Velu meets Neela, a schoolgirl forced into prostitution who has interests to pursue her education. Kelkar's wife knew that her husband's immorality resulted in his death. He later takes care of Kelkar's family which consists of his wife and a mentally challenged son Ajit. When they close the case as suicide, Velu is enraged knowing the truth and murders Kelkar. His demand for a bigger commission from the smugglers, this angers them and they involve a police inspector Kelkar to arrest Hussain and kill him in jail. One day, when Hussain is ill, Velu, now a young man, decides to carry out the smuggling activity on behalf of Hussain. Feeling betrayed, Sakthivel stabs the police inspector and runs away to Bombay, where he is raised by Hussain, a kind-hearted smuggler living in the Dharavi slums. When Velu meets his father, the police kill the latter. They trick Velu into believing them as his well-wishers and release him. The film was remade in Hindi as Dayavan (1988).Р”Р„n anti-government union leader's only son Sakthivel 'Velu' is arrested by the police to find his whereabouts. It was included in TIME 's 'All-Time 100 Best Films', and CNN-News18's '100 greatest Indian films of all time'. The film was India's official submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1988 at the 60th Academy Awards however, it was not shortlisted among the final nominees. Sreeram) and Best Art Direction ( Thota Tharani). The film also earned the National Awards for Best Cinematography ( P. Haasan's performance earned him the National Film Award for Best Actor. The became a critical and commercial success, running for over 175 days in theatres. Nayakan was released on 21 October 1987, Diwali day. Filming began in late 1986, taking place primarily in Madras and to a lesser extent, Bombay. He instead suggested two other stories, one of which impressed Haasan and became Nayakan. Ratnam was initially approached to remake the Hindi film Pagla Kahin Ka (1970) for Srinivasan and Haasan, but refused. Nayakan is loosely based on the life of the Bombay underworld don Varadarajan Mudaliar and the American film The Godfather (1972). It revolves around the transformation of an ordinary slum dweller named Velu into a feared don through various stages of his life.

Vasudeva Rao, Delhi Ganesh, Nizhalgal Ravi, Nassar and Tara in supporting roles. Produced by Muktha Srinivasan, the film stars Kamal Haasan, Saranya (in her feature debut) and Karthika, with Janagaraj, Vijayan, M. Hero) is a 1987 Indian Tamil-language epic crime film written and directed by Mani Ratnam.

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