CinemaIP casting tool
Find My Cast
Find My Cast is a casting tool for Indian films. Describe your movie and the people in it, and it suggests the actors who fit each character, shows what they'd cost, and tells you why it picked them, using the roles they've played before.
How it works
1. Your movie
Pick the genres in order of importance, the languages, the total budget in crore, and how much of it goes to actors.
2. Your characters
Describe up to 12 characters in a few lines each. Say whether each is a lead or supporting role, an actor or an actress, and their share of the actor budget.
3. Your cast
Get a top choice and a shortlist for every character, with what each actor would cost and why they fit.
What you get for every character
- Match
- How closely the actor fits the character you described.
- Fee
- An estimate of what the actor charges, in crore, checked against the money you set aside for that role.
- Why this actor
- A written reason that points to their past films and the characters they played.
- Age and languages
- Their age next to the age you wanted, and the languages they have worked in.
- Total cost
- All the top choices added up, so you can see at a glance if the cast fits your budget.
Try a sample movie
After you log in, load one of these with a click to see the tool at work. All the characters are made up.
Monsoon Heist
A con man and a cop chase the same gold shipment in rainy Mumbai.
Hindi · ₹120 crore budget · 40% for actors
Characters: Kabir (lead), Inspector Meera Rao (lead), Bhau (supporting)
Last Bench
Two best friends try to survive final year at engineering college.
Hindi, Telugu · ₹40 crore budget · 35% for actors
Characters: Arjun (lead), Diya (lead), Professor Iyer (supporting)
Mitti
A village girl fights her way onto the national kabaddi team.
Hindi · ₹60 crore budget · 40% for actors
Characters: Rani (lead), Coach Balwant (supporting)
Questions
What is Find My Cast?
Find My Cast is a casting tool from CinemaIP for Indian films. You describe your movie and its characters, and it suggests actors for each role, shows an estimated fee for each, and explains why they fit using the roles they have played before.
Who is Find My Cast for?
Producers, directors, casting teams and writers who want a well-reasoned first shortlist for a film before auditions and meetings begin.
What do I need to enter?
For the movie: its genres, languages, total budget in crore and the share of it set aside for actors. For each character (up to 12): a short description, whether it is a lead or supporting role, whether you want an actor or an actress, and its share of the actor budget. You can also set an age range, height, weight, looks and whether the character is a hero or a villain, or let the tool suggest these from your description.
How does it choose actors?
It compares your character description with the roles each actor has played, then weighs how much they have worked in your genres, whether they have led a film of this size, whether their fee fits the role, and whether their look and usual hero-or-villain type suit the part. You can rank by their best matching past role, how well their whole career fits, fit plus star power, or best all-round value, and give more weight to recent work, box office hits, audience ratings or value for money.
Can it avoid casting the same actor twice, or stick to my film’s language?
Yes. You can stop one actor from being picked for two characters, and you can require actors to have worked in your film’s languages.
Are the fees exact?
No. Fees are estimates based on what is on record. When an actor’s fee is not on record, the tool says so instead of guessing.
Do I need an account?
Yes. Log in or create a free CinemaIP account to use Find My Cast. Your drafts are saved in your browser so you can come back to them.
Can I try it without my own script?
Yes. There are 3 sample movies you can load with one click, such as Monsoon Heist, Last Bench, Mitti.
Ready to cast your film?
It takes a free CinemaIP account.
