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The Mistress of Spices (2005) Poster

Full Cast & Crew

Directed by 

Paul Mayeda Berges

Writing Credits (WGA)  

Gurinder Chadha ... (screenplay) &
Paul Mayeda Berges ... (screenplay)
 
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni ... (novel)

Cast (in credits order)  

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan ... Tilo (as Aishwarya Rai)
Dylan McDermott ... Doug
Nitin Ganatra ... Haroun Rehman
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje ... Kwesi
Caroline Chikezie ... Myisha
Anupam Kher ... Geeta's Grandfather
Shaheen Khan ... Jagit's Mother
Sonny Gill ... Jagjit (as Sonny Gill Dulay)
Nina Young ... Doug's Mother
Toby Marlow Toby Marlow ... Young Doug
Padma Lakshmi ... Geeta
Zohra Sehgal ... First Mother (as Zohra Segal)
Paul Bhattacharjee ... Satish - Geeta's dad
Ayesha Dharker ... Hameeda - Haroun's neighbor
Rebecca Bowden Rebecca Bowden ... Bougainvillea Girl
Harvey Virdi ... Geeta's Mother
Cosima Shaw ... Doug's Ex-Girlfriend
Antony Zaki Antony Zaki ... Doctor (as Anthony Zaki)
Bansaree Madhani Bansaree Madhani ... Young Tilo (as Bansree Madhani)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Cabran E. Chamberlain ... Japanese Tea Garden Customer (uncredited)

Produced by 

Jane Barclay ... executive producer
Susan Cartsonis ... executive producer
Gurinder Chadha ... producer
Steve Christian ... executive producer
James Clayton ... executive producer
Mark Hubbard ... line producer: UK
Hannah Leader ... executive producer
Deepak Nayar ... producer
Tabrez Noorani ... line producer: USA
Duncan Reid ... executive producer
Pravesh Sahni ... line producer: India

Music by 

Craig Pruess

Cinematography by 

Santosh Sivan ... director of photography

Editing by 

Alex Rodríguez ... (as Alexandro Rodriguez)

Casting By 

Carrie Hilton

Production Design by 

Amanda McArthur

Art Direction by 

Abhishek Redkar
John Reid

Set Decoration by 

Bridget Menzies

Costume Design by 

Stewart Meachem

Makeup Department 

Yvette Beebe ... hair stylist
Charmaine Fuller ... hair designer / makeup designer
Yvette Rivas ... hair stylist
Charlotte Rogers ... hair assistant / makeup assistant
Nicole Sofios ... makeup artist: San Francisco

Production Management 

Debbie Brubaker ... unit production manager: Northern California
Emma Zee ... post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director 

Raj Acharya ... first assistant director: India
Rathish Ambat ... associate director
Gino Caputi ... second assistant director: USA
Dan Channing Williams ... third assistant director
Mike Elliott ... first assistant director
Kiran Gonsalves ... first assistant director: USA
Marcy Guiragossian ... second second assistant director: USA
Anthony Wilcox ... second assistant director

Art Department 

Graham Baker ... head rigger
Nathan Cook ... head painter
Katherine Covell ... set decorator: USA
Celia De La Hey ... props buyer
Mariya Mariyan Fernandes ... art researcher
Muffin Green ... property master
Robert Haynes ... stand-by art director
Ben Johnson ... dressing prop daily
Jessica M. Lapin ... on-set dresser: San Francisco
Adam A. Makin ... set constructor
Russ Milligan ... carpenter: San Francisco unit (as Russ Mulligan)
Mark Van Osborne II ... leadman: USA
Dave Reed ... construction manager
John Reid ... assistant art director
Joe Schlick ... prop master: San Francisco
Karen Sorum ... lead painter: San Francisco
Chris Ulusele ... stand-by props
Rod Whiting ... props

Sound Department 

Julie Ankerson ... foley artist
Rian Balvin ... dialogue dubbing mixer
Bryan Bowen ... supervising sound editor
James Clark ... studio trainee
Brian Dettor ... boom operator: San Francisco
Nick Foley ... adr recordist
Bob Gitzen ... sound mixer
John Hayes ... production sound mixer
Dave Humphries ... foley editor
Richard Lewis ... re-recording mixer
Steven Parker ... assistant sound re-recording mixer
Naiki Rossell ... dialogue editor
Johnathan Rush ... studio assistant
Paul Schwartz ... boom operator
Mohammed Salim Rajjak Shaikh ... sound recordist
Ted Swanscott ... adr mixer
Keith Tunney ... sound editor

Visual Effects by 

Mei-Ming Casino ... visual effects producer: Framestore-CFC
Sarah Gower ... digital intermediate producer: Framestore CFC (as Sarah Micallef)
Adam Hawkes ... retouch and restoration
Jan Hogevold ... production Executiveo: Framestore CFC
Adam Inglis ... colourist: Framestore CFC
Philippe Leprince ... compositor: Framestore-CFC
John Peter Li ... compositor
Craig Lyn ... visual effects supervisor
Maria Michalopoulou ... data operator: Framestore CFC
Tom Partridge ... visual effects editor: Framestore CFC
Alex Payman ... lead compositor
Donna Smith ... visual effects editorial: Framestore-CFC
Doron Zar ... digital grading assistant: Framestore CFC

Stunts 

Robin Lynn Bonaccorsi ... stunt double
Thomas M. Ficke ... stunt double

Camera and Electrical Department 

Nick Anthony ... electrician: Bay Area
Paul Bates ... best boy
Jay Coakley ... best boy grip: San Francisco
Ross Grainger ... electrician
James Kumarelas ... best boy electric
Darrell M. Lee ... electrician: San Francisco
Rupert Lloyd-Parry ... key grip
Gerardo Merino ... dolly grip
David Moir ... still photographer
Khamisi Norwood ... gaffer: San Francisco
Sean Prichard ... key grip: USA
Pat Sweeney ... gaffer
Garry Thomson ... electrician
Paciano Triunfo ... grip

Casting Department 

Bev Lawley ... extras casting
Tamara-Lee Notcutt ... casting assistant (as Tamara Notcutt)

Costume and Wardrobe Department 

Denny Colliver ... costume supervisor: San Francisco

Editorial Department 

Nina Bradley ... assistant editor
Trevor Brown ... colorist
Stephen Haren ... assistant editor
Jason Wheeler ... negative cutter
Doron Zar ... digital grading assistant: Framestore CFC
Matthew Streatfield ... assistant editor (uncredited)

Location Management 

Jason Wheeler ... location scout

Music Department 

Isobel Griffiths ... orchestra contractor

Script and Continuity Department 

Andrea Devaux ... script supervisor

Transportation Department 

Adam M. Dunne-De'Coligny ... transportation coordinator
Ken Fleisch ... driver: camera car
Terri Fredlund ... driver
Cindy Mah ... talent driver
Marc Wall ... picture car wrangler

Additional Crew 

Heather Baker ... production accountant
Tessa Beazley ... production coordinator
Brad Beedle ... production medic
Tom Byrne ... Key Set Production Assistant
Michael Cole ... production assistant: san francisco
Lauren Cox ... assistant: Mr. Nayar
Atticus Culver-Rease ... production assistant: San Francisco
Susan Dretzka ... production coordinator
Navit Dutt ... production assistant
Steve Dyke ... caterer
Chung Ginger ... production assistant (as Ginger Rolstad)
Emily L.G. Goodwin ... production assistant: San Francisco
Michael Greggans ... stand-in: USA
Lucy Hassan ... double
Pardeep Khanna ... production accountant
Donata Russo ... production secretary
Carlo Silvio ... epk director: San Francisco
Brad Ungar ... production assistant: San Francisco
Ami Zins ... consultant

See also

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