Nayakan (1987) 7.8
A small boy (Ratnavelu) from Tamilnadu sees his father, a labor leader, killed in cold blood by a policeman. He kills the policeman and runs away to the city of Bombay. From there, the ... See full summary » Director:Mani Ratnam |
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Velunayakan
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Saranya Ponvannan | ... |
Neela
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Janagaraj | ... |
Selva
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Tinnu Anand | ... |
Ajit Singh
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Asst. Commissioner
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Delhi Ganesh | ... |
Iyer
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Nizhalgal Ravi | ... |
Surya
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M.V. Vasudeva Rao | ... |
Vaapa
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Karthika | ... |
Charu
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A small boy (Ratnavelu) from Tamilnadu sees his father, a labor leader, killed in cold blood by a policeman. He kills the policeman and runs away to the city of Bombay. From there, the story traces his ascent to become a mafia chief (Velu Naicker), the breakup and deaths in his family, and then till his assasination at the hands of the lunatic son of another policeman who he killed in a fight. Written by Sathyanarayanan Narayanaswamy <sathya@ntd.comsat.com>
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Country:
IndiaRelease Date:
31 July 1987 (India) See more »Also Known As:
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Written by: Ilayaraja
Produced by: Ilayaraja
Performed by: Ilayaraja and Kamal Hassan
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India's entry for the best foreign language film at the Oscars in 1987. Rated as one of the best 100 films of all time by the Time Magazine in 2005 See more »Soundtracks
"Thenpaandi Cheemayile"Written by: Ilayaraja
Produced by: Ilayaraja
Performed by: Ilayaraja and Kamal Hassan
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One of the movies where the star cast have lived the roles not just performed , well supported by Editing, Cinematography and background score . A must see. KamalHasan has given really a masterly performance for which he got the national award rightly.