Padayappa (1999)
Original title: படையப்பா
Padayappa is a 1999 Tamil-language drama movie directed by K. S. Ravikumar, with a running time of 2h 52m. It stars Rajinikanth, Sivaji Ganesan and Ramya Krishnan.
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.