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Directed by | |||
| Mira Nair | |||
Writing credits(WGA) | ||
| Sooni Taraporevala | (screenplay) | |
| Jhumpa Lahiri | (novel) | |
Cast (in credits order) complete, awaiting verification
 | Kal Penn | ... | Gogol / Nikhil |
 | Tabu | ... | Ashima |
| Irrfan Khan | ... | Ashoke |
 | Jacinda Barrett | ... | Maxine |
 | Zuleikha Robinson | ... | Moushumi Mazumdar |
 | Brooke Smith | ... | Sally |
| Sahira Nair | ... | Sonia |
| Jagannath Guha | ... | Ghosh |
| Ruma Guha Thakurta | ... | Ashoke's Mother |
| Sandip Deb | ... | Music Teacher |
| Sukanya | ... | Rini |
| Tanushree Shankar | ... | Ashima's Mother |
| Sabyasachi Chakraborty | ... | Ashima's Father |
| Tamal Ray Chowdhury | ... | Ashoke's Father |
| Dhruv Mookerji | ... | Rana |
| Supriya Choudhury | ... | Ashima's Grandmother (as Supriya Devi) |
| Stuart Rudin | ... | Homeless Man |
 | Heather MacRae | ... | Nurse Patty |
| Sumitra | ... | Calcutta House Staff |
| Kanti | ... | Calcutta House Staff |
| Michael Countryman | ... | Mr. Wilcox |
| Kousik Bhowal | ... | Dr. Gupta |
 | Rupak Ginn | ... | Uncle |
| Soham Chatterjee | ... | Gogol (Age 4) |
| Gargi Mukherjee | ... | Mira Mashi |
| Pallavi Shah | ... | Kajol Mashi |
| Jhumpa Lahiri | ... | Jhumpa Mashi |
| Noor Lahiri Vourvoulias | ... | Baby Sonia |
 | Linus Roache | ... | Mr. Lawson |
 | Josh Grisetti | ... | Jerry |
 | Justin Rosini | ... | Marc |
 | Dan McCabe | ... | Bart |
| Bobby Steggert | ... | Jason |
| B.C. Parikh | ... | Mr. Mazumdar |
| Sibani Biswas | ... | Mrs. Mazumdar |
| Lakhan Das | ... | Baul Singer |
| Kharaj Mukherjee | ... | Chotu |
 | Glenne Headly | ... | Lydia |
 | Daniel Gerroll | ... | Gerald (as Daniel Gerrol) |
| Amy Wright | ... | Pam |
| Christie Moreau | ... | Phone Operator |
| Jo Yang | ... | Ms. Lu |
| Krishna Dikshit | ... | Funeral Priest |
| Kartik Das | ... | Boat Man |
 | Gary Cowling | ... | Hotel Manager |
| Sudipta Bhawmik | ... | Subroto Mesho |
 | Gretchen Egolf | ... | Astrid |
 | Baylen Thomas | ... | Blake |
| Jeb Brown | ... | Oliver |
 | Jessica Blank | ... | Edith |
| Mia Yoo | ... | Viola |
 | Benjamin Bauman | ... | Donald |
 | Sebastian Roché | ... | Pierre |
 | Maximiliano Hernández | ... | Ben |
| Partha Chatterjee | ... | Reformed Hindoo |
| Mitali Bhawmik | ... | Singing Voice (voice) |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
 | Marcus Collins | ... | Graham (uncredited) |
| Sandi DeGeorge | ... | Moshumi's Friend (uncredited) |
Original Music by | |||
| Nitin Sawhney | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Frederick Elmes | (director of photography) | ||
Film Editing by | |||
| Allyson C. Johnson | |||
Casting by | |||
| Cindy Tolan | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Stephanie Carroll | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Suttirat Anne Larlarb | (as Suttirat Larlarb) | ||
Set Decoration by | |||
| Lydia Marks | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Arjun Bhasin | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Norman Bryn | .... | makeup artist | |
| Milton Buras | .... | hair stylist | |
| Rita Dey | .... | hair stylist: India | |
| Anup Kumar Ganguli | .... | makeup artist assistant: India | |
| Nazafarin Gazdar | .... | hair stylist: India (as Nazafrin Gazdar) | |
| Kelly Gleason | .... | key makeup artist | |
| Shyam Reddy | .... | makeup artist assistant: India | |
| Peggy Schierholz | .... | key hair stylist (as Peg Schierholz) | |
| Heidi Kulow | .... | makeup artist (uncredited) | |
Production Management | |||
| Harish Amin | .... | production supervisor: India | |
| Preetam Chowdhury | .... | unit manager: India (as Pritam Chowdhury) | |
| Kelley Cribben | .... | post-production supervisor | |
| Lori Keith Douglas | .... | unit production manager | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Avani Batra | .... | third assistant director | |
| Joyati Bose | .... | assistant director: second unit, India | |
| Kristin Cameron | .... | second assistant director (as Bristin Bernstein) | |
| Michael DeCasper | .... | first assistant director | |
| Dylan Gray | .... | first assistant director: India | |
| Eric Richard Lasko | .... | second second assistant director (as Eric Lasko) | |
| Nitya Mehra | .... | second assistant director: India | |
| Akshay Roy | .... | second second assistant director | |
| Jay Jay Odedra | .... | second unit director (uncredited) | |
Art Department | |||
| Ann Marie Auricchio | .... | scenic artist | |
| Russell Barnes | .... | art department coordinator | |
| Tuli Basu | .... | art department coordinator: India | |
| Martin Bernstein | .... | construction coordinator | |
| Brinda | .... | art department trainee: India | |
| Jeff Butcher | .... | property master | |
| Daniela Capistrano | .... | art department intern | |
| Tanmoy Chakraborty | .... | art director: India | |
| Kiran Chandra | .... | art department assistant | |
| Kiran Chandra | .... | prop coordinator: India | |
| Chhotu | .... | set art assistant: India (as Chotu) | |
| Nirmal Chandra Das | .... | set dresser: India | |
| Rajendra Kumar Das | .... | assistant art director: India | |
| Rajendra Kumar Das | .... | construction manager: India | |
| Shanti Dass | .... | set art assistant: India (as Santi Das) | |
| Natalie N. Dorset | .... | first assistant props (as Natalie Dorset) | |
| Peter K. Dunbar | .... | leadman: Washington DC (as Peter Dunbar) | |
| Michelle Farrell | .... | scenic artist | |
| Stephen R. Geiger | .... | scenic artist | |
| Caroline Irons | .... | scenic artist | |
| Saurabh Jana | .... | sculptor: India | |
| Sivan Kaplan | .... | art department intern | |
| Bryan Kenneth | .... | art department assistant | |
| Robin Koenig | .... | on-set dresser | |
| Connie Kozaleck | .... | scenic foreman | |
| Bolai Kundu | .... | set art assistant: India | |
| Evan C. Newell | .... | art department intern (as Evan Newell) | |
| Pratap Pradhan | .... | head setman: India | |
| Aparna Raina | .... | set dresser: India | |
| Aarthi Rayapura | .... | art department intern | |
| Jeffrey Rollins | .... | set dresser (as Jeff Rollins) | |
| Sharmishta Roy | .... | set decorator: India | |
| Sanjay | .... | set art assistant: India | |
| Tapas Sarkar | .... | prop coordinator: India | |
| Will Scheck | .... | greensman | |
| Mark Paul Selemon | .... | greensman (as Marl Selemon) | |
| Arnab Sen | .... | art department trainee: India | |
| Stephen Shapiro | .... | carpenter | |
| Sha-Sha Shiau | .... | art department assistant | |
| Amrita Singh | .... | set dresser: India | |
| Greg Sullivan | .... | charge scenic artist | |
| Sushovan | .... | art department trainee: India | |
| Robin Thomas | .... | property master: India | |
| Tublu | .... | set art assistant: India | |
| Jessie Walker | .... | camera scenic artist | |
| Denis Zack | .... | set dresser (as Dennis Zach) | |
| Robert Currie | .... | assistant property master (uncredited) | |
| Maus Drechsler | .... | props (uncredited) | |
| Ann Edgeworth | .... | props (uncredited) | |
| Gerard V. Engrassia | .... | set dresser (uncredited) | |
| Deborah Jensen | .... | additional art director (uncredited) | |
| Tasayu Tasnaphun | .... | digital artist (uncredited) | |
Sound Department | |||
| Gina Alfano | .... | adr editor | |
| David Boulton | .... | adr engineer (as David Bolton) | |
| Brian Bowles | .... | dialogue editor | |
| Rachel Chancey | .... | foley editor | |
| Ryan Collison | .... | foley engineer | |
| Keith Culbertson | .... | sound re-recordist | |
| Michael Holmstrom | .... | sound mix engineer | |
| Paul Katz | .... | sound mix engineer | |
| Thomas Kodros | .... | sound engineer: Dolby (as Tom Kodros) | |
| Linda Murphy | .... | boom operator | |
| Ed Novick | .... | sound mixer | |
| Dave Paterson | .... | sound re-recording mixer | |
| Dave Paterson | .... | supervising sound editor | |
| Jay Peck | .... | foley walker | |
| Mary Ellen Porto | .... | dialogue editor | |
| Steve Schwartz | .... | assistant sound editor (as Stephen Schwartz) | |
| Dominick Tavella | .... | sound re-recording mixer | |
| Damian Volpe | .... | sound effects editor | |
| Joe White | .... | utility sound (as Joseph White Jr.) | |
| Doug Winningham | .... | sound effects recordist (uncredited) | |
Special Effects by | |||
| Shantanu Paul | .... | special effects coordinator: India | |
Visual Effects by | |||
| John Dowdell | .... | 2K digital intermediate colorist | |
| Chris Gelles | .... | visual effects executive producer: & Company | |
| David Geoghegan | .... | digital optical compositor | |
| David Isyomin | .... | visual effects supervisor: & Company | |
| Tim Spitzer | .... | DI supervisor | |
Stunts | |||
| Allan Amin | .... | stunt coordinator: India | |
Casting Department | |||
| Aditi Bhattacharya | .... | casting trainee: India | |
| Emily Chakraborty | .... | casting trainee: India | |
| Karen E. Etcoff | .... | extras casting (as Karen Etcoff) | |
| Tess Joseph | .... | casting: India | |
| Ruchi Pugalia | .... | casting trainee: India | |
| Soumitra Saha | .... | casting assistant: India | |
| Matt Schreiber | .... | casting associate | |
| Sohag Sen | .... | casting consultant: India | |
| Nina Srivasatava | .... | extras casting associate | |
| Loveleen Tandan | .... | casting consultant: India | |
| Roody Dorsainvil | .... | casting assistant (uncredited) | |
| Payal Sethi | .... | additional casting (uncredited) | |
Costume and Wardrobe Department | |||
| Megha Barnabas | .... | costume intern | |
| Zakir Hussain | .... | costume dresser: India | |
| Abdul Jabbar | .... | tailor: India | |
| Ellen Mahlke | .... | key costumer | |
| Christina Morales | .... | costume intern | |
| Urmilla Lal Motwani | .... | wardrobe supervisor: India | |
| Hilary Niederer | .... | assistant costume designer | |
| Ravi Pawar | .... | costume assistant: India | |
| M.D. Sanaullah | .... | costume dresser: India (as MD Saunaulla) | |
| Stev Taylor | .... | wardrobe assistant | |
| Shahnaz Vahanvaty | .... | costume coordinator: India | |
| Deirdre N. Williams | .... | wardrobe supervisor | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Kenny Becker | .... | color timer | |
| Peter Heady | .... | digital intermediate finishing artist | |
| Asal Hejazi | .... | post-production intern | |
| Jean Lane | .... | DI Producer | |
| Lupita Nyong'o | .... | post-production intern | |
| Noëlle Penraat | .... | negative cutter (as Noelle Penraat) | |
| Francis Power | .... | post-production assistant | |
| Priyadarshini | .... | post-production intern | |
| Nirali Shastri | .... | post-production intern | |
| David A. Smith | .... | assistant editor | |
| Mo Henry | .... | negative cutter (uncredited) | |
| Mike Trinker | .... | digital intermediate editor (uncredited) | |
Music Department | |||
| Ulhas Bapat | .... | musician: santoor | |
| Mitali Bhawmik | .... | musician: singer | |
| Thom Chadly | .... | music score mixer | |
| Reshmin Chowdhury | .... | musician: singer | |
| Linda Cohen | .... | music supervisor | |
| John M. Davis | .... | music editor | |
| Stephen Hussey | .... | conductor | |
| Maya Iwabuchi | .... | orchestra leader | |
| Dilshat Khan | .... | musician: sarangi | |
| Niladri Kumar | .... | musician: sitar | |
| Sara Loewenthal | .... | additional music copyist | |
| Deepak Pandit | .... | musician: violin | |
| Nitin Sawhney | .... | music arranger: strings | |
| Nitin Sawhney | .... | orchestrator: strings | |
| Rajinder Singh | .... | musician: swarlin | |
| K. Srinivasan | .... | musician: flute | |
| Paul Talkington | .... | conductor: orchestra | |
| Satyajit Talwalkar | .... | musician: tabla | |
| Gary Thomas | .... | orchestral recording engineer | |
Transportation Department | |||
| Terry Adams | .... | driver | |
| Jim Buckman | .... | transportation captain (as James S. Buckman) | |
| Robert Buckman | .... | transportation co-captain | |
| Kajol Chakraborty | .... | transportation manager: India | |
| Debit Chanda | .... | picture vehicle coordinator: India | |
| Indranil Chowbhury | .... | transportation coordinator: India | |
| George Collins | .... | driver | |
| Curtis Europe | .... | driver | |
| Billy Featherstone | .... | driver | |
| Kenneth Garrison | .... | driver (as Ken Garrison) | |
| Richie Hubka | .... | driver | |
| Jim Kelly | .... | driver | |
| Sean Leahy | .... | driver | |
| Soumya Rakshit | .... | picture vehicle coordinator: India | |
| J.R. Scarlatos | .... | driver | |
Other crew | |||
| Patrick Andrews | .... | production assistant | |
| Michael Barnes | .... | financial legal services | |
| Puloma Basu | .... | cast production assistant | |
| Ashley Bearden | .... | assistant production coordinator | |
| Sammy Bhattacharya | .... | office production assistant: India | |
| Ami Boghani | .... | assistant: Ms. Nair | |
| Sumit Bothra | .... | manager: Nitin Sawhney, Embargo Management Ltd. | |
| Pinaki Chatterjee | .... | set production assistant: India | |
| Praveen Chowdhury | .... | set production assistant: India | |
| Sara Clarke | .... | production office intern | |
| Victoria S. Cook | .... | legal services: Frankfurt, Kurnit, Klein & Selz (as Victoria Cook) | |
| Chandan Das | .... | location manager: India | |
| Arun Dasgupta | .... | dialect coach: Bengali | |
| Suraj Das | .... | intern: Mirabel Films (as Surjyakiran Das) | |
| Maurice Davis | .... | on-set intern | |
| Yvonne de Cock | .... | instructor: iyengar yoga (as Yvonne de Kock) | |
| Sonia Deepak | .... | on-set intern (as Sonia Khanduri Deepak) | |
| Thomas De Napoli | .... | creative executive: cine mosaic production | |
| David Dreishpoon | .... | craft service | |
| John Druzba | .... | location intern | |
| Maureen Duffy | .... | completion guarantor: Film Finances | |
| James Feldman | .... | set production assistant | |
| Jennifer Zolten Freed | .... | post-production accountant (as Jennifer Freed) | |
| Salil Gandhi | .... | legal services: Frankfurt, Kurnit, Klein & Selz | |
| Pushan Ganguli | .... | set production assistant: India | |
| Rituparno Ghosh | .... | translator: Bengali | |
| Sumana Ghosh | .... | translator: Bengali | |
| Nupur Goenka | .... | intern: Mirabel Films | |
| Sandeep Gondalekar | .... | location assistant: India | |
| Indranil Halder | .... | set production assistant: India | |
| Thalia Harithas | .... | on-set intern | |
| Michael Hartel | .... | assistant location manager | |
| Gahan Haskins | .... | location scout | |
| Sean Hogan | .... | production accountant | |
| Shernaz Italia | .... | agra coordinator: India (as Shernaz 'Shenny' Italia) | |
| Eric Kench | .... | location assistant | |
| Saurabh Kikani | .... | production office intern | |
| Elliot Koss | .... | on-set intern | |
| John Larkin | .... | production assistant | |
| David Laurentin | .... | parking assistant | |
| Yana Collins Lehman | .... | post-production accountant | |
| Denzil Linhares | .... | production assistant: Bombay | |
| Peter Madamba | .... | script researcher | |
| Nitin Madan | .... | office production assistant | |
| Taylor Marshall-Green | .... | payroll accountant | |
| Bruno Michels | .... | set production assistant | |
| Naeem Mohaiemen | .... | translator: Bengali | |
| Nadia Mohammad | .... | intern: Mirabel Films | |
| Kellie Morrison | .... | location manager | |
| James Murphy | .... | instructor: yoga | |
| Frank Murray | .... | assistant accountant | |
| Sean Murray | .... | set production assistant | |
| Rakesh Nair | .... | intern: Mirabel Films | |
| George Nannas | .... | chef (as George Nanas) | |
| Sean Oliver | .... | adr loop group | |
| Ani Pandit | .... | office production assistant | |
| Ashwini Parulkar | .... | instructor: yoga, India | |
| Stephen Popernik | .... | location coordinator | |
| Neta Pulvermacher | .... | choreographer | |
| Justin Rosini | .... | location assistant | |
| Ranjeeta Roy | .... | production secretary: India | |
| Ashley Rudden | .... | director of development: cine mosaic | |
| Mary Ann Santos | .... | production office intern | |
| Sunaina Sen | .... | set production assistant: India | |
| Payal Sethi | .... | assistant: Ms. Nair | |
| Probal Sircar | .... | location assistant: India | |
| Yasmine Stafford | .... | production coordinator: India | |
| Himkar Tak | .... | production office intern | |
| José Tejada | .... | parking coordinator (as Jose Tejada) | |
| Divya Thakur | .... | titles designer: Design Temple | |
| David Tineo | .... | unit production assistant | |
| Priti Trivedi | .... | on-set intern | |
| Shanti Wesley | .... | on-set intern | |
| Meghan K. Wicker | .... | production coordinator (as Meghan Wicker) | |
| Derek Wimble | .... | set production assistant | |
| Bill Timoney | .... | adr voice group (uncredited) | |
Thanks | |||
| Zoya Akhtar | .... | special thanks (as Zoia Akhtar) | |
| S.M. Ferozeuddin Alameer | .... | special thanks (as Feroze Alameer) | |
| Ritwik Ghatak | .... | dedicatee | |
| Nemai Ghosh | .... | special thanks | |
| Mira Gupta | .... | special thanks | |
| Ram Maheshwari | .... | special thanks | |
| Soumitra Majumdar | .... | special thanks | |
| Satyajit Ray | .... | dedicatee | |
| Dayanita Singh | .... | special thanks | |
| Garry Winogrand | .... | special thanks | |
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