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Nayakan (1987)

145 min  -  Crime | Drama  -   31 July 1987 (India)
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A small boy (Ratnavelu) from Tamilnadu sees his father, a labor leader, killed in cold blood by a policeman... See full summary »

Director:

Mani Ratnam

Writers:

Balakumaran (dialogue), Rajasri (Telugu dialogue), and 1 more credit »
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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Kamal Hassan Kamal Hassan ...
Velunayakan
Saranya Ponvannan Saranya Ponvannan ...
Neela (as Saranya)
Janagaraj Janagaraj ...
Selva
Tinnu Anand Tinnu Anand ...
Ajit Singh
Nasser Nasser ...
Asst. Commissioner
Delhi Ganesh Delhi Ganesh ...
Iyer
Nizhalgal Ravi Nizhalgal Ravi ...
Surya
M.V. Vasudeva Rao M.V. Vasudeva Rao ...
Vaapa
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Storyline

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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Plot Keywords:

Police Brutality | Mafia | Fight | Blood | Childhood  | See more »

Genres:

Crime | Drama

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Details

Country:

India

Language:

Tamil | Hindi | English

Release Date:

(India) See more »

Also Known As:

Hero See more »

Company Credits

Production Co:

Sujatha Film See more »
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Trivia

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 »

Quotes

Kid: Are you a good person or a bad person?
Velunayakan: I don't know.
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Connections

References The Godfather (1972) See more »