CREW

 
CREDITS  
   
Presenter UTV Motion Pictures
Producer
Ashutosh Gowariker
Writer and Director Ashutosh Gowariker
Executive Producer Sunita A. Gowariker
Music A. R. Rahman
Lyrics Javed Akhtar
Story M. G. Sathya & Ashutosh Gowariker
Screenplay Ashutosh Gowariker
Dialogues K. P. Saxena
Special thanks to Rajni Bakshi and her book - Bapu Kuti: Journeys in the
re-discovery of Gandhi
Director of Photography Mahesh Aney
Production Designer Nitin Chandrakant Desai
Costume Designer Bhanu Athaiya
Sound Design Stephen Gomes
Editor Ballu Saluja
Choreographers Saroj Khan, Raju Khan, Vaibhavi Merchant & Bosco-Caesar
Singers Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik, Sadhana Sargam, Hariharan, Kailash Kher, Madhushree, Vijay Prakash, Ashutosh Gowariker, Blaaze (Dhaaba Rap), Master Vignesh, Miss Pooja and A. R. Rahman
Stunt Co-ordinator Abbas Ali Moghul
Line Producer B. Shrinivas Rao
Gaffer Ramesh Sadrani
Still Photography C. Ramesh & Ed Button (USA)
   
Audio Cassettes & CDs on T-Series
   
Media Relations Rajendra Rao
Publicity Design & Promotion Nabeel Abbas (EPiGRAM)
Radio Promotion Ameen Sayani
Internet Campaign Alnoor Merchant (Web Synergy)
   
Visual Effects

Pankaj Khandpur (TATA Elexsi)

Promos Ballu Saluja
   
Lab Adlabs
Telecine Prime Focus Ltd.
Subtitling (Transliteration) Raj Supe
Subtitling (Spotting) Cheragh P. Todiwala & Ayan Mukerji
   
Legal Advisor Desai & Diwanji
Chartered Accountant Bimal Parekh & Co.
Bankers

Deutsche Bank & State Bank of India

Insurance United India Insurance Co. Ltd.
   
ASSISTANTS  
First Assistant Director Kiran Rao
Second Assistant Director Lakshmipriya Devi
Script Supervisor & Continuity Karan Malhotra
Casting & Costumes Assistant Pinky Poonawala
Clapper Boy Ayan Mukerji
Assistant Directors Vinay Waikul
  Janani Ravichandran
  Danish Aslam
Asst. Script Supervisor Manisha Issrani
Asst. in Pre-production Yashodeep Nigudkar
Costume Supervisor Pinky Poonawala
   

ASSISTANT WRITERS

 
First Draft

Sameer Sharma & Lalit Marathe

Second Draft

Amin Hajee & Charlotte Whitby-Coles

Third Draft Ayan Mukerji & Yashodeep Nigudkar
   
PRODUCTION  
Production Executive Akram Shah
Production Managers

Ashok Shinde (Location co-ordinator)
Ranjeet Indori (Transport Manager)
Datta Jamkhande (Labwork)
Ravi Altekar (Liaison & Permissions)

Accountant Sanjeev Kumar Chopra
Administrative & Production Asst. Ophelia Salvi
   
CAMERA  
Chief Assistant Camera Arif Sheikh
Focus Puller & 2nd Asst. Teja Singh Gurkha
3rd Asst. Sameer Saud
   
SOUND  
Production Mixer Stephen Gomes
Boom Operator Sheikh Gulam Hassan
2nd Boom Operator

Ashraf Khan & Haroon Sheikh

Sound Editors Royston D'Lima & Tarun Bhandari
   
EDITOR  
Assistant Editors

Nandlal Prasad & Cheragh P. Todiwala

Steinbeck Editors Rajeev Singh & Sunil Wadekar
   
ART  
Property Master Eknath Kadam
Assistant Art Girish Patil & Mitali Mahajan
Landscape Artist Hemant Bhatkar
   
MAKE-UP  
Chief Make-up Artist Madhav Kadam
Assistant Make-up

Laxman Teli & Rajesh Kadam

   
HAIR  
Hair Stylist Meera Singh
   
CHOREOGRAPHY  
Assistant Choreography Reshma Khan, Manish Jagwani and Rajiv Nagpal (Saroj Khan)
Mehul Gadani, Vinay and Anu Kanwar (Raju Khan)
Shruti Merchant (Vaibhavi Merchant)
Aloysius Thomas, Vivek Sharma, Jojo (Bosco - Caesar)
   
ACTION  
Assistant - Action Ejaz, Javed & Salam
   
PUBLICITY  
Assistants - Creatives Devang Shah, Akash Patel & Mihir Shah
Assistants - Promotion Deepak Parle, Sameer Joshi & Muddasar Sheikh
Assistants - Internet Kaushal Bhatt, Ravi Malik, Hemant Mehta & Gurmeet Arora
   
Publicity Printer S. G. Agrawal (Action)
   
Junior Artist Supplier Tinu Devraj & Co.
   
EQUIPMENT  
Light Equipment Lights and Grips
Audio Rental & Audio Post Sync Sound Pvt.Ltd.
Camera Equipment Ushakiron Movies Ltd.
Panther Dolly supplied by Cinevista Studio Pvt. Ltd.
Jimmy Jib supplied by Magic Motion Inc.
Jib Operator Navin Gadkari
Crane supplied by S. V. Rammana
Rain and Storm Equipment Trimurthi Equipments
Generator supplied by Amina A. Amlani
   
MUSIC CREDITS  
Sound Engineers S. Sivakumar & H. Sridhar
Songs Recorded & Mixed at Panchathan Record-Inn, Chennai
Technical Assistant Noor Mohamed
Music Co-ordination Noell James
Additional Programming H. Sridhar & G. V. Prakash
Strings Conducted by Srinivasa Murthy
Asst. Sound Engineer Aditya Modi
Musicians

Navin (Flute - Pal Pal Hai Bhaari)
Madhu (Shehnai - Yeh Jo Des Hai Tera)
Janardhan (Sitar)
Srinivasulu (Harp, Santoor, Oud & Mandolin)
Sivamani (Drums & Percussion) Prasanna & Kabuli (Guitar)
Prasanna & Kabuli (Guitar)
Keith Peters (Bass Guitar)
Veda (Percussion)
Prasad & Neelakantan (Tabla & Dholak)
Sathiya Narayana (Pakhawaj & Khol)
Lakshmi Narayana (Taps & Bass Dholak)
Chennai Chorale Group (Chorus)

   
LOCAL CO-ORDINATORS  
Local Co-ordinator (Wai/Pune) Sameer R. Kavathekar
Wai Production Co-ordinator Surendra Sathe
Local Artist Co-ordination (Wai) John Phanse
Chief Co-ordinator (Delhi) Dinesh Shenoy
   
USA CREW  
USA Liaison (Los Angeles) Madhu Kapoor
Line Producer (New York) Anadil Hossain
Production Manager Driss Benyaklef
Production Services Dillywood, Inc.
Insurance D. R. Reiff & Associates, Inc.

 

LOCATIONS  
Maharashtra Wai, Pune, Satara, Apta Station and
Villages of Menavali, Varkhadwadi, Pasarni & Dhom
Delhi Indira Gandhi Int'l Airport
USA Goddard Space Flight Center, Washington D.C.,
Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral
   
TECHNICAL DETAILS  
Screen Ratio Cinemascope 1:2.4 (Anamorphic)
Sound DTS, Dolby Digital, Dolby SR, Mono
Stock Kodak Eastmancolor Negative
Gauge 35mm
Language Hindi
Sub-titles available English
Format available Beta, Film
Duration 210 minutes