Vijay Singh is a disgraced former Merchant-Navy officer who is branded as a coward after he abandons his crew during an emergency. Guilt-ridden and trying to forget his past, he takes up work at a coal mine where he gets trapped with other miners after a flood hits them.
Amitabh Bachchan
as Vijay Pal Singh
Shashi Kapoor
as Ravi Malhotra
Shatrughan Sinha
as Mangal Singh
Rakhee Gulzar
as Dr. Sudha Sen
Parveen Babi
as Anita
Neetu Singh
as Channo
Parikshat Sahni
as Jagga
Prem Chopra
as Dhanraj Puri
Romesh Sharma
as Vikram
Poonam Dhillon
as Raghunath's daughter
Manmohan Krishna
as Hotel owner
Madan Puri
as Vikram's father
