Rajan Mathur (Anil Kapoor) is a Professor in Urdu literature in Dr. Zakir Hussain's College. He resides in Chandni Chowk with his activist wife, Roma Mathur (Shefali Shah). Professor Mathur comes across a young boy called Numair Qazi (Anurag Sinha) who introduces himself as a victim of communal riots in Gujarat.
Anil Kapoor
as Rajan Mathur
Anurag Sinha
as Numair Qazi / Mahmood Albak
शेफ़ाली शाह
as Roma Mathur
Habib Tanvir
as Quazi Saab
Aditi Sharma
as Shagufta
आकाश खुराना
as Wazir Shah
Sai Tamhankar
as Nimmo Kirtan Singh
Jaimini Pathak
as Raahat
Milind Gunaji
as Hamid Bhai
Arun Bakshi
as Naeem Shaikh
Nawazuddin Siddiqui
as Tahir Tayyabuddin
Mushtaq Khan
as Minister Mohanlal Agarwal