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Nayakan (1987) | SpawnScore

Nayakan

Nayakan

Nayakan1987

Original title: நாயகன்

Are you a good man or a bad man?

IMDb

8.6/1028.4K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

Not rated yet

Metacritic

Not rated yet

TMDB

79%100 votes

SpawnScore

Released: October 21, 1987
Runtime: 2h 36m
Certificate: A
Language: Tamil
Director: Mani Ratnam

Drama
Crime

Story

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

Cast

Kamal Haasan

Kamal Haasan

Sakthivel 'Velu' Naicker

Saranya Ponvannan

Saranya Ponvannan

Neela

Karthika

Karthika

Charumati (adult)

Janagaraj

Janagaraj

Selvam

Delhi Ganesh

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Delhi Ganesh

Iyer

Nizhalgal Ravi

Nizhalgal Ravi

Surya (adult)

Nassar

Nassar

Assistant Commissioner Patil

Tinnu Anand

Tinnu Anand

Ajit Kelkar

Vijayan

Vijayan

Durai

M. V. Vasudeva Rao

M. V. Vasudeva Rao

Hussain Bhai

Tara

Tara

Shakila

Babitha

Babitha

Kuyili

Kuyili

Self - Dancer

Neena

Neena

Charumati (child)

R. N. Sudarshan

R. N. Sudarshan

Reddy

R. N. K. Prasad

R. N. K. Prasad

Reddy

R. N. Jayagopal

R. N. Jayagopal

Reddy

Pradeep Shakti

Pradeep Shakti

Inspector Kelkar

A. R. Srinivasan

A. R. Srinivasan

Police Commissioner

Kitty

Kitty

Rathnavelu Naicker

Crew

Mani Ratnam
Director, Story, Screenplay
G. Venkateswaran
Producer
Muktha Ramasami
Producer
Muktha Srinivasan
Producer
Ilaiyaraaja
Original Music Composer
P. C. Sreeram
Director of Photography
V. T. Vijayan
Editor
B. Lenin
Editor

Images

User reviews

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Details

Spoken languages: English, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu
Countries: India

Production

Sujatha Films
Muktha Films

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