Cast & Crew

Directed by

Deepa Mehta

Writing Credits

Deepa Mehta
(writer)
Bapsi Sidhwa
(novel)

Cast

Aamir Khan
Dil Navaz
Nandita Das
Shanta
Rahul Khanna
Hassan, the Masseur
Maia Sethna
Lenny Sethna
Babby Singh
Yousaf
Kitu Gidwani
Bunty Sethna
Raghubir Yadav
Hariya / Himmat Ali (as Raghuvir Yadav)
Kabir Chowdhury
Cousin Adi
Arif Zakaria
Rustom Sethna
Eric Peterson
Mr. Rogers (IG)
Gulshan Grover
Mr. Singh
Lauren Walker
Mrs. Rogers
Cinia Jain
Mrs. Singh
Navtej Singh Johar
Sher Singh
Pawan Malhotra
Butcher
Sunil Mehra
Toto Ramji
Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Imam Din
Roshan Banu
Papoo
Radhika Singh
Muchoo
Varun Mehta
Boy at bioscope
Mahesh Gahalot
Muslim father
Gatanjill Chopra
Muslim mother
Sahiba Chopra
Daughter
Sia Chopra
Daughter
Annabelle
Daughter
Sandeep Singh
Little Sikh boy
Rahul Ram
Young Sikh man
Ravinder Kumar
Young Muslim man
Veer Prakash Nayar
Papoo's groom
Babloo
Chotay
Ashok Jain
Refugee police
Pradeep Kapoor
Station master
Jaaved Jaaferi
Radio announcer
Hussain Kuwajerwala
Muslim man quartered
Malani Ramani
Cousin Adi's mother
Arif
Refugee boy
Mohini Mathur
Sher Singh's mother
Mayura Baweja
Sher Singh's sister
Madhavendra
Mob leader
Mohammed Irshad
Moti
Sagar Zakhmi
Mob member
Avinash Nimeshswami
Mob member
Nagesh Salwan
Mob member
Adil Sheikh
Mob member
Anil Chandra Prakash
Mob member
Bapsi Sidhwa
Older Lenny
Kabir Singh Chowdhry
Cousin Adi
Vinod Nahardih
Mob member
Shabana Azmi
Older Lenny

Produced by

Sean Atkinson
post-production producer
David Hamilton
executive producer
Anne Masson
producer
Deepa Mehta
producer
Dilip Mehta
creative producer
Jhamu Sughand
executive producer
Tulsidas Sughand
co-producer

Music by

A.R. Rahman

Cinematography by

Giles Nuttgens

Editing by

Barry Farrell

Casting By

Uma Da Cunha

Production Design by

Aradhana Seth
Tulsidas Sughand

Art Direction by

Aradhana Seth

Set Decoration by

Malavika Talukder

Costume Design by

Dolly Ahluwalia
(as Dolly Ahluwalia Tewari)

Makeup Department

Bittoo
assistant makeup artist
Nicole Demers
makeup artist
Babita John
assistant hair stylist
Debra Johnson
key makeup artist (as Debra Henderson)

Production Management

Iqbal Kidwai
unit manager
Anil Shoraj Sharma
production assistant (as Anil Sharma)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Monsoon Bissell
third assistant director: cast
Dylan Gray
first assistant director (as D. Dylan Gray)
Irfan Jamiawala
assistant director
Rajendra Kumar
third assistant director: set (as Kumar Rajendra)
Péter Palátsik
second assistant director
Harveer Singh
third assistant director: extras

Art Department

Nitin Bhatt
set production assistant
Rammilan Chaubey
prop assistant (as Ram Milan Choubey)
Om Prakash Choubey
prop assistant
Mohammed Hafiz
prop assistant
Rumana Hamied
assistant set dresser
Dattu Kadam
carpenter
Yashwant S. Kamble
head painter (as Yeshwant S. Kamble)
Shefali Karamchandani
set production assistant
Narinder Nagar
property man
Shambu Nath
stand-by props
Vijay Parshuram
painter
Sumit Punjwani
property man
Koel Purie
set production assistant (as Koel Puri)
Pradip Redij
assistant art director
Mingi Rekbal
prop assistant
Arshad Sardar
art department assistant
Dilip Shah
art department assistant (as Anal Dilip Shah)
Ashok Sharma
art department electrician
Ayesha Sood
storekeeper
Ben Spencer
second assistant art director (as William Spencer)
Malavika Talukder
set dresser (as Malavika Talukdar)
Loveleen Tandan
set production assistant
Yogender Tyagi
assistant props master (as Yogender 'Munna' Tyagi)
Daulat Vaid
art department runner
Arun Venugopol
key set production assistant
Arjun Vishwakarma
carpenter
Lavajaree Vishwakarma
construction coordinator

Sound Department

Vince Agostini
foley recordist
Denis Blais
foley artist
Tim J. Carroll
stereo sound consultant: Dolby Stereo
Elius Caruso
re-recording mixer
Mike Donald
boom operator
Sebastian Godwin
second assistant sound
Ian Hopkins
assistant sound editor / dialogue editor
Jim Hopkins
sound effects editor / supervising sound editor
Cathy Hutton
dialogue editor
Richard Kelly
sound effects editor
Darcy Kite
re-recording mixer (as Darcey Kite)
Joan Parker
foley assistant
Graham Ross
sound mixer
Suleman Sheikh
additional boom operator
Dileep Subramaniam
additional sound mixer
Mark Zsifkovits
re-recording mixer

Special Effects by

Anthony Fernandez
special effects
Babu Meckwan
special effects

Visual Effects by

Pavan Balagam
visual effects artist
Alex Boothby
matte artist
Biju Dhanpalan
visual effects consultant
Wilson Louis
visual effects producer
Prasad Sutar
digital compositor

Stunts

Allan Amin
stunt coordinator
Giru
stunt performer
Hussain Kuwajerwala
stunt performer (as Hussain)
Ainouddin Sheikh
stunt performer (as Ino)

Camera and Electrical Department

G.R. Adam
assistant grip
Mohamud Ali
electrician
Gorakh S. Avadhi
generator assistant (as Gorakh Avad)
Balaram Dawande
electrician (as Balaram Dhavande)
Mulchand Dedhia
gaffer
Raghuvir Jadeja
electrician
Tukaram Joshi
electrician
Aleksander Kaufmann
first assistant camera (as Aleksander Kauffman)
Krishna Kumar
rigger
Punam Kumar
additional still photographer
Pappu Marwadi
electrician (as Pappu Marvadi)
Jeremy Mauger
additional dolly grip
Dilip Mehta
special still photographer
Sadruddin Jiva Mistry
generator operator (as Sadruddin J. Mistry)
Peter Myslowski
key grip
Ravindra Raokhande
electrician (as Ravinder Raokhande)
Kamlesh Saadrani
electrician (as Kamlesh Sadrani)
Priya Seth
third camera assistant
S.A. Siddiqui
electrician
Arjun Singh
spot boy
Kishan Tarva
generator assistant
Lorenzo Weiss
second assistant camera
William Wilfred
rigger (as Williams Wilfred)
Barkhat M. Zaria
electrician (as Barkat M. Zaria)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Poornima Inspector
first wardrobe assistant
Hiralal Jatav
second wardrobe assistant (as Heera Lal)
Mahinder
tailor
Anand Santosh
washer
Narinder Singh
chief wardrobe assistant
Sunder
wardrobe runner
Yusuf
wardrobe supervisor

Editorial Department

Kelly Black
post-production coordinator
Jacqueline Carmody
first assistant picture editor
David Craven
post-production: UK
Barry Farrell
supervising editor
Leanne McCarthy
first assistant picture editor
Ricardo Olivero
color timer

Location Management

Islamuddin Khan
location assistant
Saif Kidwai
location assistant
Gopal Mandal
assistant location manager
Pervinder Singh
location assistant
Edwin Williams
unit location manager

Music Department

Javed Akhtar
lyrics
Asha Bhosle
playback singer (as Asha Bhonsle)
Hariharan
playback singer: "Dheemi Dheemi"
Sadhana Sargam
playback singer: "Banno Rani"
Sukhwinder Singh
playback singer: "Ruth Aa Gayee Re", "Raat Ki Daldal Hain" and "Yeh Jo Zindagi Hain"
S. Sivakumar
song recordist and mixer
Srinivas
playback singer: "Yeh Jo Zindagi Hain"
Sujata Trivedi
playback singer: "Yeh Jo Zindagi Hain"

Script and Continuity Department

Riju Bajaj
script assistant
Nasreen Rehman
script translator (as Nasreen Rahman)
Daniela Saioni
script supervisor

Transportation Department

Jetinder Chaudhary
transportation assistant
Ravinder Malik
transportation coordinator

Additional Crew

Rajeev Acharya
production accountant
Ron Atkey
legal counsel: Toronto
Deborah Bhatlya
tutor
Nitin Bhatt
set production assistant
Sunil Chhabra
wrangler
Darryl Cornford
work print conformer
Sunil Gupta
unit doctor (as Dr. Sunil Gupta)
David Hamilton
presenter
Stohn Henderson
legal counsel: Toronto
Arun Jetley
legal counsel: New Dehli
Heram Singh Kapasia
permissions liason
Joan Kirby
production controller: Canada
Robert Kraus
title designer: opening titles
Punam Kumar
assistant to director
Sanjay Malik
additional unit manager
Paul Martin
production controller: India
Veena Mehta
dialogue coach: Rahul Khanna
Alnoor Merchant
website design
Sharyu Mutreja
production secretary
Barbara O'Kelly
story editor
Ved Prasad
production runner
Nupu Press
production coordinator (as Nupu Chaudhuri)
Ashish Puri
production runner
Koel Puri
set production assistant
M.I. Quoroshi
production assistant
Shahdad Rohani
liaison officer: I & B
Punam Sawhney
assistant to the coordinator
Rajiv Sawhney
legal counsel: New Dehli
Deanna Scriver
work print conformer
Shalini Sethi
assistant to director (as Shalani Sethi)
R.C. Shahdadpuri
liaison officer: I&B
D.P. Singh
assistant to the coordinator
Mahavir Singh
assistant animal wrangler
Maninder Singh
legal counsel: New Dehli
Prathibha Singh
legal counsel: New Dehli
Vishal Sood
production consultant
Jhamu Sughand
presenter
Loveleen Tandan
set production assistant
All Filters