It's 1947 and the borderlines between India and Pakistan are being drawn. A young girl bears witnesses to tragedy as her ayah is caught between the love of two men and the rising tide of political and religious violence.

Aamir Khan
as Dil Navaz

Nandita Das
as Shanta

Rahul Khanna
as Hassan

Maia Sethna
as Lenny Sethna

Kitu Gidwani
as Bunty Sethna

Arif Zakaria
as Rustom Sethna

Eric Peterson
as Mr. Rogers

Kulbhushan Kharbanda
as Imam Din

Pavan Malhotra
as Butcher

Sunil Mehra
as Toto Ramji