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(1998)

Full Cast & Crew

Directed by 

Deepa Mehta

Writing Credits (in alphabetical order)  

Deepa Mehta ... (writer)
Bapsi Sidhwa ... (novel)

Cast (in credits order)  

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

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 Sadrani ... electrician
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

See also

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