It was not soundarya who was originally going to act opposite Rajini in Padayappa but this actress.
Did you know that soundarya was not the first heroine to be cast in Padayappa?
Actor Rajinikanth is one of the top actors of India. Rajini made his debut in the 1970s with apoorva ragangal and within a few years became a superstar of tamil cinema. Rajini has been a superstar for almost 45 years.
Especially in the 90s when Rajini was at his peak, the mega hit films Muthu, Badshah, Annamalai, padaiyappa were released in the 90s. More to the point, the dominance of actor Rajini in tamil cinema is increasing only after the release of Padaiyapa in the year 1999.
K.S. Directed by ravikumar, padaiyappa starred Rajinikanth, soundarya, ramya krishnan, Nasser, sivaji Ganesan, lakshmi and others in lead roles. In this film, ramya krishnan Mirathi will play the negative character of Neelambari.
And only after this film, the characters of female Willies started coming more and more. The chemistry between Rajini and soundarya in Padaiyappa attracted the fans a lot. But did you know that soundarya was not the first female lead in Padaiyapa?
Yes..it's true. At first, director K.S. cast actress simran opposite Rajini. ravikumar decided.. but at that time simran was very busy so she could not act in the film.
Later, the director approached actress Meena. But due to some reasons she too could not act in this film. Later he told the story to Nagma. She agreed to act in this film only after she liked the story.
Accordingly, a few scenes were shot with Nagma. But nagma suddenly walked out saying that ramya Krishnan's Neelambari character would not have enough space for her to act in the film. After that soundarya played that character.
However, no official statement or announcement has been made regarding the reason behind Nakma Padayappa's exit from the film.
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