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

Hema Malini
as Ambujam

Rani Mukerji
as Aparna Ram

Vasundhara Das
as Mythili Iyengar

Girish Karnad
as Uppilli Iyengar

Naseeruddin Shah
as Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

Om Puri
as Goel

Atul Kulkarni
as Shriram Abhayankar

Vikram Gokhale
as Maharaja