Juhi Chawla Mehta is an Indian actress. She established herself as one of the leading actresses of Hindi cinema from the late 1980s through the early 2000s. Recognised for her comic timing and vivacious on-screen persona, she is the recipient of several accolades, including two Filmfare Awards.
Paheli is a 2005 Indian Hindi-language fantasy film and is a remake of the 1973 Hindi film Duvidha by Mani Kaul based on the short story written by Vijayadan Detha in Rajasthani. It was also reported to have been partially inspired by the 1997 Kannada movie Nagamandala based on the play of same name by Girish Karnad. Directed by Amol Palekar and produced by Juhi Chawla, Aziz Mirza, Sanjiv Chawla, and Shah Rukh Khan, who also portrays the male lead, the film tells the story of a wife whose husband (Khan) goes on a business trip and is visited by a ghost, disguised as her husband, who is in love with her and takes her husband's place. The supporting cast includes Anupam Kher, Amitabh Bachchan, Juhi Chawla and Suniel Shetty. Detha's story, which had earlier been adapted into the 1973 film by Mani Kaul, is folkloric in origin. Paheli diverges from its source material and the earlier adaptations in giving the plot and its lead female character a more feminist agency.
Darr: A Violent Love Story is a 1993 Indian Hindi-language romantic psychological thriller film directed and produced by Yash Chopra under his banner Yash Raj Films. It stars Sunny Deol, Juhi Chawla and Shah Rukh Khan in lead roles, with Annu Kapoor, Tanvi Azmi and Anupam Kher in supporting roles, and Dalip Tahil in a special appearance. In the film, Kiran (Chawla) is stalked by her obsessive lover Rahul (Khan), who goes berserk when she gets engaged to Sunil (Deol), a navy officer, and decides to forcefully claim Kiran for himself.
Ishq (transl. Love) is an Indian 1997 Hindi-language romantic comedy masala film directed by Indra Kumar. It stars Aamir Khan, Ajay Devgn, Kajol and Juhi Chawla along with Dalip Tahil, Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Johnny Lever and Mohan Joshi in supporting roles.
Bhoothnath is a 2008 Indian Hindi-language supernatural comedy film written and directed by Vivek Sharma, starring Amitabh Bachchan, Juhi Chawla, Aman Siddiqui, Priyanshu Chatterjee and Rajpal Yadav and features Shah Rukh Khan in an extended cameo appearance. The film is an adaptation of Oscar Wilde's 1887 short story "The Canterville Ghost".
Dharmesh Darshan is an Indian filmmaker, film director and writer who works in Bollywood. He was born into Bhatt family. He began his illustrious career as one of the youngest filmmakers of Indian Cinema, in the league of Sooraj Barjatya, Aditya Chopra, Karan Johar, and Sanjay Leela Bhansali. He began his directorial career with the crime action film Lootere (1993). He achieved his breakthrough and created box-office history with the romantic drama Raja Hindustani (1996), He then directed the musical romantic drama Dhadkan (2000), another critical and commercial success.
Shahana Goswami is an Indian actress. She is the daughter of Indian economist and writer Omkar Goswami.
Gulaab Gang is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language action drama film centered on the struggle of women in India, directed and co-written by Soumik Sen and produced by Sohum Shah and Anubhav Sinha. It stars Madhuri Dixit and Juhi Chawla in lead roles, marking it the first time that the two female superstars of the 1990s shared screen space together.
Shatranj (transl. Chess) is a 1993 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Aziz Sejawal, starring Mithun Chakraborty, Jackie Shroff, Kader Khan, Juhi Chawla and Divya Bharti. The movie marks Bharti's last film appearance. Khan's son Sarfaraz Khan appeared as the younger version of his character.
S. Hussain Zaidi is an Indian author and former investigative journalist. His works include Dongri to Dubai: Six Decades of the Mumbai Mafia, Mafia Queens of Mumbai, Black Friday, My Name is Abu Salem and Mumbai Avengers.
Juhi Chawla is an Indian actress who primarily works in Bollywood films, in addition to Kannada, Punjabi, Telugu, Bengali, Tamil and Malayalam films. The winner of Miss India 1984 Pageant, She made her acting debut with Sultanat in 1986. Her first commercial success was the blockbuster Kannada film Premaloka (1987). She won the Filmfare Award for Lux New Face of the Year and received a nomination for Filmfare Best Actress Award, for the critical and commercial success Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988), which also established her as an overnight star. She rose to prominence with films like Amar Prem (1989), Vicky Daada (1989), Love Love Love (1989), Pratibandh (1990), Swarg (1990), Benaam Badsha (1991), Bol Radha Bol (1992) and Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman (1992), and most of them proved to be successes.
Class of '83 is a 2020 Indian Hindi-language crime thriller film produced by Red Chillies Entertainment and directed by Atul Sabharwal for Netflix. The film is based on the book "The Class of 83" and tells the story of a hero policeman shunted to a punishment posting as the dean of the police academy. The film premiered on 21 August 2020 on Netflix.
Upstarts is an Indian comedy-drama film directed by Udai Singh Pawar and Produced by Janani Ravichandran and Jawahar Sharma. The film stars Priyanshu Painyuli, Chandrachoor Rai and Shadab Kamal in the lead roles and follows the story of three college graduates who create a startup and the events that follow. It was released on 18 October 2019 on Netflix. Upstart was announced by Netflix among the nine films to be made by them. Raja Krishna Menon served as the creative producer.
Babil Khan is an Indian actor. A son of actor Irrfan Khan, he began his career as a camera assistant, before making his acting debut in Bollywood with Qala (2022). He has since starred in the miniseries The Railway Men (2023).
Hush Hush is an Indian Hindi-language drama television series created and directed by Tanuja Chandra. The series stars Juhi Chawla, Ayesha Jhulka, Karishma Tanna, Kritika Kamra, Shahana Goswami and Soha Ali Khan in the lead. It was produced under the banner of Abundantia Entertainment, and premiered on Amazon Prime Video on 22 September 2022.
Qala (transl. Art) is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language period psychological drama film, written and directed by Anvita Dutt. The film is produced by Karnesh Sharma under Clean Slate Filmz and stars Tripti Dimri, Swastika Mukherjee, and Babil Khan in his film debut.
Faraaz is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language biographical horror thriller film directed by Hansal Mehta and produced by T-Series and Benaras Media Works. The film supports an ensemble cast with Juhi Babbar, Aamir Ali, Aditya Rawal, Zahan Kapoor, Jatin Sarin, Pallak Lalwani, and six newcomers, Jatin Sarin, Reshham Sahaani, Ninaad Bhatt, Harshal Pawar, and Sachin Lalwani including Kapoor marking their debuts. Based on an actual event, it depicts the Holey Artisan Bakery, July 2016 Dhaka attack that shook Bangladesh. The film premiered at the BFI London Film Festival on 15 October 2022, and was released in India on 3 February 2023. At the 69th Filmfare Awards, the film received five nominations, including Best Film (Critics) and Best Supporting Actor (Rawal), and won Best Male Debut (Rawal).
The Romantics is a 2023 limited series English and Hindi language documentary, created by Smriti Mundhra and Michael T Vollmann. The four-part series explores the impact of Yash Chopra, his son Aditya Chopra, and their company Yash Raj Films on Hindi Cinema.
The Railway Men: The Untold Story of Bhopal 1984 is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language historical drama television miniseries about railway workers who saved many lives during the 1984 toxic gas leak at the chemical company Union Carbide India Limited's plant in Bhopal. It is produced by YRF Entertainment and stars R. Madhavan, Kay Kay Menon, Divyenndu and Babil Khan. Sunny Hinduja and Juhi Chawla Mehta play supporting roles.
