Padayappa
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.
Director
K. S. Ravikumar
Studio
N/A
Release
1999-04-10
Runtime
172 min
Genres
Drama, Action
Cast & Characters
Padayappa
Rajinikanth
Dharmalingam
Sivaji Ganesan
Neelambari
Ramya Krishnan
Vasundhara
Soundarya
Savithri
Lakshmi
Nandhini
Sithara
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Critical Assessment
Padayappa holds 7.4/10 on TMDb (63 votes). (Not in OMDb — sourced from TMDb instead.)
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Ratings as of 2026-07-30
AI Verdict
AI-generatedBased on TMDb's aggregated score (7.4/10 on TMDb (63 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.