Sakthivel 'Velu' Naicker
Kamal Haasan
Selvam
Janagaraj
Shakila
Tara
Durai
Vijayan
Reddy
R. N. Sudarshan
R. N. K. Prasad
R. N. Jayagopal
Rathnavelu Naicker, Velu's Father
Kitty
Police commissioner
A. R. Srinivasan
Chandrakant Kohli
Goga Kapoor
Minister of Law & Public Affairs
Prathapa Chandran
Babitha
Neela
Saranya Ponvannan
Self (Special appearance in the song "Nila Adhu Vanathumele")
Kuyili
Young Shakthivel
Aditya V. Modi
Charumati
Karthika
Iyer
Delhi Ganesh
Ajit Kelkar
Tinnu Anand
Surya
Nizhalgal Ravi
Assistant Commissioner Patil
Nassar
Inspector Kelkar
Pradeep Shakti
Hussain Bhai
M. V. Vasudeva Rao
Playback Singer
K. S. Chithra
Director
Mani Ratnam
Writer
Director of Photography
P. C. Sreeram
P. Susheela
Original Music Composer
Ilaiyaraaja
Lyricist
T. L. Maharajan
Editor
B. Lenin
Pulamaipithan
Art Direction
Thotta Tharani
Mano
Jamuna Rani
M. S. Rajeswari
Dialogue
Balakumaran
V. T. Vijayan
Producer
Muktha Srinivasan
Muktha Ramasami
G. Venkateswaran