"A classical bharathanatyam dancer and a nathaswaram player fall in love against the wishes of her family."
Sivaji Ganesan
as Nadaswara Chakravarthi "Sikkal" Shanmugasundaram
Padmini
as Mohanambal
T. S. Balaiah
as Muthurakku
Manorama
as "Jil Jil" Ramamani
A. V. M. Rajan
as Thangarathnam
Ambika Sukumaran
as Maragatham
C. K. Saraswathi
as Vadivambal
K. Balaji
as "Singapuram Minor" Chelladurai
M. N. Nambiar
as Maharaja of Madhanpur
M. Saroja
as Abaranji Vethalai Petti
Nagesh
as "Savadal" Vaithi
Udaya Chandrika
as Singaram's wife
K. A. Thangavelu
as Nattuvanar Muthukumara Swamy
M. Bhanumathi
as Mary
T. R. Ramachandran
as Varathan
Chittoor V. Nagayya
as Sundaram's Nadaswaram teacher
Shanmugasundari
as Veena player in Mohana's troupe
S. V. Sahasranamam
as Saint living in Thiruvarur
K. Sarangapani
as Sakthivel
E. R. Sahadevan
as 'Minor' Nagalingam
A. Karunanidhi
as Sudalai
P. D. Sambandam
as Thaalam player in Sundaram's troupe
Senthamarai
as Kadambavanam
S. Rama Rao
as
Kallapart Natarajan
T. N. Sivathanu
M. N. Rajan
Editor
T. R. Natarajan
K. V. Mahadevan
Original Music Composer
K. S. Prasad
Director of Photography
A. P. Nagarajan
Producer
Screenplay
Director
Kothamangalam Subbu
Novel
