Julie Christie
Anne (1982 in Satipur Town)
Shashi Kapoor
The Nawab (At the Palace in Khatm)
Greta Scacchi
Olivia, his wife (The Nineteen Twenties in the Civil Lines at Satipur)
Zakir Hussain
Inder Lal, Anne's landlord (1982. In Satipur Town)
Christopher Cazenove
Douglas Rivers, the Assistant Collector (The Nineteen Twenties in the Civil Lines at Satipur)
Susan Fleetwood
Mrs. Crawford, the Burra Mensahib (The Nineteen Twenties in the Civil Lines at Satipur)
Barry Foster
Major Minnies, the Political Agent (At the Palace in Khatm)
Julian Glover
Crawford, the District Collector (The Nineteen Twenties in the Civil Lines at Satipur)
Patrick Godfrey
Saunders, the Medical Officer (The Nineteen Twenties in the Civil Lines at Satipur)
Jennifer Kendal
Mrs. Saunders (The Nineteen Twenties in the Civil Lines at Satipur)
Madhur Jaffrey
Begum Mussarat Jahan, the Nawab's mother (At the Palace in Khatm)
Nickolas Grace
Harry Hamilton-Paul (At the Palace in Khatm)
Ratna Pathak Shah
Ritu, Inder Lal's wife (1982. In Satipur Town)
Tarla Mehta
Inder Lal's mother (1982. In Satipur Town)
Charles McCaughan
Chid (1982. In Satipur Town)