"Are you a good man or a bad man?"

1987

2h 36m

7.9(86 votes)

Drama

Crime

Overview

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

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Cast & Crew

22 members

Acting

Kamal Haasan

Sakthivel 'Velu' Naicker

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Saranya Ponvannan

Neela

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Karthika

Charumati

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Janagaraj

Selvam

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Vijayan

Durai

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M. V. Vasudeva Rao

Hussain Bhai

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Delhi Ganesh

Iyer

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Nizhalgal Ravi

Surya

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Nassar

Assistant Commissioner Patil

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Tara

Shakila

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Babitha

Unknown Role

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Kuyili

Self (Special appearance in the song "Nila Adhu Vanathumele")

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R. N. Sudarshan

Reddy

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A. R. Srinivasan

Police commissioner

Camera

R. N. K. Prasad

Reddy

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Writing

R. N. Jayagopal

Reddy

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Goga Kapoor

Chandrakant Kohli

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Pradeep Shakti

Inspector Kelkar

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Kitty

Rathnavelu Naicker, Velu's Father

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Tinnu Anand

Ajit Kelkar

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Prathapa Chandran

Minister of Law & Public Affairs

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Aditya V. Modi

Young Shakthivel

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