Directed by Suresh Krishna

Produced by Rajinikanth

Written by Gopu-Babu / S. Ramakrishnan (Dialogues)

Screenplay by Rajinikanth

Story by Rajinikanth

Starring

Rajinikanth

Manisha Koirala

Sujatha

Ashish Vidhyarthi

Vijayakumar

Nambiar

Sayaji Shinde

Bharath Dhabolkar

Amrish Puri

Kitty

Crane Manohar

Goundamani

Karunas

Delhi Ganesh

Riyaz Khan

Music by A. R. Rahman

Cinematography Chota K. Naidu

Edited by V. T. Vijayan

Production company Lotus International

Distributed by Lotus International

Release date 15 August 2002

Charecter List

Rajinikanth as Baba and Mahavatar Babaji (voice only)

Manisha Koirala as Chamundeeswari

Sujatha as Baba's mother

Ashish Vidhyarthi as Ippo Ramaswamy, deputy chief minister of Tamil Nadu

M. N. Nambiar as Baba's maternal uncle

Vijayakumar as Chamundeeswari's father

Sayaji Shinde as Divyananda Bharathi

Bharat Dabholkar as Chief Minister Purushothaman

Kitty as Bhai

Goundamani as Annamalai

Delhi Ganesh as Perusu

Crane Manohar as Kathirika

Karunas as Samundi

Riyaz Khan as Ramaswamy's son

N. Viswanathan as Baba's father

Seema as Jagadeeshwari, Chamundeeswari's mother

Santhoshi as Rajeshwari, sister

Vaishnavi as Bhuwaneshwari, Chamundeeswari's sister

Sanghavi as Lakshmi

Deepa Venkat as Chamundeeswari's friend

Vasu Vikram

Amrish Puri as Tantrik

Special appearances in alphabetical order

Raghava Lawrence in a special appearance in "Maya Maya" song*

Ramya Krishnan as Neelambari[3]

Nassar as Suryaprakash

Prabhu Deva in a special appearance in "Baba Kichu Kichu Tha" song*

Radha Ravi as Minister of Tourism

Sarath Babu as father of girl saved by Baba

B.H. Tharun Kumar