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Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi (2003) Poster

Full Cast & Crew

Directed by 

Sudhir Mishra

Writing Credits  

Sudhir Mishra ... (original story & screenplay) and
Shivkumar Subramaniam ... (original story & screenplay) (as Shiv Subramanyum) and
Ruchi Narain ... (original story & screenplay)

Cast (in credits order)  

Kay Kay Menon ... Siddharth Tyabji
Shiney Ahuja ... Vikram Malhotra
Chitrangda Singh ... Geeta Rao
Ram Kapoor ... Arun Mehta
Saurabh Shukla ... Senior Bihari constable
Yashpal Sharma ... Randhir Singh
Jasbir Malik Jasbir Malik ... Mehmood Tyabji
Sohrab Ardeshir Sohrab Ardeshir ... The maharaja
Aditya Bhattacharya ... Politician Sadiq
Arif Zakaria ... Daryll
Anupam Shyam ... SHO Jhanda Singh
Sandeep Kulkarni ... Comrade Probir
Akhil Mishra ... Vikram's father
Yusuf Hussain ... Senior politician
Manohar Khushlani Manohar Khushlani ... Hotelier Wadhwani
Gopal Dubey Gopal Dubey ... The landlord
Gajraj Rao ... Junior Bihari constable
Atul Mongia Atul Mongia ... Kashyap
Tarun Shukla Tarun Shukla ... Shankar
Deepak Kumar Bandhu Deepak Kumar Bandhu ... Kiru
Shilpa Shukla ... Mala
Mangilal Sharma Mangilal Sharma ... Mad man
Irfan Saurabh Irfan Saurabh ... Inspector 1 Meerut
Ravi Singh ... Inspector 2 Meerut
Avtar Sahani Avtar Sahani ... Inspector 3 Meerut
Archana Srivastava Archana Srivastava ... Vikram's family
Saulat Khan Saulat Khan ... Vikram's family
Arshad Iqbal Arshad Iqbal ... Vikram's family
Prerna Prerna ... Vikram's family
Mrs. Marwah Mrs. Marwah ... Vikram's family
Mrs. Kiran Mrs. Kiran ... Vikram's family
Vinod Jaywant Vinod Jaywant ... Man on motorbike
Dem Clones Dem Clones ... The band
Sanjay Gautam Sanjay Gautam ... Randhir's crony 1
Bhupesh Pandya Bhupesh Pandya ... Randhir's crony 2
Yogesh Gujjar Yogesh Gujjar ... Randhir's crony 3
Bijesh Jayarajan ... Rajan
Jaimini Pathak ... Amit
Lalit Lalit ... Prahlad
Abhinav Abhinav ... Partho
Riju Bajaj Riju Bajaj ... Pablo
Sudhir Mishra ... Guest at Tyabji's
Sushil Datta Sushil Datta
Pancham Kaushik Pancham Kaushik ... Thumri singer
Ganeshar Rao Ganeshar Rao ... Geeta's family
N.B. Mahalaxmi N.B. Mahalaxmi ... Geeta's family
Anuradha Anuradha ... Geeta's family
Virendra Singh Virendra Singh ... Staring constable 1
Vinod Nahardi Vinod Nahardi ... Staring constable 2
Vandana Narain Vandana Narain ... Dancing girl at party
Dibyendu Bhattacharya ... Charnma
Sanjay Sonu Sanjay Sonu ... Landlord's son (as Sanjay Kumar Sonu)
Alok Guch Alok Guch ... Landlord's henchman
Rajiv Srivastava Rajiv Srivastava ... Lower caste doctor
Amreeta Sabarwal Amreeta Sabarwal ... Anita
Satyajit Sharma ... Maharaja's elder son
V.K. Sharma ... Maharaja's secretary
Anil Sharma Anil Sharma ... Politician with Sadiq
Ashish Sabherwal Ashish Sabherwal ... Drunk guest
Gilles Chuen Gilles Chuen ... Dancing guest
Hemant Tailor Hemant Tailor ... Resthouse caretaker
Swanand Kirkire ... Singer in village
Pankaj Jha ... Story teller
Samson Samson ... Swami
Ranjana Ranjana ... School teacher
Javed Aziz Javed Aziz ... Drunk policeman
Anand Vardhan Anand Vardhan ... Mr. Taneja
Samar Ehtesham Samar Ehtesham ... Kashyap's wife
Rachna Kaushik Rachna Kaushik ... Pablo's girlfriend
Surendra Vajpayee Surendra Vajpayee ... Inspector arresting father
Javed Zaidi Javed Zaidi ... Sterilization official 1
Ajay Srivastava Ajay Srivastava ... Sterilization official 2
Seema Malik Seema Malik ... Village woman
Malhar Kaushik Malhar Kaushik ... Politician's grandson
Ruchi Narain Ruchi Narain ... Woman politician
Rambahadur Renu ... Police Officer At Jail
Mr. Baghel Mr. Baghel ... Jail warden
Mr. Awasthi Mr. Awasthi ... Jail superintendent
Sanjay Mehta Sanjay Mehta ... Doctor
Kishore Kishore ... Old dying man
Ghanshyam Garg Ghanshyam Garg ... Servant
Naveen Sadana Naveen Sadana ... Tempo driver
Razaq Bhai Razaq Bhai ... MP of Bhojpur
Suhas Fadnis Suhas Fadnis ... MR's crony
Farooq Sher Khan Farooq Sher Khan ... Senior inspector
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Borde Abhijeet Borde Abhijeet ... Chitraganda Singh (credit only)
Vinod Nahardih Vinod Nahardih ... Constable 2
Bachan Pachehra ... Chitrangada ' s father (uncredited)

Produced by 

Sushil Datta ... executive producer: India
Joël Farges ... executive producer: France
Bobbie Ghosh ... executive producer: India
Malik Sam Hayat ... associate producer
Elise Jalladeau ... executive producer: France
Pritish Nandy ... producer

Music by 

Shantanu Moitra

Cinematography by 

Jacques Bouquin

Editing by 

Catherine D'Hoir

Art Direction by 

Ashok Bhagat ... (as Ashok Sagar Bhagat)

Costume Design by 

Rahul Ranjan
Marjari Singh

Makeup Department 

Alpita Ganoje ... hair
Madhav Kadam ... make-up
Nanne Khan ... makeup artist

Production Management 

Umang Agarwal ... production manager
Jeetendra Bhira ... production manager
Laurent Brégeat ... production manager: France
Anil Gupta ... production manager: Delhi
Anoop Joshi ... production manager: Bhopal
Nicolas Namur ... production manager: France
Rahul Rawat ... production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director 

Swanand Kirkire ... chief assistant director
Chetana Kowshik ... first assistant director
Ruchi Narain ... associate director
Hemant Tailor ... assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department 

Raghav Prakash ... associate art director
Biplab Roy ... assistant art director (as Biplob Roy)
Pramod Singh ... set dressing: Bhopal

Sound Department 

Madhu Apsara ... sound designer: post production
Jean-Claude Brisson ... sound recordist
Royston D'Lima ... boom operator
Subir Kumar Das ... assistant re-recordist: Rajkamal Studios
Jayant Haldar ... assistant sound re-recording mixer
Shajith Koyeri ... sound editor
Vijay Kumar ... foley artist
Manoj Mochemadkar ... ADR Engineer / Foley Engineer
Joe Rodrigues ... Assistant sound mixing engineer

Camera and Electrical Department 

Aseem Bajaj ... director of photography: additional photography
Rohit Sahu ... still photographer

Editorial Department 

Alex Anthony Fernandes ... post production head
Siddharth S Pande ... Visual Promotions

Location Management 

Ruchi Narain ... locations: Bhopal

Music Department 

Subir Kumar Das ... music pre-mixing engineer
Daniel B. George ... music arranged by
Ajay Jhingran ... lyricist / playback singer
Shubha Joshi ... playback singer
Swanand Kirkire ... lyricist / playback singer
Smita Malhotra ... playback singer
Shubha Mudgal ... playback singer
Sriram ... playback singer
Karsan Zakaria ... playback singer

Script and Continuity Department 

Yvette Biro ... script consultant

Additional Crew 

Sanjay Chauhan ... Hindi dialogues
Gilles Chuen ... choreographer (as Gillies Chuen)
Savyna Indranee Darby ... marketing
Binny Padda ... opening titles & promos
Ravi Padda ... opening titles & promos
Siddharth S Pande ... visual promotions (as Siddharth Pande)
Chin2 Singh ... promo editor
Pramod Singh ... Hindi dialogues
Atul Tiwari ... Hindi dialogues
Sudesh Vaidya ... Senior Finance and Compliance Manager

Thanks 

Zoya Akhtar ... without whom it was not possible
Shahid Amin ... special thanks
Ranjeet Bahadur ... special thanks (as Ranjit Bhahadur)
Sanjay Beniwal ... special thanks (as DCP [North] Sanjay Beniwal)
Ajoy Bose ... special thanks
Dionne Bunsha ... without whom it was not possible
Prasanna Kumar Choudhary ... special thanks
Elyane Daniel ... special thanks: Embassy of France, Delhi
Siddeshwar Dayal ... special thanks
Karuna Dhawan ... without whom it was not possible
Vinod Dua ... without whom it was not possible
Olga Farges ... without whom it was not possible
Suneet Kumar ... special thanks
Sandeep Maheshwari ... special thanks
Majid ... special thanks: Bhopal
Vasant Mamania ... without whom it was not possible (as Vasantji Mamania)
Ketan Mehta ... without whom it was not possible
Mohan ... special thanks (as Deputy Commissioner Mohan)
Arvind Narain ... without whom it was not possible
Ashima Narain ... without whom it was not possible
Meera Narain ... special thanks
Rewa Narain ... without whom it was not possible
Sajan Narain ... special thanks (as Chair of Enbee Group Sajan Narain)
Narayan Parshuram ... special thanks (as Narayan Parsuram)
Satyen Purandare ... special thanks
Renu Saluja ... dedicated to the memory of
Agnes Sen Gupta ... without whom it was not possible
Partho Sen-Gupta ... without whom it was not possible (as Partho Sen Gupta)
Anil Sharma ... without whom it was not possible
Anuradha Sharma ... without whom it was not possible
Rabindra Sharma ... special thanks
Manmohan Shetty ... without whom it was not possible
Alok Pratap Singh ... special thanks
Vijay Singh ... without whom it was not possible
Pravesh Sippy ... special thanks
Sunil ... special thanks: Bhopal
Harry T. ... without whom it was not possible
Pramod Tambat ... special thanks
Sriram Tiwari ... special thanks
D.P. Tripathi ... special thanks
Ravi Tripathy ... special thanks (as Ravi Tripathi)
Mukesh Udeshi ... without whom it was not possible
Srinivas Varma ... special thanks (as SP Srinivas Varma)

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