Veerappan (2016 film)
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| Directed by | Ram Gopal Varma |
| Produced by | Raina Sachin Joshi |
| Written by | R.D. Tailang |
| Screenplay by | Ram Gopal Varma |
| Story by | Ram Gopal Varma |
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Sandeep Bharadwaj Sachiin J Joshi Usha Jadhav Lisa Ray |
| Music by |
Jeet Ganguly John Stewart Eduri (Background score) |
| Cinematography | Aniket Khandagale |
| Edited by | Anwar Ali |
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Viking Media & Entertainment
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| Distributed by | A. A. Films |
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125 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Veerappan is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language biographical action film written and directed by Ram Gopal Varma. The film is based on the real-life Indian bandit Veerappan and the events leading to Operation Cocoon, a mission to capture and kill him. The film stars Sandeep Bharadwaj, Sachiin J Joshi, Usha Jadhav, and Lisa Ray.
The film was released on May 27, 2016.Veerappan received positive reviews with critics praising narration, production design, direction and performances of Sandeep Bharadwaj, and Usha Jadav.
Koose Muniswamy Veerappan during his teenage starts working as an assistant to his relative Sevi Gounder, a notorious poacher and sandalwood smuggler. His father and relatives, whose village lay in the forest area, were also known to be poachers and smugglers. Veerappan (Sandeep Bharadwaj), dominant in Sathyamangalam Forest in the states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala, defies the governments, and Indian Border security paramilitary forces, and maintain a small army. He is wanted for killing approximately 184 people, about half of whom were police officers, including senior police and forest officials. He was also wanted for poaching about 200 elephants and smuggling ivory worth US$2,600,000 and about 10,000 tonnes of sandalwood worth approximately US$22,000,000.
In 1991, Veerappan and his chief Intel Gandhi, behead IFS Officer P. Srinivas. Years later, Veerappan avenges the death of his close associate Gandhi by misleading Special Task Force (STF) personnel in their covert operation, through Gandhi's unnamed notorious informer. The covert mission led by T. Harikrishna S.P., and his informer S.I. Shakeel Ahmed to kill Veerappan fails miserably. Veerappan, and his army brutally assassinate all the STF officers in the operation, and snatch their arms.
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