مرزا غالب

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

Baij Sharma

Rajinder Singh Bedi

Dialogue

Sohrab Modi

Producer, Director

V. Avadhoot

Director of Photography

Saadat Hassan Manto

Original Story

Rusi K. Banker

Art Direction

Ghulam Mohammed

Music

Roshan Kumari

Choreographer

J.K. Nanda

Writer

Mirza Ghalib

Lyricist