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 byIndian Performing Rights Society Ltd.and re-recorded with the permission of the rights holders | |
| “Apni to Jaise Taise”Lyrics by Prakash MehraMusic by Kalyanji AnandjiCourtesy of Saregama India Ltd. | “Chunari Chunari”Lyrics by SameerMusic by Anu MalikCourtesy of Tips Industries Ltd. |
| “Jadoo Hai Nasha Hai”Lyrics by N. Mishra & S. QuadriMusic by M. M. KreemCourtesy of Saregama India Ltd. | “Ka Karoon Sajni”Lyrics by Amit KhannaMusic by Rajesh RoshanCourtesy of Saregama India Ltd. |
| “Jhooma Chooma De De”Lyrics by Anand BakshiMusic by Laxmikant PyarelalCourtesy of Saregama India Ltd. | “Rang Barse”Lyrics by Harivanshrai BachchanMusic by Shiv-HariCourtesy of Saregama India Ltd. |
| “Man Kyon Behka”Lyrics by Vasant DevMusic by Laxmikant-PyarelalCourtesy of Crescendo Music Pvt. Ltd. | . “Andheri Raaton Mein”Lyrics by Anand BakshiMusic by Amar UtpalCourtesy of Venus Movies Pvt. Ltd. |
| “Chura Liya”Lyrics by Majrooh SultanpuriMusic by R. D. BurmanCourtesy of Saregama India Ltd. | “Bole Chudiyan”Lyrics by SameerMusic by Jatin-LalitCoutesy of SONY BMG Music Entertainment (India) Pvt. Ltd. |
| “Yeh Hai Bombay Meri Jaan”Lyrics by Majrooh SultanpuriMusic by O. P. NayyarCourtesy of Saregama India Ltd | “Neela Aasman So Gaya”Lyrics by Javed AkhtarMusic by Shiv-HariCourtesy of Saregama India Ltd. |
| “Jana Gana Mana”The Indian National AnthemWritten 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 ofMaster of Fine Arts in Film Directing. | |
| 2007New York University Tisch School of the ArtsMaurice Kanbar Institute of Film & TelevisionGraduate Film | |
| The events, characters and firms depicted in this motionpicture are fictitious. No identification with actual persons,living or dead, places, buildings, firms and products isintended or should be inferred. | |
| © 2007 Horn OK Please Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Horn OK Please Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. is the author of thismotion picture for purposes of copyright and other laws. Thismotion picture is protected by the copyright and otherapplicable laws of India, Unites States of America, and othercountries, and any unauthorized duplication, distribution orexhibition of this motion picture may result in criminalprosecution and civil liability. |
for the woman who taught me how to laugh, and dream
for my mother, Venu Acharya