Sivaji Ganesan

Nadaswara Chakravarthi "Sikkal" Shanmugasundaram

Padmini

Mohanambal

T. S. Balaiah

Muthurakku

Manorama

"Jil Jil" Ramamani

A. V. M. Rajan

Thangarathnam

Ambika Sukumaran

Maragatham

C. K. Saraswathi

Vadivambal

K. Balaji

"Singapuram Minor" Chelladurai

M. N. Nambiar

Maharaja of Madhanpur

M. Saroja

Abaranji Vethalai Petti

Nagesh

"Savadal" Vaithi

Udaya Chandrika

Singaram's wife

K. A. Thangavelu

Nattuvanar Muthukumara Swamy

M. Bhanumathi

Mary

T. R. Ramachandran

Varathan

Chittoor V. Nagayya

Sundaram's Nadaswaram teacher

Shanmugasundari

Veena player in Mohana's troupe

S. V. Sahasranamam

Saint living in Thiruvarur

K. Sarangapani

Sakthivel

E. R. Sahadevan

'Minor' Nagalingam

A. Karunanidhi

Sudalai

P. D. Sambandam

Thaalam player in Sundaram's troupe

Senthamarai

Kadambavanam

S. Rama Rao

Kallapart Natarajan

T. N. Sivathanu