Dev Patel as Older Jamal

Freida Pinto as Older Latika

Madhur Mittal as Older Salim

Anil Kapoor as Prem

Mahesh Manjrekar as Javed

Saurabh Shukla as Sergeant Srinivas

Irrfan Khan as Police Inspector

Ankur Vikal as Maman

Tanay Chheda as Middle Jamal

Ayush Mahesh Khedekar as Youngest Jamal

Ashutosh Lobo Gajiwala as Middle Salim

Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail as Youngest Salim

Tanvi Ganesh Lonkar as Middle Latika

Rubina Ali as Youngest Latika

Raj Zutshi as Director

Jeneva Talwar as Vision Mixer

Sharib Hashmi as Prakash

Mia Drake as Adele

Shruti Seth as Call Centre Instructor

Anjum Sharma as Operator

Jira Banjara as Airport Security Guard

Sheikh Wali as Airport Security Guard

Sanchita Choudhary as Jamal's Mother

Himanshu Tyagi as Mr Nanda

Virendra Chatterjee as Slum Man

Feroze Khan as Amitabh Bachchan

Sunil Kumar Agrawal as Mr Chi

Virender Kumar as Man on Fire

Devesh Rawal as Blue Boy

Tiger as Punnoose

Chirag Parmar as Young Arvind

Nazneen Shaikh as Baby

Farzana Ansari as Latika's Friend

Anupam Shyam as Old Villager

Salim Chaus as Ticket Collector

Harvinder Kaur as Family in Train

Narendra Singh Bhati as Family in Train

Satya Mudgal as Taj Mahal Guide

Janet de Vigne as Ada / Mrs MacKintosh

William Relton as Peter

David Gilliam as Clark

Kinder Singh as Driver

Christine Matovich Singh as Opera Singer

Thomas Lehmkuhl as Opera Singer

Siddesh Patil as Older Arvind

Najma Shaikh as Woman at Brothel

Saeeda Shaikh as Woman at Brothel

Alka Satpute as Woman at Brothel

Tabassum Khan as Woman at Brothel

Sitaram Panchal as Dance Teacher

Nigel Caesar as Hotel Security Guard

Ajit Pandey as Javed's Goon

Kedar Thapar as Javed's Goon

Amit Leonard as Javed's Goon

Rajesh Kumar as Javed's Goon

Sagar Ghopalkar as Javed's Goon

Pradeep Solanki as Javed's Goon

Abdul Hamid Shaikh as Javed's Goon

Dheeraj Waghela as Javed's Goon

Arfi Lamba as Bardi

Taira Colah as Nasreen

Varun Bagri as Call Centre Trainee

Ankur Tewari as Dave

Sarfaraz Khan as Autorickshaw Driver

Syed Fazal Hussain as Autorickshaw Driver

Umar Khan as Autorickshaw Driver

Imran Hasnee as Javed's House Doorkeeper

Homai Billimoria as KBC Contestant

Udayan Baijal as Cricket Commentator

Sandeep Kaul as Floor Manager

Rufee Ahmed as Double for Irrfan Khan

Rhea Lawyer as TV Reporter

Deepali Dalvi as Dancer at Javed's Safehouse

Anisha Nagar as Dancer at Javed's Safehouse

Farrah Shaikh as Dancer at Javed's Safehouse

Mamta Sharma as Dancer at Javed's Safehouse

Neha M. Khatarawalla as Dancer at Javed's Safehouse

Tanya Singh as Newsreader

Anand Tiwari as Newsreader

Faezeh Jalali as Newsreader

Meghana Jhalani as Newsreader

Rupali Mehra as Newsreader

Anju Singh as Newsreader

Saurabh Agarwal as Call Centre Manager

Mark Boucher as Self - South African Cricketer (archive footage)

Andre Nel as Self - South African Cricketer (archive footage)

Yuvraj Singh as Self - Indian Cricketer (archive footage)

Sachin Tendulkar as Self - Indian Cricketer (archive footage)

Amitabh Bachchan as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)