Cast
- Tabu as Ashima Ganguli
- Irrfan Khan as Ashoke Ganguli
- Kal Penn as Gogol "Nick" Ganguli
- Soham Chatterjee as child Gogol
- Sahira Nair as Sonia Ganguli
- Jacinda Barrett as Maxine Ratcliffe
- Sebastian Roché as Chris
- Zuleikha Robinson as Moushumi Mazoomdar
- Ruma Guha Thakurta as Ashoke's Mother
- Sabyasachi Chakrabarty as Ashima's Father
- Supriya Devi as Ashima's Grandmother
The film has cameo appearances from actor Samrat Chakrabarti, academic Partha Chatterjee (scholar), and visual artist Naeem Mohaiemen.
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