Bahu Begum

Meena Kumari

Zeenat Jahan Begum

Pradeep Kumar

Yusuf

Ashok Kumar

Nawab Sikander Mirza

Johnny Walker

Achchan

Lalita Pawar

Naziran Bai

Kumari Naaz

Suraiya (as Naaz)

Helen

Courtesan

D.K. Sapru

Nawab Mirza Sultan (as Sapru)

Balam

Mir Qurban Ali

Mirza

Mushraf

Altaf

Qamar

Durrani

Indira Bansal

Shafugupta Begum (as Indra Bansal)

Rajan Haksar

Nawab Pyare Miya

Shahid Bijnori

Leela Mishra

Kariban Bua (uncredited)

Kedarnath Saigal

In the crowd (uncredited)