Nayakan

Nayakan

Are you a good man or a bad man?

1987•2h 36m•7.8/10

DramaCrime

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.8/10(91)

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

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Production

Sujatha Films, Muktha Films

Language

TA

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Kamal Haasan

Kamal Haasan

Sakthivel 'Velu' Naicker

Saranya Ponvannan

Saranya Ponvannan

Neela

Karthika

Karthika

Charumati

Janagaraj

Janagaraj

Selvam

Delhi Ganesh

Delhi Ganesh

Iyer

Nizhalgal Ravi

Nizhalgal Ravi

Surya

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

young Charumati (uncredited)

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

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