
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.

as Padayappa

as Dharmalingam

as Neelambari

as Vasundhara

as Savithri

as Nandhini

as Rajarathnam

as Surya Prakash

as Ramalingam

as Alagapuri Azhagesan

as Chandra Prakash

as Anitha

as Chinnarasu

as Murugesan

as Kamatchi

as Sivagami

as Krishnaswamy Mudaliar

as Police Officer

as Shanmugavel

as Saravanavel

as Sivaraman

as Sarathi

as Meena

as Savitha

as Village man

as Ravi Chellaiah

as Raja Bagadur

as Farmer told by Neelambari to kill the snake

as Village man

as Village man

as Lawyer Rangarajan

as Village man

as Village man

as Vasundhara (voice)

as Kid at Anitha's birthday (uncredited)

as Dancer in the song "En Peru Padayappa" (uncredited)

as Dancer in the song "En Peru Padayappa" (uncredited)

as Guest at Anitha's birthday (Cameo Appearence)