"Karikaalan consistently fights to keep the people of Dharavi, a slum in Mumbai, safe from the clutches of mighty politicians and the land mafia don, Hari Dhadha."
Rajinikanth
as Karikaalan Vengaiyan 'Kaala'
Nana Patekar
as Haridev Abhayankar 'Hari Dhadha'
Samuthirakani
as Vaaliyappan
Easwari Rao
as Selvi Karikaalan
Huma Qureshi
as Zareena
Manikandan
as Lenin
Anjali Patil
as Charumathi 'Puyal'
Aruldoss
as MLA
Dhileban
as Selvam
Sayaji Shinde
as Minister
Sakshi Agarwal
as Karikaalan's Daughter-in-Law
Sampath Raj
as Vishnu Bhai
Ravi Kale
as Sunil
Pankaj Tripathi
as SP Pankaj Patil
Aravind Akash
as Shivaji Gaekwod Rao
Yatin Karyekar
as
Ramesh Thilak
as Journalist
Arundhathi Nair
Shan Sharif Khan
as Shan
Supergood Subramani
Nithish Veera
as Kathiravan
Karuppu Nambiyar
Vishalini Daniel
as Devi
Pradeep Kabra
Kabilan
Lyricist
Roshan Jamrock
Playback Singer
Harihara Sudhan
Pradeep Kumar
Arivu
Ananthu
Shankar Mahadevan
Yogi B
Uma Devi
Vijay Prakash
Dhilip Subbarayan
Stunt Coordinator
S P Chokkalingam
Production Executive
Varun Grover
R Tamizh Thendral
Additional Director of Photography
R. Saravanan
Still Photographer
Sandy
Choreographer
Riaz K. Ahmed
Public Relations
Red Dot Pawan
Publicist
Brinda
Pa. Ranjith
Screenplay
Dialogue
Santhosh Narayanan
Original Music Composer
Director
Story
Anthony Ruban
Sound Designer
G. Murali
Director of Photography
Dhanush
Producer
Sreekar Prasad
Editor
T. Ramalingam
Art Direction
Arunraja Kamaraj
Dhee
Anu Vardhan
Costume Design
Suresh Mari
Co-Director
Sidharth Viswanath
Assistant Director