Riven

Kamal Haasan

as Sakthivel 'Velu' Naicker

Saranya Ponvannan

as Neela

Karthika

as Charumati

Janagaraj

as Selvam

Vijayan

as Durai

M. V. Vasudeva Rao

as Hussain Bhai

Delhi Ganesh

as Iyer

Nizhalgal Ravi

as Surya

Nasaar

as Assistant Commissioner Patil

Tara

as Shakila

Babitha

as

Kuyili

as Self (Special appearance in the song "Nila Adhu Vanathumele")

R. N. Sudarshan

as Reddy

A. R. Srinivasan

as Police commissioner

R. N. K. Prasad

as Reddy

R. N. Jayagopal

as Reddy

Goga Kapoor

as Chandrakant Kohli

Pradeep Shakti

as Inspector Kelkar

Kitty

as Rathnavelu Naicker, Velu's Father

Tinnu Anand

as Ajit Kelkar

Prathapa Chandran

as Minister of Law & Public Affairs

Aditya V. Modi

as Young Shakthivel

Pulamaipithan

Lyricist

Thotta Tharani

Art Direction

Jamuna Rani

Playback Singer

Ilaiyaraaja

Playback Singer

Kamal Haasan

Playback Singer

P. Susheela

Playback Singer

Ilaiyaraaja

Lyricist

Ilaiyaraaja

Original Music Composer

Mano

Playback Singer

P. C. Sreeram

Director of Photography

T. L. Maharajan

Playback Singer

M. S. Rajeswari

Playback Singer

K. S. Chithra

Playback Singer

Mani Ratnam

Director

Balakumaran

Dialogue

G. Venkateswaran

Producer

V. T. Vijayan

Editor

B. Lenin

Editor

Muktha Ramasami

Producer

Muktha Srinivasan

Producer

Murali-Suresh

Still Photographer

Mugur Sundar

Choreographer

Super Subbarayan

Stunt Coordinator

Mani Ratnam

Story

Mani Ratnam

Screenplay