Kamal Haasan

as Sathyamurthy

Amala Akkineni

as Geetha Nair

Rajesh

as Mariappa

Nassar

as Seena Thana

Vadivukarasi

as Sathya's stepmother

Janagaraj

as Naidu

Bahadoor

as Mudaliar

Kitty

as Dhandapani

Anand

as Sathya's friend

Vaali

as Mariappa's associate

Kaviyoor Ponnamma

as Malayali shop-owner

Kavithalaya Krishnan

as Mudaliar's employer

R.S. Shivaji

Pradeep Shakti

G. M. Sundar

as Sathya's Friend

Delhi Ganesh

as Ramanathan

Baby Indira

as Radha

Ponnambalam

as Henchman

Rasi

as Sudha

Nellai Sarathi

as School teacher

S. Sathyendra

Idichapuli Selvaraj