Ben Kingsley

Mahatma Gandhi

Candice Bergen

Margaret Bourke-White

Edward Fox

General Dyer

John Gielgud

Lord Irwin

Trevor Howard

Judge Broomfield

John Mills

Lord Chelmsford

Rohini Hattangadi

Kasturba Gandhi

Martin Sheen

Vince Walker

Ian Charleson

Reverend Charlie Andrews

Harsh Nayyar

Nathuram Godse

Athol Fugard

General Jan Christiaan Smuts

Günther Maria Halmer

Dr. Herman Kallenbach

Saeed Jaffrey

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Geraldine James

Mirabehn

Alyque Padamsee

Mohammad Ali Jinnah

Amrish Puri

Khan

Roshan Seth

Pandit Nehru

Ian Bannen

Senior Police Officer

Michael Bryant

Principal Secretary

John Clements

Advocate General

Richard Griffiths

Collins

Nigel Hawthorne

Kinnoch

Bernard Hepton

G.O.C.

Michael Hordern

Sir George Hodge

Shreeram Lagoo

Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Richard Vernon

Sir Edward Gait

Vijay Kashyap

Apte

Supriya Pathak

Manu

Neena Gupta

Abha

Shane Rimmer

Commentator

Anang Desai

J.B. Kripalani

Winston Ntshona

Porter

Peter Cartwright

European Passenger

Marius Weyers

Conductor

Alok Nath

Tyeb Mohammed

Ken Hutchison

Police Sergeant

Norman Chancer

Reporter

Charu Bala Chokshi

Ayah

Om Puri

Nahari (uncredited)

David Gant

Daniels

Daniel Day-Lewis

Colin

Ray Burdis

Youth

Daniel Peacock

Youth

Avis Bunnage

Colin's Mother

Caroline Hutchison

Sonja Schlesin

Mohan Agashe

Tyeb Mohammed's Friend

John Savident

Manager of the Mine

Christopher Good

Young Englishman

Jalal Agha

Traveller on Train Roof

Rupert Frazer

Cavalry Troop Leader

K.K. Raina

Nehru's Friend

Dominic Guard

Subaltern

Bernard Hill

Sergeant Putnam

John Quentin

Batsman

Keith Drinkel

Major

Gerald Sim

Magistrate

Colin Farrell

Clerk

Gareth Forwood

Secretary

James Cossins

Brigadier

John Vine

A.D.C.

Geoffrey Chater

Government Advocate

Ernest Clark

Lord Hunter

Barry John

Police Superintendent

Brian Oulton

Clerk of Court

Bernard Horsfall

General Edgar

Richard Leech

Brigadier

Pankaj Kapur

Pyarelal

David Sibley

Subaltern

Dalip Tahil

Zia

Stanley Lebor

Police Officer

Terrence Hardiman

Ramsay MacDonald

William Hoyland

Adjutant

John Ratzenberger

American Lieutenant

Tom Alter

Doctor at Aga Khan Palace

Sudhir Dalvi

Police Commissioner

Vinay Apte

Hindu Youth in Calcutta Street

Shekhar Chattopadhyay

Suhrawardy

Derek Lyons

Radio Reporter at Funeral (uncredited)

Nassar Abdulla