Directed by
| K.S. Ravikumar | ||
Writing Credits (in alphabetical order)
| K.S. Ravikumar | ... | (story, screenplay, dialogue) |
Cast (in credits order)
| Shivaji Ganesan | ... | Padaiyappa's Father | |
| Rajinikanth | ... | Padaiyappa (as Rajnikanth) | |
| Ramya Krishnan | ... | Nilambari (as Ramya Krishna) | |
| Soundarya | ... | Vasundara | |
| Abbas | ... | Chandru | |
| Lakshmi | ... | Padaiyappa's Mother (as S.N. Lakshmi) | |
| Manivannan | ... | Padaiyappa's Uncle | |
| Radha Ravi | ... | Nilambari's father | |
| Sithara | ... | Sister of padayappa | |
| Nassar | ... | Suryaprakash (as Nasser) | |
| Senthil | ... | Azhagesan | |
| Ramesh Khanna | ... | Padaiyappa's Friend (as Ramesh Kanna) | |
| Vadivukkarasi | ... | Vasundhra's mother | |
| Sathyapriya | ... | Neelambari's mother | |
| Prakash Raj | ... | Inspector General of Police | |
| Mansoor Ali Khan | ... | Local landlord | |
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Vasu Vikram | ... | Padaiyappa's Cousin |
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Anu Mohan | ... | Suryaprakash's Assistant Chinnarasu |
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Kovai Senthil | ... | Villager |
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Pattukottai Sivanarayana Moorthy | ... | Villager |
| K.S. Ravikumar | ... | Cameo Appearance | |
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Kanal Kannan | ... | Cameo Appearance |
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Ravi Raghavendra | ... | Cameo Appearance as Politician |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Joy Badlani | ... | Ganesh | |
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Preetha Vijaykumar | ... | Anitha |
Produced by
| Vittal Prasad | ... | producer |
Music by
| A.R. Rahman | ||
Cinematography by
| S. Murthy | ||
Editing by
| K. Thanigachalam | ||
Sound Department
| Ajith Abraham George | ... | assistant engineer |
Visual Effects by
| Abhishek Guha | ... | Digital Effects Artist |
| Ramesh Karthikeyan | ... | digital compositor |
| Alagarsamy Mayan | ... | visual effects supervisor |
| Caarthick Raju | ... | digital compositor |
| Mohinder Subramaniam | ... | digital compositor: Pentamedia Graphics Ltd |
Stunts
| Peter Hein | ... | assistant stunt coordinator |
Music Department
| Nithyasree | ... | playback singer |
| Srinivas | ... | playback singer |
| Vairamuthu | ... | lyricist |