Sivaji Ganesan
— Nadaswara Chakravarthi "Sikkal" Shanmugasundaram
Padmini
— Mohanambal
T. S. Balaiah
— Muthurakku
Manorama
— "Jil Jil" Ramamani
A. V. M. Rajan
— Thangarathnam
Ambika Sukumaran
— Maragatham
C. K. Saraswathi
— Vadivambal
K. Balaji
— "Singapuram Minor" Chelladurai
M. N. Nambiar
— Maharaja of Madhanpur
M. Saroja
— Abaranji Vethalai Petti
Nagesh
— "Savadal" Vaithi
Udaya Chandrika
— Singaram's wife
K. A. Thangavelu
— Nattuvanar Muthukumara Swamy
M. Bhanumathi
— Mary
T. R. Ramachandran
— Varathan
Chittoor V. Nagayya
— Sundaram's Nadaswaram teacher
Shanmugasundari
— Veena player in Mohana's troupe
S. V. Sahasranamam
— Saint living in Thiruvarur
K. Sarangapani
— Sakthivel
E. R. Sahadevan
— 'Minor' Nagalingam
A. Karunanidhi
— Sudalai
P. D. Sambandam
— Thaalam player in Sundaram's troupe
Senthamarai
— Kadambavanam