Kamal Haasan
— Sakthivel 'Velu' Naicker
Saranya Ponvannan
— Neela
Karthika
— Charumati
Janagaraj
— Selvam
Vijayan
— Durai
M. V. Vasudeva Rao
— Hussain Bhai
Delhi Ganesh
— Iyer
Nizhalgal Ravi
— Surya
Nassar
— Assistant Commissioner Patil
Tara
— Shakila
Babitha
Kuyili
— Self (Special appearance in the song "Nila Adhu Vanathumele")
R. N. Sudarshan
— Reddy
A. R. Srinivasan
— Police commissioner
R. N. K. Prasad
— Reddy
R. N. Jayagopal
— Reddy
Goga Kapoor
— Chandrakant Kohli
Pradeep Shakti
— Inspector Kelkar
Kitty
— Rathnavelu Naicker, Velu's Father
Tinnu Anand
— Ajit Kelkar
Prathapa Chandran
— Minister of Law & Public Affairs
Aditya V. Modi
— Young Shakthivel