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Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001) Poster

Full Cast & Crew

Directed by 

Ashutosh Gowariker

Writing Credits  

Ashutosh Gowariker ... (story)
 
Ashutosh Gowariker ... (screenplay) and
Kumar Dave ... (screenplay) and
Sanjay Dayma ... (screenplay)
 
K.P. Saxena ... (dialogue)

Cast (in credits order) complete, awaiting verification  

Aamir Khan ... Bhuvan
Gracy Singh ... Gauri
Rachel Shelley ... Elizabeth Russell
Paul Blackthorne ... Captain Andrew Russell
Suhasini Mulay ... Yashodamai
Kulbhushan Kharbanda ... Rajah Puran Singh
Raghubir Yadav ... Bhura (as Raghuveer Yadav)
Rajendra Gupta ... Mukhiya
Rajesh Vivek ... Guran
Shri Vallabh Vyas ... Ishwar (as Sri Vallabh Vyas)
Javed Khan Amrohi ... Ram Singh (as Javed Khan)
Raj Zutshi ... Ismail
Akhilendra Mishra ... Arjan
Dayashankar Pandey ... Goli (as Daya Shankar Pandey)
Yashpal Sharma ... Lakha
Amin Hajee ... Bagha
Pradeep Singh Rawat ... Deva Singh Sodhi
Aditya Lakhia ... Kachra
A.K. Hangal ... Shambukaka
John Rowe ... Col. Boyer
David Gant ... Maj. Warren
Jeremy Child ... Maj. Cotton
Ben Nealon ... Lt. Smith
Anupam Shyam ... Namdeo
Raja Awasthi Raja Awasthi ... Ramprasad
Pramatesh Mehta Pramatesh Mehta ... Harikaka
Bhim Vakani Bhim Vakani ... Kazi
Amin Gazi Amin Gazi ... Tipu
Anu Ansari Anu Ansari ... Jigni
Parveen Bano Parveen Bano ... Kesarya
Chris England Chris England ... Yardley
Howard Lee Howard Lee ... Burton
Simon Holmes Simon Holmes ... Brooks
Ray Eves Ray Eves ... Willis
Jon House Jon House ... North
Neil Patrick Neil Patrick ... Harrisson
Jamie Whitby Coles Jamie Whitby Coles ... Wesson
Barry Hart Barry Hart ... Benson
Alex Shirtcliff Alex Shirtcliff ... Flynn
Amitabh Bachchan ... Narrator

Produced by 

Reena Dutta ... executive producer
Aamir Khan ... producer

Music by 

A.R. Rahman

Cinematography by 

Anil Mehta

Editing by 

Ballu Saluja

Casting By 

Uma Da Cunha
Danielle Roffe

Production Design by 

Nitin Chandrakant Desai

Costume Design by 

Bhanu Athaiya

Makeup Department 

Nicole Demers ... makeup designer
Geeta Gujjar ... assistant hair stylist
Joginder G. Gupta ... assistant makeup artist
Nitin Indulkar ... assistant makeup artist
Shobha Kamat ... assistant hair stylist
S. Maliq ... wigs
Shrikant More ... assistant makeup artist
Sharad Pawar ... assistant makeup artist
Pina Rizzi ... hair designer
Simmi Shanmughan ... assistant hair stylist
Sunil Shedge ... assistant makeup artist
Meera Singh ... assistant hair stylist
Naresh Tannir ... assistant makeup artist
Yogesh Yewale ... assistant makeup artist

Production Management 

Nikhat Hegde ... production manager
Ranjit Indori ... production manager
Datta Jamkhande ... production manager
Shamala S. Rao ... production manager
Akram Shah ... production manager
Ashok Shinde ... production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director 

Urvashi Chugani ... assistant director
Sanjay Dayma ... chief assistant director
Reema Kagti ... second assistant director (as Reema Katgi)
Apoorva Lakhia ... first assistant director
Priyamvada Narayanan ... assistant director
Kiran Rao ... assistant director

Art Department 

Dhanabhai Ramji Ahir ... set contractor
Hemant Bhatkar ... assistant art director
Rajkishor Choudhary ... assistant art director (as Raj Kishor Choudhary)
Eknath Kadam ... assistant art director
Mavji ... set contractor
Sanjay Panchal ... assistant art director
Girish Patil ... assistant art director
Kalpesh Salve ... assistant art director
Dilip Satam ... assistant art director
Dhananjay Thorat ... graphic designer (uncredited)

Sound Department 

J.D. Babu ... Dolby mixing: Prasad Video Digital
Balu ... foley artist
Michael C.A. ... sound management and coordination
Ajith Abraham George ... assistant engineer
Stephen Gomes ... dialogue editor / location sound effects editor
Shaikh Gulam Hussain ... boom operator (as Sheikh Gulam Hassan)
Shankar J. ... sound assistant
Nakul Kamte ... production sound mixer / sound designer / sound / supervising sound editor
Ashraf Khan ... second boom operator
V. Kishore ... stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Kumar ... foley artist
S. Chandra Kumar ... Dolby mixing: Prasad Video Digital
Satish Kumar ... asst re-recording mixer
Sekar L. ... sound assistant
Lingam ... foley artist
Murali ... foley artist
Karthikeyan N. ... foley and sfx track laying
Krishnanunni N.R. ... Broadcast Audio Transferring
T. Kamatchi Nathan ... audioworks station
Tapas Nayak ... sound assistant (as Tappas Nayak)
Nazim Naseer Peshiman ... second boom operator
C. Sethu ... foley artist
H. Sridhar ... final mixing engineer
Baylon Fonseca ... DTS mix engineer (uncredited)
Sreejesh ... dvd mastering engineer (uncredited)

Special Effects by 

Vishal Anand ... special effects: Western Outdoor, Bombay
Sherry Bharda ... special effects: Western Outdoor, Bombay
Amit Chomal ... special effects: Western Outdoor, Bombay
Vinit Dutt Mannan ... special effects: Western Outdoor, Bombay
Sanjay Francis ... special effects: Western Outdoor, Bombay
Rahul Kallankandy ... special effects: Western Outdoor, Bombay
Pankaj Khandpur ... special effects: Western Outdoor, Bombay
Bharat Sachdev ... special effects: Western Outdoor, Bombay
Piku Shahani ... special effects: Western Outdoor, Bombay
Aquil Unia ... special effects: Western Outdoor, Bombay

Visual Effects by 

Amit S. Chomal ... flame artist
Pankaj Khandpur ... visual effects supervisor
Giles Livesey ... digital film colorist
Satish Ratakonda ... digital compositor: Mantra-RFC (as Satish Babu)
Vishal Anand ... senior CGI artist (uncredited)
Shakti Banerjee ... digital compositor: Mantra-Ramoji Film City (uncredited)
Angel Das ... visual effects artist (uncredited)

Stunts 

Salam Ansari ... assistant stunt coordinator
Aejaz Gulab ... assistant action (as Ejaz Gulab)
Javed Karim ... assistant action
Abbas Ali Moghul ... action coordinator
Salam ... assistant action

Camera and Electrical Department 

G.R. Adam ... grip
Nasim Ahmed ... spot boy
Amina A. Amlani ... generator operator
P. Amos ... spot boy
Babu Batliwala ... spot boy
Paramjit Chawla ... assistant still photographer
Chandi Das ... assistant camera: second unit
Mulchand Dedhia ... gaffer
Anthony Fernandes ... crane operator
Shivaji Gawda ... spot boy
Shankar Ghatge ... spot boy
Kusha Gowda ... spot boy
Lava Gowda ... spot boy
Sachin Gowda ... spot boy
R.J. Gururaj ... chief camera assistant
Abdul Hamid Shaikh ... lighting technician
Hari ... spot boy
Tukaram Joshi ... lighting technician (as Tukaram S. Joshi)
H. Karmali ... generator operator
Rajesh Khale ... assistant camera
Nizam Khan ... lighting technician
Rasool Khan ... lighting technician
Harindra Kotain ... spot boy
Krishna ... assistant camera
Ravi Kuduur ... crane operator
Rafey Mehmood ... camera operator: second unit
K.U. Mohanan ... additional photographer
Namdeo ... spot boy
Sudhir Palsane ... camera operator: second unit
Joginder Panda ... camera operator: second unit
Satyajit Pande ... assistant camera: second unit
Shiva Poojari ... spot boy
Rajesh ... spot boy
Ramana ... crane operator
Ramprasad ... assistant camera
Sampad Ray ... assistant camera: second unit (as Sampat Roy)
Vinod Ray ... assistant camera
Narsimha Reddy ... assistant camera
Raj Reddy ... assistant camera
Hardeep Sachdev ... still photographer (as Hardeep Singh Sachdev)
Kamlesh Sadrani ... lighting technician
Hitesh Sadrrani ... electrician
Ashu Solanki ... assistant camera
Subramanium ... spot boy
Baban Ganpath Tambe ... lighting technician (as Baban Tambe)
Lalit Tiwari ... assistant still photographer
Nagesh S. Vagade ... lighting technician
Barkhat M. Zaria ... lighting technician (as Barkat Zaria)

Casting Department 

Ashutosh Gowariker ... casting: Indians
Dinesh Anchan ... casting associate (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department 

Sayed A. Aziz ... dressman
Seikh Shakil Aziz ... dressman
Shabbir Baig ... dressman
Shashikant Dhavan ... dressman
Rekha Mondal ... wardrobe in charge
Sayed Raju ... dressman
M.D. Sanaullah ... dressman
Shakti Siddhu ... wardrobe in charge
Kashinath Sutraye ... dressman

Editorial Department 

Haribabu ... negative cutter
Nanadlal Prasad ... assistant editor: avid
C.M. Ravichandran ... color timer
Rajeev Singh ... editor: steinbeck
Sunil Wadekar ... assistant editor: steinbeck
Ram Singh Yadav ... assistant editor

Music Department 

Javed Akhtar ... lyricist
Asha Bhosle ... playback singer (as Asha Bhonsle)
Clinton Cerejo ... music producer and/or vocal arranger
Vasundhara Das ... playback singer
Kishori Gowariker ... playback singer
Noell James ... music coordinator
Shankar Mahadevan ... playback singer
Lata Mangeshkar ... playback singer
Udit Narayan ... playback singer
A.R. Rahman ... playback singer
Sadhana Sargam ... playback singer
Shaan ... playback singer
Sukhwinder Singh ... playback singer (as Sukhvinder Singh)
S. Sivakumar ... song recordist
H. Sridhar ... song recordist
Srinivas ... playback singer
Anuradha Sriram ... playback singer
Vaishali ... playback singer
Alka Yagnik ... playback singer

Script and Continuity Department 

Hassan Kutty ... continuity / script supervisor

Transportation Department 

Komal Bhatti ... travel and transportation: Ashapura Tours and Travels
Naresh Gyani ... travel and transportation: Krishna Internationals

Additional Crew 

Nabeel Abbas ... media consultant / web site designer
Abdul ... office boy
Adinath ... office boy
Richa Arya ... Bhuj artiste
Sarla Arya ... Bhuj artiste
Raja Awasthi ... dialect supervisor: on location
Satyajit Bhatkal ... production executive
Baby Neha Bhatt ... Bhuj artiste
Gaurav Bhatt ... Bhuj artiste
Meera Bhatt ... Bhuj artiste
Nitin Bhatt ... Bhuj artiste
Ritu Bhatt ... Bhuj artiste
Baskar Bhuch ... Bhuj artiste
Baby Dhara Bijlani ... Bhuj artiste
Suresh Bijlani ... Bhuj artiste
Jakraj Boha ... Bhuj artiste
Simrit Brar ... publicity design and printing
Bipin Budhbhati ... Bhuj artiste
Paresh Budhbhati ... Bhuj artiste
Husaini Budhwani ... web site designer
Gaurav Chanana ... studio assistant (as Gaurav)
Mamta Chauhan ... Bhuj artiste
Chinna ... assistant choreographer
L.L. Chinyara ... Bhuj artiste
Sanjeev Chopra ... accountant
Christopher ... through MAPS Bangalore
Kumar Dave ... associate director
Gautham ... production assistant
Georgé ... through MAPS Bangalore
Gokul ... office boy
Atul Gor ... Bhuj artiste
Adrian Grew ... through MAPS Bangalore
Rajesh Grover ... web site designer
Jayesh Hathi ... Bhuj artiste
Kirti Hathi ... Bhuj artiste
Ganesh Hegde ... choreographer: "Mitwa"
Faisal Hindustani ... web site designer
Imam Husain ... accountant
Niranjan Iyengar ... web site copy
Jayanti Lal Jethi ... Bhuj artiste
Dinkar Jhala ... Bhuj artiste
Pankaj Jhala ... local artiste coordinator
Pankash Jhala ... Bhuj artiste
Master Sagar Joshi ... Bhuj artiste
Pradeep Joshi ... Bhuj artiste
Suryanarayanan K.M. ... chief technical engineer
Ujjwala Kadam ... web site designer
Harshall Kamat ... assistant choreographer
Mehul Kapadia ... assistant: Choreographer
C.D. Karamshiani ... Bhuj artiste
Nuzhat Khan ... subtitling assistant: NFDC
Raju Khan ... choreographer: "Ghanan, Chale Chalo, O Paalanhaare"
Reshma Khan ... assistant choreographer
Saroj Khan ... choreographer: "Radha Kaise Na Jale"
Shaheen Khan ... accountant
Maliaka Kirtikar ... accountant
Krishnan ... production assistant
Kumar ... studio assistant
Terence Lewis ... choreographer: "Waltz for a Romance"
Mabel ... assistant choreographer
Dinesh Maheshwari ... Bhuj artiste
Nanaso Mane ... web site designer
Kamalji Maru ... Bhuj artiste
Usha Maru ... Bhuj artiste
Mehul ... assistant choreographer
Alnoor Merchant ... web site designer
Vaibhavi Merchant ... choreographer: "O Rey Chhori"
Sadruddin Jiva Mistry ... generator department (as Saddrudin Jiva Mistri)
Noor Mohamed ... technical assistant
Janakiraman P. ... technical coordination and disc mastering
Binny Padda ... promos
Paras ... generator department
Kishan Poruva ... generator department (as Kishan)
Rajesh ... office boy
Ramchandra ... accountant (as Ramachandran)
Dhruti Rana ... Bhuj artiste
Samrudhi Rana ... Bhuj artiste
Seema Rana ... Bhuj artiste
B. Shrinivas Rao ... chief executive production
Maithili Rao ... subtitling: NFDC
Rajendra Rao ... public relations officer: print media
Ronit Roy ... security officer
Samidurai ... studio assistant in charge
Clemintina Santos ... production assistant
Sathyamoorthy ... production assistant
K. Satish ... technical coordination and disc mastering (as Satish K.)
Ameen Sayani ... radio promotions
Devang Shah ... web site designer
Kalpana Shah ... assistant choreographer
Shakti ... office boy
Anand Sharma ... Bhuj artiste / local artiste coordinator
Geeta Sharma ... Bhuj artiste
Master Sampan Sharma ... Bhuj artiste
Vikas Sharma ... assistant choreographer
Himanshu Sheth ... television publicity coordinator (as Hemanshu Seth)
Prakash Shukla ... Bhuj artiste
V.K. Singh ... censor: PRO (as Vinod Kumar Singh)
Hansa Soni ... Bhuj artiste
Ramesh Sonpal ... Bhuj artiste
Manoj Sonpar ... Bhuj artiste
Rajeev Soorti ... assistant choreographer
Subhash ... office boy
Arvind Thakar ... Bhuj artiste
Hency Thakar ... Bhuj artiste
Jigna Thakar ... Bhuj artiste
Robin Thakar ... Bhuj artiste
Ashish Tharthare ... production executive
Jhelum Tripathi ... Bhuj artiste
Nidhi Tripathi ... Bhuj artiste
Baby Brinda Trivedi ... Bhuj artiste
Girish Trivedi ... Bhuj artiste
Master Samarth Trivedi ... Bhuj artiste
Raju Udhasi ... Bhuj artiste
Unnikrishnan ... production assistant
Vikash Verma ... adviser
C.B. Wadhwa ... legal consultant
Baba Yadav ... assistant choreographer (as Baba)
Mohamed Yousuff ... studio assistant

Thanks 

Dhanabhai Ramji Ahir ... thanks
Amitabh Bachchan ... thanks (as Shri Amitabh Bachchan)
Bharat Chotani ... thanks
Maharao Pragmulji III ... thanks
G. Rao ... thanks (as Dr. G. Rao)
Nikhil Shah ... thanks
Crew believed to be complete

See also

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