Nayakan (1987)
October 21, 1987Release Date
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.

Kamal Haasan
Sakthivel 'Velu' Naicker / Playback Singer

Janagaraj
Selvam

Saranya Ponvannan
Neela

Karthika
Charumati

Delhi Ganesh
Iyer

Tinnu Anand
Ajit Kelkar

Nizhalgal Ravi
Surya

Nassar
Assistant Commissioner Patil

Pradeep Shakti
Inspector Kelkar

M. V. Vasudeva Rao
Hussain Bhai

Tara
Shakila

Aditya Modi
Sakthivel

Vijayan
Durai

R. N. Sudarshan
Reddy

Rajashri
Writer

R. N. K. Prasad
Reddy

R. N. Jayagopal
Reddy

Kitty
Rathnavelu Naicker, Velu's Father

A. R. Srinivasan
Police commissioner

Goga Kapoor
Chandrakant Kohli

Prathapa Chandran
Minister of Law & Public Affairs

Kuyili
Self (Special appearance in the song 'Nila Adhu Vanathumele')

Aditya V. Modi
Young Shakthivel

Ravi Chakravathy
Editor

P. C. Sreeram
Director of Photography

Ilaiyaraaja
Original Music Composer / Lyricist / Playback Singer

Pulamaipithan
Lyricist

Thotta Tharani
Art Direction

Mano
Playback Singer

P. Susheela
Playback Singer

K. S. Chithra
Playback Singer

T. L. Maharajan
Playback Singer

Jamuna Rani
Playback Singer

M. S. Rajeswari
Playback Singer

Mani Ratnam
Director / Writer

Balakumaran
Dialogue

B. Lenin
Editor

V. T. Vijayan
Editor

Muktha Srinivasan
Producer

Muktha Ramasami
Producer

G. Venkateswaran
Producer

Babitha
Media.








Details.
Release DateOctober 21, 1987
Original Nameநாயகன்
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 36m
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
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Nayakan ( transl. Hero) is a 1987 Indian Tamil-language epic crime drama film written and directed by Mani Ratnam. Produced by Muktha Srinivasan, the film stars Kamal Haasan, Saranya (in her feature debut) and Karthika in lead roles, with Janagaraj, Vijayan, M. V. Vasudeva Rao, Delhi Ganesh, Nizhalgal Ravi, Nassar and Tara in supporting roles. It revolves around the evolution of Velu Naicker (Haasan) from an ordinary slum dweller to a highly respected crime lord in the Bombay underworld.
Nayakan is loosely based on the life of the Bombay underworld don Varadarajan Mudaliar and the American film The Godfather (1972). Ratnam was initially approached to remake the Hindi film Pagla Kahin Ka (1970) for Srinivasan and Haasan, but refused. He instead suggested two other stories, one of which impressed Haasan and became Nayakan. Cinematography was handled by P. C. Sreeram, and editing by B. Lenin and V. T. Vijayan. Filming began in late 1986, taking place primarily in Madras and to a lesser extent, Bombay.
Nayakan was released on 21 October 1987, Diwali day. The film became a critical and commercial success, running for over 175 days in theatres. It won the National Film Awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Haasan), Best Cinematography (Sreeram) and Best Art Direction (Thota Tharani). Nayakan was India's official submission for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 60th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. It was included in Time's list of the "All-Time 100 Best Films" and News18's "100 greatest Indian films of all time". The film was remade in Hindi as Dayavan (1988).
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