Kamal Haasan as Sakthivel 'Velu' Naicker

Janagaraj as Selvam

Saranya Ponvannan as Neela

Karthika as Charumati

Delhi Ganesh as Iyer

Tinnu Anand as Ajit Kelkar

Nizhalgal Ravi as Surya

Nassar as Assistant Commissioner Patil

Pradeep Shakti as Inspector Kelkar

M. V. Vasudeva Rao as Hussain Bhai

Tara as Shakila

Vijayan as Durai

R. N. Sudarshan as Reddy

R. N. K. Prasad as Reddy

R. N. Jayagopal as Reddy

Kitty as Rathnavelu Naicker, Velu's Father

A. R. Srinivasan as Police commissioner

Goga Kapoor as Chandrakant Kohli

Prathapa Chandran as Minister of Law & Public Affairs

Babitha as

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

Aditya V. Modi as Young Shakthivel