Kamal Haasan as Alavuddin

Rajinikanth as Kamaruddin

Jayabharathi as Roshini

Sripriya as Jameela

Gemini Ganesan as Mir Qasim

S. A. Asokan as Vilakku Bootham, The Genie

Savitri as Alavuddin's mother

Ravikumar as Fasul Jamal

T. P. Madhavan as Abdulla (Malayalam)

T. K. Bhagavathi as Abdulla, Alavuddin's Uncle (Tamil)

Sankaradi as Jameela's Father (Malayalam)

V. S. Raghavan as Jameela's Father (Tamil)

Sukumari as Ayishaumma

Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair as Shehansha (Malayalam)

P. S. Veerappa as Shehansha (Tamil)

R. S. Manohar as Magician

V. K. Ramasamy as

Meena as Fatima

Sreelatha Namboothiri as Kunal

Lalithasree as Sainaba

Jose as Aboobakkar

Cochin Haneefa as Yusuf

Adoor Bhasi as Mohammad

Bahadoor as Meerkashim

Helen as Cabaret dancer

Bindu Desai as Cabaret dancer

Jayshree Talpade as Cabaret dancer