Kamal Haasan

Michael / Madan / Kameshwaran / Raju

Khushboo

Shalini

Urvashi

Tiruppura Sundari

Santhana Bharathi

Michael's foster father

Delhi Ganesh

Palakkad Mani Iyer

Manorama

GangaBai, ChakkuBai's mother

S. N. Lakshmi

Sundari's grandmother

Crazy Mohan

Venniradai Moorthy

Shalini's father

Nagesh

Avinashi

Nassar

RamGopal, Madhan's cousin

Jayabharathi

Sushila

R.S. Shivaji

David

Rupini

Chakku Bai

R. N. K. Prasad

Venugopal

Singeetam Srinivasa Rao