Saketh Ram's wife is raped and killed during direct action day riots in Calcutta. He is convinced that Mahatma Gandhi is responsible for all the problems happening in the country. He sets out to kill him.
Kamal Haasan
as Saket Ram
Shah Rukh Khan
as Amjad Ali Khan
Vasundhara Das
as Mythili Iyengar
Rani Mukerji
as Aparna Ram
Atul Kulkarni
as Shriram Abhayankar
Girish Karnad
as Uppilli Iyengar
Om Puri
as Goel
Hema Malini
as Ambujam
Naseeruddin Shah
as Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Farida Jalal
as Kasturba Gandhi
Vikram Gokhale
as Maharaja
Saurabh Shukla
as Lalwani