| Sai | Baba | An Indian saint. |
| Vimal | Das | Sunita's neighbor. |
| Serabai | Dubash | Bhima's former employer. aka: Sera |
| Nargis | Dutt | An Indian actress. |
| Guy | Fawkes | A member of a group of provincial English Catholics. |
| Sonia | Gandhi | The longest serving president of the Indian National Congress. |
| Raj | Kapoor | An Indian actor. |
| Rishi | Kapoor | An Indian actor, film director and producer. |
| Kishore | Kumar | An Indian playback singer. |
| Shivaji | Maharaj | An Indian ruler. |
| Anand | Pandit | A businessman. |
| Arun | Phedke | Gopal's older brother. |
| Mehroo | Sethna | Bhima's former employer. aka: Sera |
| Bhinder | Swami | Meena's husband. |
| Meena | Swami | Parvati's next door neighbor. |
| Tarun | Tejpal | An Indian journalist, publisher, novelist. |
| Abdul | | A taxi driver. |
| Amit | | Bhima and Gopal's son. |
| Aziz | | A poet. |
| Balraj | | Bhima's acquaintance. |
| Bhima | | A former servant at Dubash's household. |
| Bibi | | Bhima's neighbor. |
| Binny | | Ferzin's colleague. |
| Birla | | A shopkeeper. |
| Chitra | | A painter. |
| Darius | | Dinaz's son. aka: Dar. |
| Dinaz | | Sera's daughter. |
| Feroz | | Sera's late husband. |
| Ferzin | | A lawyer. |
| Gopal | | Bhima's husband. |
| Govind | | Ram's acquaintance. |
| Jafferbhai | | A fruit merchant. |
| Joseph | | A chauffeur |
| Kajal | | Maya's friend. |
| Karim | | A security guard. |
| Krishna | | Amit's son. |
| Lord Krishna | | The Hindu god of compassion, protection and love. |
| Malik | | Parvati's acquaintance. |
| Maya | | Bhima's granddaughter. |
| Mohan | | Praful's acquaintance. |
| Mukesh | | An Indian playback singer. |
| Nandini | | Praful's mother. |
| Nilesh | | Parvati's supplier. |
| Parvati | | A vendor. |
| Pooja | | Bhima's daughter. |
| Praful | | Meena's husband's friend. |
| Principal | | A man who taught Parvati how to read and write. |
| Radha | | Rajeev's wife. |
| Radhika | | Praful's wife. |
| Rahul | | Rajesh's son. |
| Rajeev | | A man who delivers groceries to the houses of the rich people. |
| Rajesh | | Parvati's husband. |
| Ram | | Bibi's husband. |
| Ravana | | The chief antagonist in the Hindu epic. |
| Reshma | | A vendor. |
| Shyam | | One of Bibi's neighbors. |
| Sunita | | One of Bhima's employers. |
| Tara | | Bhima's neighbor. |
| Usha | | Rajesh's late wife. |
| Verma | | The chief of police. |
| Vikram | | Birla's son. |
| Viraf | | Dinaz's husband. |
| Vishnu | | A shopkeeper. |
| Zoroaster | | An Iranian prophet. |
