Kamal Haasan as Raja

Sridevi as Bhuvana

Rajinikanth as 'Pichuva' Pakkiri

Nagesh as Mannargudi Minor

Jai Ganesh as Mohanasundaram

Major Sundarrajan as Jameen

Thengai Srinivasan as Master of Drama

Sukumari as Sivagami

Madhu Malini as Jaya

Suruli Rajan as Sigamani

Sachu as Servant

V. Gopalakrishnan as

Y. G. Mahendran as Drama artist

Idichapuli Selvaraj as Drama artist

Typist Gopu as Karkoda

Pakoda Kadhar as Kadhar