Overview
Set during the 1857 War of Independence, an obsessed Indian Nawab desires to wed a young Anglo-Indian woman, but the girl's obstinate mother stands between them.
Cast
- Shashi Kapoor as Javed Khan
- Shabana Azmi as Firdaus (Javed's wife)
- Jennifer Kendal as Mrs. Mariam Labadoor
- Naseeruddin Shah as Sarfaraz Khan
- Kulbhushan Kharbanda as Lalal Ramjimal
- Jalal Agha as Kader Khan
- Nafisa Ali as Ruth Labadoor
- Ismat Chughtai as Maternal Grandmother of Ruth Labadoor
- Deepti Naval as Rashid's wife
- Tom Alter as Priest