Padai Thalaivan hit the large screens on June 13, 2025. The movie is predicated on a real story and celebrates the distinctive bonding between a person and an elephant, towards the agricultural backdrop of Odisha. In actual fact, the movie featured a really particular AI-generated cameo of the late actor Captain Vijayakanth. The film is now all set for an OTT launch quickly.
When and the place to look at Padai Thalaivan
Padai Thalaivan will start streaming on Tentkotta from July 18. Nevertheless, it gained’t be out there for viewing by audiences in India and solely accessible to these exterior the nation.
The OTT big confirmed the identical with a put up on their X deal with. They wrote “One bond. One battle. One wild trip!#ShanmugaPandian’s #Padaithalaivan storms in July 18 — with motion, coronary heart & Captain #Vijayakanth in a strong AI cameo!.”
Official trailer and plot of Padai Thalaivan
The storyline of Padai Thalaivan narrates the lifetime of Velu, a mahout famend for his excessive love and affection for his elephant. In the future, a corrupt priest and his males hatch a plan and steal Velu’s elephant, leaving him in dismay.
Issues start to show the wrong way up in Velu’s life, as he already has a variety of debt to his identify and used to hire out his pet elephant for varied occasions to earn some cash and clear his identify.
As Velu begins an uprooting seek for his elephant named Manian, he’s led to Odisha, the place he discovers that the latter is being ready for a ritual sacrifice by a tribal cult. He decides to rework himself from being simply an harmless and naive villager to a courageous hero and devises the easiest way to rescue Manian.
Within the course of, he additionally takes it upon himself to rescue the opposite oppressed villagers who’re beneath the tyrannical rule of the highly effective.
Solid and crew of Padai Thalaivan
The movie stars Shanmugha Pandian, Kasthuri Raja, Yamini Chander, Munishkanth, Karudan Ram, Rishi Rithvik, A Venkatesh, Yugi Sethu, and others in key roles.
The late actor Captain Vijayakanth is featured in a particular cameo look within the film, made doable with the assistance of AI.
Padai Thalaivan is written by Parthiban Desingu, whereas it’s directed by U Anbu. Ilaiyaraja has composed the musical rating of the film.
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