---
title: 'Nayak (2001)'
type: 'film'
director: 'S. Shankar'
released: '2001-09-07'
runtime_minutes: 184
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Action'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'India'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/nayak-2001'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0291376/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Nayak (2001)

2001 · 184 min · Drama, Action, Romance · India

Original title: नायक

## Synopsis

Nayak: The Real Hero ( transl. Hero) is a 2001 Indian Hindi-language political thriller film co-written and directed by Shankar and produced by A. M. Rathnam under the Sri Surya Movies banner. The film stars Anil Kapoor, with Rani Mukerji, Amrish Puri, Paresh Rawal, and Johnny Lever playing supporting roles. A remake of Shankar's 1999 Tamil-language film Mudhalvan, it focuses on Shivaji Rao (Kapoor), a television cameraman and, later, television presenter, who accidentally hears and records a conversation between the police and the Chief Minister of Maharashtra Balraj Chauhan. While interviewing Chauhan about the issues, Shivaji is challenged to take over the chief minister's job for a day.

## Credits

- **Director:** [S. Shankar](https://cinepixo.com/people/s-shankar)
- **Screenplay:** [Anurag Kashyap](https://cinepixo.com/people/anurag-kashyap)
- **Original Music Composer:** [A. R. Rahman](https://cinepixo.com/people/a-r-rahman)
- **Producer:** [A. M. Rathnam](https://cinepixo.com/people/a-m-rathnam)
- **Director of Photography:** [K. V. Anand](https://cinepixo.com/people/k-v-anand)
- **Editor:** [B. Lenin](https://cinepixo.com/people/b-lenin)

## Cast

- [Amrish Puri](https://cinepixo.com/people/amrish-puri)
- [Shivaji Satam](https://cinepixo.com/people/shivaji-satam)
- [Johnny Lever](https://cinepixo.com/people/johnny-lever)
- [Anil Kapoor](https://cinepixo.com/people/anil-kapoor)
- [Saurabh Shukla](https://cinepixo.com/people/saurabh-shukla)
- [Neena Kulkarni](https://cinepixo.com/people/neena-kulkarni)
- [Rani Mukerji](https://cinepixo.com/people/rani-mukerji)
- [Razak Khan](https://cinepixo.com/people/razak-khan)
- [Paresh Rawal](https://cinepixo.com/people/paresh-rawal)
- [Anupam Shyam](https://cinepixo.com/people/anupam-shyam)

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