- Amitabh Bachchan
- Inspector Vijay Kumar Srivastava / Shahenshah
- Meenakshi Sheshadri
- Shalu
- Aruna Irani
- Julie
- Rohini Hattangadi
- Shanti Srivastava
- Supriya Pathak
- Shaheen
- Vijayendra Ghatge
- Mohammed Salim
- Jagdeep
- Tarachand Badlani
- Sudhir
- J.K.'s henchman
- Avtar Gill
- Corrupt Police Inspector
- Anjan Srivastav
- Corrupt Politician
- Sharat Saxena
- Abdul
- Praveen Kumar Sobti
- Mukhtar Singh
- Dan Dhanoa
- J.K.'s henchman
- Goga Kapoor
- J.K.'s lawyer
- Dinesh Hingoo
- Shalu's friend
- Sameer Kakkar
- Shalu's friend
- Yunus Parvez
- Journalist
- Aftab Shivdasani
- Young Vijay
- Suresh Bhagwat
- Shalu's friend
- Ajay Wadhavkar
- Shalu's friend
- Ghanshyam Rohera
- Sandhuram (constable)
- Brij Gopal
- J.K.'s man
- Harish Magon
- Hari
- Roop Kumar Razdan
- (as Roop Razdan)
- Guddi Maruti
- Girl at parlour
- Devang Shah
- (as Master Devang Shah)
- Bhiku Verma
- (as Bhikoo Verma)
- Mahesh Anand
- Man collecting money from the poor
- Baby Nagma Habib
- Young Shalu
- Jerry
- J.K's Goon
- Chhaya
- Funeral mourner
- Prem Chopra
- Mathur
- Katy Irani
- Lawyer
- Jamnadas
- Old constable with artifical teeth
- Jullian
- Abdul's Henchmen
- Kader Khan
- Inspector Shrivastav (Father of Vijay)
- Raj Mata
- In the crowd
- Murad
- Judge (Guest Appearence)
- Amrish Puri
- J.K
- Surendra Rahi
- In the crowd
- Kedarnath Saigal
- In the crowd
- Pran Sikand
- Inspector Aslam Khan
