Sivaji Ganesan as Karnan

N.T. Rama Rao as Krishna

Savitri as Bhanumathi

Devika as Subhangi

M. V. Rajamma as Kunti Devi

S. A. Asokan as Duryodhanan

R. Muthuraman as Arjunan

O. A. K. Thevar as Kanagan

Javar Seetharaman as Bhishma

T. S. Muthaiah as Shakuni

R. Balasubramaniam as Parashuramar

V. S. Raghavan as Viduran

S. V. Ramadas as Indiran

Shanmugasundaram as Shalliyan

Sridhar as Meghanathan

Sobhan Babu as Chandran

Samikannu as Iyer

Kuladeivam Rajagopal as Kabandhan

Kumari Rukmini as Adhirathan's wife, Radhai

G. Sakunthala as Friend Mangala

Jayanthi as Draupadi

Kalpana as Fairy Goddess