Smita Patil as Sonbai

Naseeruddin Shah as Subedar

Om Puri as Chowkidar Abu Miya

Deepti Naval as Saraswati

Suresh Oberoi as Mukhi

Benjamin Gilani as Masterji

Harish Patel as Pandit

Paresh Rawal as Villager

Amole Gupte as

Dina Pathak as Maanki, factory worker

Ratna Pathak Shah as Factory worker

Supriya Pathak as Factory worker

Mohan Gokhale as Mukhi's Brother

Deep Dhillon as

Ram Gopal Bajaj as Factory owner

Nina Kulkarni as Factory worker

Raj Babbar as Sonbai's Husband (uncredited)