Dev Patel
as Older Jamal

Freida Pinto
as Older Latika

Madhur Mittal
as Older Salim

Anil Kapoor
as Prem

Mahesh Manjrekar
as Javed

Saurabh Shukla
as Sergeant Srinivas

Irrfan Khan
as Police Inspector

Ankur Vikal
as Maman

Tanay Chheda
as Middle Jamal

Ayush Mahesh Khedekar
as Youngest Jamal

Ashutosh Lobo Gajiwala
as Middle Salim

Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail
as Youngest Salim

Tanvi Ganesh Lonkar
as Middle Latika

Rubina Ali
as Youngest Latika

Raj Zutshi
as Director

Jeneva Talwar
as Vision Mixer

Sharib Hashmi
as Prakash

Mia Drake
as Adele

Shruti Seth
as Call Centre Instructor

Anjum Sharma
as Operator

Jira Banjara
as Airport Security Guard

Sheikh Wali
as Airport Security Guard

Sanchita Choudhary
as Jamal's Mother

Himanshu Tyagi
as Mr Nanda

Virendra Chatterjee
as Slum Man

Feroze Khan
as Amitabh Bachchan

Sunil Kumar Agrawal
as Mr Chi

Virender Kumar
as Man on Fire

Devesh Rawal
as Blue Boy

Tiger
as Punnoose

Chirag Parmar
as Young Arvind

Nazneen Shaikh
as Baby

Farzana Ansari
as Latika's Friend

Anupam Shyam
as Old Villager

Salim Chaus
as Ticket Collector

Harvinder Kaur
as Family in Train

Narendra Singh Bhati
as Family in Train

Satya Mudgal
as Taj Mahal Guide

Janet de Vigne
as Ada / Mrs MacKintosh

William Relton
as Peter

David Gilliam
as Clark

Kinder Singh
as Driver

Christine Matovich Singh
as Opera Singer

Thomas Lehmkuhl
as Opera Singer

Siddesh Patil
as Older Arvind

Najma Shaikh
as Woman at Brothel

Saeeda Shaikh
as Woman at Brothel

Alka Satpute
as Woman at Brothel

Tabassum Khan
as Woman at Brothel

Sitaram Panchal
as Dance Teacher

Nigel Caesar
as Hotel Security Guard

Ajit Pandey
as Javed's Goon

Kedar Thapar
as Javed's Goon

Amit Leonard
as Javed's Goon

Rajesh Kumar
as Javed's Goon

Sagar Ghopalkar
as Javed's Goon

Pradeep Solanki
as Javed's Goon

Abdul Hamid Shaikh
as Javed's Goon

Dheeraj Waghela
as Javed's Goon

Arfi Lamba
as Bardi

Taira Colah
as Nasreen

Varun Bagri
as Call Centre Trainee

Ankur Tewari
as Dave

Sarfaraz Khan
as Autorickshaw Driver

Syed Fazal Hussain
as Autorickshaw Driver

Umar Khan
as Autorickshaw Driver

Imran Hasnee
as Javed's House Doorkeeper

Homai Billimoria
as KBC Contestant

Udayan Baijal
as Cricket Commentator

Sandeep Kaul
as Floor Manager

Rufee Ahmed
as Double for Irrfan Khan

Rhea Lawyer
as TV Reporter

Deepali Dalvi
as Dancer at Javed's Safehouse

Anisha Nagar
as Dancer at Javed's Safehouse

Farrah Shaikh
as Dancer at Javed's Safehouse

Mamta Sharma
as Dancer at Javed's Safehouse

Neha M. Khatarawalla
as Dancer at Javed's Safehouse

Tanya Singh
as Newsreader

Anand Tiwari
as Newsreader

Faezeh Jalali
as Newsreader

Meghana Jhalani
as Newsreader

Rupali Mehra
as Newsreader

Anju Singh
as Newsreader

Saurabh Agarwal
as Call Centre Manager

Mark Boucher
as Self - South African Cricketer (archive footage)

Andre Nel
as Self - South African Cricketer (archive footage)

Yuvraj Singh
as Self - Indian Cricketer (archive footage)

Sachin Tendulkar
as Self - Indian Cricketer (archive footage)

Amitabh Bachchan
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)