bollywood industry, like Always Kabhi Kabhi, Wake Up Sid, Nautanki Saala!, Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya, and Secret Superstar. She has more than ten film credits in her name, and her most recent film project includes Shimla Mirchi, released in 2020.

Rakul Preet Singh is a famous Indian model working predominantly in South India. She has got a wide range of craze in a short span of time. She was born on 10 October, 1990. She was born in New Delhi to an army family. She completed her schooling from Army public school and graduation from Jesus and Mary College. She is a professional Golf player and has played National level golf competition. She is a huge fan of Sharukh Khan. Rakul has been passionate about acting since her childhood. So, she opt Modeling as her career. She started modeling when she was just 18. She debuted with the Kannada film Gilli. Next she played a small role in Tamil film, Keratam.

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Ramesh Sippy is an eminent film director and he is widely acclaimed for his classic Sholay, who was born in the year 1947. He is the son of yesteryear producer G P Sippy. Ramesh Sippy is wedded to Kiran Juneja, who is an Indian actress. At the age of 9, Sippy acted in the film Shahenshah. For around 7 years he took up the role of assistant director. During this time he took lot of effort to know about the nuances of the film industry. Later, during 1971 he directed the film Andaz, which didn’t do well. But luck favoured him in his next venture Seeta Aur Geeta which was very successful.  The year 1975 saw one of the best films of Indian history, Sholay, which was directed by Sippy.

Raj Kumar Yadav, also known as Rajkummar Rao, started his Hindi film career from the movie, Love Sex aur Dhokha, in the year 2010, but the movie that got him critical and public acclaim was Kai Po Che, for which he received the Filmfare Award for the Best Supporting Actor, in the year 2013. He has not looked back since then, and has received Filmfare Best Critics Award for Best Actor and National Film Award for the depiction of the lawyer, Shahid Azmi, in the movie, ‘Shahid’, that released in the year 2013. Since then he has starred in numerous Hindi films, and has established a unique style of acting and an intense position in the industry.

Balakrishnan Thevar, also known as Bala, was born on April 25, 1972, and is a well-known actor, executive producer, and associate director in the Indian film industry. In various capacities, he has worked in both the realm of feature and commercial films. He worked on the Direction team for the iconic film Neerja, which won two in number awards at the 64th National Film Awards. Subbiah and Rukhmini Thevar gave birth to Bala in Mumbai. His paternal uncle Sandow M. M. A. Chinnappa Thevar, who founded the illustrious production company Devar Films, was a renowned Tamil cinema producer in the middle of the 1950s, the 1960s, and the 1970s. He was well-known for his films with animals and created several films with M. G. Ramachandran as the star. Rajesh Khanna's blockbuster Haathi Mere Saathi was also produced by Sandow (1971).

Hussain Shaikh is a film producer and an actor. He is known for films like Baadshaho, Taxi No. 9 and 11: Nau Do Gyarah, Barot House, and Shagird. Hussain was an associate producer on the films Kaante (2002) and Yeh Kaisa Tigdam (2018). He also worked as an executive producer in the films Kuch na Kaho (2003), Bluffmaster (2005), CC2C (2009), Knock Out (2010), Chatur Singh Two Star (2011), Dum Maaro Dum, Chakradhaar (2012), Once Upon a Time in Mumbai Dobara (2013), and Shimla Mirch (2020). He was the producer of the 2019 film Posham Pa, directed by Suman Mukhopadhyay.

Rishi Virmani is an Indian screenplay and dialogue writer who has worked primarily in the Bollywood film industry. He has worked as a screenwriter in blockbuster hits such as Singh Is Kinng, Shamitabh, and Ki & Ka. He was also the assistant writer in the critically acclaimed Paa. He also wrote the short film PAD Bank; to raise awareness about the issues women face in getting access to sanitary pads, especially in rural India. It has over a million views on youtube. Apart from his role as a writer, he was also the assistant to the director for Singh Is Kinng. He is also working as a writer for Swatantra Veer Savarkar and Chup.

Vipul Binjola is an Indian Actor. He mainly works in the Hindi Film Industry. He is born and brought up in Hyderabad, India. He is also a dialogue writer, script and screenplay writer. He started his journey as an actor by working in short films and short stories. Some of the movies in which he has worked as an actor include Ship of Theseus, which released in 2012. Continnuum released in 2006. Right Here, Right Now, which released in 2003.

Jitan Harmeet Singh is one of the most prominent directors of photography and cinematographers working in the Punjabi and Hindi film industry. Jitan started his career in photography, he was an excellent wildlife photographer and slowly ventured into movies. Jitan got his break in the film industry when his friend and prominent Punjabi director Navanait Singh asked Jitan to work with him on Dharti, released in 2011. Hence began Jitan’s career and his next two films were with Navanait again.

Manmeet Singh and Harmeet Singh are the actor-turned musical duo known as Meet Bros. Manmeet Singh and Harmeet Singh were born on 10th September 1976 and 25th August 1980, respectively to Gulzar Singh Chandhoke and Nirupam Kaur. They were born and brought up in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. They completed their schooling at The Scindia School in Gwalior Fort and attended Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics in Mumbai. Their mother, Nirupam Kaur, made them listen to the yesteryear songs and fed them the essence of music. After completing second at the inter-school Kirtan competition, they enjoyed music more.

Rohit Kulkarni is a Music Director and Music Composer from India. He was born in India. So, Rohit Kulkarni has worked in Bollywood, Tollywood, and Kollywood entertainment industries, and his artwork was delivered in Hindi, Telugu, and Tamil language movies and web series. Rohit Kulkarni is a Delhi-based guitarist, singer, multi-instrumentalist, music composer, lyricist, and programmer.

Manas Choudhury is a Sound Designer and Production Sound Mixer. His full name is Manas Ranjan Chaudhury He was born in India. He is residing in India. He has the Indian nationality. He is among the epitome of Sound Mixing. He had started his business since 1998. She is active in the industry for around 20 years. Firstly he has started sound designing on locations for feature films. He did his first recording for film Saamar that has directed by Mr. Shyam Benegal. He did education in Film & Television Institute of India for Pune in the year 1993. He is a freelancer. He did the sound recording for 40 plus films. He did his works for Aisha in the year 2010, Dum Maaro Dum, Bubble Gum, and Mujhse Friendship Karoge in the year 2011, Matira Bandhana, Ajab Gajjab Love in the year 2012, Nautanki Saala and Ishkq in Paris in the year 2013, Sonali Cable, and Kratidhara in the year 2014.

Debajit Changmai is an Indian audio engineer who has literally given voice to over 150 Bollywood movies in a career spanning nearly two decades. He was born and raised in Sivasagar, Assam, where he attended the Sivasagar Government H.S. & M.P. School. He graduated from the Jorhat Institute of Science & Technology before pursuing his masters from the Jyoti Chitraban Film and Television Institute in Guwahati. He joined the FMx studio in 2002, where he currently works as the senior re-recording mixer. His first project was as an assistant sound mixer in Tighmanshu Dhulia’s “Haasil” (2003), starring Jimmy Shergill and Irrfan Khan.

Asif Ali Khan is a supporting actor in the Indian Hindi films and television industry. Who established his career and work in the Indian movies and television industry. He was doing lots of hard work and motivated to create his name in the Indian film industry as a supporting actor in the cinema industry. He has achieved great opportunity and working in the film and television industry as a supporting actor who turned his life as working in the television industry. Asif Ali Khan is a famous actor known from Delhi crime movie in 2019. He worked in this film of a role head constable and this Hindi series created by Rechie Mehta.

Boloy Kumar Doloi was born and brought up in Guwahati, Assam, India. He did his schooling at Maharishi Vidya Mandir, Guwahati. When he was just 18 years old, he moved to Mumbai to complete his diploma in Audio Engineering and Film Making. At the same time, he has been working in the industry. Currently, he works as a Sound Recording Mixer and Sound Engineer in the Indian Film Industry. He has worked in Documentaries and Biopics, etc., in different languages such as Hindi, English, Telegu, Bengali, and Marathi. He has been working in this field for more than 19 years. Now he is known to be a person who has mastered the art of mixing on Dolby Atmos. His first job in this field was at Vikrant Studio, and he is still working there. He worked at FutureWorks as a Sound Re-recording mixer and has also worked at Creative Sound Design. He has worked with great filmmakers such as Mira Nair, Shamim Sarif, S.S Rajamouli, and many more. Some of his great works are ‘Holiday: A soldier is never off Duty’ released in 2014, ‘Deep Inside’ in 2021, ‘Kaabil’ in 2017, ‘Haider’ in 2014, ‘Kaali Khuhi’ in 2020, ‘Dhadak’ in 2018 and a lot more. He is not active on social media.

Ramcharantej Labani is a well-known art director in the Bollywood film industry though he originally is a Telugu boy. He is an alumnus of Film and Television Institute of India, Pune. He was initially into technical stuff and was not interested in film-making. But an encounter with Anand Sai, a popular production designer, set his mind on entering the film industry. He was doing odd jobs on sets before taking up a course at FTII. And then, he began his journey to success by assisting people like Ravinder, Rajeevan, Saini S Johray, and Sukant Panigrahy. He has worked not only in Hindi cinema but is also popular in Marathi and Telugu industries.

Saini S. Johary is a renowned production designer in the Indian TV industry. He has worked in many famous movies and award-winning web series as a production designer. He completed his graduation at the College of Arts in New Delhi. He went to the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune to complete his Master’s degree in Art Direction and Production Design. Saini started his career in the industry as an assistant art director. He worked in films like Rann (2010), Kaminey (2012), and Hijack (2008) as an assistant art director. He worked with other art directors, Ashwini Kale and Jinal Mehta, for the film Rann. In 2010, he started working as an art director. He did movies like Powder (2010), Prem Mayee (2012), and Satya 2 (2013). His work as a production designer started after 2010.

Amit Sharma is an Indian movie, short films and commercial advertisements director. He along with two other partners runs Chrome pictures. He first came into limelight from his very famous Google reunion advert. It featured childhood friends divided and sent apart following the partition between India and Pakistan. It had a very intense impact on both the countries. Within two days of its release, the video was seen by over 1.6 million peoples. The advert was mainly to show how important Google search engine can be in real life. The advert went completely viral. And from here, Amit Sharma, the director’s career started. After this, he directed The Silent National Anthem. This advert was released by Big Cinemas and Mudra Group on 61st Indian Independence Day.

Nikhil Joshi is a Writer, Filmmaker, Editor, and Editor with citizenship of Australia. He is a passionate Actor. Nikhil has studied screenplay writing, photography, and video editing. He is well-known in Sydney for his debut film, Pardesh Ek Sapanu, the first Gujarati film shot in Australia. Nikhil is also famous for his stage performance. He works for popular studios in Sydney as a freelance Editor for movies and documentaries.

Jay Kanojiya is a famous Indian professional makeup artist known for his excellent makeup skills in the Indian film industry. He has worked in over 20 Hindi movies and series and usually does makeup for Indian celebrities for events. He also does bridal makeup. He has done makeup for celebrities such as Rhea Chakraborty, Juhi Chawla, and Preity Zinta. 

Kanwaljit Singh is an Indian Television and film actor born on 21st October 1944 in Uttar Pradesh. He comes from a Sikh family of Saharanpur. He got married to Anuradha Patel. After completing his graduation he joined Film and Television institute of India in Pune. He made his Bollywood debut from the movie Daastan-e-Laila Majnu. After that he was seen in the movie Hum Rahe Na Hum, both of his movies did not do good business. After this failure he turned to Television industry and started to make his career in Television industry.

He got offer from Ramesh Sippy’s drama Buniyad in which he played the role of illegitimate child as Satbir. His role in Buniyad was appreciated by the audience and gave him limelight. After Buniyad he was approached to popular TV dramas Saans, Family no. 1, Dard and Siski. He chose roles very wisely and featured in some small but meaningful roles.

He has two sons Siddharth and Aditya and daughter Mariyam who resides in United States. He did many other TV serial also like Teepu Sultan, Paramveer Chakra, Janam Janam, Captain House, Andaz, Bhabi Maa, Aisa Des Hai Mera, Naam Gum Jayega, Bajega Band Baaja, Sabki Laadli Bebo, Farmaan, Darar, Bible Ki Kahaniya, Barrister Roy and Ek Nanad Ki Khushiyo Ki Chabi Meri Bhabi. The talented actor featured in many hindi and Punjabi movies too.

He featured in some of Harbhajan Singh’s Mann Punjabi movies. some of Punjabi movies he has done are Jee Ayan Nu, Dil Apna Punjabi, Mannat, Mera Pind, Mitti Wajaan Mardi, Ik Kudi Punjabi and Asa Nu Maan Watna Da. In some famous hindi movies he showed his talent also like Satte Pe Satta, Maachi, Dil Mange More, Mere Brother Ki Dulhan, Mp3- Mera Pehla Pehla Pyar, Humko Tumse Pyar Hai, Jeevan Dhara, Phir Wohi Awaaz, Hello Zindagi Farishta and Do Raahein. There is no doubt that he is such a talented actor who have won audience’s heart by his performance.

Personal life: Shakti Kapoor was born in Delhi, India as Sunil Kapoor. He was the second child among the four children of his parents Mr. Sikanderlal Kapoor and Ms. Susheela Kapoor. He resided in Karol Bhag, Delhi. He married Shivangi kohlapure (Padmini kohlapurei’s elder sister) in the year 1982. He has two children, a son Siddhant Kapoor and a daughter Shraddha Kapoor. Career: Shakti Kapoor was famous because of his mischievous activities in his early childhood. He was passionate about cricket, and it also won him admission in Kirori Mal College, Delhi University. After graduation, Shakti took to modelling. He tried his luck into acting and this is how he received the opportunity to be a student of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII). He learned acting there, and this was the beginning of his career. He entered into Bollywood by making a debut in the film ’Do Jasoos’ (1975). Firoz Khan offered him a chance to act in Vikram Singh's Qurbani (1980) and it turned out to be a blockbuster. His career took a slow start but gradually he became a superstar. He acted as a villain in the film ‘Rocky’ and this marked the birth of Shakti Kapoor.

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