The film begins in 1857, when India was ruled by the British East India Company. Mangal Pandey is a sepoy, a soldier of Indian origin, in the army of the East India Company. Pandey is fighting in the Anglo-Afghan Wars and saves the life of his British commanding officer, William Gordon. Gordon is indebted to Pandey and a strong friendship develops between them, transcending both rank and race.
as Mangal Pandey
as Heera
as Captain William Gordon
as Jwala
as Narrator (uncredited)
as Lol Bibi
as Captain Hewson
as Bahadur Shah Zafar
as Rani Laxmibai
as Nana Saheb
as Mr. Kent
as Lord Charles Canning
as Watson
as Bakht Khan
as Azimullah Khan
as Tatya Tope
as Jemadar Ishwari Prasad
as Shaikh Paltu
as Dawar Ali
as Officer Lockwood
as General Anson
as Yasmin
as Parmanand Jha
as Kamla Singh, wife of Vir Singh
as Old woman, mother of Vir Singh
as Kripashankar Singh
as Bhujavan Shukla
