Kaala is a 2018 Indian Tamil-language action drama film written and directed by Pa. Ranjith and produced by Dhanush, under his production house Wunderbar Films. Starring Rajinikanth in the lead role, the film was announced in 2016. The film's title and first look poster was released in late May 2017. The film was also dubbed into Telugu and Malayalam languages and release under the same title and in Hindi as Kaala Karikalan. Rajinikanth as Karikaalan "Kaala", the head of the Tamil people of Dharavi who wants to protect the area and his people
Nana Patekar as Haridev Abhayankar (Hari Dhadha), Union Minister of Acting Party and old rowdy who killed Kaala's father Venggaiyan
Eswari Rao as Selvi, Kaala's wife who gets killed by Hari Dhadha
Huma Qureshi as Zareena, Kaala's ex-girlfriend and a slum clearance builder from Africa who returns to Dharavi
Samuthirakani as Vaaliyappan, Selvi's brother who fights alongside Kaala
Anjali Patil as Charumathi (Puyal), Lenin's girlfriend and a member of 'Vizhithiru' group who fights alongside Kaala
Dileepan as Selvam, Kaala's second son and a main goon of Kaala but gets killed by Hari Dhadha
Nitish Veera as Kathiravan, Kaala's eldest son who runs his business
Manikandan as Lenin, Kaala's youngest son and the founder of 'Vizhithiru' group who fights alongside Kaala
Vikram as Kaala's third son
Aruldoss as Mani, the MLA of Dharavi
Aravind Akash as Sivaji Rao Gaekwad, a police constable
Sayaji Shinde as Maharashtra Minister
Sampath Raj as Vishnu Bhai, Local MLA and Hari Dhadha's silent goon
Ravi Kale as Inspector Sunil, Hari Dhadha's sidekick
Pankaj Tripathi as SP Pankaj Patil, Hari Dhadha's supporter who gets arrested
Arundhati as Kaala's daughter-in-law
Sakshi Agarwal as Kaala's daughter-in-law
Suganya as Kaala's daughter-in-law
Ramesh Thilak as Praveen, a TV reporter who was responsible in carrying out Pankaj's arrest
Bikramjeet Kanwarpal as Manu Constructions Builder
Dopeadelicz as Dharavi resident
Kanna as Beemji, a Dharavi resident
Suryakanth as MLA Candidate
Anitha as Newsreader
Vishalini as Devi