Padayappa
Padayappa

Padayappa

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1999
2h 52m
7.4(58 votes)
Drama
Action

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.

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38 members
Acting

Rajinikanth

Padayappa

Rajinikanth
Acting

Sivaji Ganesan

Dharmalingam

Sivaji Ganesan
Acting

Ramya Krishnan

Neelambari

Ramya Krishnan
Acting

Soundarya

Vasundhara

Soundarya
Acting

Lakshmi

Savithri

Lakshmi
Acting

Sithara

Nandhini

Sithara
Acting

Radha Ravi

Rajarathnam

Radha Ravi
Acting

Nassar

Surya Prakash

Nassar
Acting

Manivannan

Ramalingam

Manivannan
Acting

Senthil

Alagapuri Azhagesan

Senthil
Acting

Abbas

Chandra Prakash

Abbas
Acting

Preetha Vijayakumar

Anitha

Preetha Vijayakumar
Acting

Anu Mohan

Chinnarasu

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Ramesh Khanna

Murugesan

Ramesh Khanna
Acting

Vadivukarasi

Kamatchi

Vadivukarasi
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Sathyapriya

Sivagami

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Mansoor Ali Khan

Krishnaswamy Mudaliar

Mansoor Ali Khan
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Prakash Raj

Police Officer

Prakash Raj
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Vasu Vikram

Shanmugavel

Vasu Vikram
Acting

Raja Ravindra

Saravanavel

Raja Ravindra
Acting

Rajesh Kumar

Sivaraman

Rajesh Kumar
Acting

Vijay Sarathy

Sarathi

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Lavanya

Meena

Lavanya
Acting

Anitha

Savitha

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Idichapuli Selvaraj

Village man

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Ravi Raghavendra

Ravi Chellaiah

Ravi Raghavendra
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Raja Bagadur

Raja Bagadur

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Crew

Kanal Kannan

Farmer told by Neelambari to kill the snake

Kanal Kannan
Acting

Tirupur Ramasamy

Village man

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Kovai Senthil

Village man

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Mohan Raman

Lawyer Rangarajan

Mohan Raman
Acting

Nellai Siva

Village man

Nellai Siva
Acting

Scisor Manogar

Village man

Scisor Manogar
Acting

Savitha Reddy

Vasundhara (voice)

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Mahendran

Kid at Anitha's birthday (uncredited)

Mahendran
Acting

Robo Shankar

Dancer in the song "En Peru Padayappa" (uncredited)

Robo Shankar
Acting

Aravind Akash

Dancer in the song "En Peru Padayappa" (uncredited)

Aravind Akash
Directing

K. S. Ravikumar

Guest at Anitha's birthday (Cameo Appearence)

K. S. Ravikumar

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