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 |
