Christopher Cazenove

Douglas Rivers, the Assistant Collector (The Nineteen Twenties in the Civil Lines at Satipur)

Greta Scacchi

Olivia, his wife (The Nineteen Twenties in the Civil Lines at Satipur)

Julian Glover

Crawford, the District Collector (The Nineteen Twenties in the Civil Lines at Satipur)

Susan Fleetwood

Mrs. Crawford, the Burra Mensahib (The Nineteen Twenties in the Civil Lines at Satipur)

Patrick Godfrey

Saunders, the Medical Officer (The Nineteen Twenties in the Civil Lines at Satipur)

Jennifer Kendal

Mrs. Saunders (The Nineteen Twenties in the Civil Lines at Satipur)

Shashi Kapoor

The Nawab (At the Palace in Khatm)

Madhur Jaffrey

Begum Mussarat Jahan, the Nawab's mother (At the Palace in Khatm)

Nickolas Grace

Harry Hamilton-Paul (At the Palace in Khatm)

Barry Foster

Major Minnies, the Political Agent (At the Palace in Khatm)

Julie Christie

Anne (1982. In Satipur Town)

Zakir Hussain

Inder Lal, Anne's landlord (1982. In Satipur Town)

Ratna Pathak

Ritu, Inder Lal's wife (1982. In Satipur Town)

Tarla Mehta

Inder Lal's mother (1982. In Satipur Town)

Charles McCaughan

Chid (1982. In Satipur Town)

Sajid Khan

Dacoit Chief

Amanda Walker

Lady Mackleworth

Praveen Paul

Maji