Cast 22

1. 

   Kamal Haasan

   Sakthivel 'Velu' Naicker

2. 

   Janagaraj

   Selvam

3. 

   Saranya Ponvannan

   Neela

4. 

   Karthika

   Charumati

5. 

   Delhi Ganesh

   Iyer

6. 

   Tinnu Anand

   Ajit Kelkar

7. 

   Nizhalgal Ravi

   Surya

8. 

   Nassar

   Assistant Commissioner Patil

9. Pradeep Shakti

   Inspector Kelkar

10. M. V. Vasudeva Rao

    Hussain Bhai

11. 

    Tara

    Shakila

12. 

    Vijayan

    Durai

13. R. N. Sudarshan

    Reddy

14. R. N. K. Prasad

    Reddy

15. R. N. Jayagopal

    Reddy

16. 

    Kitty

    Rathnavelu Naicker, Velu's Father

17. 

    A. R. Srinivasan

    Police commissioner

18. 

    Goga Kapoor

    Chandrakant Kohli

19. 

    Prathapa Chandran

    Minister of Law & Public Affairs

20. Babitha

21. Kuyili

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

22. Aditya V. Modi

    Young Shakthivel

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