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.
Cast
Rajinikanth
Padayappa
Sivaji Ganesan
Dharmalingam
Ramya Krishnan
Neelambari
Soundarya
Vasundhara
Lakshmi
Savithri
Sithara
Nandhini
Radha Ravi
Rajarathnam
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
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)
Crew
Rajinikanth
Story Developer
K. S. Ravikumar
Director, Screenplay, Dialogue
Ramesh Khanna
Co-Director
Thanigachalam
Editor
S. Murthy
Director of Photography
Prasad
Director of Photography
M. V. Krishna Rao
Producer
K. Sathyanarayanan
Producer
K. Vittal Prasad
Producer
P.L. Thenappan
Co-Producer
V. Murthy
Costume Designer
V. Sai
Costume Designer
Sundaramoorthy
Makeup Artist
A. Kodandapani
Makeup Artist
A.R. Rahman
Original Music Composer
Vairamuthu
Lyricist
C. Chandirapandian
Still Photographer
Kanal Kannan
Stunt Coordinator
B.H. Tharun Kumar
Choreographer
Brinda Gopal
Choreographer
Lalithamani
Choreographer
S. P. Balasubramaniam
Playback Singer
Srinivas
Playback Singer
Nithyasree Mahadevan
Playback Singer
Harini
Playback Singer
Savitha Reddy
Playback Singer
Palghat Sriram
Playback Singer
Febi Mani
Playback Singer
Mano
Playback Singer
G. K.
Art Direction
