Kamal Haasan as Sakthivel 'Velu' Naicker

Saranya Ponvannan as Neela

Karthika as Charumati

Janagaraj as Selvam

Vijayan as Durai

M. V. Vasudeva Rao as Hussain Bhai

Delhi Ganesh as Iyer

Nizhalgal Ravi as Surya

Nassar as Assistant Commissioner Patil

Tara as Shakila

Babitha as

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

R. N. Sudarshan as Reddy

A. R. Srinivasan as Police commissioner

R. N. K. Prasad as Reddy

R. N. Jayagopal as Reddy

Goga Kapoor as Chandrakant Kohli

Pradeep Shakti as Inspector Kelkar

Kitty as Rathnavelu Naicker, Velu's Father

Tinnu Anand as Ajit Kelkar

Prathapa Chandran as Minister of Law & Public Affairs

Aditya V. Modi as Young Shakthivel