Veera (2013 film)

Veera
Film poster
Directed by	Ayyappa. P. Sharma
Produced by	Ramu
Written by	Anil Kumar
Screenplay by	Ayyappa P. Sharma
Starring	Malashri Komal Kumar Rahul Dev Ashish Vidyarthi
Music by	Hamsalekha
Cinematography	Rajesh Khatta
Edited by	Lakshman Reddy
Production company	Ramu Enterprises
Release date	29 March 2013 (2013-03-29)
Running time	132 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Veera is a 2013 Indian Kannada language action film directed by Ayyappa P. Sharma and starring Malashri, Rahul Dev and Ashish Vidyarthi in the lead roles. Produced by Ramu Enterprises, the film's soundtrack and lyrics are written by Hamsalekha. The supporting cast features C. R. Simha, Komal, Mukul Dev and Raju Talikote. The storyline of the movie is similar to My Wife Is a Gangster.

Veera was announced in December 2009, with Malashri returning after a six-month hiatus, following her previous release, Kannadada Kiran Bedi. It was announced that Veera would be produced by her husband Ramu, under his banner Ramu Enterprises. Reports said filming would begin in the first week of December.

However, the film went under production only in July 2012, following the signing of Ashish Vidyarthi and Komal Kumar to play pivotal roles.C. R. Simha was signed to play a supporting role in the film, who returned to acting after a sabbatical. Sathyadev was cast to play one of the negative leads.

Majority of the filming took place abroad in parts of Southeast Asia such as Bangkok, Hong Kong and Macau. Stuntmen who had previously worked with Jackie Chan were hired to train Malashri to perform the action sequences in the film that involved a motorboat chase and a nine-vehicle canon blast. Parts of the film were filmed in Bangalore before its completion in November 2012. It included filming for a period of 145 days including 20 days for filming the climax sequence alone. Following filming, dubbing was done at the Akash Studio and Hamsalekha Studio in Bangalore.