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(I) (2005)

Full Cast & Crew

Directed by 

Deepa Mehta

Writing Credits  

Deepa Mehta
 
Anurag Kashyap ... (dialogue)

Cast (in credits order)  

Sarala Kariyawasam Sarala Kariyawasam ... Chuyia (as Sarala)
Buddhi Wickrama Buddhi Wickrama ... Baba
Rinsly Weerarathne Rinsly Weerarathne ... Chuyia's Husband
Iranganie Serasinghe Iranganie Serasinghe ... Mother in Law (as Iranganee Serasinghe)
Hermantha Gamage Hermantha Gamage ... Barber
Ronica Sajnani Ronica Sajnani ... Kunti
Manorama ... Madhumati (as Manorma)
Rishma Malik Rishma Malik ... Snehalata
Meera Biswas Meera Biswas ... Gyanvati
Vidula Javalgekar Vidula Javalgekar ... 'Auntie' Patiraji (as Dr. Vidula Javalgekar)
Seema Biswas ... Shakuntala
Lisa Ray ... Kalyani
Sanoja Bibile Sanoja Bibile ... Woman Bather
Dolly Ahluwalia ... Upset Woman (as Dolly Ahluwalia Tewari)
John Abraham ... Narayan
Waheeda Rehman ... Bhagavati, Narayan's Mother
Daya Alwis Daya Alwis ... Saduram
Raghubir Yadav ... Gulabi (as Raghuvir Yadav)
Vinay Pathak ... Rabindra
Kulbhushan Kharbanda ... Sadananda
Delon Weerasinghe Delon Weerasinghe ... Priest
Seema Seema ... Bahu-Rani
Francisca Mudannayake Francisca Mudannayake ... Little Girl
Mulchand Dedhia Mulchand Dedhia ... Vendor
Isuru Navodya Isuru Navodya ... Young Patiraji
Niroshan Wijesinghe Niroshan Wijesinghe ... Patiraji's Groom
Gerson Da Cunha Gerson Da Cunha ... Seth Dwarkanath
Vasant Nath ... Young Gandhi Follower
Mohan Jhangiani Mohan Jhangiani ... Mahatma Gandhi
Zul Vilani Zul Vilani ... Mahatma Gandhi (voice)
Kumari Dissanayake Kumari Dissanayake ... Widow
S. Thevanamma S. Thevanamma ... Widow
Seelawathie Silva Seelawathie Silva ... Widow
Siththi Ummah Siththi Ummah ... Widow
Fowzie Inaya Fowzie Inaya ... Widow
Mala Meenachchi Mala Meenachchi ... Widow
A.A. Premawathie A.A. Premawathie ... Widow
Nazeema Farlya Nazeema Farlya ... Widow
T. Mageswari T. Mageswari ... Widow
H. Pathiranage H. Pathiranage ... Widow
S. Pooneswary S. Pooneswary ... Widow
S. Parameshawari S. Parameshawari ... Widow
S. Santhanam Mary S. Santhanam Mary ... Widow
S. Rajeshwari S. Rajeshwari ... Widow
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Seema Azmi Seema Azmi ... Bahu rani
Rehan Mudannayake Rehan Mudannayake ... Child on Gandhi's Podium
Deepa Mehta ... Special Appearance (uncredited)

Produced by 

Mark Burton ... executive producer
David Hamilton ... producer
Doug Mankoff ... executive producer
Dilip Mehta ... associate producer
Marek Posival ... associate producer
Ajay Virmani ... executive producer
Claire Welland ... line producer

Music by 

Mychael Danna
A.R. Rahman

Cinematography by 

Giles Nuttgens ... director of photography

Editing by 

Colin Monie

Casting By 

Uma Da Cunha

Production Design by 

Errol Kelly ... (Design Consultant - Sri Lanka)

Art Direction by 

Sumant Jayakrishnan

Set Decoration by 

Rumana Hamied
Lal Harindranath

Costume Design by 

Dolly Ahluwalia

Makeup Department 

Lalith Dharmawardena ... assistant hair stylist
Hermantha Gamage ... daily makeup artist
Liz Gruszka ... key makeup artist
Regan Noble ... key hair stylist / wig maker: Raghubir Yadav
Ravi Wickramanayake ... hair stylist: Lisa Ray
Ranjit Wickramasinghe ... assistant makeup artist (as Ranjith Wickremasinghe)

Production Management 

Lylie Almeida ... unit production manager
W. Michael Beard ... post-production supervisor
Dipa De Motwane ... unit production manager
Gina Fowler ... production manager
Asoka Perera ... production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director 

Avani Batra ... third assistant director
Jack Boem ... second assistant director
Dylan Gray ... first assistant director
Siddique Mohamed ... third assistant director
Péter Palátsik ... second assistant director: India
Akshay Roy ... second second assistant director

Art Department 

Michael Appuhamy ... carpenter
Saddika Asanka ... carpenter
K.D. Charles ... carpenter
K.D. Jagath Christy ... carpenter
Hemasiri Dias ... assistant property master
S.N.S. Samanda Dias ... plasterer
Lal Dissanayake ... plasterer / swing gang
Edward ... plasterer
Rohan Fernando ... carpenter
Ronnie Fonseka ... carpenter
W. Manjula Fonseka ... carpenter
W.L.G. Fonseka ... carpenter
Gamini ... facilities laborer
Rumana Hamied ... set dresser
Jayan Hasitha ... carpenter
Kingsley Joseph ... plasterer
K.D. Justin ... construction manager
Darshana Sampath Karunaratne ... props assistant
P.U. Karunaratne ... painter
Errol Kelly ... design consultant
Sunil Kodituwakku ... painter
Chaminda Saman Kumara ... carpenter
W. Saman Kumara ... carpenter
Lionel Liyanage ... property master
A. Magulpokuna ... carpenter
P.K. Manjula ... facilities laborer
G.T.R. Mendis ... carpenter
Victor Meniksagara ... props laborer
Murali Menon ... property master (as Murli Menon)
P.D. Michael ... set dressing carpenter
Damith Nandalal ... stand-by props
A. Nandasiri ... props laborer
Senaka Nawaratne ... second assistant art director / sketch artist
Salinda Perera ... carpenter
W. Chamitha Perera ... carpenter
Nihal Ponweera ... construction buyer
R.G. Ranoj Priyantha ... painter
Anura Priyashantha ... carpenter
B.R.C. Rajasiri ... swing gang
Welegedara Ranasinghe ... assistant set decorator
Anuradha Ranjith ... chief painter (as Ranjith Anuradha)
Pradip Redij ... art department
Mohamed Risran ... plasterer
Colin Rodrigo ... carpenter
Percy Rodrigo ... carpenter
Tuan Saiffadeen ... facilities laborer
N. Senaratne ... set dressing assistant
Aradhana Seth ... design consultant
Yogender Sharma ... set props
Roy Silva ... carpenter
Upali Silva ... carpenter
Siddarth Sirohi ... third assistant art director
Roshan Susantha ... plasterer
Anthony Thomas ... carpenter
I.M.U. Upatissa ... painter
J.M.D. Chamitha Wasantha ... carpenter
Lionel Wattege ... set dressing carpenter
L.M. Ruwan Wijenundara ... carpenter
Sunil Wijeratne ... assistant art director

Sound Department 

Sylvain Arseneault ... sound recordist
Steve Baine ... foley artist (as Steve Bain)
Roberta Bratti ... supervisor of audio operations
Christian Carruthers ... re-recording mixer
Elius Caruso ... re-recording mixer
Pat Cassin ... boom operator
Shreela Chakrabartty ... location sound effects recordist
Bryan Day ... sound recordist
Lal C. Dissanayake ... sound recordist
John Dykstra ... adr recordist
Mark Gingras ... supervising sound editor
Jamie Gould ... re-recording assistant
Gina Gyles ... foley assistant
John Laing ... supervising sound editor
John Loranger ... first assistant sound editor (as John L'Oranger)
Matthew McKenzie ... adr recordist
Aditya Modi ... assistant sound engineer
Mike Paterson ... sound engineer: optical track
Karunadasa Pathiratne ... cable person
Peter Persaud ... foley recordist
S. Sivakumar ... sound engineer
H. Sridhar ... sound engineer
Andrew Tay ... re-recording mixer
John Soukup ... sound transfer (uncredited)

Special Effects by 

R.R.B. Alphonso ... key special effects
Gamini Mallawarachchi ... special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by 

Rebecca Adams ... production coordinator: SOHO VFX
Alan Bak ... technical supervisor
Tom Bak ... senior production supervisor
Jeff Baker ... technical supervisor
Drake Conrad ... digital color timer / digital colorist
Jason Giberson ... film scanning and recording
Rick Hannigan ... project supervisor
Felix Heeb ... film scanning and recording
Anna Ivanova ... digital compositor: SOHO VFX
Michael Kowalski ... producer: Soho vfx
Voytek Kufner ... visual effects artist
Wojciech Kufner ... 3D animator: Soho VFX
Matthew Lynch ... producer: Soho VFX
Diana Madureira ... production coordinator
Allan Magled ... visual effects supervisor: Soho VFX (as Allan Magled)
Paul Mantler ... film scanning and recording
Mike Mombourquette ... digital compositor: SOHO VFX
Chris Ross ... digital optical effects
Keith Sellers ... digital compositor: Soho VFX
Michael Todd Smith ... systems administrator: SOHO VFX
Derek Sunderland ... 3D animator: Soho VFX
Mark Tureski ... digital opticals effects

Stunts 

Teddy Vidyalankara ... stunt coordinator (as Teddy Widyalankara)

Camera and Electrical Department 

Deepak Agarwal ... chief electrician
Lewis Buchan ... camera operator "b" camera
Bob Davidson ... gaffer: Sri Lanka
Mulchand Dedhia ... gaffer
K.A. Dharshana ... grip
Piyal Illeyaperuma ... best boy grip
Melanie Jeffrey ... second assistant camera
Surendra Kumar ... best boy electric
Nihal Mallawarachchi ... generator operator
Champilka Nilantha ... third assistant camera
K.K.N. Palitha ... electrician
Anura Perera ... grip
Milton Philip ... facilities electrician
Adhi Rutnam ... electrician
Hitesh Sadrrani ... lighting technician
Devyani Saltzman ... still photographer
Eberhard Schedl ... steadicam operator
Lilia Sellami ... first assistant camera
Kerry Smart ... first assistant camera
I.G. Somaratne ... electrician
L.E. Susantha Sudharshana ... electrician
D. Van Gramberg ... key grip (as Denham Van Gramberg)
Johnny Wersta ... dolly grip

Casting Department 

Dinesh Anchan ... casting assistant
Kate Chantler ... extras casting
Moly Perera ... extras casting assistant
Nimal Wijesiri ... extras casting (as Nimal Wijesirl)

Costume and Wardrobe Department 

Lucky Athauda ... assistant costumer
Suraj Azmath ... assistant costumer
Yusuf Khan ... wardrobe supervisor
Hira Lol ... dresser
Inoka Nilanthi Ruhunge ... assistant costumer
Seema ... wardrobe assistant
Narinder Singh ... costume assistant
Viswa ... tailor
Yusuf ... costume department manager

Editorial Department 

Tom Mayclim ... negative cutter
Arthur Montreuil ... color timer
Ricardo Olivero ... color timer
Paul Whitehead ... additional editor (uncredited)

Location Management 

Anthony Lordon ... location manager
M. Nandadiri ... assistant location manager
Rienzie Perera ... assistant location manager

Music Department 

Raqueeb Alam ... lyricist / playback singer
Ulhas Bapat ... musician: santoor (as Ulhas Bhapat)
Surjo Bhattacharya ... playback singer
Peter Breiner ... conductor
Ajoy Chakraborty ... playback singer (as Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty)
Kaushiki Chakraborty ... playback singer
Rakesh Chaurasia ... musician: bansuri
Mychael Danna ... musician: tanpura
V. Selva Ganesh ... musician: kanjiras (as Selva Ganesh)
Ganga ... playback singer
Elif Isikozlu ... musician: piano
Madhu ... musician: shehenai
Narsinh Mehta ... lyricist
Srinivas Murthy ... orchestral sounds
G.S. Sachdev ... musician: bass bansui/raag khamaj
Sadhana Sargam ... playback singer
Anoushka Shankar ... musician: sitar
Bravani Shanker ... musician: pakawaj, manjira, tabla
Richa Sharma ... playback singer
Rob Simonsen ... assistant to composer
Sukhwinder Singh ... lyricist / playback singer
H. Sridhar ... additional music editor

Script and Continuity Department 

Winnifred Jong ... script supervisor
Anurag Kashyap ... script consultant

Transportation Department 

M.Z. Ahmeer ... transportation captain
Tyrol Anderson ... driver
Raj Anthony ... driver
Gamini Dabare ... driver
Nihal Dabare ... driver
Sunil Jayakody ... driver
Chandimal Kodituwakku ... transportation coordinator
Nuwan Manju ... driver
Vujitha Peiris ... driver
Susil Premachandra ... driver
Sunil Premaratne ... picture vehicle coordinator
M. Premasiri ... driver
Anura Priyantha ... driver
R.M.V. Ratnayake ... safety driver
Vidura Sampath ... driver
P.A. Ajith Shantha ... driver

Additional Crew 

Chris Besseling ... uk marketing executive: metrodome
Gopi Darmaratnam ... consultant production accountant
Aruni De Silva ... nurse
A.W. Dharmadasa ... facilities
Pearl Dunuwila ... production coordinator
Janice Fowlie ... production accountant
Indira Guha ... business and legal affairs: Telefilm Canada
Krishantha Gunasekera ... cashier / location accountant
Lon J. Hall ... legal counsel
Vivian Hanwell ... assistant to producers
Erin Heidenreich ... sales agent
Joshua Jason ... publicist
Sarath Jayasundara ... production assistant
Anurag Kashyap ... dialogue consultant: Hindi
Errol Kelly ... design consultant
Chaminda Meemanage ... cashier
Deepa Mehta ... development consultant
J.W. Mendis ... facilities manager
Vikramaditya Motwane ... choreographer
Vasant Nath ... assistant to director
Jagath Nissanka ... production assistant
S.A. Premadasa ... facilities assistant
Suranga Ranawaka ... crowd control
Mohamed Rizva ... crowd control
Ranjit Rubasinghe ... crowd control
Ruwan ... on-set craft services
Jayasiri Samaratunga ... facilities assistant
Michael Schaus ... assistant to producers
Elaine Scott ... business affairs
Nirmal Shah ... cashier
Aruna Shantha ... crowd control
Kingsley Umara ... crowd control
Paul Whitehead ... co-edited english version
Jasmine Wickremasekera ... production secretary
Neelawathura Wijewardana ... animal handler

Thanks 

George Lucas ... ultra thanks
A.R. Rahman ... musical thanks

See also

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

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