Julie Christie

Anne

Greta Scacchi

Olivia Rivers

Shashi Kapoor

The Nawab

Nickolas Grace

Harry Hamilton-Paul

Christopher Cazenove

Douglas Rivers

Zakir Hussain

Inder Lal, Anne's landlord

Julian Glover

Crawford

Susan Fleetwood

Mrs. Crawford

Patrick Godfrey

Dr Saunders

Jennifer Kendal

Mrs. Saunders

Charles McCaughan

Chid

Madhur Jaffrey

Begum Mussarat Jahan

Barry Foster

Major Minnies

Ratna Pathak Shah

Ritu

Tarla Mehta

Inder Lal's Mother

Sajid Khan

Dacoit Chief

Amanda Walker

Lady Mackleworth

Praveen Paul

Maji

Jayant Kripalani

Dr Gopal

Sudha Chopra

Chief Princess

Daniel Chatto

Party Guest

Ismail Merchant

Indish Guy (uncredited)