Kamal Haasan as Nalla Sivam

R. Madhavan as Anbarasu

Nassar as Kandasamy Padayachi

Kiran Rathod as Bala

Santhana Bharathi as Kandasamy Padayachi's Assistant

Seema as Balasaraswathi's Mother

Yugi Sethu as Uthaman

R.S. Shivaji as Railway Station master

Vichu Vishwanath as Padayatchi's assistant

Balu Anand as Train Ticket checker for the Coromandel Express[

Ilavarasu as Police Inspector

Muthukalai as Roadside drunkard

Uma Riyaz Khan as Mehrunissa

Pasi Sathya as Tea stall owner

Nellai Siva as Street theatre performer

Thiruppaachi Benjamin as Street theatre performer

Poovilangu Mohan as

Kalairani as

Krishnamoorthy as Union worker

Madhan as Self

Vasanthi Guru as Dancer