Shashi Kapoor
— Javed Khan
Shabana Azmi
— Firdaus (Javed's wife)
Jennifer Kendal
— Mrs. Mariam Labadoor
Naseeruddin Shah
— Sarfaraz Khan
Kulbhushan Kharbanda
— Lalal Ramjimal
Jalal Agha
— Kader Khan
Nafisa Ali
— Ruth Labadoor
Ismat Chughtai
— Maternal Grandmother of Ruth Labadoor
Deepti Naval
— Rashid's wife
Tom Alter
— Priest
Kunal Kapoor
Geoffrey Kendal
