Nayakan

The Hero

Velu Naicker, who witnesses the brutal murder of his father, kills a corrupt policeman and escapes to Mumbai, only to become a gangster.

Kamal Haasan

Sakthivel 'Velu' Naicker

Saranya Ponvannan

Neela

Janagaraj

Selvam

Karthika

Charumati

Vijayan

Thurai

M. V. Vasudeva Rao

Hussain Bhai

Delhi Ganesh

Iyer

Nizhalgal Ravi

Surya

Nassar

Assistant Commissioner Patil

Tara

Shakila

R. N. Sudarshan

Reddy

R. N. K. Prasad

Reddy

A. R. Srinivasan

Police commissioner

R. N. Jayagopal

Reddy

Goga Kapoor

Chandrakant Kohli

Kitty

Rathnavelu Naicker, Velu's Father

Pradeep Shakti

Inspector Kelkar

Tinnu Anand

Ajit Kelkar