Raj Kapoor

Yusuf / Chand / Khan

Nutan

Jameela Banu

Pran Sikand

Shaikhu / Yusuf

Agha

Bashir

Nazir Hussain

Khan Bahadur

Padmini

Bahar

Manorama

Shaikhu's Mother

Padmini Ramachandran

Sabita Chatterjee

Razia

Saroj Khan

Group Dancer

Shivraj

Shaikhu's Father

Leela Chitnis

Maid-servant

Hari Shivdasani

Chand's Father

Mumtaz Begum

Chand's Mother