CASTING DIRECTOR - INDIA

Abhishek Banerjee is an Indian actor and has worked in the casting team of many movies. Banerjee did his schooling at Kendriya Vidyalaya, Andrews Ganj, Delhi. He graduated from Kirori Mal College, a constituent college of the University of Delhi. There, he enrolled in the Kirori Mal's dramatic society.

In his acting career, Banerjee got his first break in the popular Hindi film Rang De Basanti (2006), where he portrayed the character of a college student who auditioned for a role in a documentary.

Banerjee also started working as a casting assistant in the film, Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai (2010) and was a part of the casting team in Knock Out (2010). Noticing his work in Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai, Milan Luthria offered him the post of in the casting team for The Dirty Picture (2011), starring Vidya Balan, Emraan Hashmi, and Naseeruddin Shah.

Banerjee went on to work as the casting associate for the movie No One Killed Jessica (2011) in which he also played a small role. He then worked in the casting team in Bajatey Raho (2013), Mickey Virus (2013), Umrika (2015), Gabbar Is Back (2015), Dear Dad (2016), Rock on 2 (2016), OK Jaanu (2017), Toilet: A Love Story (2017), Secret Superstar (2017), Long Live Brij Mohan (2017), Ajji (2017), Phillauri (2017), Arjun Patiala (2019), Bala (2019) and Bhediya (2022).

Banerjee has also worked in the casting team for web series and TV series, including Inside Edge (2017), Mirzapur (2018), Hostel Daze (2019), and Paatal Lok (2020).

While working in the casting team, Banerjee also acted in various movies. He played the role of Daya in Soul of Sand (2010). He also acted in Bombay Talkies (2013), Fuddu Boys (2015), Agli Baar (2015), Ajji (2017), Phillauri (2017), Stree (2018), Dream Girl (2019), and Bala (2019), Arjun Patiala (2019), Ajeeb Daastaans (2021), Rashmi Rocket (2021) and Bhediya (2022).

Banerjee also acted in web series and TV series like TVF Pitchers (2015), Inside Edge (2017), Mirzapur (2018), Typewriter (2019), and Paatal Lok (2020).

Amit Arora is a Hyderabad based award winning and a popular Indian Casting Director and the founder of Modelz World Modelling & Casting Agency which is the India's oldest, largest and the most awarded modelling and casting agency.

He has cast for several Movies, OTT Films, Web Series, TV Commercials, Advertisements, Digital Ads, Serials, Music Videos, Short Films, Tv Shows, Corporate Films, Documentaries, Etc.. since the year 1997.

He is considered as one of the busiest and the India's first and most awarded casting director and is a seasoned veteran in the business for the past 25+ regular and successful years, working regularly pan India for Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Punjabi, Kannada, Bhojpuri, Etc Entertainment Indusrty.

He regularly works with industries Top and High profile - Directors, Production Houses, Film Makers, Brands, Advertising Agencies, TV Channels, Music Companies, Celebrities, Actors and Models.

He offers regular and excellent opportunities to the actors or models who are looking for the challenging future in the entertainment Industry in the field of Indian Cinema, Fashion, Media and Advertisement.

He is into training and casting actors and models since the year 1997 and has trained and cast thousands of actors and models since then and has won numerous film indusrty awards.

Amit R Kumar is known for Drishyam (2015), Airlift (2016) and M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story (2016).

Anmol Ahuja is known for Dev.D (2009), Gabbar Is Back (2015) and Secret Superstar (2017).

Apurva Singh Rathore is known for Section 375 (2019), Khuda Haafiz (2020) and Bhuj: The Pride of India (2021).

Bharat Jha is known for Kick (2014), 3 Idiots (2009) and Baaghi (2016).

Gaurav Shah is known for Chennai Express (2013), Sooryavanshi (2021) and Singham Again (2024).

Girdhar Swami is an Mumbai(Bollywood) based Casting director in India. He made his debut with the film 3 Idiots starring Aamir Khan. Having worked in the industry for 18 years, Girdhar Swami has cast for 75+ movies, 10+ short-films, 15+ music videos. He is primarily recognized for his work on projects such as the National Award-winning film 3 Idiots, Rowdy Rathore, Wazir, Sanam Teri Kasam, Babumoshai Bandookbaaz, Andhadhun, Coolie No. 1, Yaariyan 2, Welcome To The Jungle, and many more. Girdhar Swami has discovered actors like Harshvardhan Rane in Sanam Teri Kasam, Shraddha Das in Babumoshai Bandookbaaz, Gurdeep Kohli in Rowdy Rathore, Gautam Gulati in Virgin Bhanupriya, Akanksha Puri in Calendar Girls, Vikram Sakhalkar and Kaira Dutt, Warina Hussain in Yaariaan 2. He has worked with prominent directors from the industry like Raj Kumar Hirani, Prabhudeva, David Dhawan, Bejoy Nambiar, Madhur Bhandarkar, Radhika Rao and Vinay Sapru, Sriram Raghavan, Ahmed Khan and many more

Harry Parmar is known for Tumbbad (2018), Laal Singh Chaddha (2022) and Traffic (2016).

Honey Trehan was born on 4 October 1978 in Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, India. He is a casting director and assistant director, known for Raat Akeli Hai (2020), Delhi Belly (2011) and Guilty (2015).

Jogi Mallang is an ace casting director who introduced the concept of casting directors in Bollywood and made his mark with path-breaking realistic casting for several national as well as international projects. He is also an actor par excellence with theatre acting experience of over three decades which includes performing at all major Indian and international theaters. He is a writer, poet as well as an acting faculty helping hone the skills of several budding talents in the most prestigious acting institutes.

Karan Mally is known for The Archies (2023), 2 States (2014) and Gully Boy (2019).

Nandini Shrikent was born on 9 March 1975 in India. She is a casting director, known for Don (2006), Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... (2001) and Lakshya (2004). She has been married to Neil Bhoopalam since 16 November 2013.

Coming from a non-film background, where all his family members had nothing to do with films, except watch it as a form of entertainment, Kashyap Chandhock forayed into the film industry with a zeal and enthusiasm second to none. His focus was to not only get creatively involved in the process of film making, but also to make a difference.

Kashyap grew in leaps and bounds and eventually, at a very young age, he enriched himself with fabulous experience in the discipline of Casting.

He was on his way to carve a niche for himself in the industry with his understanding and approach to a film and its casting. Having cast for several films, TV series, web series, music videos, etc. Kashyap began his career as a casting assistant with the prestigious Dharma productions where he helped in the casting of "Brothers" followed with "Kapoor and Sons".

Understanding the nuances of casting came naturally to Kashyap as he looked for more challenges. He went to being a Independent Casting Director with Films like "Nanu Ki Jaanu" Starring Abhay Deol & Patralekha. And Govinda's comeback Film "Fryday" Starring Govinda, Varun Sharma, Digangana Suryavanshi & Rajesh Sharma.

It was a matter of time before destiny presented Kashyap with an opportunity of trying his hand in production. Not shying from any test, Kashyap grabbed the prospect of producing a film with both hands and within no time Kashyap found himself grappling with the challenges of producing a Gujrati Film called 'Gujrat 11', starring Pratik Gandhi and Daisy Shah. Lo and Behold, he had turned Associate Producer for this Gujarati feature film.

Tasting success in the department of production, Kashyap is currently curating multiple projects as a producer.

Just recently he once again successfully headed the casting of the much talked of film 'Gandhi Godse - Ek Yudh' which is helmed by the legendary Rajkumar Santoshi.

The entire journey of casting for this project was set been extremely interesting and challenging. Since it was a film that involved famous characters borrowed from history, it presented Kashyap with a unique opportunity of casting actors that resembled the historical figures and understood the significance of what they were getting into. It was an obligation that was parallel to none because it needed diving deep into the historical research of these characters before looking out for actors that could justify them, add value to such characters and bring them to life with their performance. This was an immense responsibility undoubtedly and Kashyap was up to the task as well. He suggested a fresh approach to the film with. Appreciating the latent talent in theatres, Kashyap proposed casting actors with rich theatrical experience and a body of work that cost boast of their competence to approach such characters with freshness that could infuse energy into the characters.

The result is that actors with such background are performing a bulk of characters in the film.

Kashyap's hard work will also come to fruition when this year the industry will witness a couple of his films release in the theatres. Rajkumar Santoshi's next Feature Film called 'Bad boy' will launch Mithun Chakraborty's son Namashi Chakraborty & Producer Sajid Qureshi's daughter Amrin Qureshi's.

This is the beginning of many more to follow.

Kavish Sinha worked as a Brand Manager and Strategist on top most global brands across various advertising agencies in the country, before his foray into the casting world.

He now runs his own casting company "On-My-Kayroll" in Mumbai and shares his passion for casting with his team. He has cast feature films for Madras Talkies, Jio Studios, Emmay Entertainment, Zee Studios, Stage 5, Anurag Basu Productions, AKF, Outsider Films and more. He is also the man behind casting some of the finest web series for Amazon Prime Video India, Netflix, Disney+Hotstar, Sony Liv, Eros Now, Voot, Zee5 and Jio Cinema. Some of these are shows such as the critically acclaimed 'Rocket Boys', 'Freedom at Midnight', 'Mumbai Diaries', 'Shekhar Home', 'Undekhi' and 'Rudra' to name a few. He has also cast around 200 TVCs along the way, and international projects like Good Karma Hospital for UK, Jack Irish for Australia and Slave Market for Middle East.

Kavish believes that a Casting Director has to be equally involved in the film making process, at par with an actor and the director. He loves his job and understands how important it is to put the right faces to breathe life into the script and match his directors' and writers' vision.

Mukesh Chhabra is the driving force behind streamlining the casting field in the Hindi Film Industry. After training for 2 years to understand the craft of acting from Shri Ram Centre, he completed a 9 year acting and teaching stint with the 'Theatre in Education' Company (TIE) affiliated with the National School of Drama in India. Mukesh Chhabra Casting Company incepted in 2008 and in a very short span has evolved into becoming one of the finest casting companies catering to worldwide clientele. Having worked in the industry for 15 years, Mukesh Chhabra has cast for 300+ movies, 100 + web series, numerous TV commercials and is the man who discovered faces like Rajkummar Rao, Sushant Singh Rajput, Mrunal Thakur, Pratik Gandhi, Sanya Malhotra, Fatima Sana Shaikh among-st many others. MCCC believes in nurturing new talents to carve a niche in the big bustling world of Hindi Cinema. Today, the biggest directors in the industry like Rajkumar Hirani, Nitesh Tiwari, Richie Mehta, Imtiaz Ali, Kabir Khan, Abhishek Kapoor, Aanand L. Rai, Anurag Kashyap, Raj Nidimoru, Krishna D.K., Anubhav Sinha, Hansal Mehta, Vishal Bhardwaj, Sooraj Barjatya, A.R. Rahman, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra and producers like Sajid Nadiadwala, Karan Johar, Bhushan Kumar, Ekta Kapoor and many more all choose MCCC for their casting needs. Mukesh and his team take pride in themselves in bringing attention to detail to all projects in their care.

Navrattan Mehta is known for Secret Superstar (2017), Dhindora (2021) and Rana Naidu (2023).

Nikita Grover is known for Paatal Lok (2020), Secret Superstar (2017) and The Sky Is Pink (2019).

Omkar Nautiyal is an Indian actor who works in web-series and films.He moved to Mumbai in the year 2018 and has been working as an actor since.He has been working as an Casting associate in various Advertisement and web-series lately. Omkar nautiyal is a trained actor from Barry John acting studio.

Panchami Ghavri was born and brought up in Mumbai. She works as an independent Casting Director for Feature Films, Web Series and Advertising. Panchami went to Jai Hind College. She did a diploma from Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute. Her work includes Brothers (2015) and Kapoor & Sons (2016), Masaba Masaba (2020) and many more.

Parag Chadha is known for Ek Tha Tiger (2012), Band Baaja Baaraat (2010) and Akbar Birbal (2014).

Paragg Mehta is an Indian Casting Director and Producer who specializes in casting services for feature films, web series, advertisements and finite television series.Paragg believes that getting a thorough understanding of the filmmaking process is a vital factor in casting precise. His work ethics include closely working with the director's vision, as well as keeping the dynamics of the camera in perspective when 'casting'.At office, he has a totally committed team who works on choosing the right artists, training them at workshops, and also doing their background checks in the most the most appropriate way.

Prashant Singh has been associated with Hindi cinema for over a decade. He is from Allahabad who had no plans of becoming a casting director . However as fate would have it, Singh's life changed, when he moved from Delhi to Mumbai in mid 2008 for exploring work in film industry. He established himself as a renowned casting director from Citylights,which was his first commercial success and then there was no stopping.Feature films like Daddy,Trapped, Gulab Gang, Ghoul, Tumbbad followed. His strength also lies in training actors and helping them deliver more meaningful performances. He has trained contemporary Indian actors like Sohum Shah, Sunil Grover, Katrina Kaif, Jacqueline Fernandas, Vani Kapoor and Bhumi Pednekar, Sara Ali Khan, Jhanvi Kapoor, Manushi Chillar, Masaba Gupta , Manoj Bajpayee & Soha Ali Khan. Prashant recalls that when he moved to Mumbai casting as a full time profession had begun few years ago and when he entered this space he started appreciating its nuances.Understanding director's mind frame, actors psyche and demands of the script helped him cast and deal with actors better. He started Wayward monk casting company few years ago. He has also acted in films like Titli and Watermelon.

Rachita Kapoor is known for Chhichhore (2019), Shaitaan (2024) and '83 (2021).

Roshmi Banerjee is known for Kahaani (2012), Blackmail (2018) and 24: India (2013).