| John | Abraham | An Indian film actor, film producer and former model. |
| Christina | Aguilera | An American singer, songwriter, actress, and TV personality. |
| Cynthia | Ali | Fatima's best friend. |
| Mukesh | Ambani | An Indian billionaire business magnate. |
| Bhimrao R. | Ambedkar | An Indian jurist, economist, politician and social reformer. |
| Ganesh | Anna | A cocaine dealer. |
| Bipasha | Basu | An Indian film actress and model. |
| P. M. | Chauhan | The judge on Husain's case. |
| Ajay | Devgan | An Indian film actor, director and producer. |
| C. K. | Dhiran | The new judge on Husain's case. |
| Madhuri | Dixit | An Indian actress, producer, TV personality and a music artist. |
| Priya | Dutt | One of the poorest girls in Annawadi. |
| Bhimrao | Gaikwad | The administrator of the Maharashtra Department of Education. |
| Mahatma | Gandhi | An Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist. |
| Sonu | Gupta | Sunil's acquaintance. |
| Adolf | Hitler | A German politician and leader of the Nazi Party. |
| Abdul Hakim | Husain | A garbage sorter. |
| Karam | Husain | Abdul's father. |
| Zehrunisa | Husain | Abdul's mother. |
| Saddam | Hussein | The fifth President of Iraq. |
| Muhammad | Iqbal | A Muslim poet, philosopher and politician. |
| Maruti | Jadhav | The inspector in-charged of Kalu's case. |
| Katrina | Kaif | An English actress. |
| Raja | Kamble | A sickly toilet-cleaner. |
| Ajmal | Kasab | A Pakistani militant. |
| Salman | Khan | Indian film actor. |
| Bruce | Lee | A Chinese, Hong Kong American actor, director, martial artist. |
| Fish | Lips | A police officer. |
| Gayanan | Maharaj | An Indian Hindu guru, saint and mystic. |
| Gautam | Nagar | A boy who had died of pneumonia. |
| Jawaharlal | Nehru | The first Prime Minister of India. |
| Barack | Obama | 44th U.S. President. |
| Deepika | Padukone | An Indian actress and producer. |
| Poornina | Paikrao | A special exec. Officer of the government of Maharashtra. |
| Papa | Panchal | A politician. Asha's acquaintance. |
| | Pawar | A police officer. |
| Robert | Pires | The slumlord of Annawadi. |
| Deepak | Rai | Kalu's real name. |
| Dalip Singh | Rana | An Indian professional wrestler. Aka: The Great Khali. |
| Subhash | Sawant | The corporator. |
| Abdul | Shaikh | Fatima's husband. |
| Sunil | Sharma | A thief boy. Abdul's acquaintance. |
| Sanjay | Shetty | A garbage collector. |
| Manmohan | Singh | Indian economist and served as the 13th Prime Minister of India. |
| Will | Smith | An American actor, producer and rapper. |
| Bal | Thackeray | An Indian politician who founded the Shiv Sena. |
| Asha | Waghekar | Manju's mother. |
| Manju | Waghekar | Annawadi's first female college graduate. |
| Adarsh | | Abdul's acquaintance. |
| Allah | | God in Islam. |
| Anandi | | Sanjay's sister. |
| Anil | | Manju's cousin. |
| Atahar | | One of Karam's sons. |
| Audhen | | An autorickshaw driver. |
| Avinash | | Shiv Sena's activist. |
| Baby Lekshmi | | A toddler born with eight limbs. |
| Danush | | Husain's neighbor. |
| Deepa | | A homeless girl who sold flowers by the Hyatt. |
| Devo | | One of Manju's students. |
| Dinesh | | One of the witness on Husain's case. |
| Fatima | | Sita's name given by unlikely husband. |
| Ganesh | | Rahul's younger brother. |
| Geeta | | An illiterate young mother. Asha's acquaintance. |
| Heena | | One of Fatima's children. |
| Kalu | | Abdul's friend. |
| Karan | | One of the suspects on Kalu's murder. |
| Kehkashan | | Abdul's sister. |
| Kulkarni | | A female police officer. |
| Lallu | | Abdul's brother. |
| Mahadeo | | Asha's husband. |
| Mahmoud | | A disabled man who slugged Abdul in the chest. |
| Medina | | One of Fatima's children. |
| Meena | | Raja's daughter. |
| Mirchi | | Abdul's younger brother. |
| Nagare | | A constable. |
| Noori | | One of Fatima's children. |
| Pallavi | | One of Manju's students. |
| Paparazzi | | A photographer who take pictures of high-profile people, |
| Patel | | A senior inspector. |
| Prakash | | An economics student who lived near the temple. |
| Rahul | | Asha's son. |
| Safdar | | One of Karam's sons. |
| Shankar | | An investigator. |
| Sharda | | One of Manju's students. |
| Sister Paulette | | A nun. |
| Sita | | Abdul's neighbor. Aka: One Leg. |
| Sunita | | Sunil's sister. |
| Suraj | | Rahul's acquaintance. |
| Tabu | | Kehkashan's sister. |
| Taufeeq | | Sunil's acquaintance. |
| Thokali | | A male police officer. |
| Vijay | | Manju's acquaintance. |
| Wagh | | A police officer. |
| Zubbu | | The brothel keeper's daughter. |
