Kamal Haasan

Sakthivel 'Velu' Naicker

Janagaraj

Selvam

Saranya Ponvannan

Neela

Karthika

Charumati

Delhi Ganesh

Iyer

Tinnu Anand

Ajit Kelkar

Nizhalgal Ravi

Surya

Nassar

Assistant Commissioner Patil

Pradeep Shakti

Inspector Kelkar

M. V. Vasudeva Rao

Hussain Bhai

Tara

Shakila

Vijayan

Durai

R. N. Sudarshan

Reddy

R. N. K. Prasad

Reddy

R. N. Jayagopal

Reddy

Kitty

Rathnavelu Naicker, Velu's Father

A. R. Srinivasan

Police commissioner

Goga Kapoor

Chandrakant Kohli

Prathapa Chandran

Minister of Law & Public Affairs

Babitha

Kuyili

Self (Special appearance in the song "Nila Adhu Vanathumele")

Aditya V. Modi

Young Shakthivel

Pulamaipithan

Lyricist

Ilaiyaraaja

Lyricist

Mani Ratnam

Writer

Balakumaran

Dialogue

Thotta Tharani

Art Direction

Jamuna Rani

Playback Singer

Ilaiyaraaja

Playback Singer

Kamal Haasan

Playback Singer

P. Susheela

Playback Singer

Ilaiyaraaja

Original Music Composer

Mano

Playback Singer

T. L. Maharajan

Playback Singer

M. S. Rajeswari

Playback Singer

K. S. Chithra

Playback Singer

P. C. Sreeram

Director of Photography

Mani Ratnam

Director

G. Venkateswaran

Producer

Muktha Ramasami

Producer

Muktha Srinivasan

Producer

V. T. Vijayan

Editor

B. Lenin

Editor