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A salesman during the day and a theater actor during the night - Pratik Gandhi juggled between his passion and profession until he finally found success with the Gujarati play Aa Paar Ke Pele Paar. The play went on to become a commercial success and soon Pratik featured in several plays such as Apurva Avsar, Hun Chandrkant Bakshi, Master Madam, and Mere Piya Gaye Rangoon. In 2006, Pratik made his feature debut with the United Kingdom-Indian co-produced film Yours Emotionally. It was in 2014 that he made his Gujarati film debut with the movie Bey Yaar directed by Abhishek Jain. He has since then appeared in movies such as Wrong Side Raju (2016), Tamburo (2017), and Love Ni Bhavai (2017).

Mukesh Chhabra is a Mumbai-based casting director, acting workshop director and actor who has cast several actors for movies including director Vikas Bahl's Chillar Party, Anurag Kashyap's Gangs of Wasseypur, Abhishek Kapoor's Kai Po Che and Nikhil Advani's D-Day. Chhabra graduated from Delhi University with an acting diploma from the Shri Ram Centre for Performing Arts. He completed a six-year acting and teaching stint with the ‘Theatre in Education’ Company (TIE) affiliated with the National School of Drama.(NSD) Chhabra came to Mumbai in 2007 and worked as an Assistant Casting Director before setting up his own casting company. His first film as independent casting director was the small budget film Chintuji. His casting for the film Chillar Party won him accolades based on which director Anurag Kashyap engaged him for the casting of his crime thriller Gangs of Wasseypur and also its sequel. Subsequently, Chhabra did the casting for films of different genres like Kai Po Che, Shahid, Chennai Express, Jai Ho, Hasee To Phasee, Mastram and D-day. Apart from films, he's also done casting for TVCs. In his career, Chhabra has employed several unconventional casting methods. For example, he spotted the budding actor Irfan Khan, who played the character 'Fatka' in the film Chillar Party, on the streets of Mumbai. Chhabra's democratic style of auditioning has previously invited nuisance value from potential actors. Actor Rajkumar Yadav (now Rajkumar Rao) was chosen to play one of the leads for the film Kai Po Che only on Chhabra's insistence. Rao's talent in the film won him critical acclaim and later Chhabra cast him in Shahid as the leading man.

Armaan Malik is an Indian singer, songwriter, record producer, voice-over, performer, and actor. He is known for his singing in multiple languages, including Hindi, English, Bengali, Telugu, Kannada, Marathi, Tamil, Gujarati, Punjabi, Urdu, Malayalam. He is also known as "Prince of Romance". In 2006, he took part in Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs but got eliminated in the 8th position. He is the brother of music composer Amaal Mallik. Previously represented by Universal Music India, he is now signed on by T-Series. He has also signed with Arista Records. His first on-screen appearance was in the film Kaccha Limboo in the year 2011.

M. Nassar is an Indian film actor, director and producer, who mainly works in the South Indian film industry. He is the incumbent president of the Nadigar Sangam. Nassar made his acting debut in K. Balachander's Kalyana Agathigal (1985) portraying a secondary supporting role, before moving on to play villainous roles in S. P. Muthuraman's Velaikaran (1987) and Vanna Kanavugal. He played the protagonist in Yuhi Sethu's Kavithai Paada Neramillai, though his breakthrough role came through his performance as a police officer in Mani Ratnam's Nayakan. He subsequently became a regular in Mani Ratnam and Kamal Haasan's ventures, appearing in pivotal character roles in Roja, Thevar Magan (1992), Bombay (1994) and Kuruthipunal (1995). Nassar made his directorial debut with Avatharam (1995), a film based on the backdrop of a folk art troupe. The film won critical acclaim, but failed to become a commercially successful venture.

Isha Talwar is an Indian film and television actress. After she worked as a model and appeared in various commercial, she made her film debut with the 2012 Malayalam film Thattathin Marayathu.

Sayani Gupta, (pronounced as Shayoni) is an Indian film actress who appears in Hindi films. Born and brought up in Kolkata, Sayani is a diverse individual who fine tuned skills in the segment of performing arts. A graduate from the Film and Television Institute of India, she made her feature film debut in 2012 in Second Marriage Dot Com. She has since appeared in supporting roles in films such as Fan, Jolly LLB 2 and Article 15. She essayed the role of a blind Pakistani-Bangladeshi lesbian activist named Khanum in Margarita with a Straw opposite Kalki Koechlin.

Mohammad Zeeshan Ayyub Khan is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi films. He is frequently cast in supporting roles, and has appeared in more than 25 films in a career which has spanned eight years. He has also worked in a Hindi serial "Kyunki... Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai" which was telecasted on Doordarshan in 2008. He has collaborated with director Aanand L. Rai on four films.

Kumud Mishra is an Indian actor who works in Hindi-language films. One of his earliest roles was in the 1995 Doordarshan drama Swabhimaan where he played the role of Eknath, a trade union leader. Following an appearance as the younger version of Rishi Kapoor's character in the 2011 drama Patiala House, his career took an upswing after he starred as Khatana alongside Rishi's son Ranbir Kapoor in Rockstar the same year.