"In order to see his little girl more often, a divorcee disguises himself as an old lady and gets a job as his own daughter's caretaker. A Hindi remake of the 1996 Haasan-starrer "Avvai Shanmugi"."
Kamal Haasan
as Jaiprakash Paswan / Laxmi Godbhole
Om Puri
as Banwarilal Pandey
Johnny Walker
as Joseph
Paresh Rawal
as Hariharan 'Haribhai'
Ayesha Jhulka
as Ratna
Fatima Sana Shaikh
as Bharti
Raj Zutshi
as Dr. Rohit
Tabu
as Janki Paswan
Amrish Puri
as Durgaprasad Bhardwaj
Nassar
as Siraj Akhtar
R.S. Shivaji
as Driver
Madhan Bob
as Henchman
Raghuram
as Dance master
Choreographer
S. Thirunavukkarasu
Additional Director of Photography
M. S. Prabhu
Sab John
Line Producer
Crazy Mohan
Original Story
Director
Screenplay
Gulzar
Dialogue
Producer
Chandrahasan
P.L. Thenappan
Executive Producer
Jhamu Sughand
Jehangir Choudhary
Director of Photography
Vishal Bhardwaj
Original Music Composer
Aditya Narayan
Playback Singer
Boban Koodaram
Art Direction
Keshto Mandal
M. Prabhaharan
Bidhan Guha
Assistant Art Director
N.P. Sathish
Editor
Vikram Dharma
Stunt Coordinator
Aqeel Qureshi
Production Manager
Lyricist
Asha Bhosle
Rekha Bhardwaj
Shruti Haasan
Hariharan
Sarika
Costume Designer