All Cast
Bharat Bhushan
Mirza Ghalib
Suraiya
Chaudhvin, formerly Moti Begum
Nigar Sultana
Umrao Begum
Durga Khote
Chaudhvin's mother (Amma)
Mukri
Lala Mathuradas
Ulhas
Kotwal Hashmat Khan
Iftekhar
Bahadur Shah Zafar
Murad
Mufti Sadruddin
Kumkum
Courtesan
Roshan
Roshan