மகாநதி

Kamal Haasan

as Krishnaswamy

Poornam Viswanathan

as Panjapakesan 'Iyer'

S. N. Lakshmi

as Saraswathi Ammal

Cochin Haneefa

as Dhanush

Sukanya

as Yamuna

Mahanadhi Shobana

as Kaveri (young)

Mahanadi Dinesh

as Bharani

Mahanadhi Shankar

as Thulukaanam

Rajesh

as Muthusamy

Tulasi

as Manju

Mohan Natrajan

as Venkatachalam

Thalaivasal Vijay

as Mannangkatti

Sangita

as Kaveri (older, uncredited)

Sethu Vinayagam

as