Mumbai Diaries (2010) Dhobi Ghat (Mumbai Diaries) (original title)

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Director:

Kiran Rao

Writer:

Kiran Rao (written by)

Release Date:

29 September 2011 (Germany)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

The lives of four people intersect in Mumbai: a washer-man who wants to become an actor, a banker-turned-photographer, a painter looking for inspiration, and a newly-married immigrant who journals her experiences on home video.

Plot Keywords:

Home Video | Mumbai India | Killing An Animal | Escape | Voyeurism

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Prateik	...	Munna
Monica Dogra	...	Shai
Kriti Malhotra	...	Yasmin
Aamir Khan	...	Arun
Danish Hussain	...	Salim
Kitu Gidwani	...	Vatsala
Jehan Manekshaw	...	Pesi
Ashok Varma	...	Yasmin's Husband
Sanjivani Oagle	...	Silent Neighbour
Aasha Pawar	...	Lata bai
Jyoti Pawar	...	Vanitha
Babita Sehgal	...	Munna's Client
Jitendra Shinde	...	Karim (as Jitendra Narari Shinde)
Nafisa Amin Khan	...	Amma
Rohit Tiwari	...	Rakesh
Norma Lobo	...	Agnes
Homi Mulla	...	Shai's Father
Sunny Charles	...	Taxi Driver
Almas Khan	...	Street Kid 1
Jaffar Hussain	...	Street Kid 2
Fayaz Shaiyad	...	Street Kid 3
Rehan Khan	...	Street Kid 4
Sandeep Lokre	...	Film Producer
Rashid	...	Liftman
Rohini Ramanathan	...	Shai's Friend at the Bar
Rubina Shaikh	...	Girl at Multiplex
Nilesh G. Naik	...	Municipal Officer
Abdul Hai	...	Perfumer
Dabloo Mishra	...	Arun's Watchman
Aatin	...	Munna's Client's Maid
Tarikh	...	Kale Bhai's Goon
Sahida Shaikh	...	Irritated Lady in Train
Jamila Shaikh	...	Nice Lady in Train
Nasir	...	Postcard Seller
Kishore Sawant	...	Man in Opposite House
Neha Sawant	...	Woman in Opposite House
Ishaq Abbas Variya	...	Child in Opposite House
Anila Chandan	...	Lady in Arun's New House
Aakarsh Chandan	...	Boy in Arun's New House
Sanjay Ingle	...	Construction Worker
Hakikulla Sheikh	...	Maulvi at Muslim Cemetry
Naushaad Abbas	...	Kale Bhai
Lawrence Fernandes	...	Studio Attendant
Farookh Shaikh	...	Drunk on the tracks
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Anupam Maanav	...	Shai's Father (voice)

Directed by
Kiran Rao

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Kiran Rao		written by

Produced by
Aamir Khan	....	producer
Sunitha Ram	....	line producer
B. Shrinivas Rao	....	executive producer
Kiran Rao	....	producer
Kishor Sawant	....	line producer

Original Music by
Gustavo Santaolalla		(music composer)

Cinematography by
Tushar Kanti Ray		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Nishant Radhakrishnan

Casting by
Nazneen Bhatia
Advait Chandan
Kiran Rao
Gayatri Sapru

Production Design by
Manisha Khandelwal

Costume Design by
Isha Ahluwalia
Darshan Jalan

Makeup Department
Sandhya Adakar	....	assistant makeup artist
Abhishek Amane	....	assistant makeup artist
Joginder G. Gupta	....	makeup artist: Aamir Khan
Luize Joyce Margaret	....	key hair stylist (as Joyce Luize Margaret)
Sandeep Patil	....	assistant makeup artist
Rekha	....	assistant makeup artist
Kamlesh U. Shinde	....	key makeup artist (as Kamlesh Shinde)
Kamlesh U. Shinde	....	makeup designer
Sandhya Surve	....	assistant makeup artist

Production Management
Paras Chaturvedi	....	unit production manager
Sunil Panda	....	production manager
Pragnesh Thakkar	....	local production manager: Bhaat Bazaar
Vinod Unnithan	....	production manager: DV shoot

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Advait Chandan	....	first assistant director
Sarah D'Costa	....	second assistant director
Setu Desai	....	second assistant director
Sharmista Nag	....	additional second assistant director: art gallery
Sunil Pandey	....	additional first assistant director: Ramzan
Imaaduddin Shah	....	third assistant director (as Immaduddin Shah)
Rahul Bhushan	....	post production supervisior (uncredited)

Art Department
Kuchel	....	standby props
Manohar	....	carpenter
Raju	....	standby props
Rupesh	....	carpenter
Shantaram	....	head carpenter
Sunil	....	standby props
Pravin Tambe	....	standby props

Sound Department
Ayush Ahuja	....	sound designer
Ayush Ahuja	....	sound recordist
Ayush Ahuja	....	supervising sound editor
Vikram Biswas	....	sound effects editor
Subir Kumar Das	....	associate re-recording mixing engineer: Shree Balaji Mixing
Anup Dev	....	sound re-recording mixer
Ashraf Khan	....	boom operator
Firoze Shaikh	....	boom operator
Jaffer Shaikh	....	boom operator
Karthik Kotamraju	....	sound effects editor (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Ashok Chowdhury	....	visual effects supervisor
Kotamraju Karthik	....	visual effects coordinator
Ramesh Karthikeyan	....	senior compositor
Prashant Mahashabde	....	digital effects artist
P. Mohan	....	Senior Compositor: Prasad Efx
Nimishaa Sethi	....	3d Artist
Sathishkumar Vadivelu	....	compositor
Rinkesh Yadav	....	junior compositor (as Rinkeish Yadav)

Stunts
Javed Aejaz	....	action director
Salam Ansari	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Fayaz Gulab	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Amin Khatib	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Hussain Shaikh	....	assistant stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Anees Adenwala	....	underwater technical supervisor
Rafiq Ahmed	....	focus puller
Rafique Ahmed	....	focus puller
Anees Ahmed Ansari	....	focus puller
Rafique Ansari	....	focus puller
Rais Ahmed Ansari	....	focus puller
Saif Azmi	....	underwater focus puller
Bablu	....	steadi cam operator
Ranganath Babu	....	additional cinematography
Satish Badde	....	grip assistant
Chinmoy Das	....	grip assistant
Susheel Gautam	....	additional cinematography
Susheel Gautam	....	first assistant camera
Piyush Ghosh	....	jimmy jib operator
Anay Goswami	....	additional cinematography
Abdul Hamid Shaikh	....	gaffer (as Abdul Hamid Sheikh)
Jyotika Jain	....	still photographer: black & white
Sunil Khandpur	....	steadi cam operator
Nitin Rao	....	steadi cam operator
Priya Seth	....	underwater cinematographer
Anis Shah	....	best boy / electric
Paul Tran	....	camera operator

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Zubair Ansari	....	assistant costume designer
Nadeem Shaikh	....	dressman
Ankit Sharma	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Sakshi Bhatia	....	post production coord.
Advait Chandan	....	post production supervisor
Sourabh Dutta	....	first assistant editor
Kiran Kumar Kota	....	digital intermediate colorist
Bikramaditya Majumder	....	editor: making of
Kunjan Oza	....	on-line smoke editor
Puloma Pal	....	assistant editor
Parth Thakkar	....	post production coord.

Music Department
Subir Kumar Das	....	surround music mixer

Other crew
Nabeel Abbas	....	marketing and promotions
Yazad Anklesaria	....	script supervisor
Varun Banerjee	....	set production assistant
Prakash Bharadwaj	....	dialogue coach
Advait Chandan	....	making-of director
Shivam Dwivedi	....	script supervisor and continuity
Sukanya Ghosh	....	artist: Arun's Art Gallery work
Ravi Mandlik	....	artist: Arun's final painting
Binky Mendez	....	international sales and relations
Prakash Nathan	....	marketing: distribution & syndication
Bimal Parekh	....	financial advisor
Oajaswi Sharma	....	set production assistant
Spice	....	publicity and promotions

Thanks
Subhash Ghai	....	special thanks
Karan Johar	....	special thanks
Sangeeta Kathiwala	....	special thanks
Meeta Khanna	....	special thanks (as Meeta Khanna Dave)
Bhushan Kumar	....	special thanks
Tarun Mansukhani	....	special thanks
Sooni Taraporewala	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Aamir Khan Productions

Distributors

• UTV Motion Pictures (2011) (USA) (theatrical)

Other Companies

• Marching Ants Advtg Pvt. Ltd.  publicity design (as Marching Ants)

Also Known As:

"Dhobi Ghat (Mumbai Diaries)" - India (original title)

Runtime:

USA:100 min

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia) | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Germany:6 | India:A | Ireland:15A | Singapore:PG | UK:12A | UK:12 (video)

Filming Locations:

Film City, Goregaon, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Company:

Aamir Khan Productions

Trivia:

Aamir Khan, who is known to have played characters that are almost half his actual age (including a college student in Rang De Basanti (2006) and 3 Idiots (2009)) plays a character closer to his actual age, with graying hair, in this movie.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "The Hour: Episode #7.86" (2011)

Soundtrack:

Arun Getting Closer To Yasmin

Tribute to Bombay Muslims.

Beautifully intricate direction of the most intelligent tribute to Muslim mumbai.

The film is a blessing. It truly focuses how muslims run this city right from washing clothes to the artistic beauties. It also shows the plight of Muslim women who come to mumbai and learn about the dirty things like adultery.

Aamir mia tumhara to jawab nahi. Superb acting. Also, Kiran Rao has done a really great work here. I was left wanting for more. The whole was just so touching as it is close to the heart.

I hope you make more such movies, keeping in focus the Muslim community.