| Katie |
Banerjee | A film star |
| Priyanka |
Chopra | Indian actress and film producer |
| Mr. |
Debnath | An acting coach |
| Mahatma |
Gandhi | An Indian lawyer, anti-colonial activist |
| Reshma |
Goyal | A big star |
| Ernest |
Hemingway | Influential American novelist and short story writer |
| Mr. |
Jhunjhunwala | Casting director |
| Jana |
Kalyan | A fictional political party |
| Shah Rukh |
Khan | Indian actor and film producer |
| Sonali |
Khan | The famous film producer |
| Twinkle |
Khanna | An Indian author, columnist, and former actress |
| Arjuni |
Ma | Lovely's acquaintance |
| Uma |
Madam | Chief guard of the women's prison |
| Prakash |
Mehra | Sociology professor |
| Bimala |
Pal | Second-in-command of the party |
| Desher |
Potrika | A famous terrorist |
| Rani |
Sarawagi | An actress |
| Purnendu |
Sarkar | A reporter |
| Purnendu |
Sarkar | A reporter |
| Santa |
Singh | Musician who believes in spreading peace |
| John |
Steinbeck | An American writer |
| Americandi |
| Jivan's cellmate |
| Arjuni |
| Lovely's hijra sister |
| Azad |
| Lovely's husband |
| Brijesh |
| One of Dr. Debnath's students working as an electrician |
| Chatterjee |
| A constable |
| Diwali |
| Jivan's mother |
| Gobind |
| Jivan's appointed lawyer |
| Hema |
| A makeup artist |
| Jivan |
| A young Muslim woman from the slums of Kolkata |
| Joyita |
| One of Dr. Debnath's students doing bookkeeping in her father's pen refill business |
| Kalkidi |
| Jivan's inmate |
| Kalkidi |
| Jivan's inmate |
| Kalu |
| Jivan's neighbor |
| Kumar |
| One of Lovely's classmates |
| Laddoo |
| A hijra sister |
| Lovely |
| A transgender woman and aspiring actress |
| Monalisa |
| Jivan's acquaintance |
| Nirmalad |
| Jivan's inmate |
| Peonji |
| One of Dr. Debnath's students working as a clerk in the insurance |
| PT Sir |
| Jivan's former physical education teacher, later political opportunist |
| Radha |
| One of Dr. Debnath's students studying how to be a nurse |
| Rumeli |
| One of Dr. Debnath's students selling magic ointment for rashes |
| Suresh |
| A peon in the administrative office |
| Uttam |
| A tea boy |
| Yashwi |
| Jivan's inmate |
