A fictionalized account of the lives of 1980s Tamil Nadu political icons M. G. Ramachandran and M. Karunanidhi, continuing the tryst between Tamil cinema and Dravidian politics.
Cast
Mohanlal
Anandan
Prakash Raj
Tamil Selvam
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Pushpavalli / Kalpana
Gautami Tadimalla
Ramani
Revathi
Marathagam
Tabu
Senthamarai
Nassar
Ayya Veluthambi
Kaaka Radhakrishnan
Kasi
Major Sundarrajan
Police Officer
Rajesh
Madhivanan
Delhi Ganesh
Nambi
Nizhalgal Ravi
Ramani's uncle
Kalpana Iyer
Anand's Mother
S. N. Lakshmi
Tamizhselvan's Mother
Gowtham Sundararajan
Arivazhagan
Sujitha
Tamizhselvan's Daughter
Vishnu Varadhan
Tamizhselvan's Son
Monica
Manimegalai,Tamizhselvan's daughter
Laxmi Rattan
Arjun Doss
C. K. Saraswathi
Unknown
P. L. Narayana
Ramaswamy
Cheenu Mohan
Assistant Director
Madhoo
Cameo appearance in song Narumugaye
Rohini
Pushpavalli / Kalpana (voice)
Crew
Vairamuthu
Poem, Lyricist
Mani Ratnam
Director, Screenplay, Story, Producer
Suhasini Maniratnam
Screenplay, Executive Producer, Dialogue
Suresh Urs
Editor
Santosh Sivan
Director of Photography
V. Priya
Assistant Director
Susi Ganesan
Assistant Director
G. Srinivasan
Producer
AS Laxmi Narayanan
Sound Designer, Sound Mixer
A.R. Rahman
Original Music Composer, Playback Singer
Farah Khan
Choreographer
Asha Bhosle
Playback Singer
Rajagopal
Playback Singer
Harini
Playback Singer
P. Unnikrishnan
Playback Singer
Sandhya J. K.
Playback Singer
Arvind Swamy
Playback Singer
Bombay Jayashri
Playback Singer
Mano
Playback Singer
Dominique Cerejo
Playback Singer
Hariharan
Playback Singer
S. P. Balasubramaniam
Playback Singer
Samir Chanda
Art Direction
