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(Credited cast)| Balraj Sahni | ... | Salim Mirza | |
| Farooq Shaikh | ... | Sikandar | |
| Gita Siddharth | ... | Amina | |
| A.K. Hangal | |||
| Shaukat Azmi | (as Shaukat Kaifi) | ||
| Jalal Agha | ... | Shamshad | |
| Dinanath Zutshi | ... | Halim | |
| Jamal Hashmi | ... | Kazim | |
| Vikas Anand | |||
| Begum Badar | |||
| Shanta Agarwal | |||
| Kalpana Sahni | |||
| Abu Siwani | |||
| Yunus Parvez | |||
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| Rajendra Raghuvanshi | |||
| Gita Sen | |||
| Raj Verma | |||
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The partition not only affected those who were displaced but also those who decided to stay back. And the minorities who decided to stay back amongst the majorities found themselves in a strange situation; suddenly they were outsiders in their own country and people viewed them with suspicion. 'Garam Hawa' deals with such issues with great sensitivity and perhaps is one of the best movies ever made on post partition.
Salim Mirza, brilliantly played by Balraj Sahney, is one such Muslim who stays back in India. India is a new democracy and has its problems of poverty and unemployment and Salim Mirza and his family has to fight to find its identity and respect in the country they chose not to leave. Sikandar, played by Farooq Shaikh, is Salim Mirza's unemployed son who is often told on his face that he might have a better chance in Pakistan but like his father he is determined. The family suffers a great deal for its decision but doesn't give up. I am sure everyone who was present during those days can identify with something in this story.
The grandmother wanting to die in her ancestral home and her whole life flashing before her eyes before she dies is an unforgettable scene.