நாயகன்

Kamal Haasan

Sakthivel 'Velu' Naicker

Saranya Ponvannan

Neela

Karthika

Charumati

Janagaraj

Selvam

Vijayan

Durai

M. V. Vasudeva Rao

Hussain Bhai

Delhi Ganesh

Iyer

Nizhalgal Ravi

Surya

Nassar

Assistant Commissioner Patil

Tara

Shakila

Babitha

Kuyili

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

R. N. Sudarshan

Reddy

A. R. Srinivasan

Police commissioner

R. N. K. Prasad

Reddy

R. N. Jayagopal

Reddy

Goga Kapoor

Chandrakant Kohli

Pradeep Shakti

Inspector Kelkar

Kitty

Rathnavelu Naicker, Velu's Father

Tinnu Anand

Ajit Kelkar

Prathapa Chandran

Minister of Law & Public Affairs

Aditya V. Modi

Young Shakthivel

P. C. Sreeram

Director of Photography

Ilaiyaraaja

Original Music Composer

Pulamaipithan

Lyricist

Ilaiyaraaja

Lyricist

Thotta Tharani

Art Direction

Ilaiyaraaja

Playback Singer

Kamal Haasan

Playback Singer

Mano

Playback Singer

P. Susheela

Playback Singer

K. S. Chithra

Playback Singer

T. L. Maharajan

Playback Singer

Jamuna Rani

Playback Singer

M. S. Rajeswari

Playback Singer

Mani Ratnam

Director

Balakumaran

Dialogue

B. Lenin

Editor

V. T. Vijayan

Editor

Muktha Srinivasan

Producer

Muktha Ramasami

Producer

G. Venkateswaran

Producer

Murali-Suresh

Still Photographer

Mugur Sundar

Choreographer

Super Subbarayan

Stunt Coordinator

Mani Ratnam

Story

Mani Ratnam

Screenplay