Ayan (film) - Cast

Cast

• Surya Sivakumar as Devaraj Velusamy. Deva is a post-graduate whose mother, Kaveri, wants him to get a government job. His mischievous attitude appeals to the eyes of Yamuna. Deva, who also expresses his love to Yamuna, prioritises Dass before anything else, as he shows great respect to him.
• Tamannaah as Yamuna. Yamuna, the sister of Deva's friend Chitti, falls in love with Deva after an incident with him at her house. She also assists Deva to help expose the Kamalesh's smuggling business.
• Prabhu Ganesan as Arumuga Dass. Dass is a smuggler of diamonds who has receives the diamonds from errands ran by his right-hand, Deva. Dass is disrespected by Kaveri, whose husband was once killed while working for him. Dass gets killed in a collision with an oiler tank, perpetrated by Kamalesh.
• Akashdeep Saighal as Kamalesh. Kamalesh is the main opponent of Dass, who is jealous of Dass' growth in the smuggling business. He finds ways to buy the clients of Dass, without success however. A cold-hearted business minded character, he kills his father who opposes him when he is found smuggling drugs. Kamalesh gets killed by Deva during the climax of the film.
• Jagan as Chitti Babu. Chitti is Deva's best friend and the older brother of Yamuna. He is caught betraying Dass, as he is really a henchman of Kamalesh. Kamalesh's gang kills him when they are ordered to remove the packets of heroin from his stomach.
• Karunas as Dilli. Dilli is part of Dass' crew of smuggling who often forgets to plug in his hearing device. He is suspected by Dass when he finds out his information is being leaked out.
• Ponvannan as Parthiban IRS. The Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax,Air Intelligence Unit at the Chennai Airport who often receives information about Deva smuggling goods during his flight trips. Once Deva finds ways of hiding the goods, Parthiban is dumbfounded when he finds Deva to be clean of smuggled items.
• Renuka as Kaveri Velusamy. Kaveri, a widow, is Deva's mother. She is often strict with Deva as she does not want him having affairs with Dass and his smuggling crew.
• Koena Mitra in an item number. Appears during the song "Honey Honey".