Kaali is a Tamil film directed I. V. Sasi

I. V. Sasi

Irruppam Veedu Sasidaran, better known as I. V. Sasi, is a Malayali Indian film director who is known for his films of the 1970s, 80s and early 90s. He has directed about 150 films in various South Indian languages and Hindi. He is known as the "veteran" or the "guru" filmmaker in Malayalam...

 in 1980. It Stars Rajinikanth in the lead role. Vijayakumar

Vijayakumar

Vijayakumar is a Tamil actor and politician. Along with predominant work in Tamil cinema since 1973, he has acted in a few Hindi and Telugu movies. As of 2009, he is acting in the television serial, Thangam, aired on Sun TV.-Early life:...

 plays a prominent role. Seema

Seema

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 and Phataphat Jayalaxmi

Phataphat Jayalaxmi

Phataphat Jayalaxmi or Fatafat Jayalakshmi was an actress in Telugu and Tamil films. She was born in Andhra Pradesh. Her notable films include Aval Oru Thodar Kathai, Anthuleni Katha, Aarilirunthu Arubathu Varai and Mullum Malarum. She was married to the nephew of M.G.R. She committed suicide in...

 play the respective female leads. It was simultaneously shot in Telugu as Kaali. Rajinikanth played the lead role while Chiranjeevi

Chiranjeevi

Chiranjeevi is a Telugu film actor and a politician. He has appeared primarily in Telugu Cinema along with a few Tamil, Kannada and Hindi films. He made his acting debut in Punadhirallu . However, Pranam Khareedu released at the box office earlier...

 replaced Vijayakumar in the Telugu version. The Tamil version played for eight weeks grossing $ 40,000 at the box office. This was the first time Rajinikanth and Chiranjeevi acted together. Seema played dual roles in this film. Kaikala Satyanarayana

Kaikala Satyanarayana

Kaikala Satyanarayana , a versatile Telugu cine actor, was born on 25 July 1935 to Kaikala Laxmi Narayana couple at Kautaram village in Krishna district. Having completed his primary and intermediate education in Gudivada and Vijayawada, Satyanarayana graduated from Gudivada College...

 plays the main villain role in both the versions.

Cast

• Rajinikanth - Kaali
• Vijayakumar/Chiranjeevi - G.K
• Phataphat Jayalakshmi
• Seema
  Seema (actress)
  Seema is an Indian actress. She has performed in approximately 250 films in Malayalam, nine in Tamil, seven in Telugu, three in Kannada and one in Hindi. Seema is still active in the movie industry.She began her career in Tamil film at fourteen as a dancer...
  
  
• Major Sundarrajan
• Manorama
• Kaikala Satyanarayana
  Kaikala Satyanarayana
  Kaikala Satyanarayana , a versatile Telugu cine actor, was born on 25 July 1935 to Kaikala Laxmi Narayana couple at Kautaram village in Krishna district. Having completed his primary and intermediate education in Gudivada and Vijayawada, Satyanarayana graduated from Gudivada College...
  
  
• Surulirajan