(0 votes, average: 0.00/10)- Country: India
- Genres: Crime, Drama
- Release: 1987-10-21
- Director: Mani Ratnam
- Writers: Balakumaran , Rajasri , Mani Ratnam
- Language: Tamil
- Stars: Kamal Haasan , Saranya Ponvannan , Delhi Ganesh , Janagaraj , Karthika , Nasser (I) , Tinnu Anand , Nizhalgal Ravi , M.V. Vasudeva Rao , Aditya Modi
- Runtime: 145 min
- Awards: 6 wins & 1 nomination
- AKA: Nayagan (India) , Nayakan (India) , Nayakan (India) , Velu Nayakan (India) , Nayakan (India) , Nayakan , Nayakudu (India) , Nayakan (Germany) , ナヤカン/顔役 (Japan) , Nayakan (Canada) , Nayakan (United Arab Emirates) , Nayakan (United Kingdom) , Nayakan (United States of America) , Nayakan (Singapore) , Герой , Velu Nayakan (United Kingdom)英雄 (China)
- Plot: 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).
- IMDB:tt0093603
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Mani Ratnam
Director
Kamal Haasan
Sakthivel 'Velu' Naicker
Janagaraj
Selvam
Karthika
Charumati
Delhi Ganesh
Iyer
Tinnu Anand
Ajit Kelkar
Nizhalgal Ravi
Surya
Nasser
(I)
Assistant Commissioner Patil
Pradeep Shakti
Inspector Kelkar
Thara
Shakila
Vijayan
Durai
A.R. Srinivasan
Police commissioner
Goga Kapoor
Chandrakant Kohli
Prathapachandran
Minister of Law & Public Affairs
Kuyili
Self (Special appearance in the song "Nila Adhu Vanathumele")
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