Nayakan
Nayakan (also spelt Nayagan) is a 1987 Indian Tamil-language gangster film written and directed by Mani Ratnam.
It stars Kamal Haasan and Saranya in lead roles.
It is loosely based on the real-life Bombay underworld don Varadarajan Mudaliar, and sympathetically depicts the struggle of South Indians living in Bombay (now Mumbai).
The film also stars Saranya Ponvannan in her film debut.
Karthika, Nassar, Janagaraj, Delhi Ganesh and Tinnu Anand play significant roles.
The soundtrack and the background score of the film, composed by Ilaiyaraaja were critically acclaimed and considered by critics as one of his best works to that point.
"Nayakan" was released on 21 October 1987 on the occasion of Diwali and received critical acclaim.
Haasan's performance earned him the National Film Award for Best Actor.
The film also earned the National Awards for Best Cinematography (P. C. Sriram) and Best Art Direction (Thotta Tharani).
The film was India's official submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1988 at the 60th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.
In 2005, the magazine "TIME" included "Nayakan" in its list of "All-Time 100 Best Films".
The film was also included in "The Moving Arts Film Journal"s list of greatest films of all time.
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Nayagan" was also included in NDTV's list "India's 20 greatest films".
CNN-IBN included the film in its list of "100 greatest Indian films of all time".
The film was dubbed in Telugu under the title "Nayakudu".
It was also remade in Hindi as "Dayavan" in 1988.
A Hindi dub of the film was released in 1999 as "Velu Nayakan".
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In 2002, the Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri, acknowledging his contributions to film.
Despite being born into a film family, Mani Ratnam did not develop any interest in films when he was young.
Upon completion of his post graduation in management, he started his career as a consultant.
He entered the film industry through the 1983 Kannada film "Pallavi Anu Pallavi".
The failure of his subsequent films would mean that he was left with fewer offers.
However, his fifth directorial outing, "Mouna Ragam" (1986), established him as a leading filmmaker in Tamil cinema.
He followed that with "Nayakan" (1987).
Mani Ratnam is well known for his "Terrorism trilogy" consisting of "Roja" (1992), "Bombay" (1995), and "Dil Se.." (1998).
He is married to actress Suhasini and has a son with her.
He has won several film awards and nominations including six National Film Awards, six Filmfare Awards South and three Bollywood Filmfare Awards.
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Question: Who is the spouse of the director of film Nayakan?
Answer: Suhasini