Padayappa (1999)
Après avoir terminé ses études, Padayappa revient dans sa famille. Il retrouve son père (Sivaji Ganesan), le très respecté zamindar du village. La riche et arrogante Nilambari tombe éperdument amoureuse de Padayappa, mais il lui préfère sa jolie servante Vasanthira. Se sentant insultée, elle lui voue une haine éternelle et jure sa perte. Dans le même temps, Sivaji Ganesan meurt et, suite à un complot, Padayappa et sa mère sont expulsés de la maison familiale. Ils se voient alloués un pauvre arpent de terre rocailleux comme seul héritage, mais notre héros promet qu’il aura sa revanche. Celle-ci se dessine très vite puisqu’il découvre du granit sur son terrain, et dix-huit ans plus tard le voilà devenu richissime. Mais Nilambari ne l’a pas oublié et compte bien se venger de celui qui l’a rejeté.
Directeur:
K. S. Ravikumar
écrivain:
K. S. Ravikumar
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Rajinikanth as Padayappa |
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Sivaji Ganesan as Dharmalingam |
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Ramya Krishnan as Neelambari |
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Soundarya as Vasundhara |
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Lakshmi as Savithri |
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Sithara as Nandhini |
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Radha Ravi as Rajarathnam |
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Nassar as Surya Prakash |
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Manivannan as Ramalingam |
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Senthil as Alagapuri Azhagesan |
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Abbas as Chandra Prakash |
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Preetha Vijayakumar as Anitha |
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Anu Mohan as Chinnarasu |
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Ramesh Khanna as Murugesan |
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Vadivukarasi as Kamatchi |
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Sathyapriya as Sivagami |
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Mansoor Ali Khan as Krishnaswamy Mudaliar |
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Prakash Raj as Police Officer |
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Vasu Vikram as Shanmugavel |
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Raja Ravindra as Saravanavel |
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Rajesh Kumar as Sivaraman |
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Vijay Sarathy as Sarathi |
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Lavanya as Meena |
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Anitha as Savitha |
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Idichapuli Selvaraj as Village man |
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Ravi Raghavendra as Ravi Chellaiah |
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Raja Bagadur as Raja Bagadur |
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Kanal Kannan as Farmer told by Neelambari to kill the snake |
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Tirupur Ramasamy as Village man |
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Kovai Senthil as Village man |
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Mohan Raman as Lawyer Rangarajan |
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Nellai Siva as Village man |
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Scisor Manogar as Village man |
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Savitha Reddy as Vasundhara (voice) |
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Mahendran as Kid at Anitha's birthday (uncredited) |
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Robo Shankar as Dancer in the song "En Peru Padayappa" (uncredited) |
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Aravind Akash as Dancer in the song "En Peru Padayappa" (uncredited) |
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K. S. Ravikumar as Guest at Anitha's birthday (Cameo Appearence) |
| Editing | Thanigachalam | Editor |
| Directing | K. S. Ravikumar | Director |
| Sound | A.R. Rahman | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sundaramoorthy | Makeup Artist |
| Production | P.L. Thenappan | Co-Producer |
| Production | M. V. Krishna Rao | Producer |
| Writing | K. S. Ravikumar | Screenplay |
| Writing | K. S. Ravikumar | Dialogue |
| Camera | S. Murthy | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Prasad | Director of Photography |
| Sound | S. P. Balasubramaniam | Playback Singer |
| Sound | Srinivas | Playback Singer |
| Sound | Nithyasree Mahadevan | Playback Singer |
| Sound | Harini | Playback Singer |
| Sound | Savitha Reddy | Playback Singer |
| Sound | Palghat Sriram | Playback Singer |
| Sound | Febi Mani | Playback Singer |
| Sound | Mano | Playback Singer |
| Writing | Vairamuthu | Lyricist |
| Art | G. K. | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | A. Kodandapani | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | V. Murthy | Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | V. Sai | Costume Designer |
| Camera | C. Chandirapandian | Still Photographer |
| Crew | B.H. Tharun Kumar | Choreographer |
| Crew | Brinda | Choreographer |
| Crew | Lalithamani | Choreographer |
| Crew | Kanal Kannan | Stunt Coordinator |
| Production | K. Sathyanarayanan | Producer |
| Production | K. Vittal Prasad | Producer |
| Directing | Ramesh Khanna | Co-Director |
| Writing | Rajinikanth | Story Developer |