Kamal Haasan as 'Sakthi' Sakthivel

Sivaji Ganesan as Periya Thevar

Nassar as Maya Thevar

Revathi as Panchavarnam

Gautami Tadimalla as 'Bhanu' Bhanumathi

Kallapart Natarajan as Paramasivam

Kaaka Radhakrishnan as Chinna Thevar

Sangili Murugan as Kanakku

Vadivelu as Esakki

Thalaivasal Vijay as Sakthi's elder brother

S. N. Lakshmi as Maya Thevar's mother

Ganthimathi as

Madhan Bob as Lawyer

Ajay Rathnam as S. Maruthupandi

Neelima Rani as Maya Thevar's daughter

Renuka as