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Sam Bahadur (2023) Poster

(2023)

Full Cast & Crew

Directed by 

Meghna Gulzar

Writing Credits (in alphabetical order)  

Meghna Gulzar
Bhavani Iyer
Shantanu Srivastava

Cast (in credits order)  

Vicky Kaushal ... Sam Manekshaw
Sanya Malhotra ... Silloo Manekshaw
Fatima Sana Shaikh ... Indira Gandhi
Neeraj Kabi ... Jawaharlal Nehru
Govind Namdeo ... Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
Edward Sonnenblick ... Lord Mountbatten
Mohd. Zeeshan Ayyub ... Yahya Khan
Rajiv Kachroo ... Hormusji Manekshaw
Prajesh Kashyap Prajesh Kashyap ... Haji Iftikhar
Bobby Arora Bobby Arora ... Maj. O. S. Kalkat
Kalki Koechlin
Sammy Jonas Heaney Sammy Jonas Heaney ... Captain McLaren
Upen Chauhan Upen Chauhan ... Tikka Khan
Varun Narang Varun Narang ... Sheikh Abdullah
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Keiichi Ando ... Main General Officer
Nikhil Angrish Nikhil Angrish ... Officer South Block
Keita Arai ... Army General
Alok Arora ... R N Kao
Sujit Kumar Barman Sujit Kumar Barman ... Pakistani Soldier
Kamal Batra Kamal Batra ... Lt. Amar Sharma
Ashton Bessette Ashton Bessette ... Cowan's ADC
Raghav Bhanot Raghav Bhanot ... Army officer
Alexander Bobkov Alexander Bobkov ... British subaltern officer
Monuj Borkotoky Monuj Borkotoky ... Assam Rifles Major
Krishnakant Singh Bundela ... Subedar Gurbaksh Singh
Darius Chinoy ... Air Chief Marshal P C Lal
Ujjwal Chopra ... Major Kaul
Kushagra Dhingra Kushagra Dhingra ... Guy on Cycle
Jaskaran Singh Gandhi Jaskaran Singh Gandhi ... Sepoy Mehar Singh
Jeffrey Goldberg Jeffrey Goldberg ... Henry Kissinger
Vikash Hrit Vikash Hrit ... Bidhan Chandra Ghose
Jupiter Ishida ... Army General (as Naoya Ishida)
Atul Kale ... Who gives message about Paksitan's attack
Eklavey Kashyap ... Jit Singh
Richard Bhakti Klein ... Ambassador Keating
Krishna Kotian ... V P Menon
Arvind Kumar Arvind Kumar ... Pakistan Army brigadier
Kumaravel ... V.K. Krishna Menon (as Elango Kumaravel)
Yogendra Kumeria Yogendra Kumeria ... Commander
Richard Maddison Richard Maddison ... Lt Col Donnie Edwards
Subhajit Nag Subhajit Nag ... Gorkha Major
Balakrishnan Natarajan Balakrishnan Natarajan ... Chief of Army Staff General Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri
Paul O'Neill ... Major (General) David Cowan
Ed Robinson ... Lt. D.A.D. Eykyn
Uday Sabnis ... Politician
Neeraj Saidawat Neeraj Saidawat ... DMO Officer
Col Ravi Sharma Col Ravi Sharma ... Pakistan General
Anjan Srivastav ... Yashwant Rao Chavan
Farah Titina Farah Titina ... Adult Sherry
Nabjot Kaur Tiwana Nabjot Kaur Tiwana ... Tehmi's Guest
Tashi Tobgay Tashi Tobgay ... Sittaung Villager
Rohan Verma Rohan Verma ... Captain Attiqur Rehman
Ajay Madhok Ajay Madhok ... Mahajan (uncredited)

Produced by 

Ankita Chowfin ... line producer
Pashan Jal ... creative producer
Himanshu Joshi ... Post Production Head
Bantoo Khanna ... line producer
Vicky Makhu ... line producer
Amit Mehta ... Line Producer: Uttarakhand
Zahoor Qadir ... post producer
Ronnie Screwvala ... producer
Maharsh Shah ... associate producer
Prafull Sharma ... executive producer
Bhawani Singh ... line producer (as Bhawani Singh Ghantel)
Ravi Tiwari ... executive producer

Music by 

Shankar Mahadevan
Loy Mendonsa
Ehsaan Noorani

Cinematography by 

Jay I. Patel

Editing by 

Nitin Baid

Casting By 

Arjun Singh Kushwaha ... (Foreigner Casting)
Karan Mally
Nandini Shrikent
Nadeem Siddiqui ... (extras casting)

Production Design by 

Subrata Chakraborty
Amit Ray

Art Direction by 

Avijit Ghosh

Costume Design by 

Divvya Gambhir
Nidhi Gambhir
Sachin Lovalekar

Makeup Department 

Shrikant Desai ... makeup designer
Sanaya Dotiwala ... Assistant hair artist: For sanya malhotra / assistant makeup artist
Chidanand Kulal ... chief prosthetic makeup artist / prosthetic makeup appliances designer
Prafful Potle ... makeup artist
Goswami Soamaa ... special makeup effects artist

Production Management 

Savi Arora ... production manager
Sameer Bhat ... unit production manager: production supervisor
Anurag Biwal ... production manager: Jodhpur
Pritish Dash ... unit production manager
Sunny Goswami ... production manager
Akshay Joshi ... production manager
Karan Singh Kapoor ... production manager
Parth Manocha ... post executive
Sabyasachi Pal ... assistant production manager
Umer Qadir ... production manager
Nadeem Shaikh ... unit production manager
Vivek Sharma ... Production Manager: Uttarakhand
Karanpreet Singh ... production manager
Sunil Tripathi ... production manager
Anubin Vishnu ... unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director 

Kumar Abhishek ... second assistant director
Hindol Deb ... key second assistant director
Ghazal Javed ... first assistant director: pre production
Sayantani Mustafi ... second assistant director
Parag ... second assistant director
Chandradeep Singh Rathore ... first assistant director
Himanshu Sharma ... second assistant director
Maheshwari Shekhawat ... third assistant director
Arunita Sircar ... Director's Assistant
Neha Mohan Sohani ... second second assistant director

Art Department 

Akshita Bhargava ... assistant art director
Sekh Munna ... art department / assistant art director: art department
Priya Sen ... assistant art director
Kamal Warik ... assistant art director

Sound Department 

Abhinav Agnihotri ... ott mix & mastering
Al Arjun ... sound recordist
Manish Bal ... ADR Engineer
Devkrit Baluni ... sound effects editor
Bulganin Baruah ... dialogue editor
Debajit Changmai ... re-recording mixer
Santosh Gupta ... ADR Engineer/Editor
Sanjay Kurian K. ... sound recordist
Mohammed Irfan Khan ... boom operator
Siddhraj Kulkarni ... sound
Swaraj Parab ... Supervising Sound Editor
Raghav Puri ... Assistant re-recording mixer
Kalhan Raina ... sound effects editor
Rashid ... ADR Recordist
Soham Shah ... Sound production coordinator
Rajat Shahane ... Assistant Re recording mixer
Chand Shaikh ... boom operator
Kunal Sharma ... sound designer
Varkey ... Production Sound Mixer: additional

Visual Effects by 

Atishholey ... Dmp Artist
Deep Banerjee ... Lighting Supervisor
Bhuvan ... compositing supervisor
Deeptanshu Ghosh ... 2D lead: DMP Environment
Radheya Indulkar ... FX Artist
Rohan Jain ... Fx Supervisor
Kishor Sitaram Jat ... Roto artist
Wala Jatinkumar ... prep artist
Vishal Kapoor ... visual effects supervisor
Mudit Kumar ... modeler: visual effects (as Mudit Kamar)
Mahesh Kunder ... digital intermediate line producer
A. Fazil Mohamed ... associate asset lead
Feron Munshi ... Production Manager
Umesh N.R. ... associate asset lead
Aaryan Pachpande ... visual effects artist
Chirag Panchal ... Associate Project Manager
Vijay Rajbhar ... Show Supervisor
Vinod K. Sharma ... Flame Artist & Online
Jayesh Talewar ... visual effects artist
Advait Tambe ... Production Co-ordinator
Chandrashekhar Thanvi ... visual effects supervisor: PhantomFX
Anandan Vasudevan ... Associate Supervisor MM
Sudhakar Venkat ... CG Supervisor

Stunts 

Anis Mirza ... assistant stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department 

Suhail Ali ... focus puller
Aastha Bana ... first ac/b camera operator
Aayushi Bomb ... Third Assistant Camera
Devendra Dash ... steadicam operator
Chandni Gajria ... Additional Still Photographer
Kshitij Kumar Goel ... Aerial cinematographer
Jerin James ... second assistant camera
Ranjeet Kamble ... drone pilot
Mohan Babu Lakshminarayanappa Bojaraja ... d.i.t (as Mohanbabu)
Bhatt Mihir ... Aerial Cinematography: Drone Operator
Manoj Mishra ... steadicam operator
Rajesh Kumar Pradhan ... Jimmy jib Track puller
Lakhan Rathod ... steadicam assistant
Utpal Ray ... Focus Puller
Sumit Samaddar ... camera operator (action segments)
Sajid Shaikh ... second assistant camera
Deepak Singh ... steadicam operator
Sagar Singh ... jimmy jib operative cameraman
B.K. Sivan ... Omega AR Operator
Saurabh Srivastava ... Drone Pilot
Suhas-Tatkare ... gaffer
Nagesh Tawte ... Focus Puller

Casting Department 

Kashish Arora ... casting (credit only)
Chander Nath Mishra ... casting associate
Ashutosh Chauhan ... casting associate
Alisha Khera ... casting
Nischay Malik ... casting associate
Nagpal Natasha ... casting associate
Ansh Rathore ... casting
Ashwani Rathore ... casting associate
Dheeraj Sharma ... casting assistant
Shubham Shekhawat ... casting associate
Nandini Shrikent ... casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department 

Ashwini Ahire ... assistant costume designer
Pallavi Bhardwaj ... assistant costume designer (credit only)
Salvi Chandrshekhar ... wardrobe supervisor
Sandeep Kumar ... associate costume designer
Shantanu Kumar ... costume assistant
Dinesh Sharma ... Assistant Costume Designer
Pooja Tiwari ... Associate Costume Designer
Sanjna Umesh ... wardrobe assistant

Editorial Department 

Tinuanand Dunkud ... Visual Promotions
Mohit Kotian ... Digital intermediate Conform Artist
Robert Lang ... colorist
Himanshu Mittal ... assistant editor
Ramchandra Pandit ... Digital intermediate Conform Artist
Sidharth Raj ... assistant editor
Sonali Singhal ... assistant editor
Ajay Soni ... on-line editor
Rishabh Tadi ... Digital Intermediate Conform Artist

Location Management 

Prafull Mohite ... location manager
Karanpreet Singh ... location manager (credit only)
Ajay Waghmare ... location manager

Music Department 

Nipun Bhatnagar ... Orchestrator
Gulzar ... lyricist
Nimish Shah ... music producer: Background Score
Ketan Sodha ... theme music composer (credit only)
Samarth Srinivasan ... orchestrator
Sahil Singh Thakur ... Background Score Assistant

Script and Continuity Department 

Soma Roy ... script supervisor

Additional Crew 

Suryadipta Bhaumik ... production coordinator
Vijay Ganguly ... Director of Choreography
Pooja Kale ... Choreography: Assistant Choreographer
Vasudevan Kothandath ... Visual Promotions
Ashish Pathode ... Acting & Dialect Coach
Ankush Rai ... Business Development Manager: After Studio - Digital Intermediate
Jayesh Shikarkhane ... Visual Promotions
Meghna Talwar ... Lead Researcher
Yash Gupta ... visual credit design (uncredited)

See also

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