Kamal Haasan as Krishnaswamy

Poornam Viswanathan as Panjapakesan 'Iyer'

S. N. Lakshmi as Saraswathi Ammal

Cochin Haneefa as Dhanush

Sukanya as Yamuna

Mahanadhi Shobana as Kaveri (young)

Mahanadi Dinesh as Bharani

Mahanadhi Shankar as Thulukaanam

Rajesh as Muthusamy

Tulasi as Manju

Mohan Natrajan as Venkatachalam

Thalaivasal Vijay as Mannangkatti

Sangita as Kaveri (older, uncredited)

Sethu Vinayagam as