Senthil  as Panneerselvam Nedumudi Venu  as Krishnaswamy Kasturi  as Kasthuri Nizhalgal Ravi [ edit ] Production In June 1995, producer  A. M. Rathnam  signed on  Shankar , who had directed two blockbusters in  Gentleman  (1993) and  Kaadhalan  (1994), to make a new venture featuring leading actor  Kamal Haasan  in the lead