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
as 'Sakthi' Sakthivel
Sivaji Ganesan
as Periya Thevar
Nassar
as Maya Thevar
Revathi
as Panchavarnam
Gautami Tadimalla
as 'Bhanu' Bhanumathi
Kallapart Natarajan
as Paramasivam
Kaaka Radhakrishnan
as Chinna Thevar
Sangili Murugan
as Kanakku
Vadivelu
as Esakki
Thalaivasal Vijay
as Sakthi's elder brother
S. N. Lakshmi
as Maya Thevar's mother
Ganthimathi
as
