One of my early impressions was watching Varadarajan Mudaliar, don of the Dharavi underworld. He was on stage at a Ganesh Chaturthi celebration as a key benefactor, and the auntie who briefly ...

In Mani Ratnam’s Nayakan, Kamal plays Velu Naicker, a character inspired by Mumbai underworld figure Varadarajan Mudaliar. His performance captures Velu’s evolution from a grieving son to a ...