Thamizh Padam was the directorial debut of CS Amudhan,
Amudhan had made his cinematic debut as a lyricist with Minnale (2001), where he wrote the song 'Maddy Maddy'.
Thamizh Padam was the first full length spoof in Tamil cinema that parodies contemporary commercial films and actors in Tamil cinema.
S. Sashikanth, who was looking for scripts for his debut production for his production banner Y NOT Studios got in touch with CS Amudhan, his friend's friend.
CS Amudhan submitted three pitches in different genres for his consideration, out of which Sashikanth chose the spoof script and went ahead with it.
In order to receive the film a wide release, Sashikanth opted to sell the film to Dayanidhi Alagiri, who distributed and released the film under his company Cloud Nine Movies.
Upon release, the film received critical acclaim en route to becoming one of the box office successes of the year in Tamil Nadu.
The film's soundtrack was composed by debutant Kannan. The soundtrack contains five songs.
'O Maha Zeeya', written by CS Amudhan, was a spoof of the popular song lyrics of that time.
Here, we list out some of the films and actors that were spoofed in the film...
Karuththamma – The opening scene shows Periyar Dasan as the father of a baby who is about to be killed. Dasan played the same role in Karuththamma as well. This version shows male infanticide instead.
Boys – Siva's friends are named after the actors in the film. Their introduction scene, as well as Siddarth's failed attempt to impress his girlfriend, are based on this film.
Thalapathi – The scene where Devaraj visits his brother and asks for forgiveness.
Ghajini – Siva remembers that he has to kill Swarna when he looks at a Polaroid photo of her.
Baasha – Siva's meeting with Devaraj is heavily based on the encounter between Rajinikanth and Raghuvaran in Baasha
Run – Siva is chased by thugs, and when he is not visible to them, he sticks a small fake birthmark on his face. There is a spoof of the shutter scene too.
Annamalai – Siva challenges his lover's father and claims that he will become a millionaire (and subsequently does).
Apoorva Sagodharargal – Siva appears as a dwarf and attempts to kill a criminal using a Rube Goldberg machine. Delhi Ganesh reprises his role as the villain.
Anniyan – Siva tries to force buffalo to stampede and kill a criminal. In the same sequence, he tries to imitate Anniyan's voice with no success.
Nayagan – The people look to Siva as their savior and ask for his help in repairing the water pipe.
Dhool – The character of Swarna is directly spoofed here.
Vaidehi Kathirunthal – The character of Vellaichamy is a spoof of Vijayakanth's character from this movie.
Surya Vamsam – The people in Cinemapatti waiting for the character of Vellaichamy to start singing a song is a spoof of Sarath Kumar's character in this movie.
Vettaiyadu Vilayadu – A cop who imitates Kamal Hassan asks for permission to go to America.
Dasavathaaram – The appearance of the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the President of the United States.
Nattamai – The character of the same name appears in the film. Ponnambalam, who appeared as villain in that film, played as Naattamai.
Kaakha Kaakha – The hero and heroine travel in an open jeep to a retreat in Pondicherry, where the hero is beaten up and the heroine gets kidnapped. Pandiya, the villain character of that film, is als
Virumaandi – The title character appears in the film. Bharath remarks that Virumaandi means well, but is always misunderstood.
Kanthaswamy – A man wearing Kanthaswamy's costume is an associate of Siva. The parodied version is named Kuppuswamy.
Mozhi – Siva first encounters Priya as she is beating up another woman. Bharath's 'signals' of love, and the heroine's friend named Sheela, are all based on Mozhi.
Kadhalan – Siva goes to Priya's house and performs 'classical dance' to win her love.
Kadhalukku Mariyadhai – Siva and a girl simultaneously take the same book 'Love and Love Only'.
Rasigan, Deva, Vishnu, Maanbumigu Maanavan, Once More – The 'Pacha Manja' song features a caption which says that the hero sang the song.
Sethupathi IPS – A policeman resembling Vijayakanth blames the murders on Pakistani terrorists.
Veerasamy – Priya, a fan of T. Rajendar, holds a DVD of this film and declares it an 'epic'. (same scene was parodied in Sonna Puriyathu)
Chandramukhi – Siva's introduction scene shows him stretching his leg (the scene from Chandramukhi is parodied when it is revealed that Siva has a split seam in his pants).
Chinna Thambi – A scene depicting three brothers protecting their sister by making her walk on their palms.
Mappillai – When Siva punches and kicks the giant, the giant shows no sign of pain.
Chennai 600028- A goon working for Kodeeswaran tells that he has seen Shiva in Chennai 600028.
7G Rainbow Colony – Bharath's father scolding him, like Vijayan does in Rainbow Colony.
Naalai Namadhe – Siva's family having a family song like in this movie, though it is an English song.
Dhill - The doctor tells the commissioner that Siva will not be able to walk for 10 years, but he gets up and walks, which the doctor calls a 'medical miracle', similar to the scene in this movie.
There was this fun clash between teams of VenkatPrabhu's Goa and Amudhan's Tamizh Padam which were released together, with the teams directly taking a dig at each other .
A poster from Goa team read 'Idhanaalthaan, Idharkuthaan ena engalukkum, makkalukkum purindhu odi kondirukkum' while TP poster read 'Aen, Etharku, Eppadi ena engalukke puriyaamal odi kondirukum.'
Thamizh Padam was later remade in Telugu as Sudigadu starring Allari Naresh. A sequel called Thamizh Padam 2 has been confirmed and released in July 2018.
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