Rajinikanth as Padayappa

Sivaji Ganesan as Padayappa's Father

Ramya Krishnan as Neelambari

Soundarya as Vasundhara

Lakshmi as Padayappa's Mother

Sithara as Padayappa's Sister

Radha Ravi as Neelambari's Father

Nassar as Suryaprakash

Manivannan as Padayappa's Father's Foster Brother

Senthil as Azhagesan

Abbas as Chandraprakash

Preetha Vijayakumar as Anitha

Anu Mohan as Chinnarasu

Ramesh Khanna as Padayappa's friend

Vadivukarasi as Padayappa's Friend

Sathyapriya as Neelambari's Mother

Mansoor Ali Khan as Krishnasamy Mudaliar

Prakash Raj as Police Officer Subramaniam (Special Appearance)

Vasu Vikram as Padayappa's cousin

Raja Ravindra as Padayappa's cousin

Lavanya as Suryapraksh's Wife

Kanal Kannan as Farmer told by Neelambari to kill the snake

Mohan Raman as Lawyer

Ravi Raghavendra as Ravi Chellaiah

K. S. Ravikumar as Special Appearance in "Kikku Yerudhey" Song

Kovai Senthil as A village man

Robo Shankar as (uncredited)

Mahendran as