Richard Attenborough Director Ben Kingsley Mohandas K. Gandhi Actor Rohini Hattangadi Mrs. Kasturba M. Gandhi Actor Roshan Seth Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Actor Candice Bergen Margaret Bourke-White Actor Edward Fox Gen. Dyer Actor John Gielgud Lord Irwin, Viceroy Actor Trevor Howard Judge Broomfield Actor John Mills Lord Chelmsford, Viceroy Actor Martin Sheen Vince Walker Actor Ian Charleson Rev. Charlie Andrews Actor Athol Fugard Gen. Jan Christiaan Smuts Actor Saeed Jaffrey Sardar Patel Actor Geraldine James Mirabehn Actor John Ratzenberger American Lt., driver for Bourke-White Actor Michael Hordern Sir George Hodge Actor Marius Weyers Conductor Actor Günther Maria Halmer Herman Kallenbach Actor Alyque Padamsee Mohamed Ali Jinnah Actor Amrish Puri Khan Actor Ian Bannen Senior Police Officer Actor Michael Bryant Principal Secretary Actor John Clements Advocate General Actor Richard Griffiths Collins Actor Nigel Hawthorne Kinnoch Actor Bernard Hepton G.O.C. Actor Shreeram Lagoo Professor Gokhale Actor Om Puri Nahari Actor Virendra Razdan Maulana Azad Actor Richard Vernon Sir Edward Gait Actor Harsh Nayyar Nathuram Godse Actor Prabhakar Patankar Prakash Actor Vijay Kashyap Apte Actor Supriya Pathak Manu Actor Neena Gupta Abha Actor Shane Rimmer Commentator Actor Peter Harlowe Lord Mountbatten Actor Anang Desai J. B. Kripalani Actor Winston Ntshona Porter Actor Peter Cartwright Peter Cartwright Actor Richard Mayes Baker Actor Alok Nath Tyeb Mohammed Actor John Briley Writer Rani Dubé Co-Producer Suresh Jindal Associate Producer Michael Stanley-Evans Executive Producer George Fenton Original Music Ravi Shankar Original Music Ronnie Taylor Cinematographer Billy Williams Cinematographer John Bloom Film Editing Susie Figgis Casting Stuart Craig Production Design Norman Dorme Art Director Ram Yedekar Art Director Michael Seirton Set Decoration Bhanu Athaiya Costume Design John Mollo Costume Design