Nayak

Nayak may refer to:

Ethnic groups

 * Nayak caste, a caste found in India
 * Nayak, another name for the Charodi of Karnataka, India
 * Nayak, name used by Gor Banjara community

Films

 * Nayak (1966 film), a 1966 Indian Bengali film directed by Satyajit Ray
 * Nayak (2001 Assamese film), a 2001 Indian Assamese film directed by Munin Barua
 * Nayak: The Real Hero, a 2001 Indian Hindi film starring Anil Kapoor and Rani Mukerji
 * Nayak (2019 film), an Indian film
 * Yaare Koogadali, a 2012 Indian Kannada film titled Nayak: The Hero 2 in Hindi
 * Preethsod Thappa, a 1998 Indian Kannada film titled Nayak: The Hero 3 in Hindi

People

 * Bijay Kumar Nayak, Church of North India bishop
 * Bangaru Thirumalai Nayak, a member of the Madurai Nayak royal family
 * Daya Nayak, Indian police inspector
 * Ghanashyam Nayak, Indian film and television actor
 * Jawahar Nayak, Indian politician
 * Raghunatha Nayak, a king of the Nayaks of Tanjore
 * Sevappa Nayak, first ruler of the Nayaks of Tanjore
 * Thirumalai Nayak, a king of the Madurai Nayak Dynasty
 * Varunakulattan, also known as Khem Nayak, 17th-century feudal lord of the Jaffna Kingdom
 * Viswanatha Nayak, founder of Madurai Nayak Dynasty

Other uses

 * Naik (military rank), also spelt Nayak, a rank in the Indian and Pakistan armies
 * Any of the Nayak dynasties, that arose from the fragmentation of the Vijayanagara Empire in South India
 * Nayak (title), a title used across India
 * Baba Nayak, fictional villain played by Rami Reddy in the 1995 Indian film Andolan