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Kamal Haasan as Sakthivel 'Velu' Naicker |
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Saranya Ponvannan as Neela |
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Karthika as Charumati |
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Janagaraj as Selvam |
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Vijayan as Durai |
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M. V. Vasudeva Rao as Hussain Bhai |
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Delhi Ganesh as Iyer |
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நிழல்கள் ரவி as Surya |
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Nassar as Assistant Commissioner Patil |
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Tara as Shakila |
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Babitha as |
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Kuyili as Self (Special appearance in the song "Nila Adhu Vanathumele") |
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R. N. Sudarshan as Reddy |
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A. R. Srinivasan as Police commissioner |
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R. N. K. Prasad as Reddy |
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R. N. Jayagopal as Reddy |
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Goga Kapoor as Chandrakant Kohli |
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Pradeep Shakti as Inspector Kelkar |
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Kitty as Rathnavelu Naicker, Velu's Father |
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Tinnu Anand as Ajit Kelkar |
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Prathapa Chandran as Minister of Law & Public Affairs |
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Aditya V. Modi as Young Shakthivel |
| Writing | Pulamaipithan | Lyricist |
| Art | Thotta Tharani | Art Direction |
| Sound | Jamuna Rani | Playback Singer |
| Sound | இளையராஜா | Playback Singer |
| Sound | Kamal Haasan | Playback Singer |
| Sound | P. Susheela | Playback Singer |
| Writing | இளையராஜா | Lyricist |
| Sound | இளையராஜா | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Mano | Playback Singer |
| Camera | P. C. Sreeram | Director of Photography |
| Sound | T. L. Maharajan | Playback Singer |
| Sound | M. S. Rajeswari | Playback Singer |
| Sound | K. S. Chithra | Playback Singer |
| Directing | Mani Ratnam | Director |
| Writing | Balakumaran | Dialogue |
| Production | G. Venkateswaran | Producer |
| Editing | V. T. Vijayan | Editor |
| Editing | B. Lenin | Editor |
| Production | Muktha Ramasami | Producer |
| Production | Muktha Srinivasan | Producer |
| Camera | Murali-Suresh | Still Photographer |
| Crew | Mugur Sundar | Choreographer |
| Crew | Super Subbarayan | Stunt Coordinator |
| Writing | Mani Ratnam | Story |
| Writing | Mani Ratnam | Screenplay |
