Sunil Dutt
— Bhola
Saira Banu
— Bhindu
Mehmood
— Master Pillai
Kishore Kumar
— Vidyapathi aka Guru
Om Prakash
— Bhola's Uncle
Dulari
— Bhola's Aunt
Sunder
— Pandit Jankiprasad
Agha
— Bindu's Father
Praveen Paul
— Bindu's Mother
Mukri
— Banarasi (uncredited)
Keshto Mukherjee
— Calcuttiya (uncredited)
Raj Kishore
— Lahori (uncredited)
Jankidas Mehra
— Stage Manager (uncredited)
Moolchand
— Huzoori / Kunwarji's Servant (uncredited)