Nayakan instead suggested two other stories, one of which impressed Haasan and became Nayakan.
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10 Facts About Nayakan
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Nayakan later takes care of Kelkar's family which consists of his wife and a mentally challenged son Ajit.
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Nayakan decides to leave Bombay citing that she wants to get away from her father and his violent ways.
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Nayakan collects all the evidence needed for the arrest of Velu.
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Nayakan decides to surrender to the police to save them from undergoing torture in the police station.
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Nayakan is overcome with emotion when he meets his young grandson Shaktivel.
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Cinematography for Nayakan was handled by P C Sreeram, and editing by B Lenin and V T Vijayan.
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Nayakan later admitted his surprise of the reach of his character post-release.
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Nayakan was included in NDTV's list "India's 20 greatest films" at no 13.
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In October 2012, coinciding with the 25th anniversary of Nayakan, Haasan published an article in The Hindu, titled "Of course Velu Nayakan doesn't dance", in which he recounted the making of the film.
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