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