Kamal Haasan

Avvai Shanmugi / Pandiyan

Meena

Janaki

Gemini Ganesan

Vishwanathan Iyer

Nagesh

Joseph

Manivannan

Mudaliyar

Nassar

Basha

Delhi Ganesh

Sethuram Iyer

Heera Rajgopal

Rathna

Rani

Kousi

Bayilvan Ranganathan

Kavithalaya Krishnan

Lawyer

S. P. Balasubramaniam

Dr. Subbu

Crazy Mohan

Interviewer

Ramesh Aravind

Self

R. Neelakantan

Judge

Vaiyapuri

Flower decorator

Ramesh Khanna

Film director

Kanal Kannan

Rogue

K. S. Ravikumar

Spectator

Peter Hein

Fighter (uncredited)