Shabana Azmi

as Sheila

as Self

as Anina's Grandmother

as Jamini Chatterji

as Aisha Khan

as Margaret Parangosky

as Aisan Daulat Begum

as Ammi

as Satya Maasi

as Self (archive footage)

as Parvin

as Mrs. Shirani

as Rani Jindan

as The Gypsy Woman

as Dolon

as Parveen

as Rama Bhanot

as Vidya Sawant

as Mrs. Kamal

as Self

as Preeti

as Ammi

as Chaudhari Devi

as Naseem

as Self

as Naina's Mother

as Mrs. Sethi

as Self

as Gayatri

as Self

as Naheed

as Rrita Kapoor

as Khanum Jaan

as Sofia

as Prof. Anjali "Anu" Mathur

as Self

as Swarnalata

as Self

as Rukhsana Jamal

as Makdee

as Premchand's Nirmala

as Ghazala

as Rambhi

as Mrs. Chandra Bipin Raj

as Radha

as Chandravati

as Bansidhar (Bansi) Vrundavan

as Imtiaz Begum

as Queen

as Jitni

as Samira

as Kamla H. Pal

as Krishna

as Kumud

as Amba Bhanupratap Singh

as Seema

as Subhashini Saigal

as Uma

as Neeta Roy

as Tulsi

as Indira Sen

as Sushila Sen

as Jeroo

as Rangamma

as Seema

as Priyam

as Sunita

as The woman

as Shabana Azmi

as Kiran Dutt

as Madhvi A. Verma

as Anjuman

as Bhavna Saxena

as Jamuna

as Rama

as Jamini

as Geeta Malhotra

as Mohini P. Sahani

as Sarita Jadhav

as Manju

as Chanda

as Gopika Sharma / Gopika K. Shukla

as Rukmini Bai

as Indu D. Malhotra

as Shyama

as Annapurna (Anu)

as Pooja

as Shobna

as Kamini

as Meenakshi

as Stella

as Kiran

as Sundariya

as Aarti Mathur

as Sheila

as Madhu R. Nath

as Kavita

as Roma

as Lekha

as (Herself)

as Firdaus (Javed's wife)

as Leela M. Kumar / Julie

as Janata

as Geeta

as Shabu

as Khurshid

as Laxmi

as Gauri

as Neelam Kumar

as Rachna

as Priya

as Seema

as Saudamini

as Radha / Babli

as Malli

as Neeta / Geeta

as Chetna

as Sushila

as Pammy

as Rekha

as Laxmi

as Roma