Veteran actress Ramya Krishnan recently experienced a delightful moment as she watched her iconic 1999 film “Padayappa” in a theatre for the first time.
Taking to Instagram, she shared a video from the theatre, expressing her joy and surprise at seeing the Rajinikanth-starrer on the big screen so many years after its release. She wrote: “Finally watched PADAYAPPA in the theater for first time.”
“Padayappa” is a 1999 Indian Tamil-language action drama directed by K. S. Ravikumar. The film features Sivaji Ganesan in his penultimate release, along with Rajinikanth in the titular role. The ensemble cast includes Ramya Krishnan, Soundarya, Lakshmi, Radha Ravi, Nassar, Abbas, Sithara, and Preetha.
The storyline revolves around Padayappa and his family, who are targets of generations-long revenge by his cousin Neelambari, a narcissistic woman humiliated when Padayappa rejected her love proposal in favor of his good-natured home worker, Vasundhara. At the time of its release, “Padayappa” became Tamil cinema’s highest-grossing film, with Ramya’s performance receiving high praise. The film also garnered five Tamil Nadu State Film Awards.
Ramya began her acting career with the Malayalam film “Neram Pularumbol” and had a small role in the Hindi film “Dayavan,” starring veteran actor Vinod Khanna. Her breakthrough came through collaborations with K. Raghavendra Rao in successful movies like “Alludugaru,” “Allari Mogudu,” and “Major Chandrakanth.” Notably, she portrayed the role of a devoted wife of Sri Annamacharya in the film “Annamayya.”
Her major Kannada hits include “Gadibidi Ganda” and “Mangalyam Tantunanena.” Ramya made her debut as a heroine in Hindi cinema with Yash Chopra’s “Parampara,” followed by appearances in films like Subhash Ghai’s “Khalnayak,” Mahesh Bhatt’s “Chaahat,” David Dhawan’s “Banarasi Babu,” “Bade Miyan Chote Miyan” alongside Amitabh Bachchan and Govinda, and “Shapath” with Mithun Chakraborty.
More recently, she was seen in “Purushothamudu,” directed by Ram Bhimana.