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Padayappa

1999 · 172 min

A sweeping, melodramatic revenge saga with larger-than-life characters, emotional highs and lows, and a mix of tense confrontations and campy excess.

Overview
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.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • revenge
  • family
  • obsession
  • betrayal
  • redemption
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action7
Horror2
Humour4
Realism5
Romance5
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, action
Directed by
K. S. Ravikumar
Written by
K. S. Ravikumar
Starring
Sivaji Ganesan, Rajinikanth, Ramya Krishnan, Soundarya, Lakshmi, Sithara, Radha Ravi, Nassar
Music
A.R. Rahman
Cinematography
S. Murthy, K. Prasad
Runtime
172 min
Country
India
Languages
Tamil

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