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Dil Chahta Hai (2001) Poster

Full Cast & Crew

Directed by 

Farhan Akhtar

Writing Credits  

Kassim Jagmagia ... (story co-developed by)
 
Farhan Akhtar ... (story)
 
Farhan Akhtar ... (screenplay)
 
Farhan Akhtar ... (dialogue)
 
Karan Vishwanath Kashyap ... (Dialogue Superviser)
Karan Kashyap ... (dialogue supervisor)

Cast (in credits order) complete, awaiting verification  

Aamir Khan ... Akash Malhotra
Saif Ali Khan ... Sameer
Akshaye Khanna ... Siddharth Sinha
Preity G Zinta ... Shalini (as Preity Zinta)
Sonali Kulkarni ... Pooja
Dimple Kapadia ... Tara Jaiswal
Ayub Khan ... Rohit
Rajat Kapoor ... Shalini's Uncle
Suhasini Mulay ... Sid's Mother
Ahmed Khan ... Akash's Father
Suchitra Pillai ... Priya
Anjula Bedi Anjula Bedi ... Sameer's Mother
Rakesh Pandey ... Rohit's Father
Samantha Tremayne Samantha Tremayne ... Deepa
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Claire Claire ... Joan
Clarence Clarence ... Guitarist at Ambassador Rooftop
Asad Dadarkar Asad Dadarkar ... Subodh
Bomi Doctor Bomi Doctor ... Sameer's Father
Beatrice Gibson Beatrice Gibson ... Kristine
Kannu Gill ... Akash's Mother
Yusuf Hussain ... Pooja's Father
Rio Kapadia ... Mr. Shankaran
Simran Makhija Simran Makhija ... Esha; Tara's Daughter
Deepak Malhotra Deepak Malhotra ... Mr. Mehta
Shail Mehta Shail Mehta ... Pooja's Mother
Sarah Neilson Sarah Neilson ... Kristine's friend
Shaina Shaina ... Shalini's friend 2
Shilpa Shilpa ... Shalini's friend 1
Anand Subaya Anand Subaya ... Deepa's friend 1
Mandala Tayde ... Girl at Chapora Fort (as Manadala tayde)
Meenakshi Verma Meenakshi Verma ... Doctor at Lilavati
Gordon Waddell ... Australian DOP
Kerry Casey ... Clown (uncredited)
Kiran Rao ... Deepa's friend in hotel lobby in Goa (uncredited)

Produced by 

Farhan Akhtar ... producer
Ritesh Sidhwani ... producer
Pravin Talreja ... co-producer

Music by 

Shankar Mahadevan ... (as Shankar)
Loy Mendonsa ... (as Loy)
Ehsaan Noorani ... (as Ehsaan)

Cinematography by 

Ravi K. Chandran ... director of photography

Editing by 

A. Sreekar Prasad ... (as Sreekar Prasad)

Casting By 

Zoya Akhtar

Production Design by 

Suzanne Caplan Merwanji

Art Direction by 

Kiran Khanna
Yunus Pathan

Set Decoration by 

Chetana Prabhu

Costume Design by 

Arjun Bhasin

Makeup Department 

Avan Contractor ... hair designer: juice hair
Tanuja Dabir ... makeup designer

Production Management 

Harish Amin ... production manager
Inderjit Chadha ... production controller
Lachlan Imrie ... production manager: Australia

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director 

Zoya Akhtar ... first assistant director
Renu Bhagnani Dutt ... second second assistant director
Tina Havelock Stevens ... second assistant director: Australia
Lachlan Imrie ... first assistant director: Australia
Reema Kagti ... second assistant director
Anshul Pandey ... assistant director

Art Department 

Dhananjay Thorat ... graphic designer

Sound Department 

Royston D'Lima ... sound editor
Ajith Abraham George ... Asst Mixing Engineer
Stephen Gomes ... sound editor
Nakul Kamte ... sound designer
Ashraf Khan ... boom operator
Satish Kumar ... asst re-recording mixer
Sreejesh ... dvd mastering engineer
H. Sridhar ... final mixing

Visual Effects by 

Ronojoy Chatterji ... visual effects (as Ronojoy)
Binny Padda ... visual effects
Ravi Padda ... visual effects
Naveen Shukla ... digital artist (2007 version)
Ashwin Singh ... compositor

Stunts 

Spike Cherrie ... stunt coordinator
Javed Karim ... assistant action
Gordon Waddell ... safety supervisor / stunt performer

Camera and Electrical Department 

Arjun Singh Bhurji ... best boy grip
Franc Biffone ... director of photography: second unit
Ayananka Bose ... assistant cinematographer
Chris Davies ... key grip: Australia
Mulchand Dedhia ... gaffer
B.V. Ravi Kiran ... second assistant camera
Hardeep Sachdev ... still photographer / stills (as Hardeep Singh Sachdev)
Hitesh Sadrrani ... electrician
Sanjay Sami ... key grip
Steve Byron ... steadicam focus puller (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department 

Urmila Motwani ... assistant costume designer (as Urmilla Lal Motwani)

Location Management 

Nitin Chandrachud ... location manager

Music Department 

Javed Akhtar ... lyrics
Clinton Cerejo ... music producer and/or vocal arranger
Kavita Krishnamurthy ... playback singer
Krishnakumar Kunnath ... playback singer
Shankar Mahadevan ... playback singer
Srinivas Murthy ... conductor
Udit Narayan ... playback singer
Sonu Nigam ... singer
Annu Poojari ... assistant music engineer
Shaan ... playback singer
Srinivas ... playback singer
Alka Yagnik ... playback singer

Additional Crew 

Nabeel Abbas ... marketing and promotions
Simrit Brar ... publicity designer / publicity printing
Ritchie Burton ... assistant choreographer of farah khan
K. Gangadharan ... legal advisor
Ajit Gupta ... insurer
Jaswant Singh Hinduja ... finance manager
Kassim Jagmagia ... creative supervisor
Farah Khan ... choreographer
Anshul Pandey ... assistant: director (post production)
Bimal Parekh ... chartered accountant
Tejal Patni ... publicity stills
Chandan Sidhwani ... presenter
Ritesh Sidhwani ... creative director: Excel Entertainment

Thanks 

Jivesh Bhojwani ... thanks
Steesha Bhojwani ... thanks
Deepti Datt ... special thanks
Leela Kempinski ... thanks
Anupam Sharma ... thanks

See also

Release Dates | Official Sites | Company Credits | Filming & Production | Technical Specs

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