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Nayak may refer to:
Ethnic groups
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Nayak caste
The Nayak are a Hindu Caste system in India, caste; also some Nayak are Punjabi people, Punjabi found in India and Pakistan. Mainly Nayak follows Hindu. According to Vinay Krishin Gidwani, the Nayaks claim that they were, historically, Brahmi ...
, a caste found in India
* Nayak, another name for the
Charodi of Karnataka, India
* Nayak, name used by
Gor Banjara community
Films
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''Nayak'' (1966 film), a 1966 Indian Bengali film directed by Satyajit Ray
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''Nayak'' (2001 Assamese film), a 2001 Indian Assamese film directed by Munin Barua
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Nayak: The Real Hero'', a 2001 Indian Hindi film starring Anil Kapoor and Rani Mukerji
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''Nayak'' (2019 film), an Indian film
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Yaare Koogadali
''Yaare Koogadali'' () is a 2012 Indian Kannada-language action film written and directed by Samuthirakani, starring Puneeth Rajkumar and Bhavana. Parvathamma Rajkumar and Raghavendra Rajkumar are producing the film under for Poornima Enter ...
'', a 2012 Indian Kannada film titled ''Nayak: The Hero 2'' in Hindi
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Preethsod Thappa
''Preethsod Thappa'' () is a 1998 Indian Kannada-language romance drama film directed by Ravichandran and produced by Rockline Venkatesh. The film stars Ravichandran and Shilpa Shetty. Actors Lokesh and Lakshmi and Prakash Raj
Prak ...
'', a 1998 Indian Kannada film titled ''Nayak: The Hero 3'' in Hindi
People
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Nayak (surname)
Nayak is an Indian surname.
List of people with the name
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* Aarti Nayak, Indian classical music vocalist
* Abhinav Sunder Nayak, Indian film director
* Achutha Ramachandra Nayak (), ruler of the Nayaks of Gingee
* Achuthappa Nayak (), ruler ...
, list of people with the name
Other uses
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Naik (military rank)
Naik (Nk; Hindustani: नायक ( Devanagri); نائیک ( Nastaliq )), also historically spelled as ''nayak'', is an Indian Army and Pakistan Army rank equivalent to corporal
Corporal is a military rank in use by the armed forces of m ...
, also spelt Nayak, a rank in the Indian and Pakistan armies
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Nayak (title)
Nayak, Nayaka, Nayakar, or Naik was historically a Indian honorifics, honorific title conferred on a Kshatriya Captain (armed forces), captain upon achieving a successful military expedition in various Indian feudalism, feudal states of the Ind ...
, a title used across India
* Any of the
Nayak dynasties
The Nayaka dynasties refers to a group of Hindu dynasties who emerged during the Kakatiya dynasty and the Vijayanagara Empire period in South India. Many of these dynasties, such as the Madurai Nayaks and the Thanjavur Nayaks, were originally m ...
, a group of Hindu dynasties that arose from the fragmentation of the Vijayanagara Empire in South India
* Baba Nayak, fictional villain played by Rami Reddy in the 1995 Indian film
''Andolan''
See also
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Nayakan (disambiguation)
''Nayakan'' () is a 1987 Indian Tamil-language film starring Kamal Haasan.
''Nayakan'' may also refer to:
* ''Nayakan'' (1985 film), an Indian Malayalam-language film starring Mohanlal
* ''Nayagan'' (2008 film), an Indian Tamil-language film sta ...
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Naik (disambiguation)
Naik may refer to:
Places
* Naik, Iran, a village in Sistan and Baluchestan Province
* Naik, South Khorasan, a village in South Khorasan Province
* Naic, Cavite (previously ''Naik''), a municipality in the province of Cavite, Philippines
Other
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Neyak (disambiguation) Neyak () may refer to:
* Neyak, Mazandaran
* Neyak, South Khorasan
* Neyak, Tehran
See also
* Nayak (disambiguation)
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Nyack (disambiguation) Nyack may refer to:
*Nyack, New York, a village
*Nyack College, whose main campus is in the village
*Nyack Tract, a former Lenape settlement in Brooklyn
* Nyack Mountain, a summit in Montana, US
*Nyack Pippin, or Nyack, a form of pippin apple
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Hero (disambiguation)
A hero is somebody who performs great and noble deeds of bravery.
Hero may also refer to:
People
* Hero of Alexandria (c. 10–70 AD), ancient Greek mathematician and engineer
* Hero (given name), including a list of people with the given nam ...
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Naayak
''Naayak'' () is a 2013 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film directed by V. V. Vinayak who co-wrote the film with Akula Siva. The film was produced by DVV Danayya and presented by S. Radha Krishna under the banner Universal Media. The f ...
'', a 2013 Indian Telugu-language film directed by V. V. Vinayak
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Khal Nayak'' (), a 1993 Indian film by Subhash Ghai
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