Bharat Bhushan

Mirza Ghalib

Suraiya

Chaudhvin, formerly Moti Begum

Nigar Sultana

Umrao Begum

Durga Khote

Chaudhvin's mother (Amma)

Mukri

Lala Mathuradas

Ulhas

Kotwal Hashmat Khan

Iftekhar

Bahadur Shah Zafar

Murad

Mufti Sadruddin

Kumkum

Courtesan

Roshan

Roshan

Baij Sharma

Sohrab Modi