Directed by
Shyam Benegal |
Writing Credits
Shama Zaidi | ... | (screenplay) and |
Satyadev Dubey | ... | (screenplay) (as Pt. Satyadev Dubey) and |
Shyam Benegal | ... | (screenplay) |
Ghulam Abbas | ... | (from the short story "Anandi") |
Satyadev Dubey | ... | (dialogue) (as Pt. Satyadev Dubey) |
Cast (in credits order)
Shabana Azmi | ... | Rukmini Bai | |
Smita Patil | ... | Zeenat | |
Naseeruddin Shah | ... | Tungrus | |
Amrish Puri | ... | Darvish | |
Kulbhushan Kharbanda | ... | Mr. Gupta | |
Saeed Jaffrey | ... | Mr. Agarwal | |
Om Puri | ... | Ram Gopal | |
Sreela Majumdar | ... | Phoolmani | |
Neena Gupta | ... | Vasanti | |
Geeta Kak | ... | Shantidevi (as Gita Siddharth) | |
Sunila Pradhan | ... | Mrs. Gupta | |
Soni Razdan | ... | Bordello girl | |
Anita Kanwar | ... | Parveena | |
Ratna Pathak Shah | ... | Malti (as Ratna Pathak) | |
Pankaj Kapur | ... | Shantidevi's assistant | |
K.K. Raina | |||
Satish Kaushik | ... | Councillor | |
Khokha Mukherji | |||
Athar Nawaaz | ... | (as Athar Nawaz) | |
Raj Narasimha Rao | |||
Aslam Farshuri | |||
Sita Ram | |||
Swadesh Pal | |||
Milena Marques | |||
A. Lakshmi | |||
Monisha Banerjee | |||
Aruna | |||
Abdul Aziz | |||
Azim Aziz | |||
Bela | |||
Lilabai Deshpande | |||
G.S. Deshmukh | |||
M. Quddus Ahmed | |||
Murali | ... | (as Murli) | |
Harish Patel | ... | Policeman (havaldar) | |
Ila Arun | ... | Bordello girl | |
Annu Kapoor | ... | Doctor | |
Aditya Bhattacharya | ... | Sushil Gupta | |
Ashay Chitre |
Produced by
Bhisham M. Bijlani | ... | executive producer |
Lalit M. Bijlani | ... | producer |
Freni Variava | ... | producer |
Silloo F. Variava | ... | executive producer |
Music by
Vanraj Bhatia |
Cinematography by
Ashok Mehta |
Editing by
Bhanudas Divakar |
Art Direction by
Nitish Roy |
Costume Design by
Madhav Agasti | ... | (costumes designed by) |
Saba Zaidi |
Makeup Department
Bela Agha | ... | hair stylist (as Bela) |
Lilabai Deshpande | ... | hair stylist |
Vishwanath Govekar | ... | makeup artist (as V. Govekar) |
Mallika Samuel | ... | hair stylist |
Mariam Samuel | ... | hair stylist |
Ajit Vengurlekar | ... | assistant makeup artist |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Dev Benegal | ... | assistant director |
Kalpana Lajmi | ... | assistant director (as Kalpana Lazmi) |
Dayal Nihalani | ... | chief assistant director |
Swadesh Pal | ... | assistant director |
Joy Roy | ... | assistant director |
Art Department
Samir Chanda | ... | assistant to art director |
Paltu Dev Sharma | ... | assistant to art director |
Sound Department
Vijay Bhope | ... | assistant sound |
Mangesh Desai | ... | sound re-recordist |
Hitendra Ghosh | ... | sound |
Mohamed Husein Kalsikar | ... | assistant sound |
Kuldip Sood | ... | associate re-recordist |
B.N. Tiwari | ... | sound |
Camera and Electrical Department
Rajan Kothari | ... | assistant camera |
Manish | ... | assistant camera (as Manish Bhatt) |
Govind Nihalani | ... | director of photography: additional photography |
Hari Roy | ... | assistant camera |
S.R. Sekar | ... | still photographer |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
John Babu | ... | assistant costumes |
Monisha Banerjee | ... | assistant costumes |
Milena Marques | ... | assistant costumes |
Editorial Department
Dilip Bhopale | ... | assistant editor |
Jagdish Mohite | ... | assistant editor |
P.G. Mulay | ... | color consultant |
Duttaram Naik | ... | color consultant (as Dutta Ram) |
S.M. Zarapkar | ... | color consultant |
Location Management
Dilip Bannerjee | ... | unit location manager |
Music Department
Aziz Ahmed | ... | composer: song "Qawwali" |
Ila Arun | ... | lyricist |
Asha Bhosle | ... | playback singer |
Sarwar Danda | ... | lyricist |
Insha | ... | lyricist |
Kabir | ... | lyricist |
Kersi Lord | ... | assistant music |
Mir Taqi Mir | ... | lyricist |
Makhdoom Mohiuddin | ... | lyricist |
Preeti Sagar | ... | playback singer |
Salar Sindi | ... | lyricist (as Bahadur Shah Zafar) |
Uttam Singh | ... | assistant music |
Additional Crew
M. Quddus Ahmed | ... | production assistant |
Hemant Bhagat | ... | production assistant |
M.A. Bhatia | ... | production executive |
Deepak | ... | production assistant |
Sudarshan Dhir | ... | choreographer (as Sudarshan Dheer) |
K.B. Kamat Ghanekar | ... | technical advisor |
Jethu Maliramani | ... | production assistant |
Raj Pius | ... | production controller |
Bunny Reuben | ... | publicist |
M.K. Shah | ... | production assistant |