Screenplay by
SABRINA DHAWAN
Based on the story by
AKHIL SHARMA
Produced by
BRIAN DEVINE
JASON ORANS
JEN SMALL
Directed by
NISHA GANATRA
Costume Designer
ROBIN I. SHANE
Editor
JANE PIA ABRAMOWITZ
Composer
ANDREW LOCKINGTON
Songs by
CHRIS RAEL
Production Design
ROLF GRIMSTED
Director of Photography
MATT CLARK
Featuring
ROSHAN SETH
CAROL KANE
PURVA BEDI
YOLANDE BAVAN
TAJ CROWN
And
MADHUR JAFFREY
Cast
Hans
STEPHEN BARKER TURNER
Vandana
NEERJA SHARMA
Vandana’s Fiancee
KAL PENN
Young Gopal
NIKET SUBHEDAR
Dancers
SHEENA JAIN
JYOTSNA GAUTAM
SUSAN PATEL
MONICA PATEL
HETTLE PATEL
AVANI SHAH
PHALGUNI PAPAIYA
MONISHA CHOWDHARY
SHIVANI SHAH
KEVIN DHANIRAM
VISHAL SHETTY
JERRY VATTAMALA
SHENIL JAIN
RAMESHWAR JOSHI
Band Members
CHRIS RAEL
UMESH PATEL
PINKESH PATEL
AMIT DAVE
Executive Producer
THOMAS E. FANELLA
Executive for KTEH
LINDA DENNIS
Associate Producer
CHERRY MONTEJO
1st Assistant Director
MARCO LONDONER
2nd Assistant Director
KRISTAL MOSLEY
2nd 2nd Assistant Director
STEFANIE RING
Choreographer
RUJUTA VAIDYA
Steadicam Operator
SANDY HAYS
2nd Unit Director of Photography
ALBINO MARSETTI
1st Assistant Camera
CRAIG PRESSGROVE
Additional 1st Assistant Camera
VANINA FELDSZTEIN
Video Engineer
NATHANIEL MILLER
Prep Video Engineer
NICK THEODORAKIS
Camera Department Interns
ANDRE SALA
ALLISON WURTMAN
Camera crane by
BLACK DOG JIB PRODUCTIONS
Stills Photographer
CAREY KIRKELLA
Sound Mixer
JAN MCLAUGHLIN
Boom Operator
A.G. GUINDO
Utility Sound
SAMUEL CROW
Script Supervisor
SHARON WATT
Additional Script Supervisor
ARIEL LEVY
Art Director
SIOBAIN FLAHERTY
Set Decorator
SMITHA PARIGI
On Set Dresser
ALEXANDRA WOLF
Additional Set Dresser
LIZ ZIMMERMAN
Property Master
BROOKE BRAMLEY
Art Department Coordinator
MRIDU CHANDRA
Art Production Assistants
FRANK VAZQUEZ
TIM SANDERSON
Graphic Designer
EUGENE KUO
Gopal’s Fantasy Poster Design
SHIVANI ANEJA
Storyboard Artist
JIM MICKLE
Gaffer
MATT CRAIG
Best Boy Electric
JUSTIN GRAVATT
3rd Electric
LISA MARIE GLEESON
Additional Electrics
JUSTIN WHITAKER
ZACH ZAMBONI
ALLEN ZELLMAN
Key Grip
MATT HALE
Best Boy Grip
MELISSA GUIMARAES
3rd Grip
CRAIG STRIANO
Additional 3rd Grips
BRIAN MCKEE
RICHARD GRIGGS
PERRY UNJANG
Additional Grips
MARCUS LEHMAN
ANDREW B. HANSEN
TAYLOR C. DRAKE
Key Hair and Make-up Artist
LEO WON
Assistant Hair and Make-up Artist
BRIAN ABBOTT
Additional Hairstylists
MICHAEL COSTAIN
LORRAINE GODFREY
Additional Make-up Artists
LEEZA ANN RAWLINS
KAMILA OTCASEK
RYAN MCKNIGHT
Make-up provided by
MAC
RUSK HAIR CARE
TOP PRIORITY
Wardrobe Supervisor
GINA FABIANO
Location Manager
MATT FABIANO
Security Coordinator
REGGIE WRIGHT
Legal Counsel
SPINAK & GRAY
Immigration Attorney
SHANNON K. SUCH
South Asian Community Liaison &
Jackson Heights Location Manager
USHMA PARIKH
Asst. Production Coordinator
MICHELLE COE
Production Accountant
ANGELA VICTOR
Office Production Assistant
HARTLEY BANE
Key Set Production Assistant
ISADORA KRIEGEL NICHOLAS
Set Production Assistants
JOSH INGALLS
DANIEL FERNANDEZ
PAOLO PASSAS
TOURE FOLKS
ANDREW CESANA
NOVERA A. KING
KATE KARBOWNICZEK
Additional Editing
NICHOLAS GOODMAN
Assistant Editor
ERIN CRACKEL
Visual Effects Designers
TODD RUFF - POSTWORKS
AARON VASQUEZ – POSTWORKS
Sound Designer
TOM PAUL
Sound Editor
DANIEL PERLIN
Online Editor
LESLIE LYNNE SAYLOR
Engineer (score)
RON SEARLES
RON SKINNER
The Accordes String Quartet
FUJIKO IMAJISHI
CAROL FUJINO
DOUGLAS PERRY
DAVID HETHERINGTON
Piano
ANDREW LOCKINGTON
Clarinet
JAMES ORMSTON
Bansuri Flute
RON ALLEN
Tabla Drums
JATINDER PAHUJA
Recorded at
CBC STUDIOS, TORONTO
"Meri Desi Rani"
"Come to Me"
"Destiny"
Arranged & produced by Chris Rael
Recorded & mixed by Tom Schick & Chris Zane
Singers: Chris Rael & Anjali
Musicians: Samir Chatterjee, Rima Fand, Jonathan Feinberg, Steve Gorn,
Aaron Heick, Dan Levine, Frank London, Joe Quigley, Chris Rael
BRAHMACHARI courtesy of
Sippy Films Pvt. Ltd. & Generation Three Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.
Sacha Sippy & Zubin Mistry
PADOSAN courtesy of
Mehmood Productions, Mehmood & Usman Ali
New Year’s Eve footage used courtesy of NY1 News
The NY1 Logo is a registered trademark
New York Daily News, L.P. used with permission
Cosmopolitan Magazine used with permission
Major funding provided by National Endowment for the Arts
Thank You
Julie Gedden
Vinod Ganatra
Raj Ganatra
Roger E. Kass
Linda Cohen
Lorene Machado
Madonna
Carol Dysinger
Billy Baldwin
Adam Wolfensohn
Uma Da Cunha
Rochelle Rubin
Cheryl Head
Fred and Sheila Small
Susan Small & Julia Presten
Megan & Cassius Benett
Beth Urdang
Dawn Sutter
Lisa Sorrentino
Sonia Nikore
Katrina Kennison
Ajay Mehta
Shusham Bedi
Anurag Mehta
Andrea and Jeffrey Pieper
Charles Pieper
Ella Urdang
Mary Ann Kellogg
Gill Holland
Elizabeth Adam
Subash & Sarla Chandra
Adi Davar & Rashne Davar Green
Fahroze Alam
Moira Shaughnessy
Jonathan Shandell
Nancy Shane
Sakina Jaffrey
Mohammad Asif and the Bombay Theater
Beauty by Blush
Bed, Bath & Beyond
Butala Emporium, Inc.
Churchill Corporate Services, Inc.
Goodwill Industries
le marquis hotel
Lonely Planet Publications
Major League Baseball, Inc.
Monkeys with Checkbooks, LLC
P.J. Beauty Salon
New York City Board of Education PS 173
Stonyfield Farms
tdf Costume Collection
Wigmasters & Associates
Jackson Heights Merchants Association
Merchants, Residents, and Patrons of Jackson Heights, NY
Anchal Fashion
Wazir Ali and Kabab King Palace
Avi Ben-Zikry
Shiv Dass and Family
Golden Music
Pintoo Jalal and Planet M
Kitab Bookstore & Savla family
Steve Knobel and Jackson Heights Jewish Center
Raga stores
Binu Samuel and Delhi Palace
Ashish Sanwal
Nawaz Sharif
Sonali Jewellers
Todays’ Music
Deepak Verma and Paras Jewellers
Mohinder Verma
Selected Costumes by Karisma Boutique and Shingar Fashions
Selected Items in Carol Kane’s wardrobe by Coldwater Creek
Selected artwork by Shaswat Butala and Butala Emporium
GOLDCREST POST
GIGANTIC RECORDING STUDIOS
MAYOR’S OFFICE FOR FILM, TELEVISION AND BROADCASTING
POSTWORKS
SCREEN ACTORS GUILD
In Memoriam
David Martin Orans
© Gigantic Pictures & KTEH
Presented by the Independent Television Service (ITVS),
with funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting
