Casts

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  Ben Kingsley

  Mahatma Gandhi

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  Candice Bergen

  Margaret Bourke-White

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  Edward Fox

  General Dyer

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  John Gielgud

  Lord Irwin

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  Trevor Howard

  Judge Broomfield

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  John Mills

  Lord Chelmsford

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  रोहिणी हट्टंगड़ी

  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 Fields

• 

  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

• Virendra Razdan

  Maulana Azad

• 

  Richard Vernon

  Sir Edward Gait

• Prabhakar Patankar

  Prakash

• 

  Vijay Kashyap

  Apte

• Nigam Prakash

  Karkare

• 

  Supriya Pathak

  Manu

• 

  Neena Gupta

  Abha

• 

  Shane Rimmer

  Commentator

• Peter Harlowe

  Lord Mountbatten

• 

  Anang Desai

  J.B. Kripalani

• 

  Winston Ntshona

  Porter

• 

  Peter Cartwright

  European Passenger

• 

  Marius Weyers

  Conductor

• Richard Mayes

  Baker

• 

  Alok Nath

  Tyeb Mohammed

• Dean Gasper

  Singh

• 

  Ken Hutchison

  Police Sergeant

• 

  Norman Chancer

  Reporter

• Gulshan Kapoor

  Rich Merchant

• Charu Bala Chokshi

  Ayah

• Raj Chaturvedi

  Harilal Gandhi

• Avpar Jhita

  Manilal Gandhi

• Anthony Sagger

  Ramdas Gandhi

• 

  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

• Sudhanshu Mishra

  Man in Gallery

• Dina Nath

  Miner

• 

  John Savident

  Manager of the Mine

• John Patrick

  Mounted Police Sergeant

• Michael Godley

  Clergyman

• Stewart Harwood

  Prison Officer

• Stanley McGeagh

  Prison Guard

• 

  Christopher Good

  Young Englishman

• David Markham

  Older Englishman

• Jyoti Sarup

  Young Indian Reporter

• John Naylor

  English Reporter

• Wilson George

  American Reporter

• Hanshu Mehta

  Older Indian Reporter

• Sudarshan Sethi

  Motilal Nehru

• Sunila Pradhan

  Mrs. Motilal Nehru

• Moti Makan

  Traveller on Train Roof

• 

  Jalal Agha

  Traveller on Train Roof

• 

  Rupert Frazer

  Cavalry Troop Leader

• Manohar Pitale

  Shukla

• Homi Daruvala

  Nehru's Friend

• 

  K.K. Raina

  Nehru's Friend

• Vivek Swaroop

  Nehru's Friend

• Raja Biswas

  Nehru's Friend

• 

  Dominic Guard

  Subaltern

• 

  Bernard Hill

  Sergeant Putnam

• Rama Kant Jha

  Village Leader

• Nana Palsikar

  Villager

• Alpna Gupta

  Villager's Wife

• Chandrakant Thakkar

  Policeman

• 

  John Quentin

  Batsman

• Graham Seed

  Wicket-Keeper

• 

  Keith Drinkel

  Major

• Bob Barbenia

  Police Guard

• 

  Gerald Sim

  Magistrate

• 

  Colin Farrell

  Clerk

• Sanjeev Puri

  Young Man

• 

  Gareth Forwood

  Secretary

• Vijay Crishna

  Chauffeur

• Sankalp Dubey

  Servant

• 

  James Cossins

  Brigadier

• Gurcharan Singh

  Speaker in Jallianwalla Bagh

• 

  John Vine

  A.D.C.

• 

  Geoffrey Chater

  Government Advocate

• 

  Ernest Clark

  Lord Hunter

• 

  Habib Tanvir

  Indian Barrister

• Pankaj Mohan

  Mahadev Desai

• Subhash Gupta

  Policeman at Chauri Chaura

• Aadil

  Policeman at Chauri Chaura

• Rajeshwar Nath

  Marcher at Chauri Chaura

• S.S. Thakur

  Marcher at Chauri Chaura

• Rahul Gupta

  Boy with Goat

• 

  Barry John

  Police Superintendent

• 

  Brian Oulton

  Clerk of Court

• 

  James Snell

  Court Reporter

• John Boxer

  Court Reporter

• Gerard Norman

  Court Reporter

• 

  Bernard Horsfall

  General Edgar

• 

  Richard Leech

  Brigadier

• 

  Pankaj Kapur

  Pyarelal

• Tarla Mehta

  Sarojini Naidu

• 

  David Sibley

  Subaltern

• 

  Dalip Tahil

  Zia

• 

  Stanley Lebor

  Police Officer

• 

  Terrence Hardiman

  Ramsay MacDonald

• Monica Gupta

  Little Girl

• Jon Croft

  Colonel

• 

  William Hoyland

  Adjutant

• 

  John Ratzenberger

  American Lieutenant

• Jack McKenzie

  Major at Aga Khan Palace

• 

  Tom Alter

  Doctor at Aga Khan Palace

• Jane Myerson

  Lady Mountbatten

• Roop Kumar Razdan

  Hindu Youth at Ashram

• Bani Sharad Joshi

  Woman Refugee

• Vagish Kumar Singh

  Man Refugee

• Dilsher Singh

  Abdul Ghaffar Khan

• 

  Sudhir Dalvi

  Police Commissioner

• Tilak Raj

  Tahib

• Irpinder Puri

  Sushila Nayyar

• Pren Kapoor

  Hindu Youth in Calcutta Street

• 

  Vinay Apte

  Hindu Youth in Calcutta Street

• Aswini Kumar

  Hindu Youth in Calcutta Street

• Avinash Dogra

  Hindu Youth in Calcutta Street

• Shreedhar Joshi

  Hindu Youth in Calcutta Street

• Suhas Palshikar

  Hindu Youth in Calcutta Street

• Karkirat Singh

  Nehru's Aide

• 

  Shekhar Chatterjee

  Suhrawardy

• Amarjeet

  Goonda

• Pratap Desai

  Goonda

• Bhatawadekar Prakash

  Goonda

• Sunil Shende

  Goonda

• Rovil Sinha

  Goonda

• 

  Derek Lyons

  Radio Reporter at Funeral (uncredited)

• Fred Wood

  Man in the Crowd (uncredited)

• 

  Nassar Abdulla

• Gito Santana

  Lawyer