Rajinikanth as Kochadaiiyaan, Ranadheeran "Rana" and Senadheeran "Sena"

Deepika Padukone as Princess Vadhana Devi

R. Sarathkumar as Sengodagan

Shobana as Princess Yaaghavi Mahadevaki Devi

Aadhi Pinisetty as Veera Mahendra

Jackie Shroff as Raja Mahendra

Nassar as Rishikodagan

Rukmini Vijayakumar as Yamuna Devi

Shanmugarajan as Devadhevan

Ramesh Khanna as Nagesh

Soundarya Rajinikanth as Special Appearance in "Engae Pogutho Vaanam" Song

Amitabh Bachchan as Narrator (voice)