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.
Rajinikanth
as Padayappa
Sivaji Ganesan
as Dharmalingam
Ramya Krishnan
as Neelambari
Soundarya
as Vasundhara
Lakshmi
as Savithri
Sithara
as Nandhini
Radha Ravi
as Rajarathnam
Nassar
as Surya Prakash
Manivannan
as Ramalingam
Senthil
as Alagapuri Azhagesan
Abbas
as Chandra Prakash
Preetha Vijayakumar
as Anitha
