# Nayakan ( 1987)

Nayakan is a 1987 Indian Tamil -language gangster film written and directed by Mani Ratnam . Produced by Muktha Srinivasan , the film stars Kamal Haasan , Saranya (in her feature debut) and Karthika , with Janagaraj , Vijayan , M. V. Vasudeva Rao , Delhi Ganesh , Nizhalgal Ravi , Nassar and Tara in supporting roles. It revolves around the transformation of an ordinary slum dweller named Velu into a feared don through various stages of his life.

- Kind: Feature
- Year: 1987
- By: Mani Ratnam
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/nayakan-1987)
- Licence or status: [CC0 1.0](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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