Rajinikanth
Padayappa
Sivaji Ganesan
Padayappa's Father
Ramya Krishnan
Neelambari
Soundarya
Vasundhara
Lakshmi
Padayappa's Mother
Sithara
Padayappa's Sister
Radha Ravi
Neelambari's Father
Nassar
Suryaprakash
Manivannan
Padayappa's Father's Foster Brother
Senthil
Azhagesan
Abbas
Chandraprakash
Preetha Vijayakumar
Anitha
Ramesh Khanna
Padayappa's friend
Vadivukarasi
Padayappa's Friend
Mansoor Ali Khan
Krishnasamy Mudaliar
Prakash Raj
Police Officer Subramaniam (Special Appearance)
Vasu Vikram
Padayappa's cousin
Raja Ravindra
Padayappa's cousin
Lavanya
Suryapraksh's Wife
Kanal Kannan
Farmer told by Neelambari to kill the snake
K. S. Ravikumar
Special Appearance in "Kikku Yerudhey" Song
Robo Shankar
(uncredited)
Mahendran
Anu Mohan
Chinnarasu
Sathyapriya
Neelambari's Mother
Mohan Raman
Lawyer
Ravi Raghavendra
Ravi Chellaiah
Kovai Senthil
A village man