Ashfaque (Ajay Devgan) is a small town boy aspiring to be a film star in the Hindi film industry. He joins a street theatre group run by a reformed dacoit Sidhu (Pankaj Kapur) who uses street theatre as a medium to bring about an awakening in the masses. Ashfaque struggles to give a creative vent to the actor in him in order to realize his dreams.
Ajay Devgan
as Ashfaque A. Khan / Sameer Khan
Vidya Balan
as Sneha Chauhan / Sneha A. Khan
Pankaj Kapur
as Siddhu
Sana Khaan
as Sania
दर्शन जरीवाला
as Ganpatrao Gaekwad
Sanjay Mishra
as Sameer's manager
Abhay Bhargava
as (uncredited)
Anupam Shyam
as (uncredited)
Aanjjan Srivastav
as Amanullah Khan (uncredited)
Lekh Tandon
as Himself (uncredited)
Javed Jaffrey
as Himself (uncredited)
Ranjit Kapoor
as Himself (uncredited)