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Kitty as Rathnavelu Naicker, Velu's Father Saranya Ponvannan as Neela Tinnu Anand as Ajit Kelkar Kamal Haasan as Sakthivel 'Velu' Naicker Janagaraj as Selvam Vijayan as Durai Tara as Shakila R. N. Sudarshan as Reddy A. R. Srinivasan as Police commissioner Goga Kapoor as Chandrakant Kohli Prathapa Chandran as Minister of Law & Public Affairs Delhi Ganesh as Iyer Nassar as Assistant Commissioner Patil Karthika as Charumati Nizhalgal Ravi as Surya

P. C. Sreeram Director of Photography Mano Playback Singer T. L. Maharajan Playback Singer Mani Ratnam Director, Story, Screenplay Super Subbarayan Stunt Coordinator Ilaiyaraaja Original Music Composer, Lyricist, Playback Singer Kamal Haasan Playback Singer P. Susheela Playback Singer K. S. Chithra Playback Singer B. Lenin Editor