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Film details
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Featuring
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Countries
United Kingdom India USA
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Year
1982
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Genres
Biopic Historical drama
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Type
Film
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Category
Fiction
Introduction
“This is the sort of rare epic film that spans the decades, that uses the proverbial cast of thousands, and yet follows a human thread from beginning to end.”
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times, 1982
Starting at the end with Gandhi’s assassination and funeral, Richard Attenborough’s film then jumps back 50 years to his troublemaker’s apprenticeship as a lawyer in South Africa, where he stands up to institutional racism and earns the first of many stints in prison.
The sweep of what follows and the rather old-fashioned storytelling unsettle the film’s declared aim “to find its way to the heart of the man”, but the brutishness of his imperial opponents is never glossed over, with the 1919 Amritsar massacre in particular depicted in grim detail. Above all, though, this is a film notable for its lead performance: Ben Kingsley’s mesmerising incarnation of the great man. The film won nine Oscars, including best actor, best picture and best director.
The early 1980s saw a string of other British films with Indian preoccupations, including Heat and Dust (1983) and The Far Pavilions (1984).
Cast & Credits
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Cast
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music performance
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music performance
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music performance
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music performance
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music performance
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music performance
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music performance
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music performance
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Mahatma Gandhi
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Margaret Bourke-White
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General Dyer
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Lord Irwin
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Judge Broomfield
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The Viceroy
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Walker
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Charlie Andrews
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General Smuts
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Herman Kallenbach
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Mirabehn
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Khan
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Sardar Patel
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Mohamed Ali Jinnah
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Pandit Nehru
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Kasturba Gandhi
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senior police officer
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principal secretary
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Collins
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GOC
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Professor Gokhale
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Maulan Azad
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advocate general
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Kinnoch
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Sir George Hodge
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Nahari
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Sir Edward Gait
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Nathuram Godse
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Prakash
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Apte
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Karkare
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Manu
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Abha
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commentator
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Lord Mountbatten
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J. B. Kripalani
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porter
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European passenger
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conductor
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Baker
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Tyeb Mohammed
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Singh
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police sergeant
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reporter
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rich merchant
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Ayah
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Harilal Gandhi
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Manilal Gandhi
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Ramdas Gandhi
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Daniels
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Colin
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youth
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youth
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Colin's mother
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Sonja Schlesin
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Tyeb Mohammed's friend
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man in gallery
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miner
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manager in the mine
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mounted police sergeant
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clergyman
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prison officer
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prison guard
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young Englishman
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older Englishman
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young Indian reporter
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English reporter
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American reporter
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older Indian reporter
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Motilal Nehru
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Mrs Motilal Nehru
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traveller on train roof
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traveller on train roof
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cavalry troop leader
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Shukla
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Nehru's friend
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Nehru's friend
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Nehru's friend
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Nehru's friend
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subaltern
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Sergeant Putnam
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village leader
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villager
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villager's wife
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policeman
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batsman
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wicket-keeper
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major
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police guard
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magistrate
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clerk
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young man
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secretary
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chauffeur
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servant
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brigadier
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speaker in Jallianwalla Bagh
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ADC
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government advocate
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Lord Hunter
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Indian barrister
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Mohadev Desai
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policeman at Chauri Chaura
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policeman at Chauri Chaura
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marcher at Chauri Chaura
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marcher at Chauri Chaura
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boy with goat
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police superintendent
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clerk of court
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court reporter
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court reporter
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court reporter
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General Edgar
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brigadier
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Pyarelal
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Sarojini Naidu
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subaltern
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Zia
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police officer
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Ramsay Macdonald
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little girl
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colonel
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adjutant
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American lieutenant
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major at Aga Khan Palace
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doctor at Aga Khan Palace
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Lady Mountbatten
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Hindu youth at Ashram
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woman refugee
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man refugee
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Abdul Ghaffar Khan
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police commissioner
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Tahib
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Sushila Nayyar
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Hindu youth in Calcutta street
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Hindu youth in Calcutta street
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Hindu youth in Calcutta street
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Hindu youth in Calcutta street
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Hindu youth in Calcutta street
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Hindu youth in Calcutta street
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Nehru's aide
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Suhrawardy
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goonda
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goonda
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goonda
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goonda
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goonda
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[general behind bier who turns round]
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girl in rags
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Credits
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Unknown:
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Director
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Executive Producer
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Producer
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Co-producer
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Associate Producer
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Unit Manager
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Unit Manager
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Unit Manager
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Production Manager
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Production Manager
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Production Manager (2nd Unit)
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Production Supervisor
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Production Co-ordinator
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Location Manager
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Location Manager
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Location Manager (2nd Unit)
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Post-production Assistant
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Production Assistant
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Production Assistant
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Researcher
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2nd Unit Director
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Assistant Director
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Assistant Director
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Assistant Director
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Assistant Director
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Assistant Director
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Assistant Director
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Assistant Director
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Assistant Director
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Assistant Director (2nd Unit)
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Assistant Director (2nd Unit)
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Casting
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Screenplay
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[Screenplay Draft - not used]
Robert Bolt (uncredited)
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Director of Photography
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Director of Photography
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2nd Unit Photographer
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Aerial Photographer
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Camera Operator
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2nd Camera Operator
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Special Effects Supervisor
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Editor
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Assembly Editor
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Associate Editor
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Production Designer
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Supervising Art Director
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Art Director
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Art Director
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[Assistant Art Director]
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Set Decorator
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Set Dresser
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Set Dresser
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Set Dresser
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Set Dresser
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Costumes
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Costumes
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Indian costumes
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Wardrobe
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Indian Wardrobe Adviser
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Make-up
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Titles
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Music
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Orchestral score/additional music
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Music Director
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Music Co-ordinator
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Music Co-ordinator
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Music Recording
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Sound Recording
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Sound Re-recording
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Sound Re-recording
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Sound Editor
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Stunt Co-ordinator
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Military Adviser
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Historical Consultant
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[Unit Publicist]
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Studio
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