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Directed by
Rajkumar Hirani 
 
Writing credits
Rajkumar Hirani (dialogue) &
Abhijit Joshi (dialogue) (as Abhijat Joshi)

Vidhu Vinod Chopra  screenplay associate

Cast (in credits order)

Aamir Khan ... 'Rancho' Shamaldas Chanchad

Kareena Kapoor ... Pia

Madhavan ... Farhan Qureshi (as R. Madhavan)

Sharman Joshi ... Raju Rastogi

Boman Irani ... Viru Sahastrabudhhe

Omi Vaidya ... Chatur 'Silencer' Ramalingam

Mona Singh ... Mona
Javed Jaffrey ... Ranchoddas Shamaldas Chanchad (as Jaaved Jaaferi)
Parikshat Sahni ... Mr. Qureshi (as Pareekshit Sahani)
Rahul Kumar ... Millimeter - MM
Amardeep Jha ... Mrs. Rastogi
Farida Dadi ... Mrs. Qureshi
Mukund Bhatt ... Mr. Rastogi
Chaitali Bose ... Kamini 'Kammo' Rastogi
Jayant Kripalani ... Campus Interview Panel Head (as Jayant Kriplani)
Arun Bali ... Shamaldas Chanchad (as Aron Baali)
Shoaib Ahmed ... Chhote
Dushyant Wagh ... Centimeter
Pooja Goswami ... Air Hostess
A.S. Duggal ... Pilot (as Captain A.S. Duggal)
Annapurna Kaul ... Airline Ground Staff 1
Chandrashekhar ... Airline Ground Staff 2
R.S. Kodange ... Doctor at Airport
Dharmendra Bhurji ... Airport Cab Driver
Meghna Bhalla ... Raju's Wife
Harvinder Singh ... Mr. Dhillon
Dilshad Edibam ... Aunt at Farhan's Birth

Rajeev Ravindranathan ... Lead Ragging Senior (as Rajeev Ravindranath)
Hitesh Tak ... Ragging Senior 2
Rajendra Patwardhan ... Govind
Achyut Potdar ... Machine Class Professor
Ali Fazal ... Joy Lobo
Madhav Vaze ... Joy's Father
Dileep Desai ... Priest at Joy's funeral
Raghunathan ... Professor in Corridor (as Prof. Raghunath)
Vaidyanathan ... Professor Vaidyanathan (as Prof. Vaidyanathan)
Kumar Veer Singh ... Waiter at Mona's Wedding
Shailja Dhar ... Lady at Mona's Wedding (as Shailaja Dhar)
Dinesh Kumar ... Mona's Husband
Aakash Dabhade ... ICE Student 2
Apul Jaisinghani ... ICE Student 3
Trilok Sadhwani ... ICE Student 4

Akhil Mishra ... Librarian Dubey
Sonu ... Library Clerk
Atul Tiwari ... Minister in Auditorium
Praful Kulkarni ... Doctor startled by scooter in hospital (as Dr. Praful Kulkarni)
Jalil Parkar ... Doctor1 Attending on Raju's Father (as Dr. Jalil Parkar)
Debashish Naha ... Doctor2 Attending on Raju's Father (as Dr. Debashish Naha)
Michael Joseph ... Exam Hall Professor
Smriti ... Girl at Notice Board with Chatur
Sanjay Sood ... Peanut Vendor at Shimla
Dayal Sharma ... Caretaker at Shyamaldas' House
Rakesh Sharma ... Minister at Shyamaldas' Funeral
Elihud George ... Chote's Teacher (Masterji)
Sarvanna ... College Security Guard
Tanveer Ahmed ... Professor in Induction Motor Class
Shankar Sachdev ... Ambulance Driver
Kishor Patil ... Doctor in Ambulance with Raju (as Dr. Kishor Patil)
Insia Lacewalla ... Nurse
Keshav Rae ... Campus Interview Panelist 1
Lata Kurdikar ... Campus Interview Panelist 2 (as Mrs Lata Kurdikar)
Suhas Vaidya ... Campus Interview Panelist 3
Nishi Singh ... Maid at Pia's House
Saurabh Agnihotri ... Housekeeping Boy at Pia's Wedding
Sitaram Sharma ... Manager at Pia's Wedding
Pundit Prayag Raj ... Panditji at Pia's Wedding
Supriya Shukla ... Matron in Hospital with Pia
Malvika Singh ... Mona's Baby
Tsanwal Namgyal ... Kid 1 at Rancho's School
Jigmet Dorjey ... Kid 2 at Rancho's School
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Pitobash ... Junior 1
Bharat Jha ... Manager (uncredited)
Omi ... Chatur - pondicherry boy (uncredited)
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Produced by
Vidhu Vinod Chopra .... producer
Vir Chopra .... creative producer
Anil Davda .... executive producer
Sanjiv Kishinchandani .... line producer
Aman Mahajan .... associate producer
 
Original Music by
Shantanu Moitra 
Atul Raninga 
Sanjay Wandrekar 
 
Cinematography by
C.K. Muraleedharan 
 
Film Editing by
Ranjeet Bahadur 
Rajkumar Hirani 
 
Casting by
Menaka Nagarajan 
 
Art Direction by
Rajnish Hedao 
 
Costume Design by
Manish Malhotra 
Sheena Parikh  (as Sheena Parekh)
Raghuveer Shetty 
 
Makeup Department
Vikram Gaikwad .... makeup designer
Suraj Godambe .... hair stylist
Ritesh Naik .... makeup artist
Serena Tixeira .... key hair stylist
Brian Wade .... special animatronic baby effects designer and creator
 
Production Management
Atishay Dayal .... assistant production manager
Salim Qureshi .... production manager
Sarvesh Singh .... unit production manager
Bhavin Thakkar .... production manager
Sachin Utekar .... production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Gaurav Chandelya .... third assistant director
Mrunmayee Lagoo .... third assistant director
Rajesh Mapuskar .... associate director
Rohan Mapuskar .... third assistant director
Menaka Nagarajan .... second second assistant director
Karan Narvekar .... second assistant director
Jai Sharma .... second assistant director
Karan Tejpal .... second assistant director
Vinay Waikul .... first assistant director
 
Art Department
Ajay Chodanker .... assistant art director
Sunil Gujar .... graphic designer
Ramakant Kanojia .... graphic designer
Vipin Kumar .... assistant art director
Dhananjay Thorat .... graphic designer
 
Sound Department
Anup Dev .... re-recording engineer
Gyana Mishra .... boom operator
Nihar Ranjan Samal .... production sound mixer: sync
Nihar Ranjan Samal .... sound recordist
Sachin K. Sanghvi .... sound recordist
Varun Visoi .... foley recordist
 
Special Effects by
Brian Wade .... special animatronic baby effects designer and creator
 
Visual Effects by
Mohd Abrez .... digital compositor
Badarinathchinimilli .... digital compositor
Biju Dhanpalan .... visual effects: Fable Farm (as Biju D.)
Achal Muchhala .... digital compositor: Reliance MediaWorks Ltd.
Bhavesh Patel .... visual effects: Fable Farm
Mitul Patel .... visual effects: Fable Farm
Rajiv Raghunathan .... digital intermediate production head
Rajeev Rajasekharan .... CG supervisor
Akshay Sachdeva .... matchmover
Parantap Singh .... digital compositor
Muthu Stalin .... compositor
Mahesh Sundriyal .... smoke/flame artist
Manoj Sundriyal .... smoke/flame artist
Amol Thakur .... visual effects: Fable Farm
 
Stunts
Shyam Kaushal .... stunt coordinator
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Piyush Acharya .... jimmy jib operator
Arjun Singh Bhurji .... key grip
Dharmendra Bhurji .... key grip
Ramani Ranjan Das .... first assistant camera
Zeshaan Akbar Latif .... still photographer
Deval Samanta .... gaffer
 
Animation Department
Vikas Sawlani .... vfx artist
 
Casting Department
Rohan Mapuskar .... casting assistant
 
Editorial Department
Ranjeet Bahadur .... co-editor
Gaurav Chandelya .... assistant editor
Makarand Surte .... digital intermediate colorist
 
Music Department
Subir Kumar Das .... surround music mixer
Shreya Ghoshal .... playback singer
Suraj Jagan .... playback singer
Swanand Kirkire .... lyricist
Swanand Kirkire .... playback singer
Sonu Nigam .... playback singer
Sachin K. Sanghvi .... song and music recordist
Shaan .... playback singer
 
Other crew
Anil Arjun .... head of distribution: overseas: Reliane team
Ranjeet Bahadur .... dialogue supervisor
Bosco .... choreographer (as Bosco-Ceaser)
Cesar .... choreographer (as Bosco-Ceaser)
Dileep Desai .... production coordinator
Subhash Dhar .... chief executive: international operations
Avit Dias .... choreographer
Ramakant Dubey .... chief accountant
Thomas Marcus George .... development & marketing executive
Amitabh Gupta .... legal & insurance advisor
Arun Mishra .... project team: Reliance team
Himanshu Nanda .... publicity design: H-One
Rahul Nanda .... publicity design: H-One
Kirit Parekh .... senior accountant
Ashni Parikh .... legal consultant
Anil Sekhri .... chartered accountant
Rohit Sharma .... project head: Reliance team
Deepa Singh .... project team: Reliance team
Navmeet Singh .... production assistant (as Navmeet Arora)
Sachin Utekar .... location manager
 
Thanks
Javed Akhtar .... special thanks
Sunil Behra .... special thanks
Jitendra Bhargava .... special thanks (as Jitendra Bhargava, Air India)
Sajal Desai .... special thanks (as Dr. Sajal Desai)
Amitabh Jhunjhunwala .... special thanks
T. Kundu .... special thanks (as Prof. T. Kundu, IIT Bombay)
Diya Mirza .... special thanks (as Dia Mirza)
Indu Shekhar Vasisst .... special thanks (as Indu Shekhar Vasisst, CAO, IIM Bangalore)
Rajiv Verma .... special thanks
 

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