China Gate

Cast & Crew

Cast & Crew

Directed by

Rajkumar Santoshi

Writing Credits

Vijay Deveshwar
(dialogue associate)
K.K. Raina
(dialogue)
K.K. Raina
(screenplay)
Anjum Rajabali
(screenplay)
Rajkumar Santoshi
(dialogue)
Rajkumar Santoshi
(screenplay)
Rajkumar Santoshi
(story)

Cast

Om Puri
Col. Krishnakant Puri
Amrish Puri
Col. Kewal Krishan Puri
Naseeruddin Shah
Maj. Sarfaraz Khan
Danny Denzongpa
Maj. Ranjir Singh Gurung
Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Maj. Kailashnath Gupta
Tinnu Anand
Capt. Bijon Dasgupta
Viju Khote
Nb Subedar Ghanshyam
Samir Soni
Uditanshu 'Udit' Tandon
Mamta Kulkarni
Sandhya Rajan
Ila Arun
Mrs. Gopinath
Paresh Rawal
Inspector Barot
Mukesh Tiwari
Jageera
Anjan Srivastav
Havaldar Dharti Kumar Pandey
Jagdeep
Sub. Nageshwar Rammaiah
Shivaji Satam
Gopinath (Village Sarpanch)
K.D. Chandran
MD
Anupam Kher
Brigadier Anoop Kumar / Governor (Special Appearance)
Girish Karnad
Forest Officer Sundar Rajan (Sandhya's Dad, Special appearance)
Benaf Dadachandji
Lali
Razak Khan
Sadhuram (Lali's Uncle)
Harish Patel
Devdurg villager
Shreechand Makhija
Local Villager
Sudhir Joshi
Mr. Joshi
Urmila Matondkar
a special appearance in the song 'Chamma Chamma'
Firoze Shakir
(as Feroz Shakir)
Vijay Deveshwar
(as Vijay Deveshawar)
Narendra Rawal
(as Narendra)
Raj Kishore
(as Rajkishore Rana)
Uttam Banker
(as Uttam Bankar)
Sunita
Villagers

Produced by

Rajkumar Santoshi
producer

Music by

Vanraj Bhatia
Anu Malik

Cinematography by

Piyush Shah

Editing by

V.N. Mayekar

Art Direction by

Samir Chanda
(as Sameer Chanda)

Costume Design by

Madhav Agasti
(costumes designed by)

Makeup Department

Abdul
assistant makeup artist
Charu Banker
hair stylist (as Charu Bankar)
Devendra
assistant makeup artist
Mahesh Gire
key makeup artist
Arun Pillai
makeup artist
Rashida
hair stylist

Production Management

Arun Sabhapathi
production manager
Raghu Shetty
production manager
Dinesh Singh
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Abdul Qayyoom Khan
assistant director
Rajatesh Nayyar
assistant director
Das Parthsarrthi
assistant director
Shyam Sunder
assistant director
Shashikant Verma
assistant director

Art Department

Manish Baba
assistant art director
Pradeep Banerjee
Chief Assistant Art Director
Shyam Dey
assistant art director (as Shyam De)
Acharya Satish
assistant art director (as Satish Acharya)

Sound Department

Prabhu C.S.
assistant sound mixer: DTS (as C.S. Prabhu)
Raghuvir Choudhry
assistant sound (as Raghuvir Chaudhari)
Ajith Abraham George
assistant engineer / asst sound mixer
Shaukat Hussain
sound assistant
Ajit Ibrahim
assistant sound mixer: DTS (as Ajit Abraham)
Satish Kumar
asst re-recording mixer
Janakiraman P.
technical engineer: DTS (as P. Janaki Raman)
Satish Poojari
dubbing: Sudeep Studios (as Satish Pujari)
B.M.A. Prabhu
technical engineer: DTS
Santosh
sound assistant
H. Satish
dubbing mixer
C. Sethu
sound effects (as Sethu)
Jarvis Solomon
sound effects
H. Sridhar
audiographer
Suraj
assistant sound
Pradeep Suri
dubbing

Special Effects by

Vijay Bhalekar
dummy & rolling titles
Satyan Patel
action effects (as Satyen Patel)

Visual Effects by

Madhava Reddy
visual effects

Stunts

James Barla
stunts
Mahesh Dahiya
assistant action coordinator (as Mahesh Dahia)
Wilfred Pereira
assistant action coordinator (as Wilfred Ferreira)
Manohar Verma
assistant action coordinator
Tinnu Verma
action coordinator (as Tinu Verma)

Camera and Electrical Department

Anand
spot boy
Bala
assistant camera
Ramesh Bhonsle
assistant camera
Amit Bose
gaffer
Jagdish Chauhan
lighting technician
Sumeet Chopra
still photographer
Dhuvraj
spot boy
Dimple
assistant camera
Nath Gupta
still photographer
Vijay Indulkar
focus puller
Jalwa
spot boy
Sanjay Khanzode
assistant cameraman
Nagmani
spot boy
Ganesh Parida
still photographer
Ramchandra
spot boy
Sanjay Rana
assistant camera (as Sanjay Rane)
Chary Sajjana
focus puller
Santosh
spot boy
Jayesh Sen
assistant camera
Jeetu Sharma
assistant camera
Sitaram
spot boy
Rajesh Tiwari
assistant camera
Vijay
assistant camera
Sureshchandra J. Yadav
steadicam operator

Animation Department

Nitin Bhalla
title animation

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Uttam Banker
dress department (as Uttam Bankar)
Vinod Pardesi
dress assistant (as Vinod Pardeshi)
Ramesh
dress assistant
Sanjay
dress assistant
Sudhir
dress assistant

Editorial Department

Yash Surve
assistant editor (as Rajendra Surve)
Prakash Tendulkar
assistant editor

Location Management

S. Basavraj
location manager: Gangavathi
Kalikant
location manager: Hyderabad
Mallanna Mistry
location manager
Ram
location manager (as Ramu)
Reddy
location manager
Venkat
location manager

Music Department

Satish Gupta
song recordist: Sahara India
Hariharan
playback singer
Sunil Kaushik
assistant background music recordist
Shankar Mahadevan
playback singer
Anu Malik
playback singer
R.S. Mani
music producer
Bipin Panchal
song recordist: Sahara India
Sameer
lyricist
Sanjay
assistant background music recordist
Sandeep Shirodkar
song programming arranger
Taufique
assistant background music recordist
Alka Yagnik
playback singer

Additional Crew

Ganesh Acharya
choreographer (as Ganesh)
Salman Akhter
production accountant
Uttam Banker
production controller (as Uttam Bankar)
Sampat Barola
accountant
Ajit Ghosh
public relations officer
Rajesh Gosavi
accountant
Deepak Grewal
chief production executive
Shankar Gupta
attendant
C.A. Michael
studio manager: Media Artists Pvt. Ltd.
Himanshu Nanda
publicity designer
Rahul Nanda
publicity designer
Mohan Nayyar
production coordinator
Hriday Pandey
assistant accountant
Naina S. Samala
accountant (as Naina Samala)
Bharat S. Shah
presenter (as Bharat Shah)
Ramesh Shetty
attendant
Sudhakar
office assistant

Thanks

Javed Akhtar
acknowledgment (as Shri. Javed Akhtar)
Akira Kurosawa
in tribute to
Govind Nihalani
acknowledgment (as Shri. Govind Nihalani)
Major Ravi
acknowledgment (as Maj. A.K. Ravindran)
Manmohan Shetty
acknowledgment (as Shri. Manmohan Shetty)
H.R. Srinath
acknowledgment (as Shri. H.R. Srinath) (Gangavathi)
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