Nayakan
Nayakan

Movie·1987·2h 36m

Nayakan

Are you a good man or a bad man?

Country

India

Language

Hindi

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The Story

Original title: நாயகன்

Velu Naicker, who witnesses the brutal murder of his father, kills a corrupt policeman and escapes to Mumbai, only to become a gangster.

Producer

G. Venkateswaran, Muktha Ramasami

Cinematography

P. C. Sreeram

Music

Ilaiyaraaja

Editor

V. T. Vijayan

Themes

gangstergang warsymbolismrevengereligionindiafamily tragedyrise to powercorrupt systemlife in the slums

Production House

Sujatha Films
Muktha Films

Audience Score

78%

90 votes

Skip7%
Timepass15%
Go for it38%
Perfection40%

Where to watch

Region: IN

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// cast

Cast

Kamal Haasan

Kamal Haasan

Sakthivel 'Velu' Naicker

Saranya Ponvannan

Saranya Ponvannan

Neela

Karthika

Karthika

Charumati

Janagaraj

Janagaraj

Selvam

Vijayan

Vijayan

Durai

M. V. Vasudeva Rao

Hussain Bhai

Delhi Ganesh

Delhi Ganesh

Iyer

Nizhalgal Ravi

Nizhalgal Ravi

Surya

Nassar

Nassar

Assistant Commissioner Patil

Tara

Tara

Shakila

Babitha

Kuyili

Self (Special appearance in the song "Nila Adhu Vanathumele")

R. N. Sudarshan

R. N. Sudarshan

Reddy

A. R. Srinivasan

A. R. Srinivasan

Police commissioner

R. N. K. Prasad

Reddy

R. N. Jayagopal

Reddy

Goga Kapoor

Goga Kapoor

Chandrakant Kohli

Pradeep Shakti

Inspector Kelkar

// crew

Crew

Ilaiyaraaja

Ilaiyaraaja

Original Music Composer

P. C. Sreeram

P. C. Sreeram

Director of Photography

Mani Ratnam

Mani Ratnam

Director, Story, Screenplay

G. Venkateswaran

Producer

V. T. Vijayan

Editor

B. Lenin

B. Lenin

Editor

Muktha Ramasami

Producer

Muktha Srinivasan

Producer

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