Padayappa (1999) starring Superstar Rajinikanth in the lead is all set to re-release on December 12, 2025 marking Rajinikanth's 75th birthday, and celebrating 50 years since the actor entered the Tamil-Indian film industry. The cult blockbuster though re-releasing on a short notice, is not just gracing the movie theater screens in India, but also Singapore.
Hamsini Entertainment is bringing the Padayappa re-release to Singapore, and a Singapore movie theater list is expected to be out soon. Padayappa written and directed by KS Ravikumar, has story by Rajinikanth, and music by AR Rahman.
The action drama with a runtime of 181 minutes, follows the story of a principled engineer named Padayappa (Rajinikanth), who returns to his village for a family wedding, only to be thrust into a decades-long war of love, inheritance, and vengeance, when his forbidden romance with a house maid (Soundarya) ignites a chain of betrayals, reshaping the fate of everyone he loves.
The movie also stars Sivaji Ganesan, Ramya Krishnan, Lakshmi, Sithara, Radha Ravi, Nassar, Manivannan, Senthil, Abbas, Preetha, among others. A home production for Rajinikanth, Padayappa was produced under the banner Arunachala Cine Creations., and is re-releasing in 4K.
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