Thevar Magan

London-educated Saktivelu returns to India and wants to open a chain of restaurants in Chennai. His father, however, wishes that he would stay back and help the villagers.

Kamal Haasan

'Sakthi' Sakthivel

Sivaji Ganesan

Periya Thevar

Revathi

Panchavarnam

Gautami Tadimalla

'Bhanu' Bhanumathi

Nassar

Maya Thevar

Kallapart Natarajan

Paramasivam

Kaaka Radhakrishnan

Chinna Thevar

Sangili Murugan

Kanakku

Vadivelu

Esakki

Thalaivasal Vijay

Sakthi's elder brother

Renuka

S. N. Lakshmi

Maya Thevar's mother

Ganthimathi

Madhan Bob

Lawyer

Ajay Rathnam

S. Maruthupandi

Neelima Rani

Maya Thevar's daughter