* Amitabh Bachchan - Nariman
* Shabana Azmi - Saeeda Bai
* KK Raina - Lala Ram Lal
* Ritu Chaudhry Seth - Manju Dayal
* Aakash Khurana - Hari
* Víctor Banerjee - Dr. Aziz
* Kabir Bedi - Nawab Saadat Ali Khan
* Vijayata Pandit - Ratna Somani
* Vinod Kapoor - Mahesh Kapoor
* Shebnem Kim-Aslanoğlu - Saeeda Bai (joven)