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title: "Rang De Basanti: cast and crew"
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cast: 20
crew: 39
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# Rang De Basanti (2006): cast and crew

20 cast and 39 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Aamir Khan](https://film.one/person/aamir-khan.md) as Daljit 'DJ' Singh
- [Siddharth](https://film.one/person/siddharth.md) as Karan Singhania
- [Kunal Kapoor](https://film.one/person/kunal-kapoor.md) as Aslam Khan
- [Sharman Joshi](https://film.one/person/sharman-joshi.md) as Sukhi
- [Atul Kulkarni](https://film.one/person/atul-kulkarni.md) as Laxman Pandey
- [Alice Patten](https://film.one/person/alice-patten.md) as Sue McKinley
- [Soha Ali Khan](https://film.one/person/soha-ali-khan.md) as Sonia
- [R. Madhavan](https://film.one/person/r-madhavan.md) as Ajay Rathod
- [Waheeda Rehman](https://film.one/person/waheeda-rehman.md) as Mrs. Rathod
- [Kirron Kher](https://film.one/person/kirron-kher.md) as Mitro
- [Steven Mackintosh](https://film.one/person/steven-mackintosh.md) as James McKinley
- [Anupam Kher](https://film.one/person/anupam-kher.md) as Rajnath Singhania
- [Om Puri](https://film.one/person/om-puri.md) as Amanullah Khan
- Cyrus Sahukar as Rahul
- Mohan Agashe as Defence Minister Shashtri
- Chandan Roy Sanyal as Batukeshwar Dutt
- Lekh Tandon as DJ's Grandfather
- Mohan Agashe as Defence Minister Shastri
- Pravishi Das as Journalist
- Vikas Uppal

## Directing

- [Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra](https://film.one/person/rakeysh-omprakash-mehra.md): Director
- Paran Bawa: Second Assistant Director
- Arjun Mathur: Second Assistant Director
- Neha Kaul: Second Assistant Director
- Lakshmipriya Devi: First Assistant Director

## Writing

- [Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra](https://film.one/person/rakeysh-omprakash-mehra.md): Screenplay
- [Rensil D'Silva](https://film.one/person/renzil-dsilva.md): Screenplay
- Kamlesh Pandey: Story

## Production

- [Ronnie Screwvala](https://film.one/person/ronnie-screwvala.md): Producer
- Elaine Grainger: Casting
- [Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra](https://film.one/person/rakeysh-omprakash-mehra.md): Producer
- [David Reid](https://film.one/person/david-reid.md): Executive Producer
- P S Shyam: Executive Producer
- Adam Bohling: Executive Producer
- Gaurav Dhingra: Production Manager
- M Guruprasad: Line Producer
- Mukesh Chhabra: Casting Assistant

## Camera

- [Binod Pradhan](https://film.one/person/binod-pradhan.md): Director of Photography
- Ramnath Shetty: Second Unit Director of Photography

## Editing

- [P S Bharathi](https://film.one/person/p-s-bharathi.md): Editor

## Sound and music

- Vikram Biswas: Sound Effects Editor
- [A. R. Rahman](https://film.one/person/a-r-rahman.md): Original Music Composer
- Nakul Kamte: Sound Designer
- Vijay Kumar: Foley Artist

## Art

- [Samir Chanda](https://film.one/person/samir-chanda.md): Art Direction, Production Design
- Chetan Pathak: Art Direction

## Costume and make-up

- [Arjun Bhasin](https://film.one/person/arjun-bhasin.md): Costume Designer
- Vikram Gaikwad: Makeup Artist
- Avan Contractor: Hairstylist
- Urmilla Lal Motwani: Assistant Costume Designer
- Lovleen Bains: Costume Designer
- Fae Hammond: Makeup Artist

## Visual effects

- Ashish Pradhan: Visual Effects
- Ritesh Aggarwal: Digital Compositor
- Manish Sharma: Visual Effects
- Rohit Prasad: Visual Effects
- Piku Shahani: Visual Effects Coordinator
- Prasad Sutar: Visual Effects Supervisor

## Crew

- Ganesh Acharya: Choreographer

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