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Nayakan
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Nayakan 1987 Directed by Mani Ratnam நாயகன்

Are you a good man or a bad man?

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

Country India
Production Country India
Language Tamil
Spoken Languages English , Hindi , Marathi , Tamil , Telugu
Gneres Crime , Drama
Production Companies Muktha Films , Sujatha Films
Release Date 21 October 1987
156 mins
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
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
Babitha
Kuyili
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
R. N. K. Prasad Reddy
R. N. Jayagopal
R. N. Jayagopal Reddy
Goga Kapoor
Goga Kapoor Chandrakant Kohli
Pradeep Shakti
Pradeep Shakti Inspector Kelkar
Kitty
Kitty Rathnavelu Naicker, Velu's Father
Tinnu Anand
Tinnu Anand Ajit Kelkar
Prathapa Chandran
Prathapa Chandran Minister of Law & Public Affairs
Aditya V. Modi
Aditya V. Modi Young Shakthivel
Crew
Director
Mani Ratnam
Mani Ratnam
Writer
Mani Ratnam
Mani Ratnam
Producers
G. Venkateswaran
G. Venkateswaran
Muktha Ramasami
Muktha Ramasami
Muktha Srinivasan
Muktha Srinivasan
Cinematography
P. C. Sreeram
P. C. Sreeram
Composer
Ilaiyaraaja
Ilaiyaraaja
Editors
V. T. Vijayan
V. T. Vijayan
B. Lenin
B. Lenin
Story
Mani Ratnam
Mani Ratnam
Art Direction
Thotta Tharani
Thotta Tharani
Stunts
Super Subbarayan
Super Subbarayan
Additional Photography
Murali-Suresh
Murali-Suresh