Cast & crew
Nayakan (1987)
Directed by Mani Ratnam Written by Mani Ratnam
Cast
| Babitha | |
| Vijayan | Durai |
| Tinnu Anand | Ajit Kelkar |
| M. V. Vasudeva Rao | Hussain Bhai |
| Tara | Shakila |
| Kuyili | Self - Dancer |
| Neena Pillai | Charumati (child) |
| R. N. Sudarshan | Reddy |
| R. N. K. Prasad | Reddy |
| R. N. Jayagopal | Reddy |
| Kamal Haasan | Sakthivel 'Velu' Naicker |
| Saranya Ponvannan | Neela |
| Karthika | Charumati (adult) |
| Janagaraj | Selvam |
| Delhi Ganesh | Iyer |
| Nizhalgal Ravi | Surya (adult) |
| Nassar | Assistant Commissioner Patil |
| Pradeep Shakti | Inspector Kelkar |
| A. R. Srinivasan | Police Commissioner |
| Kitty | Rathnavelu Naicker |
| Aditya Modi | Sakthivel |
| Prathapa Chandran | Minister of Law & Public Affairs |
| Goga Kapoor | Chandrakant Kohli |
Crew
| Ilaiyaraaja | Lyricist |
| Jamuna Rani | Playback Singer |
| M. S. Rajeswari | Playback Singer |
| Pulamaipithan | Lyricist |
| P. C. Sreeram | Director of Photography |
| T. L. Maharajan | Playback Singer |
| Kamal Haasan | Playback Singer |
| Mano | Playback Singer |
| Thotta Tharani | Art Direction |
| Ilaiyaraaja | Playback Singer |
| Ilaiyaraaja | Original Music Composer |
| P. Susheela | Playback Singer |
| K. S. Chithra | Playback Singer |
| Mani Ratnam | Director |
| Muktha Ramasami | Producer |
| G. Venkateswaran | Producer |
| Balakumaran | Dialogue |
| V. T. Vijayan | Editor |
| B. Lenin | Editor |
| Murali-Suresh | Still Photographer |
| Muktha Srinivasan | Producer |
| Super Subbarayan | Stunt Coordinator |
| Mugur Sundar | Choreographer |
| Mani Ratnam | Story |
| Mani Ratnam | Screenplay |