| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
 B. Lenin | Crew | Editing | Editor |
 Balakumaran | Crew | Writing | Dialogue |
 Ilaiyaraaja | Crew | Sound | Original Music Composer, Playback Singer, Lyricist |
 Kamal Haasan | Crew | Sound | Playback Singer |
 Mani Ratnam | Crew | Directing | Director, Writer |
Mano | Crew | Sound | Playback Singer |
 P. Susheela | Crew | Sound | Playback Singer |
 P. C. Sreeram | Crew | Camera | Director of Photography |
Thotta Tharani | Crew | Art | Art Direction |
G. Venkateswaran | Crew | Production | Producer |
V. T. Vijayan | Crew | Editing | Editor |
Muktha Srinivasan | Crew | Production | Producer |
Muktha Ramasami | Crew | Production | Producer |
Pulamaipithan | Crew | Writing | Lyricist |
 K. S. Chithra | Crew | Sound | Playback Singer |
 T. L. Maharajan | Crew | Sound | Playback Singer |
Jamuna Rani | Crew | Sound | Playback Singer |
M. S. Rajeswari | Crew | Sound | Playback Singer |
 Delhi Ganesh | Cast | Actor | Iyer |
 Goga Kapoor | Cast | Actor | Chandrakant Kohli |
 Janagaraj | Cast | Actor | Selvam |
Kamal Haasan | Cast | Actor | Sakthivel 'Velu' Naicker |
 Karthika | Cast | Actress | Charumati |
 Nassar | Cast | Actor | Assistant Commissioner Patil |
 Nizhalgal Ravi | Cast | Actor | Surya |
Pradeep Shakti | Cast | Actor | Inspector Kelkar |
 Prathapa Chandran | Cast | Actor | Minister of Law & Public Affairs |
 Tinnu Anand | Cast | Actor | Ajit Kelkar |
Kuyili | Cast | Actress | Self (Special appearance in the song "Nila Adhu Vanathumele") |
 Vijayan | Cast | Actor | Durai |
 Tara | Cast | Actress | Shakila |
 A. R. Srinivasan | Cast | Actor | Police commissioner |
 Saranya Ponvannan | Cast | Actress | Neela |
 Kitty | Cast | Actor | Rathnavelu Naicker, Velu's Father |
M. V. Vasudeva Rao | Cast | Actor | Hussain Bhai |
R. N. Sudarshan | Cast | Actor | Reddy |
R. N. Jayagopal | Cast | Reddy | |
R. N. K. Prasad | Cast | Reddy | |
Babitha | Cast | Actress | |
| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
