# Padayappa (1999)

Tamil · 3 min · Released 1999-04-10

Padayappa is a 1999 Tamil film. Sivaji Ganesan, Rajinikanth, Ramya Krishnan, Ramya and Soundarya appear in it, alongside 18 more credited names.

Cast: Sivaji Ganesan as Dharmalingam, Rajinikanth as Padayappa, Ramya Krishnan as Neelambari, Ramya as Neelambari, Soundarya as Vasundhara, Sithara Nair as Nandhini, Radha Ravi as Rajarathnam, Nassar as Surya Prakash, Manivannan as Ramalingam, Abbas as Chandra Prakash, N S Ramesh Khanna as Murugesan, Vadivukkarasi as Kamatchi, Mansoor Ali Khan as Krishnaswamy Mudaliar, Prakash Raj as Police Officer, Raja Ravindra as Saravanavel

## Storyline
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.

## Common questions

### When was Padayappa released?
Padayappa was released on 10 April 1999.

### Who stars in Padayappa?
Sivaji Ganesan, Rajinikanth, Ramya Krishnan and Ramya star in Padayappa.

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