Shahenshah

Amitabh Bachchan

Vijay Kumar Srivastava / Shahenshah

Meenakshi Sheshadri

Shalu

Aruna Irani

Julie (Shalu's mother)

Rohini Hattangadi

Shanti (Vijay's mother)

Supriya Pathak

Shahida

Jagdeep

Tarachand Badlani

Vijayendra Ghatge

Mohammed Salim (Guest Appearance)

Avtar Gill

Corrupt Police Officer

Sudhir

J.K's man

Bandini Mishra

Dan Dhanoa

Sharat Saxena

Abdul

Mahesh Anand

Man collecting money from the poor

Goga Kapoor

J.K's lawyer

Amrish Puri

J.K.

Pran Sikand

Inspector Aslam Khan

Murad

Judge

Suresh Bhagwat

Shalu's friend

Prem Chopra

Mathur

Aftab Shivdasani

Young Vijay

Yunus Parvez

Man shot dead at Salim's funeral

Kader Khan

Inspector Shrivastav (Father of Vijay)

Ajay Wadhavkar

Shalu's friend

Praveen Kumar Sobti

Mukhtar Singh

Ghanshyam Rohera

Sandhuram (constable)

Brij Gopal

J.K.'s man

Aanjjan Srivastav

Mr. Pathak (Corrupt Politician)

Guddi Maruti

Girl at parlour