India / Apr 10, 1999 / U
2h 52min
Overall average
5.0/10
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Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Nassar | Surya Prakash |
| Manivannan | Ramalingam |
| Senthil | Alagapuri Azhagesan |
| Abbas | Chandra Prakash |
| Preetha Vijayakumar | Anitha |
| Anu Mohan | Chinnarasu |
| Ramesh Khanna | Murugesan |
| Vadivukarasi | Kamatchi |
| Sathyapriya | Sivagami |
| Mansoor Ali Khan | Krishnaswamy Mudaliar |
| Prakash Raj | Police Officer |
| Vasu Vikram | Shanmugavel |
| Raja Ravindra | Saravanavel |
| Rajesh Kumar | Sivaraman |
| Vijay Sarathy | Sarathi |
| Lavanya | Meena |
| Anitha | Savitha |
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| Idichapuli Selvaraj | Village man |
| Ravi Raghavendra | Ravi Chellaiah |
| Raja Bagadur | Raja Bagadur |
| Kanal Kannan | Farmer told by Neelambari to kill the snake |
| Tirupur Ramasamy | Village man |
| Kovai Senthil | Village man |
| Mohan Raman | Lawyer Rangarajan |
| Nellai Siva | Village man |
| Scissor Manogar | Village man |
| Savitha Reddy | Vasundhara (voice) |
| Mahendran | Kid at Anitha's birthday (uncredited) |
| Robo Shankar | Dancer in the song "En Peru Padayappa" (uncredited) |
| Aravind Akash | Dancer in the song "En Peru Padayappa" (uncredited) |
| K. S. Ravikumar | Guest at Anitha's birthday (Cameo Appearence) |
Genres
DramaAction
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | படையப்பா |
| Original language | தமிழ் (TA) |
| Spoken languages | தமிழ் |
| Production countries | India |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Arunachala Cine Creations |
| Release date | 10 aprile 1999 |
| Production | M. V. Krishna Rao, P.L. Thenappan, K. Sathyanarayanan, K. Vittal Prasad |
| Writer | K. S. Ravikumar, Vairamuthu, Rajinikanth |
| Editing | Thanigachalam |
| Cinematography | S. Murthy, Prasad, C. Chandirapandian |
| Assistant directors | K. S. Ravikumar, Ramesh Khanna |
| Camera operators | S. Murthy, Prasad, C. Chandirapandian |
| Additional photography | S. Murthy, Prasad, C. Chandirapandian |
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| Production design | G. K. |
| Art direction | G. K. |
| Set decoration | G. K. |
| Stunts | Kanal Kannan |
| Music | A.R. Rahman, Savitha Reddy, Srinivas, Palghat Sriram, S. P. Balasubramaniam, Febi Mani, Nithyasree Mahadevan, Harini, Mano |
| Sound | A.R. Rahman, Savitha Reddy, Srinivas, Palghat Sriram, S. P. Balasubramaniam, Febi Mani, Nithyasree Mahadevan, Harini, Mano |
| Costume design | V. Murthy, V. Sai, Sundaramoorthy, A. Kodandapani |
| Makeup | Sundaramoorthy, A. Kodandapani, V. Murthy, V. Sai |
| Hairstyling | Sundaramoorthy, A. Kodandapani, V. Murthy, V. Sai |
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