நாயகன்

Kamal Haasan

as Sakthivel 'Velu' Naicker

Janagaraj

as Selvam

Saranya Ponvannan

as Neela

Karthika

as Charumati

Delhi Ganesh

as Iyer

Tinnu Anand

as Ajit Kelkar

Nizhalgal Ravi

as Surya

Nassar

as Assistant Commissioner Patil

Pradeep Shakti

as Inspector Kelkar

M. V. Vasudeva Rao

as Hussain Bhai

Tara

as Shakila

Vijayan

as Durai

R. N. Sudarshan

as Reddy

R. N. K. Prasad

as Reddy

R. N. Jayagopal

as Reddy

Kitty

as Rathnavelu Naicker, Velu's Father

A. R. Srinivasan

as Police commissioner

Goga Kapoor

as Chandrakant Kohli

Prathapa Chandran

as Minister of Law & Public Affairs

Babitha

as

Kuyili

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

Aditya V. Modi

as Young Shakthivel