Kamal Haasan
— Sathyamurthy
Amala Akkineni
— Geetha Nair
Rajesh
— Mariappa
Nassar
— Seena Thana
Vadivukarasi
— Sathya's stepmother
Janagaraj
— Naidu
Bahadoor
— Mudaliar
Kitty
— Dhandapani
Anand
— Sathya's friend
Vaali
— Mariappa's associate
Kaviyoor Ponnamma
— Malayali shop-owner
Kavithalaya Krishnan
— Mudaliar's employer
R.S. Shivaji
Pradeep Shakti
G. M. Sundar
— Sathya's Friend
Delhi Ganesh
— Ramanathan
Baby Indira
— Radha
Ponnambalam
— Henchman
Rasi
— Sudha
Nellai Sarathi
— School teacher