Zoya Akhtar is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in Hindi cinema. Born to Javed Akhtar and Honey Irani, she completed a diploma in filmmaking from NYU and assisted directors Mira Nair, Tony Gerber and Dev Benegal, before becoming an independent writer and director. She is the recipient of several accolades, including four Filmfare Awards. Akhtar, along with Reema Kagti, founded Tiger Baby Films, a film and web studio in October 2015.
Suyash Panday, better known by his stage name Chunky Panday, is an Indian actor who works in Bollywood films. He has appeared in over 100 films in a career that has spanned over three decades.
Vir Das is an Indian comedian, actor and musician After beginning a career in standup comedy, Das moved to Hindi cinema starring in films like Badmaash Company (2010), Delhi Belly (2011), and Go Goa Gone (2013) in supporting roles. In 2017, he performed the Netflix special Abroad Understanding. Das has appeared in approximately 35 plays, over 100 stand-up comedy shows, 18 films, eight TV shows and six comedy specials. He has written comedic columns for Femina, Maxim, Exotica, DNA and Tehelka. In 2019, he made his debut in American television with the television series, Whiskey Cavalier. He won the 2023 International Emmy Award for Best Comedy Series for the Netflix comedy special Vir Das: Landing.
Niharika Konidela is an Indian actress and producer who works in Telugu films. She made her debut with the film Oka Manasu (2016). She produces films and web series under her banner.
Student of the Year 2 is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by Punit Malhotra and produced by Nokia Studios and Karan Johar's Dharma Productions. A standalone sequel to the 2012 film Student of the Year, it stars Tiger Shroff, Tara Sutaria, Ananya Panday, and Aditya Seal. It marks the debuts of both Panday and Sutaria in Hindi cinema.
Ananya Panday is an Indian actress who primarily works in Bollywood films. The daughter of actor Chunky Panday, she began her acting career in 2019 with roles in the teen film Student of the Year 2 and the comedy Pati Patni Aur Woh. These performances earned her the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut. Her two subsequent films were poorly received, but she had a commercial success with a brief role in the comedy Dream Girl 2 (2023) and her performances in the dramas Gehraiyaan (2022) and Kho Gaye Hum Kahan (2023) were well-received.
Pushpavalli is an Indian television comedy drama series created by Sumukhi Suresh. It is an Amazon Prime Video original series and premiered on 15 December 2017.
Gehraiyaan (transl. Depths) is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film directed by Shakun Batra and produced by Dharma Productions, Viacom18 Studios and Jouska Films. The film stars Deepika Padukone and Siddhant Chaturvedi in lead roles, with Ananya Panday, Dhairya Karwa, Rajat Kapoor and Naseeruddin Shah in supporting roles.
The Fame Game is an Indian mystery family drama television series on Netflix created by Sri Rao and directed by Bejoy Nambiar and Karishma Kohli. Produced by Karan Johar and Somen Mishra under the banner Dharmatic Entertainment, the series stars Madhuri Dixit as Anamika Anand, a famous Bollywood actress, with Sanjay Kapoor, Manav Kaul, Suhasini Mulay, Lakshvir Saran and Muskkaan Jaferi in pivotal supporting roles.
Eternally Confused and Eager for Love is an Indian comedy-drama television series created and directed by Rahul Nair, produced by Farhan Akhtar, Ritesh Sidhwani, Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti under the banner of Excel Entertainment and Tiger Baby Films. It stars Vihaan Samat as Ray and Jim Sarbh in a voice role as Ray's inner voice Wiz, with Dalai, Ankur Rathee, Rahul Bose and Suchitra Pillai in supporting roles. The series premiered on Netflix on 18 March 2022.
Dream Girl 2 is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language comedy-drama film directed by Raaj Shaandilyaa and produced by Ekta Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor under Balaji Motion Pictures. A spiritual sequel to the 2019 film Dream Girl, the film stars Ayushmann Khurrana, alongside an ensemble supporting cast, including Ananya Panday, Paresh Rawal, Annu Kapoor, Rajpal Yadav, Vijay Raaz, Asrani, Abhishek Banerjee, Manjot Singh and Seema Pahwa. The film is about a man who cross-dresses and disguises as a woman, leading to a lot of chaos and confusion.
Gurfateh Singh Pirzada is an Indian actor who works primarily in Hindi films and web series. He began his acting career with Friends in Law in 2018. Pirzada has since starred in romantic Hum Bhi Akele Tum Bhi Akele (2019) and Netflix thriller film Guilty (2020). In 2023, he was seen starring in the teen drama Netflix series Class.
Vihaan Samat is an Indian actor who works in Hindi-language films and series. He is best known for playing the lead part in the Netflix series Eternally Confused and Eager for Love (2022) and a supporting part in the Netflix romantic comedy series Mismatched (2020–present).
Choona is an Indian Hindi-language heist comedy thriller television series streaming on Netflix. Created, written and directed by Pushpendra Nath Misra and produced by Flying Saucer, the series stars Jimmy Shergill, Aashim Gulati, Vikram Kochhar, Namit Das, Chandan Roy, Gyanendra Tripathi, Monika Panwar and Niharika Lyra Dutt.
Citadel: Honey Bunny is an upcoming Indian Hindi-language spy action thriller television series and spin-off to the American series Citadel, on Amazon Prime Video, created by Raj & DK and written and directed by Raj & DK and Sita Menon. It stars Varun Dhawan and Samantha Ruth Prabhu as the title characters with Sikandar Kher, Kay Kay Menon, Saqib Saleem and Emma Canning. It is scheduled to release on 7 November 2024.
Big Girls Don't Cry is an Indian English-language coming of age drama television series created by Nitya Mehra and executive produced by Sudhanshu Saria. It stars Pooja Bhatt, Mukul Chadda, Raima Sen, Zoya Hussain, Avantika, Tenzin Lhakyila, Aneet Padda, Dalai, Vidushi, Afrah Sayed. The series was released on Amazon Prime Video on 14 March 2024. It received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics.
Varun Sood is an Indian actor, model and former VJ. He is known for participating in reality shows like MTV Roadies, MTV Splitsvilla, Ace of Space and Khatron Ke Khiladi. He made his acting debut with Ragini MMS: Returns, and was recently seen in Karmma Calling.
