Ajooba

Cast & Crew

Cast & Crew

Directed by

Shashi Kapoor
Gennadiy Vasilev

Writing Credits

Yu. Avetikov
(screenplay)
Bharat B. Bhalla
Brij Katyal
Prayag Raj
(as Prayag Raaj)
Valentin Yezhov
(screenplay) (as Valentin Ezhov)

Cast

Amitabh Bachchan
Ajooba / Ali
Dimple Kapadia
Rukhsana Khan
Rishi Kapoor
Hassan
Sonam
Shehzadi Heena
Shammi Kapoor
Sultan of Bahristan
Ariadna Shengelaia
Malika
Saeed Jaffrey
Amir Khan
Sushma Seth
Zarina Khan
Amrish Puri
Vazir-E-Alla
Dalip Tahil
Shahrukh (Vazir's brother-in-law)
Georgi Darchiashvili
Prince Altaf
Abesalom Loria
Kadus
Tinnu Anand
Anwar Khan
Dara Singh Randhawa
Maharaja Karan Singh
Tej Sapru
Prince Uddam Singh
Tumara
Shehnaaz
Irakli Khizanishvili
Ansari
Artyom Karapetyan
Treasurer
Rudin
Jailor
Leonid Filatkin
Vizier's Henchman
Narendranath Malhotra
Bandit
Rajendranath Malhotra
Citizen
Mac Mohan
Bandit
Yunus Parvez
Bandit
Gurbachan Singh
Palace Guard
Sudhir
Bandit
Vikas Anand
Actor
Mohan Choti
Actor
Krishan Dhawan
Actor
C.S. Dubey
Bandit
Manik Irani
Villain
Paidi Jairaj
Actor
Pinchoo Kapoor
(uncredited)
Prithviraj Kapoor
Self (ritual performed in the beginning of the movie)
Rajan Kapoor
Actor
Samrat Kapoor
Actor
Tiger Kapoor
Actor
Harish Magon
Actor
Manmauji
Civilian
Vishwa Mehra
Actor
K.N. Singh
Old civillian
Praveen Kumar Sobti
Villain

Produced by

Kunal Kapoor
executive producer
Shashi Kapoor
producer
Feroz Abbas Khan
executive producer

Music by

Vanraj Bhatia
Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar
(as Laxmikant)
Aleksey Rybnikov
Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma
(as Pyarelal)

Cinematography by

Sergey Anufriev
(as Sergei Anufriyev)
Aleksandr Kovalchuk
Peter Pereira

Editing by

Bhanudas Divakar
(as Bhanudas Divkar)
Tatyana Malyavina

Production Design by

Vladimir Dushin
Olga Kravchenya
Desh Mukherjee

Art Direction by

Marutirao V. Kale
(as Maruti Rao Kale)
Desh Mukherjee

Costume Design by

Madhav Agasti
(costumes designed by)
Bhanu Athaiya
Lyudmila Chekulayeva

Makeup Department

Shyam Kansare
key makeup artist

Production Management

Ashok Goswami
head of production
Sami Ahmed Khan
production manager (as Shammi Ahmed)
Dileep Singh Rathore
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Shakti Dixit
special assistant director
Aditya Raj Kapoor
assistant director (as Aditya Raj) / special assistant director (as Aaditya Raaj)
Anand Karanwal
chief assistant director
Chander Mohan
special assistant director
Viplove Rai
special assistant director
Prayag Raj
second unit director (as Prayag Raaj)
Jatin Sial
special assistant director

Art Department

Dileep Singh Rathore
property master

Sound Department

G.S. Bhatia
dubbing editor
Geetanjali
dubbing
Hitendra Ghosh
sound re-recordist
Sarosh Italia
audiographer
Sumeet
dubbing
Prakash Gupta
dubbing (uncredited)

Special Effects by

Carlton D'Mello
special effects coordinator
Syed Galib
main titles (as S. Ghalib)
Prakaram Sinh Jhalla
special effects mechanism
Suresh Naik
titles exposing
Peter Pereira
special effects director

Stunts

Mansoor Ali
stunt action director (as A. Mansoor)
Aleksandr Baranov
stunt double
Oleg Botin
stunt double
William De Vital
stunt performer (as William Devital)
Javed Karim
stunt performer

Camera and Electrical Department

Tapan Basu
camera operator: second unit
Arun Mistry
camera operator: second unit

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Namrata Bagwe
wardrobe: Amrish Puri
C.G. Hanuman
wardrobe: Rishi Kapoor (as Hanuman)
Simple Kapadia
wardrobe: Dimple Kapadia

Editorial Department

Jagdish Mohite
special assistant editor

Music Department

Mohammed Aziz
playback singer
Anand Bakshi
lyricist
Sudesh Bhonsle
playback singer
Kavita Krishnamurthy
playback singer
Anuradha Paudwal
playback singer
A.N. Tagore
music recordist (as Tagore)
Alka Yagnik
playback singer

Additional Crew

Suresh Bhatt
choreographer
Raj Joshi
dialogue director / schedule director
Tiger Kapoor
chief production controller
Ashwani Kumar Lambah
business executive
Surinder Malhotra
production controller
Pushpa Raj
Hindi coach for Russian actors
Prabhakar Shetty
chief production controller
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