स्मिता पाटिल

Sonbai

Naseeruddin Shah

Subedar

Om Puri

Chowkidar Abu Miya

Deepti Naval

Saraswati

Suresh Oberoi

Mukhi

Benjamin Gilani

Masterji

Harish Patel

Pandit

Paresh Rawal

Villager

Amole Gupte

Dina Pathak

Maanki, factory worker

Ratna Pathak Shah

Factory worker

Supriya Pathak

Factory worker

Mohan Gokhale

Mukhi's Brother

Deep Dhillon

Ram Gopal Bajaj

Factory owner

Nina Kulkarni

Factory worker

Raj Babbar

Sonbai's Husband (uncredited)