Padayappa

Directed by K. S. Ravikumar

1999 2h 52mDrama, Action,

8.386%7.4

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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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Cast of Padayappa

RajinikanthPadayappa / Story Developer
Sivaji GanesanDharmalingam
Ramya KrishnanNeelambari
SoundaryaVasundhara
LakshmiSavithri
SitharaNandhini
Radha RaviRajarathnam
NassarSurya Prakash
ManivannanRamalingam
SenthilAlagapuri Azhagesan
AbbasChandra Prakash
Preetha VijayakumarAnitha
Anu MohanChinnarasu
Ramesh KhannaMurugesan / Co-Director
VadivukarasiKamatchi
SathyapriyaSivagami
Mansoor Ali KhanKrishnaswamy Mudaliar
Prakash RajPolice Officer
Vasu VikramShanmugavel
Raja RavindraSaravanavel
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Padayappa Ratings & Reviews

Harish CousalNovember 16, 2025
Rajini aura is the entire movie. Iconic lines everywhere.

Padayappa Trivia

Padaiyappa was released on April 10, 1999.

Padaiyappa was directed by K. S. Ravikumar.

Padaiyappa has a runtime of 2 hr 52 min.

Padaiyappa was produced by M. V. Krishna Rao, K. Sathyanarayanan, K. Vittal Prasad.

The key characters in Padaiyappa are Padayappa (Rajinikanth), Dharmalingam (Sivaji Ganesan), Neelambari (Ramya Krishnan).

Padaiyappa is a Drama, Action, Comedy film.

Padaiyappa has an audience rating of 8.6 out of 10.

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