Director:Mani Ratnam
Writers:Balakumaran (dialogue), Rajasri (Telugu dialogue)
Writers:Balakumaran (dialogue), Rajasri (Telugu dialogue)
CAST :
Kamal Hassan ... Velunayakan
Kamal Hassan ... Velunayakan
Saranya ... Neela
Janagaraj ... Selva
Tinnu Anand ... Ajit Singh
Nasser ... Assistant Commisioner / Charu 's husband
Delhi Ganesh ... Iyer
Nizhalgal Ravi ... Surya
M.V. Vasudeva Rao ... Vaapa
Karthika ... Charu (Velunayakar daughter)
Produced by
Ravi Kishore .... producer (Telugu version)
Mani Ratnam .... producer, G. Venkateswaran .... producer (Tamil version)
Original Music by
Ilayaraja
Ilayaraja
Cinematography by
P.C. Sreeram
P.C. Sreeram
Music Department
S. Janaki .... playback singer
S. Janaki .... playback singer
Balasubramaniam S.P. .... playback singer
Nayagan (1987) is an Indian Tamil feature film written and directed by Mani Ratnam.
Nayagan means 'The Hero' or 'The Leader' in Tamil.
Nayagan is based on the life of a real-life Bombay underworld don - Varada or Varadarajan Mudaliar, and sympathetically depicts the struggle of South Indians living in Bombay (now Mumbai). Nayagan has been called "The Godfather" of Tamil cinema. The lead character is played by Kamal Haasan, and the film also stars Saranya, Karthika, Nassar, Delhi Ganesh and Janagaraj. The soundtrack of the film was composed by Ilaiyaraaja.
Nayagan was a massive blockbuster and ran for over 200 days in many theatres. The film won Kamal Haasan and Mani Ratnam many accolades and recognition throughout the whole nation; it helped Haasan secure a Indian National Award for his performance. The film was nominated by India as its entry for the Best Foreign Language Film for the Academy Awards in 1987. In 2005, Time Magazine included Nayagan in its "All-Time 100 Best Films" list.
The Hindi (dubbed) version of the film was released as Velu Nayakan. The film was remade in Hindi as Dayavan with Vinod Khanna playing the part of Saktivelu.
Nayagan is based on the life of a real-life Bombay underworld don - Varada or Varadarajan Mudaliar, and sympathetically depicts the struggle of South Indians living in Bombay (now Mumbai). Nayagan has been called "The Godfather" of Tamil cinema. The lead character is played by Kamal Haasan, and the film also stars Saranya, Karthika, Nassar, Delhi Ganesh and Janagaraj. The soundtrack of the film was composed by Ilaiyaraaja.
Nayagan was a massive blockbuster and ran for over 200 days in many theatres. The film won Kamal Haasan and Mani Ratnam many accolades and recognition throughout the whole nation; it helped Haasan secure a Indian National Award for his performance. The film was nominated by India as its entry for the Best Foreign Language Film for the Academy Awards in 1987. In 2005, Time Magazine included Nayagan in its "All-Time 100 Best Films" list.
The Hindi (dubbed) version of the film was released as Velu Nayakan. The film was remade in Hindi as Dayavan with Vinod Khanna playing the part of Saktivelu.
National Awards - 1987
Best Actor - Kamal Haasan
Best Cinematography - P.C. Sriram
Best Art Direction - Thotta Tharani
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