Mira Nair	...	(Director)
Helena Kriel, Mira Nair	...	(Writer)
Indira Varma	...	Maya
Sarita Choudhury	...	Tara, the Queen
Ramon Tikaram	...	Jai Kumar
Naveen Andrews	...	Raj Singh
Rekha	...	Rasa Devi, teacher of the Kama Sutra
Khalid Tyabji	...	Biki
Arundhati Rao	...	Annabi
Surabhi Bhansali	...	Young Maya
Garima Dhup	...	Young Tara
Pearl Padamsee	...	Maham Anga
Kusum Haidar	...	Dilki
Harish Patel	...	Doctor Mani
Ranjit Chowdhry	...	Babu
Achala Sachdev	...	Rupa (as Achla Sachdev)
Achla Sachdev	...	Rupa
Rekha (II)	...	Rasa Devi, teacher of the Kama Sutra
Arjun Sajnani	...	Bashir
Avijit Dutt	...	Vazir, the King's Prime Minister
Anjum Rajabali	...	Madho Singh
Siddharth Anand Kumar	...	Prem
Debi Basu	...	Dance Teacher
Rahul Vohra	...	Royal Messenger
Manize Boga	...	Aunt Laila
Prabeen Singh	...	Praveen
Cinia Jain	...	Begum Para (as Sinia Jain)
Urvashi Nair	...	Rich Friend
Bhanumathi Rao	...	Old Woman
Vasudeo Bhatt	...	Astrologer to the King
Moneeka Misra Tanvir	...	Madame
Mina Sareen	...	Rasa Devi's Courtesan
Maya Krishna Rao	...	Rasa Devi's Courtesan
Shyamoli Varma	...	Rasa Devi's Courtesan
Nandita Mehrotra	...	Rasa Devi's Courtesan
Zoya Akhtar	...	Rasa Devi's Courtesan
Deepti Datt	...	Rasa Devi's Courtesan
Piu Dutt	...	Rasa Devi's Courtesan
Dinaz Stafford	...	Rasa Devi's Courtesan
Purnima Raju	...	Rasa Devi's Courtesan
Daphnée Breytenbach	...	Swimmer
Celesteann Cruz	...	Swimmer
Nizami Chattarpur	...	Deaf Old Man
Yasmine Stafford	...	Purnima
Sunil Chabra	...	Smart Aleck (as Sunil Chhabra)
Himanshu Malik	...	Young Merchant
Shubha Mudgal	...	Singer
Sunil Chhabra	...	Smart Aleck
Mychael Danna	...	Composer
Declan Quinn	...	Cinematographer
Kristina Boden	...	Editor
Mark Friedberg	...	Production Designer
Nitin Chandrakant Desai	...	Art Director
Stephanie Carroll	...	Set Decorator
Uma Da Cunha	...	Casting Director
Eduardo Castro	...	Custome Designer
Susie Figgis	...	Casting Director
Claire Bosner	...	assistant makeup artist (as Clare Bonser)
Tula Goenka	...	Casting Director
Meena Coutinho	...	assistant hair stylist
Pat Hay	...	makeup supervisor
Geraldine Jones	...	key hair stylist (as Gerry Jones)
Mariam Ajit Kumar	...	assistant hair stylist
Ramesh Narvekar	...	assistant makeup artist
Stephen Rose	...	supervising hair stylist
Mridula Singh	...	Makeup Artist
Vivek Singh	...	assistant makeup artist
Julia Wilson	...	key makeup artist
Arvind Dave	...	Third Assistant Director
Apoorva Lakhia	...	second assistant director
Mary Soan	...	first assistant director
Shankar Borua	...	art department assistant
Prasanjeet Chanda	...	Sketch Artist
S.M. Ferozeuddin Alameer	...	Production Manager
Ramesh Ghate	...	scenic artist
Harish Amin	...	unit manager
Vithal Ghate	...	construction coordinator: Khajuraho
Tom Razzano	...	unit production manager: USA Segments (uncredited)
Lakhan Gupta	...	construction foreman
Ashok Kadam	...	construction coordinator: Jaipur
Shital Kanvinde	...	sculptor
Prasanna Karkhanis	...	assistant art director
Sanjay Khanna	...	set dresser
Laloo Malla	...	scenic artist
Sujit Mayekar	...	draftsman
Suzanne Caplan Merwanji	...	assistant set decorator (as Suzanne Caplan)
Babu Lal Mina	...	prop buyer
Shambu Nath	...	assistant property master
Hemant M. Pandya	...	construction coordinator: Bombay
Rita Parikh	...	art department coordinator
Shyam Rao Patil	...	construction foreman
Yeshwant Patil	...	scenic artist
Chetana Prabhu	...	Buyer
Jaya Prakash	...	construction foreman
Pradip Redij	...	set dresser
Tapan Roy	...	Sketch Artist
Sunil Samjiskar	...	assistant art director
Dilip Satam	...	greensman
Harveer Singh	...	assistant property master
Digamber Talekar	...	draftsman
Robin Thomas	...	lead dresser
Yogender Tyagi	...	prop man
Sitla Prasad Varma	...	stand-by carpenter
Chandler Vinar	...	lead dresser
Lalsu Viswakarma	...	construction foreman
Ashok Yarnal	...	stand-by scenic
Nancy Cabrera	...	foley artist
Kenton Jakub	...	adr editor
Drew Kunin	...	sound
George A. Lara	...	foley engineer (as George Lara)
Stuart Levy	...	Supervising Sound Editor
Michael W. Mitchell	...	assistant sound editor
Branka Mrkic	...	dialogue editor
Kirti Panchal	...	sound assistant
Glenfield Payne	...	Sound Effects Editor
Paul P. Soucek	...	Sound Effects Editor
Tony V. Stevens	...	stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Dominick Tavella	...	Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Brian Vancho	...	foley artist
Brian Vibberts	...	assistant sound engineer
Steven Visscher	...	foley editor
Magdaline Volaitis	...	dialogue editor
Knox White	...	Boom Operator
Tony Martinez	...	dialogue editor (uncredited)
Razak Khan	...	special effects assistant
Arun Patil	...	special effects supervisor
Suresh Singh Sodha	...	special effects assistant
Venugopal	...	special effects assistant
Allan Amin	...	stunt director (as Amin Ghani)
Moses Fernandez	...	Stunt Coordinator
Shyam Kaushal	...	stunts (as Kaushal)
G.R. Adam	...	Grip
Hassan Ali	...	Electrician
Vasant Jano Bandre	...	Grip
Richard Boyle	...	best boy electric
Katherine M. Butler	...	first assistant camera (as Kate Butler)
Nupu Chaudhuri	...	Still Photographer
Prabuddha Dasgupta	...	Still Photographer
Balaram Dawande	...	Grip
Mulchand Dedhia	...	gaffer: India
Lisa K. Ferguson	...	second assistant camera (as Lisa Ferguson)
Donal Gilligan	...	director of photography: second unit
Sanjay Gupta	...	director of photography: second unit
Abdul Hamid Shaikh	...	grip (as Abdul Hamid Sheikh)
Tukaram Joshi	...	Electrician
Giles Khan	...	clapper loader
Nizam Khan	...	Grip
David Lee	...	Gaffer
Pappu Marwadi	...	Grip
Mohan Mishra	...	Electrician
Peter Mountain	...	Still Photographer
Paul Nickason	...	dolly grip
Kashinath Ratate	...	Electrician
Gyanchand Rikki	...	assistant dolly grip
Pete Romano	...	director of photography: underwater scenes
Ramesh Sadrani	...	Electrician
Kevin Smyth	...	key grip
William Wilfred	...	rigger
Mohammad Zakir	...	rigger
Barkhat M. Zaria	...	Grip
Wayne Baker	...	first assistant camera: underwater scenes (uncredited)

Summary: Tara and Maya are two inseparable friends in India. Their tastes, habits, and hobbies are the same. Years later, the two have matured, but have maintained their friendship. Tara gets married to the local prince, Raj Singh, who soon succeeds the throne as the sole heir. After the marriage, Raj gets bored of Tara and starts seeking another female to satisfy his sexual needs. He notices Maya and is instantly attracted to her. He has her included as one of his courtesans, and is intimate with her. Watch what happens when Tara finds out and the extent she will go to keep her marriage intact.