
Plot
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.
Trailer
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)