Patil is shocked due to the lack of proper evidence against Velu as none comes forward from the public as a witness against the crimes committed by him. Through Charumathi, Velu sets up his surrender. He decides to surrender to the police to save them from undergoing torture in the police station. Velu absconds and his allies are arrested. Patil too learns that his wife is Velu's daughter and suspects that she might help her father to flee from the police. When Velu comes to meet Patil, he learns that Charumathi is married to him and they have a son. He collects all the evidence needed for the arrest of Velu. Some years later, a new assistant commissioner of police, Patil, is deputed in Bombay to eliminate gangsters his first target is Velu. Charumathi disowns her father and leaves his home. She decides to leave Bombay citing that she wants to get away from her father and his violent ways. But when Surya is killed trying to flee the police in a botched mission, Charumathi blames Velu for the deaths of Neela and Surya. Surya follows Velu's footsteps, a fact that he is initially hesitant of, and later learns to accept. Surya and Charumathi return to Bombay as adults after education. After avenging his wife's death, Velu sends his children to Madras to safeguard them.Īs the years pass, Velu's power further increases in Bombay and is fondly called "Velu Naicker" by everyone. His rival smugglers in Bombay try to murder Velu in an attack but Neela is killed instead. Velu's power and command gradually increases in Dharavi as he voices out in support of local people which gains him huge popularity among the masses. They have two children: Surya and Charumathi. Her innocence and courage impress Velu, and he eventually marries her. 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).Īn 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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