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

Ilaiyaraaja

Original Music Composer

Kamal Haasan

Playback Singer

S. P. Balasubramaniam

Playback Singer

Lata Mangeshkar

Playback Singer

Suresh Krishna

Director

Vaali

Lyricist

Ananthu

Dialogue

Kamal Haasan

Screenplay

Suresh Krishna

Screenplay

Javed Akhtar

Original Story

Kamal Haasan

Producer

S M Anwar

Director of Photography

N. R. Kittu

Editor