---
title: 'Padayappa (1999)'
type: 'film'
director: 'K. S. Ravikumar'
released: '1999-04-09'
runtime_minutes: 181
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'India'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/padayappa-1999'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0213969/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Padayappa (1999)

1999 · 181 min · Drama · India

Original title: படையப்பா

## Synopsis

Padayappa is a 1999 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed by K. S. Ravikumar. It stars Sivaji Ganesan in his penultimate release, Rajinikanth in the titular lead and Ramya Krishnan, Soundarya in the lead roles, while Lakshmi, Pritha Hari, Radha Ravi, Nassar, Abbas and Sithara play supporting roles. The soundtrack album and background score were composed by A. R. Rahman. The film revolves around the title character and his family being targeted in a generations-long revenge by his cousin Neelambari, a narcissistic woman who was left humiliated after Padayappa rejected her love proposal as he was in love with her good-natured home worker Vasundhara.

## Credits

- **Director:** [K. S. Ravikumar](https://cinepixo.com/people/k-s-ravikumar)
- **Screenplay:** [K. S. Ravikumar](https://cinepixo.com/people/k-s-ravikumar)
- **Original Music Composer:** [A. R. Rahman](https://cinepixo.com/people/a-r-rahman)

## Cast

- [Manivannan](https://cinepixo.com/people/manivannan)
- [Soundarya](https://cinepixo.com/people/soundarya)
- [Nassar](https://cinepixo.com/people/nassar)
- [Radha Ravi](https://cinepixo.com/people/radha-ravi)
- [Ramya Krishnan](https://cinepixo.com/people/ramya-krishnan)
- [Rajinikanth](https://cinepixo.com/people/rajinikanth)
- [Sivaji Ganesan](https://cinepixo.com/people/sivaji-ganesan)

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