"It's 1947 and the borderlines between India and Pakistan are being drawn. A young girl bears witnesses to tragedy as her ayah is caught between the love of two men and the rising tide of political and religious violence."
Aamir Khan
as Dil Navaz
Nandita Das
as Shanta
Rahul Khanna
as Hassan
Maia Sethna
as Lenny Sethna
Kitu Gidwani
as Bunty Sethna
Arif Zakaria
as Rustom Sethna
Eric Peterson
as Mr. Rogers
Kulbhushan Kharbanda
as Imam Din
Pavan Malhotra
as Butcher
Sunil Mehra
as Toto Ramji
Navtej Singh Johar
as Sher Singh
Raghubir Yadav
as
Kabir Chowdhury
Gulshan Grover
Cinia Jain
Lauren Walker
as Mrs. Rogers
Deepa Mehta
Director
Screenplay
Bapsi Sidhwa
Novel
Producer
Anne Masson
A.R. Rahman
Original Music Composer
Giles Nuttgens
Director of Photography
Barry Farrell
Editor
David Hamilton
Executive Producer
Jhamu Sughand