It's been 33 years since Nayakan released and this is one performance which remains unmatched by any actor across Indian cinema, where the entire life span of a character stands testimony to an actor’s repertoire. Kamal Haasan played Nayakan albeit as a tribute to Brando but this role is a mix of Brando’s Vito Corleone, Pacino’s Michael and a hat-tip to De Niro’s portrayal of the younger Vito in The Godfather 2. Here was a guy beaten to pulp by a rogue cop, covered in blood, but one who displayed both restraint and power when he says, "Naan adichcha nee sethruve." And indeed, he keeps up his warning to the erring cop, as much as he keeps up his word right through-be it to Selvam or Neela or the people in his city who go to him for help. Velu Nayakar was not likeable in the conventional sense-he was the most intimidating man I had ever seen up until then. I also wanted to go back to what was easier to like in terms of how I’ve always seen a ‘hero’ on screen.
I wanted to forget Nayakan and go back to liking my usual song and dance films, and the fights in them.
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Not to forget the music of Nino Rota and Ilaiyaraaja and the cinematography of Gordon Willis and PC Sreeram! When the preview show ended, I was a mixed bag of emotions-I looked for something easier to toy with in my mind. I’ve seen both these films multiple times ever since and I’ve a list of favourite things to draw up from Coppola and Mani Ratnam as much as Brando and Haasan. It was only after Nayakan that I even sat down to see The Godfather. On a parallel note, Kamal Haasan set a whole new idiom to the term 'actor' with this film. Mani Ratnam made me revisit a Mahendran, Bharathiraja and K Balachander.
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That one movie made me feel all 'grown up'. Nayakan left me bewildered, bewitched and shook my understanding of cinema.
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