Julie Christie as Anne

Greta Scacchi as Olivia Rivers

Shashi Kapoor as The Nawab

Nickolas Grace as Harry Hamilton-Paul

Christopher Cazenove as Douglas Rivers

Zakir Hussain as Inder Lal, Anne's landlord

Julian Glover as Crawford

Susan Fleetwood as Mrs. Crawford

Patrick Godfrey as Dr Saunders

Jennifer Kendal as Mrs. Saunders

Charles McCaughan as Chid

Madhur Jaffrey as Begum Mussarat Jahan

Barry Foster as Major Minnies

Ratna Pathak Shah as Ritu

Tarla Mehta as Inder Lal's Mother

Sajid Khan as Dacoit Chief

Amanda Walker as Lady Mackleworth

Praveen Paul as Maji

Jayant Kripalani as Dr Gopal

Sudha Chopra as Chief Princess

Daniel Chatto as Party Guest

Ismail Merchant as Indish Guy (uncredited)