END CREDITS
Shabana AZMI as Rrita Kapoor
Ajay NAIDU as Turbanotorious B.D.G.
Ayesha DHARKER as Opama
Seema RAHMANI as Sania Rahman
Darshan JARIWALA as Sanjeev Patel
Loveleen MISHRA as Alpa Patel
Ishitta SHARMA as Preeti Patel
Jameel KHAN as Sudarsh Bokade
Kunaal Roy KAPUR as Raghav White
Michael RAIMONDI as Josh Cohen
Kory BASSETT as Otto
Manish ACHARYA as Vikram Tejwani
directed & produced by
Manish ACHARYA
written by
Anuvab PAL & Manish ACHARYA
edited by
Christopher DILLON
director of photography
Arvind KANNABIRAN
this movie wouldn’t exist without
Kishore SANGHVI & Dhruvi ACHARYA
special thanks to SHAAN & Anushka MANCHANDA
SUPPORTING CAST (in order of appearance)
TV Reporter Pravishi DAS Harsha Patel (Preeti’s Aunt) Shabnam VADHERA Mrs. Kapoor’s Teacher S. M. SIVAKUMAR Hotel Manager Alexander O’NEIL Shirish Patel (Preeti’s Uncle) Tapan BHATT Shailesh Patel (Preeti’s Uncle) Taral MUNSHI Santosh Patel (Preeti’s Cousin) Kamlesh OZA Xenophobic White Man Robert CARR Xenophobic White Woman Jinx AKERKAR J. K. Singhal Major BIKRAMJEET Saddam Hussain Uday CHANDRA Ashwini (Judge) Avantika AKERKAR Trance Sen (Judge) Samrat CHAKRABARTI Chris G (Judge) Sanjiv JHAVERI Chandrika Patel (Preeti’s Aunt) Alpa JOSHI Varun Patel (Preeti’s Brother) Ranvir KAPADIA Billoo Burman Madhav APTE Partho Banerjee Anuvab PAL Protesting Contestant Vijay GOKHALE Stripper Marijana RODONJIC Ajay (Male MC) Dhruv SINGH Hasina (Female MC) Rani BANSAL Sania’s Father Yusuf HUSSAIN
ALSO FEATURING
Tiptop Video Owner Neeraj KHETARPAL High School Counselor Olivia AUGUSTINE MC at Open Mike Night Karim TRONCELLITI BDG’s Father Jay DUGAR BDG’s Mother Susham BEDI BDG’s Sister Gurjeet SINGH Mrs. Kapoor’s Friends Nikita BHATT Sanyogita BHAVE Veena DHANDIA Shilpa R. MEHTA Gargee PATEL Vikram’s Blind Date Shetal SHAH Rollerblader Vincent MADERO Venture Capitalist Robert CARR Hotel Receptionist Caroline CONWAY Desi Idol Band Alex BASIL O’Neil D’SOUZA Xavier GOMES Anthony MACHADO Kishore MAKWANA Singers at Audition Hemant CHATURVEDI Kaarthik KIRUBHAKARAN PAMMY Harry SHAH Protesting Contestants Ravi Kishan SHANKAR Vatsala TYAGI Giggling Man in Elevator Nishant RADHAKRISHNAN Hotel Café Manager Ebenezer Irving FORBES Mr. Khan Nakul KAMTE Mr. Kapoor Pradeep PATKAR Antara Joseph Drishti PAREKH
Mrs. Kapoor’s Dog CHIQUITA Dog in Riverside Park HUGO
Associate Producer Kaarthik KIRUBHAKARAN
1st Assistant Director Lakshmipriya DEVI 2nd Assistant Director Janani RAVICHANDRAN 2nd 2nd Assistant Directors Prashant SINGH Jay OZA Script Supervisor Shubha RAMACHANDRA Production Manager Rajesh SHAH Production Coordinator Jude FERNANDES
Casting Director PRAVIN Casting Assistants Kumaravel ELANGO Archana RAMASWAMY Additional Casting Cauvery RAJAGOPAL
“Bole Chudiyan” Choreographer Farah PAVRI
Production Designer (Pre-Prodn) Rohit SHINKRE Production Designer (Prodn) Ayesha PUNVANI Assistant Production Designer Rohit GANJU Set Construction Amar VIDHATE Assistant Art Director Mayur MULAM Art Assistants Eman BOSE Aditya KANWAR SHARATH Original Paintings by Dhruvi ACHARYA
Costume Designer Rabiah TRONCELLITI Wardrobe Supervisor Urmila MOTWANI Wardrobe Assistant Lara BHALLA
US Costumes/Props Coordinator Gauri MEHTA
Make-up & Hair Designer Virginia HOLMES Make-up & Hair Supervisor Shabana LATIF Assistant Make-Up Kamlesh SHINDE Make-up for Ms. Azmi Natasha NISCHOL
1st Assistant Camera V. R. Narasimha REDDY 2nd Assistant Camera Anil DEVIAH Second Unit DoP Sameer ARYA Stills Photographer Amol GOLE
Gaffer Hamid SHAIKH Best Boy Electric Arun NARAYANE Dolly Grip SHANKAR
Production Sound Mixers Nakul KAMTE Baylon FONSECA Boom Operators Ashraf KHAN Sameer KHAN
Location Manager Rajesh SHAH Transportation Coordinator Captain MANOJ Production Accountant Raju BALASUBRAMANIUM Cashier A. R. RATHNAM Graphic Designers Phagun DHAKKA Namrata PAI Assistant Art Directors Amit KHOBRAGADE Vilas KHOLAP Assistant Construction Manager Bhushan VIDHATE Construction Supervisor Kuber MISTRI Head Painter Vithal LONDHE Fabricator Kishan RAHATE Caster Shyam BIMBAVNEKAR Head Carpenter Virendra YADAV Carpenters Kanti GODHANIA Mohan KOTANKAR Bharat SURVE Uday VARTAK Pradeep VISHVAKARMA Pravin WALA Thermocol Artist Vaibhav SATHAM Dressmen Zakir HUSSAIN Ravi PAWAR Sanaullah Tailor Abdul Jabbar SHAIKH Additional Make-up & Hair Abhishek AMANE Shyam REDDY Serina TIXEIRA Best Boy Dolly Vijay Lighting Attendants Maqsood ALI Balaram DAWANDE Bharat JADHAV Bharat KATWA Sasikant NARAYANA Arvind PANDEY Vivek Kumar PANDEY Dinesh RAI Hafiz SHAH Anwar SHAIKH Kamlesh Chand SHARMA Generator Operators Abdul AZIZ Kishan Kumar PARWA Paras S Ranjeet SINGH Drivers Arjun Babu Balu Dinesh Gopal Jiten SINGH Rajesh SINGH Production Assistants Datta Kanakaraj Karan Kiran Kashinath Mohan Rooplal Vidya Assistant to Mr. Acharya Sachin SALEKAR Junior Artist Coordinator Tinu Devraj & Company Craft Services S. K. Caterers Balamurgan Snacks Car Rental Shivam Tours & Travels Trailer Rental Rohit Enterprises Travel Agencies Atlantis Travels Vaibhav Tours & Travels Security ACE Security Panasonic Varicam Camera from Visual Technologies Lenses from Usha Kiron Movies Dolly from Famous Studios Jimmy Jib from Heena Enterprises Music Instruments from W N Nunes
NEW YORK CITY PRODUCTION UNIT
Producer Victoria YOFFIE
1st Assistant Director Craig JOHNSON Unit Production Manager Marni ZELNICK Production Assistant Melissa JONES
Make-Up & Hair Stylist Jean NA-KYUM Wardrobe/Props Victoria TZYKUN Turban Tying Ajit SINGH
1st Assistant Camera Joe ANDERSON 2nd Assistant Camera Katie DAINSON Michelle SUN
Gaffer Michael ARISOHN Key Grip Matthew KERR Grip Aaron LEVINSKI Best Boy Electric Travis TIPS
Production Sound Mixer Nakul KAMTE Boom Operator Eric WALENDZINSKI
POST PRODUCTION UNIT
Additional Editor Hina SAIYADA
Post-Production Supervisor Nishant RADHAKRISHNAN
Sound Design Nakul KAMTE
Supervising Sound Editors Nakul KAMTE Baylon FONSECA Dialogue Editors Tarun Kumar BHANDARI Baylon FONSECA Assistant Dialogue Editors Sanjay CHATURVEDI Noel D'SOUZA ADR Recordists Baylon FONSECA Saynna "Shailu" CHITAKINDI Julienne GUFFAIN ADR Editor Baylon FONSECA ADR Artists Poornima AJAYAN Vicky BANWELL Arti BUXI Jason HICKS John KAUFFMAN Gauri MEHTA Tanvi MEHTA Sigrid OWEN Mike PERRY Aroosha RANA Natalie SALUNKE Pallavi SINGHAL Lisa SMITH Christine STEWART Pia SUKANYA Andrea TODT Larry WOODRUFF Nicola WRIGHT Effects Editors Nakul KAMTE Baylon FONSECA Chris GOODES Foley Recordist Vijay KUMAR Foley Editors Baylon FONSECA Vijay KUMAR Foley Artists Karnail SINGH Sajjain CHOWDHARY
Sound Mix SOUNDFIRM AUSTRALIA Re-recording Mixer Roger SAVAGE Mix Assistant Chris GOODES Dolby Mastering Rob MACKENZIE Facilities Manager Helen FIELD
Off-line Digitizing Prime Focus Technical Consultant R. NARAYANAN
Title Animation Phagun DHAKKA Nishant RADHAKRISHNAN
Digital Intermediate & VFX EFX Colorist Kiran KUMAR Sr. Producer Rajiv RAGHUNATHAN Sr. Line Producer Kailash JADHAV Line Producer Mangesh BHALERAO Flame Online P. MOHAN Digital Compositors Sarika ALI Vimal MARGASSERY Chandrakant SHENOY Sr. DI Editor SHEKAR DI Editors Ramesh BABU Mahesh DESHPANDE RAMANA Film Recording Supervisor Sony ANTONY Film Recording Sanjeevan BHOSLE Sandeep HIRASKAR Arun Kumar MOHANTY Data Management Shridhar MITKE Vishad NAIR EFX Lab Coordinators Daniel PETER Arvind SINGH
Auditor Gaurang Merchant & Company Chief Accountants Raju INDULKAR Uma TONATI Accountants Sunita DABHOLKAR Amit KADAM Sales & Inventory Manager Bipin JANI Shipping Coordinator Sudhir PAWAR
Background Music composed & performed by Michael COHEN
Song Production Supervisor STORMS Singers Shabana AZMI Hamsika IYER Mahalakshmi IYER Michael RAIMONDI Bharat RAJ Bass, Keyboards STORMS Guitar Sanjay JOSEPH Flute Ashwin SRINIVASAN Harmonium Sajid ALI Indian Percussion Raju SARDAR Western Percussion Bobby DUGGAL
Original Song
“THE DHOL BEAT” Lyrics by Samrat Chakrabarti & Ajay Naidu Music by Samrat Chakrabarti Performed by Ajay Naidu, Samrat Chakrabarti & Kory Bassett Produced by Samrat Chakrabarti Associate Produced by Storms Recorded at Globe Studios. Mumbai Mixed at YRF Studios, Mumbai
All other songs were published by Indian Performing Rights Society Ltd. and re-recorded with the permission of the rights holders
“Apni to Jaise Taise” “Chunari Chunari” Lyrics by Prakash Mehra Lyrics by Sameer Music by Kalyanji Anandji Music by Anu Malik Courtesy of Saregama India Ltd. Courtesy of Tips Industries Ltd.
“Jadoo Hai Nasha Hai” “Ka Karoon Sajni” Lyrics by N. Mishra & S. Quadri Lyrics by Amit Khanna Music by M. M. Kreem Music by Rajesh Roshan Courtesy of Saregama India Ltd. Courtesy of Saregama India Ltd.
“Jhooma Chooma De De” “Rang Barse” Lyrics by Anand Bakshi Lyrics by Harivanshrai Bachchan Music by Laxmikant Pyarelal Music by Shiv-Hari Courtesy of Saregama India Ltd. Courtesy of Saregama India Ltd.
“Man Kyon Behka” . “Andheri Raaton Mein” Lyrics by Vasant Dev Lyrics by Anand Bakshi Music by Laxmikant-Pyarelal Music by Amar Utpal Courtesy of Crescendo Music Courtesy of Venus Movies Pvt. Pvt. Ltd. Ltd.
“Chura Liya” “Bole Chudiyan” Lyrics by Majrooh Sultanpuri Lyrics by Sameer Music by R. D. Burman Music by Jatin-Lalit Courtesy of Saregama India Ltd. Coutesy of SONY BMG Music Entertainment (India) Pvt. Ltd.
“Yeh Hai Bombay Meri Jaan” “Neela Aasman So Gaya” Lyrics by Majrooh Sultanpuri Lyrics by Javed Akhtar Music by O. P. Nayyar Music by Shiv-Hari Courtesy of Saregama India Ltd Courtesy of Saregama India Ltd.
“Jana Gana Mana” The Indian National Anthem Written by Rabindranath Tagore
The filmmakers very profusely thank
Girish Acharya Ishrat Ansari, Caffé Vivaldi, NY Nikhil Chaturvedi Prafulla & Dilip Dahanukar Gauri Mehta Ruben O’Malley Julie Weprin, Jack Bistro Restaurant, NY
Our grateful thanks to
Manisha & Ashesh Amin Roshni Bajaj-Sanghvi Sid Banerjee Sanju Bansal Josh Barton Frank Bechter Rushil Bhatte Bombay Courier, NY Mick Casale Samrat Chakrabarti Shalaka Karbhari Chemburkar Nandini & Jawahar Chirimar Peter Clancy Uma Da Cunha Rukmini Dahanukar Sarba Das Phagun Dhakka Kurtish Dharia Bina & Suresh Doshi Carol Dysinger Mr. Garewalji Haandi Restaurant, NY Sona (Madhurika) Jain Srini Katragadda Renuka Kunzru Chhaya & Kirit Mehta Hansa Mehta Yashodhan & Shilpa Mehta Dikubhai Modi Michael Owen Parul & Ambrish Parekh Narayan Parshuram Michael Raimondi Gaurav Rewari & Radhica Capoor Dominick Rom Anjali & Aarti Sanghvi Bharti Sanghvi Jayshree Sanghvi Sanchi & Amee Sanghvi Rupal Shah Ravi & Suraj Sharma Manjit Singh Jordyn Steig Avani Tailor John Tintori UPS, Latham, NY Manu Warikoo Judiaann Woo
This film was made possible by a generous grant from The Riese Organization and produced at New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film & Television, in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Fine Arts in Film Directing.
2007 New York University Tisch School of the Arts Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film & Television Graduate Film
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for the woman who taught me how to laugh, and dream for my mother, Venu Acharya