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Padayappa

Padayappa

19997.42h 52m

Overview

Padayappa, a mechanical engineer whose father gives up his property to his foster brother, and then dies of shock soon after. Neelambari initially loves Padayappa, but plans to humiliate him after his family humiliates her father. The rest of the plot deals with Padayappa overcoming all the obstacles placed by Neelambari.

Directed by K. S. Ravikumar
Written by K. S. Ravikumar, Vairamuthu, Rajinikanth
Produced by M. V. Krishna Rao, K. Sathyanarayanan, K. Vittal Prasad
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Top Cast

Rajinikanth

Rajinikanth

Padayappa

Sivaji Ganesan

Sivaji Ganesan

Dharmalingam

Ramya Krishnan

Ramya Krishnan

Neelambari

Soundarya

Soundarya

Vasundhara

Lakshmi

Lakshmi

Savithri

Sithara

Sithara

Nandhini

Radha Ravi

Radha Ravi

Rajarathnam

Nassar

Nassar

Surya Prakash

Manivannan

Manivannan

Ramalingam

Senthil

Senthil

Alagapuri Azhagesan

Themes & Keywords

revenge

About Padayappa

Padayappa is a drama, action film released in 1999 exploring themes of revenge. Directed by K. S. Ravikumar, it stars Rajinikanth, Sivaji Ganesan, Ramya Krishnan. Padayappa, a mechanical engineer whose father gives up his property to his foster brother, and then dies of shock soon after. Neelambari initially loves Padayappa, but plans to humiliate him after his family humiliates her father. The rest of the plot deals with Padayappa overcoming all the obstacles placed by Neelambari.

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