Ben Kingsley as Mahatma Gandhi

Candice Bergen as Margaret Bourke-White

Edward Fox as General Dyer

John Gielgud as Lord Irwin

Trevor Howard as Judge Broomfield

John Mills as Lord Chelmsford

Rohini Hattangadi as Kasturba Gandhi

Martin Sheen as Vince Walker

Ian Charleson as Reverend Charlie Andrews

Harsh Nayyar as Nathuram Godse

Athol Fugard as General Jan Christiaan Smuts

Günther Maria Halmer as Dr. Herman Kallenbach

Saeed Jaffrey as Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Geraldine James as Mirabehn

Alyque Padamsee as Mohammad Ali Jinnah

Amrish Puri as Khan

Roshan Seth as Pandit Nehru

Ian Bannen as Senior Police Officer

Michael Bryant as Principal Secretary

John Clements as Advocate General

Richard Griffiths as Collins

Nigel Hawthorne as Kinnoch

Bernard Hepton as G.O.C.

Michael Hordern as Sir George Hodge

Shreeram Lagoo as Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Virendra Razdan as Maulana Azad

Richard Vernon as Sir Edward Gait

Prabhakar Patankar as Prakash

Vijay Kashyap as Apte

Nigam Prakash as Karkare

Supriya Pathak as Manu

Neena Gupta as Abha

Shane Rimmer as Commentator

Peter Harlowe as Lord Mountbatten

Anang Desai as J.B. Kripalani

Winston Ntshona as Porter

Peter Cartwright as European Passenger

Marius Weyers as Conductor

Richard Mayes as Baker

Alok Nath as Tyeb Mohammed

Dean Gasper as Singh

Ken Hutchison as Police Sergeant

Norman Chancer as Reporter

Gulshan Kapoor as Rich Merchant

Charu Bala Chokshi as Ayah

Raj Chaturvedi as Harilal Gandhi

Avpar Jhita as Manilal Gandhi

Anthony Sagger as Ramdas Gandhi

Om Puri as Nahari (uncredited)

David Gant as Daniels

Daniel Day-Lewis as Colin

Ray Burdis as Youth

Daniel Peacock as Youth

Avis Bunnage as Colin's Mother

Caroline Hutchison as Sonja Schlesin

Mohan Agashe as Tyeb Mohammed's Friend

Sudhanshu Mishra as Man in Gallery

Dina Nath as Miner

John Savident as Manager of the Mine

John Patrick as Mounted Police Sergeant

Michael Godley as Clergyman

Stewart Harwood as Prison Officer

Stanley McGeagh as Prison Guard

Christopher Good as Young Englishman

David Markham as Older Englishman

Jyoti Sarup as Young Indian Reporter

John Naylor as English Reporter

Wilson George as American Reporter

Hanshu Mehta as Older Indian Reporter

Sudarshan Sethi as Motilal Nehru

Sunila Pradhan as Mrs. Motilal Nehru

Moti Makan as Traveller on Train Roof

Jalal Agha as Traveller on Train Roof

Rupert Frazer as Cavalry Troop Leader

Manohar Pitale as Shukla

Homi Daruvala as Nehru's Friend

K.K. Raina as Nehru's Friend

Vivek Swaroop as Nehru's Friend

Raja Biswas as Nehru's Friend

Dominic Guard as Subaltern

Bernard Hill as Sergeant Putnam

Rama Kant Jha as Village Leader

Nana Palsikar as Villager

Alpna Gupta as Villager's Wife

Chandrakant Thakkar as Policeman

John Quentin as Batsman

Graham Seed as Wicket-Keeper

Keith Drinkel as Major

Bob Barbenia as Police Guard

Gerald Sim as Magistrate

Colin Farrell as Clerk

Sanjeev Puri as Young Man

Gareth Forwood as Secretary

Vijay Crishna as Chauffeur

Sankalp Dubey as Servant

James Cossins as Brigadier

Gurcharan Singh as Speaker in Jallianwalla Bagh

John Vine as A.D.C.

Geoffrey Chater as Government Advocate

Ernest Clark as Lord Hunter

Habib Tanvir as Indian Barrister

Pankaj Mohan as Mahadev Desai

Subhash Gupta as Policeman at Chauri Chaura

Aadil as Policeman at Chauri Chaura

Rajeshwar Nath as Marcher at Chauri Chaura

S.S. Thakur as Marcher at Chauri Chaura

Rahul Gupta as Boy with Goat

Barry John as Police Superintendent

Brian Oulton as Clerk of Court

James Snell as Court Reporter

John Boxer as Court Reporter

Gerard Norman as Court Reporter

Bernard Horsfall as General Edgar

Richard Leech as Brigadier

Pankaj Kapur as Pyarelal

Tarla Mehta as Sarojini Naidu

David Sibley as Subaltern

Dalip Tahil as Zia

Stanley Lebor as Police Officer

Terrence Hardiman as Ramsay MacDonald

Monica Gupta as Little Girl

Jon Croft as Colonel

William Hoyland as Adjutant

John Ratzenberger as American Lieutenant

Jack McKenzie as Major at Aga Khan Palace

Tom Alter as Doctor at Aga Khan Palace

Jane Myerson as Lady Mountbatten

Roop Kumar Razdan as Hindu Youth at Ashram

Bani Sharad Joshi as Woman Refugee

Vagish Kumar Singh as Man Refugee

Dilsher Singh as Abdul Ghaffar Khan

Sudhir Dalvi as Police Commissioner

Tilak Raj as Tahib

Irpinder Puri as Sushila Nayyar

Pren Kapoor as Hindu Youth in Calcutta Street

Vinay Apte as Hindu Youth in Calcutta Street

Aswini Kumar as Hindu Youth in Calcutta Street

Avinash Dogra as Hindu Youth in Calcutta Street

Shreedhar Joshi as Hindu Youth in Calcutta Street

Suhas Palshikar as Hindu Youth in Calcutta Street

Karkirat Singh as Nehru's Aide

Shekhar Chattopadhyay as Suhrawardy

Amarjeet as Goonda

Pratap Desai as Goonda

Bhatawadekar Prakash as Goonda

Sunil Shende as Goonda

Rovil Sinha as Goonda

Derek Lyons as Radio Reporter at Funeral (uncredited)

Fred Wood as Man in the Crowd (uncredited)

Nassar Abdulla as

Gito Santana as Lawyer