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LEAD ROLES
JEET
Priyajeet "Jeet" Kumar Malhotra, orphan, is the “one-foot-kick” apprentice and general gopher to the Mad Master Baqir’s Tabla Store.
Mayookh Bhaumik
CONFIRMED!
MAHTA
Gifted yet driven Mahta is the hottest young Bollywood dance star-in-the-making.
Mathangi Keshavan
CONFIRMED!
SUPPORTING ROLES
BAQIR
Mad Master Baqir, world-renowned tabla player and maker, thought to have gone mad after losing his soul-mate and wife, prima dancer Zaheera. Now a recluse in the Master’s enclave in Laxmi Nagar, a poor, congested part of Delhi, India
Tony Mirrcandani
CONFIRMED!
ZAHEERA
Legendary and beautiful Indian classical dancer, lost to an obscure disease at an early age but pledged to remain with Baqir forever.
Poorna Jaganathan
KADAK
Baqir’s and Zaheera’s heir apparent, the tall and handsome Kadak is slow and steady, unlike both his parents. He is an accomplished yet pedestrian tabla player, preferring to be seen in the best of society and gamble with the family fortune, and business, to make more money.
Jayesh
RAINA
Long-time Baqir family retainer, Raina is the real head of the household and the Baqir compound. And of course, she knows a lot more than she's letting on...
Neelkanti Patekar
DIYA
Mahta’s supermodel-looking, clever and kind BFF and sidekick.
Pooja Sheroan
CAMEO APPEARANCES
LEAD ROLES
ALUMINIUM AL
Alpesh “AL” - Jeet’s street-kid buddy turned Aluminium King of Delhi. Jeet and Al used to roam the huge trash piles of the city, searching for precious metals to sell. Al still supplies Jeet with premium aluminium pots and pans to melt down and re-make into tabla shells.
Hasan Minhaj
SUNU
Kadak’s pretty, socially smooth, smart yet conniving girl-friend. She’s after Kadak’s status, stature, children, and ultimate the control of the Baqir estate.
Shraddha Kapoor
TOM KAPOOT
Young and handsome Bollywood star, hooked to Mahta by the studio for promotional and escort duties as her tabloid boyfriend and love. Tom’s a powerful young pro, looking to advance his Bollywood career to the very top of the business.
Varun Dhawan