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| Kamal Haasan | ... | Velu Naicker (Sakthivelu) | |
| Saranya Ponvannan | ... | Neela (as Saranya) | |
| Delhi Ganesh | ... | Iyer | |
| Janagaraj | ... | Selva | |
| Karthika | ... | Charumati | |
| Nassar | ... | Assistant Commissioner (as Nasser) | |
| Tinnu Anand | ... | Ajit Kelkar | |
| Nizhalgal Ravi | ... | Surya | |
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M.V. Vasudeva Rao | ... | Hussain Bhai |
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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). Written by Sathyanarayanan Narayanaswamy <sathya@ntd.comsat.com>
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Written by: Pulamaipithan
Produced by: Ilaiyaraaja
Performed by: Mano and K.S. Chitra
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Kamal Hassan's extraordinary performance is the highlight of the film. This movie is perhaps the greatest gangster movie made in India, even though it is heavily inspired by the Al Pacino-starrer The Godfather. Kamal rightfully won the National Award for his performance. Great cast, great performances, solid direction from Mani Rathnam, great screenplay = one great movie. Highly recommended. A+.