Young star Indrajith had been in the industry for more than half a decade. He had proved versatile in every type of role from comedian to villain. And now he is turning an action hero with the movie titled `Nayakan'. Directed by Lijo Pelliseri son of Jose Pelliseri, the movie features Indrajith, Dhanya Mary Vargeese and Thilakan in lead roles.

The movie tells the story of a man called Vincent Karanavara, a goonda leader and his relations with his several assistants. The main enemy of Karanavar is Sankar Das, a magician. Varadhan Unni is a young man who has his own reasons to become another enemy of Sankar Das. Vincent has a daughter named Maria who gradually falls in love with Varadhan and his ways. The movie goes on to tell how both of them join to defeat Sankar.
 
Indrajith plays the role of Varadhan while Thilakan is Vincent Karanavar. Siddhique is Sankar Das, Dhanya Mary Varghese comes up as Maria.

P S Rafeeq debuts as the scriptwriter with this movie .Vijay Ulakanath and Manoj Paramahamasa are the cameramen of this movie shot at Malaysia, Wagamon and Kochi. Sachidannadhan Puzhakkara is in charge of lyrics while Prashanth Kulangara does the music. Others in the cast include Lalu Alex, Jagathy, Kalasala Babu, Kiran Raj, Sreejith Ravi, Ambika Mohan, Rekha Pillai,Sumi and Vijay Menon . `Nayakan' is produced under the banner of Eluminato by Anoop Johnson Karedan.