Amitabh Bachchan

Vijay Kumar Srivastava / Shahenshah

Prem Chopra

Mathur

Meenakshi Sheshadri

Shalu

Goga Kapoor

J.K's lawyer

Rohini Hattangadi

Shanti (Vijay's mother)

Amrish Puri

J.K.

Jagdeep

Tarachand Badlani

Pran Sikand

Inspector Aslam Khan

Avtar Gill

Corrupt Police Officer

Kader Khan

Inspector Shrivastav (Father of Vijay)

Sharat Saxena

Abdul

Tinnu Anand

Director

Dan Dhanoa

Actor

Aruna Irani

Julie (Shalu's mother)

Murad

Judge

Yunus Parvez

Man shot dead at Salim's funeral

Sudhir

J.K's man

Suresh Bhagwat

Shalu's friend

Vijayendra Ghatge

Mohammed Salim (Guest Appearance)

Supriya Pathak

Shahida

Mahesh Anand

Man collecting money from the poor

Ajay Wadhavkar

Shalu's friend

Inder Raj Anand

Writer

Bandini Mishra

Actor

Aftab Shivdasani

Young Vijay

Praveen Kumar Sobti

Mukhtar Singh