शहँशाह

Amitabh Bachchan

— Vijay Kumar Srivastava / Shahenshah

Meenakshi Sheshadri

— Shalu

Aruna Irani

— Julie (Shalu's mother)

रोहिणी हट्टंगड़ी

— Shanti (Vijay's mother)

Supriya Pathak

— Shahida

Jagdeep

— Tarachand Badlani

Vijayendra Ghatge

— Mohammed Salim (Guest Appearance)

Avtar Gill

— Corrupt Police Officer

Sudhir

— J.K's man

Bandini Mishra

Dan Dhanoa

Sharat Saxena

— Abdul

Mahesh Anand

— Man collecting money from the poor

Goga Kapoor

— J.K's lawyer

Amrish Puri

— J.K.

Pran Sikand

— Inspector Aslam Khan

Murad

— Judge

Suresh Bhagwat

— Shalu's friend

Prem Chopra

— Mathur

Aftab Shivdasani

— Young Vijay

Yunus Parvez

— Man shot dead at Salim's funeral

Kader Khan

— Inspector Shrivastav (Father of Vijay)

Ajay Wadhavkar

— Shalu's friend

Praveen Kumar Sobti

— Mukhtar Singh

Ghanshyam Rohera

— Sandhuram (constable)

Brij Gopal

— J.K.'s man

Aanjjan Srivastav

— Mr. Pathak (Corrupt Politician)

Guddi Maruti

— Girl at parlour