Nayagan
Topic: Movies
Nayagan - 1987 movie with Kamal Hassan. What a spectacular mvoie? Kamal is simply good. Story line is simple and much used....that how a small town boy becomes a mafia don due to circumstance and is the god for poor slum dwellers and evil for cops etc. It is said it is based on real time mafia boss in 1980s that is Varadaraja Mudaliar who ruled over Bombay docs...

Kamal Hassan is simply superb especially as aging don who loses one relationship after another due to tragedies somehow linked to his illegal activities....His acting especially while mournig his son's tragic death in a gas station blast is simply touching.....overall a great movie....

Movie is Tamil. People who understand Tamil really well should be able to appreciate dialogs much better which are a big part of the movie.

I had seen hindi remake of this movie 'Dayawan' starring Vinod Khanna, Firoz Khan. Despite Khanna's comparable performance, it was no match for original masterpiece in Tamil.

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