Directed by
Mira Nair |
Writing Credits (WGA)
Sooni Taraporevala | ... | (screenplay) |
Jhumpa Lahiri | ... | (novel) |
Cast (in credits order) complete, awaiting verification
Produced by
Lydia Dean Pilcher | ... | producer |
Lori Keith Douglas | ... | co-producer |
Anadil Hossain | ... | line producer: India |
Yukie Kito | ... | co-producer (as Yuki'e Kitô) |
Yasushi Kotani | ... | executive producer |
Mira Nair | ... | producer |
Ronnie Screwvala | ... | executive producer |
Zarina Screwvala | ... | co-producer |
Taizo Son | ... | executive producer |
Dinaz Stafford | ... | associate producer |
Music by
Nitin Sawhney |
Cinematography by
Frederick Elmes | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
Allyson C. Johnson |
Casting By
Cindy Tolan |
Production Design by
Stephanie Carroll |
Art Direction by
Suttirat Anne Larlarb | ... | (as Suttirat Larlarb) |
Set Decoration by
Lydia Marks |
Costume Design by
Arjun Bhasin |
Makeup Department
Norman Bryn | ... | makeup artist |
Milton Buras | ... | hair stylist |
Rita Dey | ... | hair stylist: India |
Anup Kumar Ganguli | ... | makeup artist assistant: India |
Nazafarin Gazdar | ... | hair stylist: India (as Nazafrin Gazdar) |
Kelly Gleason | ... | key makeup artist |
Shriniwas Narayan Reddy | ... | makeup artist |
Shyam Reddy | ... | makeup artist assistant: India |
Peggy Schierholz | ... | key hair stylist (as Peg Schierholz) |
Heidi Kulow | ... | makeup artist (uncredited) |
Production Management
Harish Amin | ... | production supervisor: India |
Pritam Chowdhury | ... | unit manager: India |
Kelley Cribben | ... | post-production supervisor |
Lori Keith Douglas | ... | unit production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Avani Batra | ... | third assistant director |
Kristin Bernstein | ... | second assistant director |
Joyati Bose | ... | assistant director: second unit, India |
Michael DeCasper | ... | first assistant director |
Dylan Gray | ... | first assistant director: India |
Eric Richard Lasko | ... | second second assistant director (as Eric Lasko) |
Nitya Mehra | ... | second assistant director: India |
Arindam Mukherjee | ... | additional second assistant director: second unit |
Akshay Roy | ... | second second assistant director |
Jay Jay Odedra | ... | second unit director (uncredited) |
Art Department
Ann Marie Auricchio | ... | scenic artist |
Russell Barnes | ... | art department coordinator |
Tuli Basu | ... | art department coordinator: India |
Martin Bernstein | ... | construction coordinator |
Brinda | ... | art department trainee: India |
Jeff Butcher | ... | property master |
Brian Buteau | ... | set dresser |
Daniela Capistrano | ... | art department intern |
Tanmoy Chakraborty | ... | art director: India |
Kiran Chandra | ... | art department assistant / prop coordinator: India |
Chhotu | ... | set art assistant: India (as Chotu) |
Nirmal Chandra Das | ... | set dresser: India |
Rajendra Kumar Das | ... | assistant art director: India / construction manager: India |
Shanti Dass | ... | set art assistant: India (as Santi Das) |
Natalie N. Dorset | ... | first assistant props (as Natalie Dorset) |
Peter K. Dunbar | ... | leadman: Washington DC (as Peter Dunbar) |
Michelle Farrell | ... | scenic artist |
Stephen R. Geiger | ... | scenic artist |
Caroline Irons | ... | scenic artist |
Saurabh Jana | ... | sculptor: India |
Sivan Kaplan | ... | art department intern |
Bryan Kenneth | ... | art department assistant |
Robin Koenig | ... | on-set dresser |
Connie Kozaleck | ... | scenic foreman |
Bolai Kundu | ... | set art assistant: India |
Evan C. Newell | ... | art department intern (as Evan Newell) |
Pratap Pradhan | ... | head setman: India |
Aparna Raina | ... | set dresser: India |
Aarthi Rayapura | ... | art department intern |
Jeffrey Rollins | ... | set dresser (as Jeff Rollins) |
Sharmishta Roy | ... | set decorator: India |
Sanjay | ... | set art assistant: India |
Tapas Sarkar | ... | prop coordinator: India |
Will Scheck | ... | greensman |
Mark Paul Selemon | ... | greensman (as Marl Selemon) |
Arnab Sen | ... | art department trainee: India |
Stephen Shapiro | ... | carpenter |
Sha-Sha Shiau | ... | art department assistant |
Amrita Singh | ... | set dresser: India |
Greg Sullivan | ... | charge scenic artist |
Sushovan | ... | art department trainee: India |
Robin Thomas | ... | property master: India |
Tublu | ... | set art assistant: India |
Jessie Walker | ... | camera scenic artist |
Denis Zack | ... | set dresser (as Dennis Zach) |
Robert Currie | ... | assistant property master (uncredited) |
Maus Drechsler | ... | props (uncredited) |
Ann Edgeworth | ... | props (uncredited) |
Gerard V. Engrassia | ... | set dresser (uncredited) |
Deborah Jensen | ... | additional art director (uncredited) |
Amrita Mahal | ... | set dresser (uncredited) |
Tasayu Tasnaphun | ... | digital artist (uncredited) |
Sound Department
Gina Alfano | ... | adr editor |
David Boulton | ... | adr engineer (as David Bolton) |
Brian Bowles | ... | dialogue editor |
Thom Cadley | ... | sound mixer |
Rachel Chancey | ... | foley editor |
Ryan Collison | ... | foley engineer |
Keith Culbertson | ... | sound re-recordist |
Michael Holmstrom | ... | sound mix engineer |
Larry Hopkins | ... | layback sound mixer |
Paul Katz | ... | sound mix engineer |
Thomas Kodros | ... | sound engineer: Dolby (as Tom Kodros) |
Linda Murphy | ... | boom operator |
Ed Novick | ... | sound mixer |
Dave Paterson | ... | re-recording mixer / supervising sound editor |
Jay Peck | ... | foley walker |
Mary Ellen Porto | ... | dialogue editor |
Steve Schwartz | ... | assistant sound editor (as Stephen Schwartz) |
Dominick Tavella | ... | re-recording mixer |
Damian Volpe | ... | sound effects editor |
Joe White | ... | utility sound (as Joseph White Jr.) |
Phillip Fuller | ... | sound mix technician (uncredited) |
John Soukup | ... | sound transfer (uncredited) |
Doug Winningham | ... | sound effects recordist (uncredited) |
Special Effects by
Shantanu Paul | ... | special effects coordinator: India |
Visual Effects by
John Dowdell | ... | 2K digital intermediate colorist |
Chris Gelles | ... | visual effects executive producer: & Company |
David Geoghegan | ... | digital optical compositor |
David Isyomin | ... | visual effects supervisor: & Company |
Stunts
Allan Amin | ... | stunt coordinator: India |
Camera and Electrical Department
Shankar Asari | ... | sparks: India |
Garrett Boehling | ... | dolly grip |
Joydeep Bose | ... | camera intern: India |
Kathleen Corgan | ... | second assistant camera: India |
Mulchand Dedhia | ... | gaffer: India |
Samuel G. Friedman | ... | best boy electric (as Sam Friedman) |
Mara Galus | ... | camera loader |
Abbot Genser | ... | still photographer |
Ganesh Ghosh | ... | spot boy: India |
Kurt Lennig | ... | rigging gaffer |
Jonathan Lumley | ... | gaffer |
Sukanta Majumdar | ... | cableman: India |
Raghu Mandal | ... | spot boy: India |
Edgar Martin | ... | dolly grip: "b" camera |
Hollis Meminger | ... | second assistant camera |
Mustafa Merchant | ... | lighting technician |
G. Monic Kumar | ... | first assistant camera: "b" camera, India |
Milan Moudgill | ... | still photographer: India |
Basab Mullik | ... | camera intern: India |
Anna Novick | ... | company grip |
Neil O'Malley | ... | grip / second grip |
Jay Jay Odedra | ... | director of photography: second unit (as Jay J. Odedra) |
Douglas Pellegrino | ... | camera operator: "b" camera (as Doug Pellegrino) |
Lance E. Phox | ... | rigging best boy (as Lance Phox) |
C. Ram Prasad | ... | camera loader: India |
Nitin Rao | ... | Steadicam operator: India |
Ganesh Kumar Reddy | ... | first assistant camera: "b" camera, India |
James A. Riley IV | ... | company grip (as Jim Riley) |
Dave Rudolph | ... | electrician |
Kelly Rutkowski | ... | electrician |
Praveena S. | ... | second assistant camera: "b" camera, India |
Ravi Sanjan | ... | spot boy: India |
Gerard Sava | ... | camera operator: "a" camera |
Chris Silano | ... | first assistant camera |
Tim Smythe | ... | key grip |
James Thorne | ... | electrician (as Jim Thorne) |
James Turner | ... | key rigging grip |
Lawzari Vishwakarma | ... | sparks: India |
Nawroz Zaria | ... | sparks: India |
Gregg de Domenico | ... | additional film loader (uncredited) |
Justin Panzanaro | ... | grip (uncredited) |
Gerard Sava | ... | steadicam operator (uncredited) |
Casting Department
Aditi Bhattacharya | ... | casting trainee: India |
Emily Chakraborty | ... | casting trainee: India |
Karen E. Etcoff | ... | extras casting (as Karen Etcoff) |
Tess Joseph | ... | casting: India |
Ruchi Pugalia | ... | casting trainee: India |
Soumitra Saha | ... | casting assistant: India |
Matt Schreiber | ... | casting associate |
Sohag Sen | ... | casting consultant: India |
Nina Srivasatava | ... | extras casting associate |
Nina Srivastava | ... | casting assistant |
Loveleen Tandan | ... | casting consultant: India |
Roody Dorsainvil | ... | casting assistant (uncredited) |
Payal Sethi | ... | additional casting (uncredited) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Megha Barnabas | ... | costume intern |
Zakir Hussain | ... | costume dresser: India |
Abdul Jabbar | ... | tailor: India |
Ellen Mahlke | ... | key costumer |
Christina Morales | ... | costume intern |
Urmila Motwani | ... | wardrobe supervisor: India (as Urmilla Lal Motwani) |
Hilary Niederer | ... | assistant costume designer |
Ravi Pawar | ... | costume assistant: India |
M.D. Sanaullah | ... | costume dresser: India (as MD Saunaulla) |
Stev Taylor | ... | wardrobe assistant |
Shahnaz Vahanvaty | ... | costume coordinator: India |
Deirdre N. Williams | ... | wardrobe supervisor |
Editorial Department
Kenny Becker | ... | color timer |
Priya Darshini | ... | post-production intern (as Priyadarshini) |
Peter Heady | ... | digital intermediate finishing artist |
Asal Hejazi | ... | post-production intern |
Jean Lane | ... | digital intermediate producer |
Lupita Nyong'o | ... | post-production intern |
Noëlle Penraat | ... | negative cutter (as Noelle Penraat) |
Francis Power | ... | post-production assistant |
Nirali Shastri | ... | post-production intern |
David A. Smith | ... | assistant editor |
Tim Spitzer | ... | digital intermediate supervisor |
Mo Henry | ... | negative cutter (uncredited) |
Mike Trinker | ... | digital intermediate editor (uncredited) |
John Vladic | ... | colorist: dailies (uncredited) |
Location Management
Chandan Das | ... | location manager: India |
John Druzba | ... | location intern |
Sandeep Gondalekar | ... | location assistant: India |
Michael Hartel | ... | assistant location manager |
Gahan Haskins | ... | location scout |
Eric Kench | ... | location assistant |
Kellie Morrison | ... | location manager |
Stephen Popernik | ... | location coordinator |
Justin Rosini | ... | location assistant |
Probal Sircar | ... | location assistant: India |
Music Department
Ulhas Bapat | ... | musician: santoor |
Mitali Bhawmik | ... | musician: singer |
Thom Chadly | ... | music score mixer |
Reshmin Chowdhury | ... | musician: singer |
Linda Cohen | ... | music supervisor |
John M. Davis | ... | music editor |
Stephen Hussey | ... | conductor |
Maya Iwabuchi | ... | orchestra leader |
Dean James | ... | music studio mix editor |
Dilshat Khan | ... | musician: sarangi |
Abhishek Khandelwal | ... | assistant to score recording engineer |
Niladri Kumar | ... | musician: sitar |
Sara Loewenthal | ... | additional music copyist |
Deepak Pandit | ... | musician: violin |
Devang Rachh | ... | adr enginer |
Blaire Reinhard | ... | composer: stock music |
Nitin Sawhney | ... | music arranger: strings / orchestrator: strings |
Rajinder Singh | ... | musician: swarlin |
K. Srinivasan | ... | musician: flute |
Paul Talkington | ... | conductor: orchestra / orchestra coordinator |
Satyajit Talwalkar | ... | musician: tabla |
Gary Thomas | ... | orchestral recording engineer |
Thomas Cavanaugh | ... | music business & legal affairs (uncredited) |
Script and Continuity Department
Peter Madamba | ... | script researcher |
Transportation Department
Terry Adams | ... | driver |
Jim Buckman | ... | transportation captain (as James S. Buckman) |
Robert Buckman | ... | transportation co-captain |
Kajol Chakraborty | ... | transportation manager: India |
Debit Chanda | ... | picture vehicle coordinator: India |
Indranil Chowbhury | ... | transportation coordinator: India |
George Collins | ... | driver |
David Conelli | ... | camera car driver |
Curtis Europe | ... | driver |
Billy Featherstone | ... | driver |
Kenneth Garrison | ... | driver (as Ken Garrison) |
Richie Hubka | ... | driver |
Jim Kelly | ... | driver |
Sean Leahy | ... | driver |
Soumya Rakshit | ... | picture vehicle coordinator: India |
J.R. Scarlatos | ... | driver |
José Tejada | ... | parking coordinator (as Jose Tejada) |
Additional Crew
Patrick Andrews | ... | production assistant |
Michael Barnes | ... | financial legal services |
Puloma Basu | ... | cast production assistant |
Ashley Bearden | ... | assistant production coordinator |
Sammy Bhattacharya | ... | office production assistant: India |
Ami Boghani | ... | assistant: Ms. Nair |
Sumit Bothra | ... | manager: Nitin Sawhney, Embargo Management Ltd. |
Pinaki Chatterjee | ... | set production assistant: India |
Praveen Chowdhury | ... | set production assistant: India |
Sara Clarke | ... | production office intern |
Victoria S. Cook | ... | legal services: Frankfurt, Kurnit, Klein & Selz (as Victoria Cook) |
Surj Das | ... | intern: Mirabai Films (as Surjyakiran Das) |
Arun Dasgupta | ... | dialect coach: Bengali |
Maurice Davis | ... | on-set intern |
Yvonne de Cock | ... | instructor: iyengar yoga (as Yvonne de Kock) |
Thomas De Napoli | ... | creative executive: cine mosaic production |
Sonia Deepak | ... | on-set intern (as Sonia Khanduri Deepak) |
David Dreishpoon | ... | craft service |
Maureen Duffy | ... | completion guarantor: Film Finances |
James Feldman | ... | set production assistant |
Jennifer Zolten Freed | ... | post-production accountant (as Jennifer Freed) |
Salil Gandhi | ... | legal services: Frankfurt, Kurnit, Klein & Selz |
Pushan Ganguli | ... | set production assistant: India |
Priyanka Ghose | ... | production assistant |
Rituparno Ghosh | ... | translator: Bengali |
Sumana Ghosh | ... | translator: Bengali |
Nupur Goenka | ... | intern: Mirabel Films |
Indranil Haldar | ... | set production assistant: India (as Indranil Halder) |
Thalia Harithas | ... | on-set intern |
Sean Hogan | ... | production accountant |
Shernaz Italia | ... | agra coordinator: India (as Shernaz 'Shenny' Italia) |
Girish Johar | ... | marketing & distribution |
Shikha Kapur | ... | marketing head |
Saurabh Kikani | ... | production office intern |
Elliot Koss | ... | on-set intern |
John Larkin | ... | production assistant |
David Laurentin | ... | parking assistant |
Yana Collins Lehman | ... | post-production accountant |
Denzil Linhares | ... | production assistant: Bombay |
Nitin Madan | ... | office production assistant |
Taylor Marshall-Green | ... | payroll accountant |
Carole McGorrian | ... | completion guarantor: Film Finances, Inc. |
Bruno Michels | ... | set production assistant |
Naeem Mohaiemen | ... | translator: Bengali |
Nadia Mohammad | ... | intern: Mirabel Films |
James Murphy | ... | instructor: yoga |
Frank Murray | ... | assistant accountant |
Sean Murray | ... | set production assistant |
Rakesh Nair | ... | intern: Mirabel Films |
George Nannas | ... | chef (as George Nanas) |
Prakash Nathan | ... | marketing: distribution & syndication |
Sean Oliver | ... | adr loop group |
Aniruddh Pandit | ... | office production assistant (as Ani Pandit) |
Ashwini Parulkar | ... | instructor: yoga, India |
Nancy A. Pavia | ... | production assistant |
Neta Pulvermacher | ... | choreographer |
Ranjeeta Roy | ... | production secretary: India |
Ashley Rudden | ... | director of development: cine mosaic |
Insiyah Saeed | ... | assistant/intern: Ms. Nair / production assistant |
Mary Ann Santos | ... | production office intern |
Claire Scoville | ... | post production assistant: Mirabai Films |
Sunaina Sen | ... | set production assistant: India |
Payal Sethi | ... | assistant: Ms. Nair |
Yasmine Stafford | ... | production coordinator: India |
Himkar Tak | ... | production office intern |
Divya Thakur | ... | titles designer: Design Temple |
David Tineo | ... | unit production assistant |
Priti Trivedi | ... | on-set intern |
Shanti Wesley | ... | on-set intern |
Meghan K. Wicker | ... | production coordinator (as Meghan Wicker) |
Derek Wimble | ... | set production assistant |
Renee Fishman | ... | baby wrangler (uncredited) |
Bill Timoney | ... | adr voice group (uncredited) |
Thanks
Zoya Akhtar | ... | special thanks (as Zoia Akhtar) |
S.M. Ferozeuddin Alameer | ... | special thanks (as Feroze Alameer) |
Ritwik Ghatak | ... | dedicatee |
Nemai Ghosh | ... | special thanks |
Mira Gupta | ... | special thanks |
Ram Maheshwari | ... | special thanks |
Soumitra Majumdar | ... | special thanks |
Satyajit Ray | ... | dedicatee |
Dayanita Singh | ... | special thanks |
Garry Winogrand | ... | special thanks |