India, Dec. 8 -- When KS Ravikumar's Rajinikanth, Ramya Krishnan, and Soundarya-starrer Padayappa was released in 1999, it became Tamil cinema's highest-grossing hit at the time. Through the years, the film has achieved cult status, particularly for Ramya's headstrong character, Neelambari. On the film's re-release 25 years later, Rajinikanth confirmed a sequel to the film. (Also Read: Ramya Krishnan fights back tears while talking to Jagapathi Babu about Soundarya: 'Never lost herself to fame')

Rajinikanth released a 37-minute video in which he discusses his memories of shooting for and releasing Padayappa. Talking about the craze the film had, he says in the video, "In my 50 years of career, I had never seen women breaking gates to wat...