| Emperor | Akbar | Mughal Emperor. |
| Jane | Austen | An English novelist. |
| | Chavan | A police inspector. |
| Mr. | Chitale | NGO's senior officer. |
| Dharam | Deo | Owner of a Private Detective Agency. |
| Ashok | Deshmukh | Tara's father. |
| Pravin | Godbole | A senior police inspector. |
| Arun | Sahib | Owner of the brothels. |
| Ashok | Sahib | Zamindar's son. |
| Dev | Sahib | Raza's acquaintance. |
| Patti | Smith | American singer-songwriter. |
| Rabindranath | Tagore | A Bengali poet. |
| Mark | Twain | American writer. |
| Eudora | Welty | An American short story writer. |
| Aaheli | | One of Mukta's acquaintances. |
| Aai | | Tara's mother. |
| Abdul | | One of Tara's acquaintances. |
| Amma | | Mukta's mother. |
| Andrew | | A journalist. |
| Anupam chacha | | Navin's father. |
| Aram | | Tara's acquaintance. |
| Asha | | Mukta's daughter. |
| Brian | | Tara's fiancé. |
| Chandru | | A driver. |
| Chottu | | A waiter. |
| Dinesh | | Raza's friend. |
| Elisa | | Tara's good friend. |
| Frank | | Elisa's boyfriend. |
| Jasmine | | One of Mukta's acquaintances. |
| Karuna | | Real name of Tara's mother. |
| Madam | | Sakubai's friend. |
| Malkin | | Tara's grandmother. Aka: Ajji. |
| Maya | | Mukta's acquaintance. |
| Meena-ji | | Aai's friend. |
| Memsahib | | Aai's alias. |
| Mukta | | A village girl from the lower caste of Yellemma. |
| Naima | | Raza's wife. |
| Najima | | Salim's wife. |
| Navin | | Tara's best friend. |
| Neerja | | One of Mukta's acquaintances. |
| Pete | | Elisa's fiancé. |
| Rajni | | One of the servants. |
| Rani | | One of Mukta's acquaintances. |
| Raza | | One of Tara's acquaintances. |
| Rohan | | Navin's son. |
| Romesh | | Raza's friend. |
| Rumi | | A Persian poet. |
| Saira | | Dinesh's wife. |
| Sakubai | | Mukta's grandmother. |
| Salim | | One of tara's acquaintances. |
| Sanjiv | | Mukta's acquaintance. |
| Scheherazade | | The storyteller in One Thousand and One Nights. |
| Shobha | | One of Tara's acquaintances. |
| Shyam | | A servant. |
| Sylvia | | Mukta's friend. Aka: Sylvie. |
| Tara | | A spirited young woman from the upper class. |
| Vibha | | Navin's wife. |
| Yellemma | | A Hindu goddess. |
