Chennai Express

Deepika Padukone

Meenalochni 'Meenamma' Azhagusundaram

Shah Rukh Khan

Rahul Mithaiwala

Nikitin Dheer

Tangaballi (Meenamma's fiancé)

Sathyaraj

Durgeshwara 'Durgesh' Azhagusundaram (Meenamma's father)

Mukesh Tiwari

Inspector Shamsher Singh

Lekh Tandon

Bhishambhar Mithaiwala (Rahul's grandfather)

Kamini Kaushal

Neetu Bhishambhar Mithaiwala (Rahul's grandmother)

Puvisha Manoharan

Radhika 'Radha' Azhagusundaram (Meenamma's cousin)

Manu Malik

Baman (Rahul's friend)

Rakesh Kukreti

Bobby (Rahul's friend)

Mohan V. Raman

Village Priest

Yogi Babu

Sri Lankan smuggler

Jasper

Durgeshwara's Henchman

Besant Ravi

Durgeshwara's Henchman known as 'Periya Anna'

King Kong

Passerby

Jimmy Moses

Truck Driver

Delhi Ganesh

Villager

Rohit Mehta

SRK young age father