Rajinikanth

as Raja Lingeswaran / Lingaa

Anushka Shetty

as Lakshmi

Sonakshi Sinha

as Bharathi

Santhanam

as Lingaa's Friend

Karunakaran

as Kothandam

Jagapati Babu

as Nagabooshan

Dev Gill

as Freedom fighter

Brahmanandam

as Raja Varman

Radha Ravi

as Kavi Bharathi

Vijayakumar

as Karunakara's father

Nizhalgal Ravi

as Zamindar of Rayakottai

Sundarrajan

as Sambandham

Manobala

as Train Loco Pilot

Ilavarasu

as Sami Pillai

Ponvannan

as Government officer

Anu Mohan

as Shanmugam

Lauren J. Irwin

as Collector's wife

William Orendorff

as British Governor

K. S. Ravikumar

as "Finishing" Kumar

Jayaprakash

as Government officer

Madhan Bob

as Merchant

Crane Manohar

as Merchant's security guard

Vasu Vikram

as Nagabooshan's assistant

Ravi Mariya

as Hotel manager

Rajkamal

as Hotel security

C. Ranganathan

as Hotel chief security guard

Vishalini Daniel