Notorious sandalwood smuggler and dacoit Veerappan’s life history will be made into a film by director A.M.R. Ramesh of Kuppi and Kadhalar Kudiyiruppu fame.
The film will chronicle Veerappan’s youth, his entry into smuggling, his rise as a dacoit, his love life, and finally his death at the hands of special team of police. The film is titled Vanayudham in Tamil and Attahasa in Kannada. Kishore (of Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu fame) will play the lead role as Veerappan while Arjun and Ravi Kalai will play Vijayakumar and Senthamarai Kannan respectively. Now the latest buzz is that the director is trying to rope in Lakshmi Rai to play a prominent role.
The film will chronicle Veerappan’s youth, his entry into smuggling, his rise as a dacoit, his love life, and finally his death at the hands of special team of police. The film is titled Vanayudham in Tamil and Attahasa in Kannada. Kishore (of Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu fame) will play the lead role as Veerappan while Arjun and Ravi Kalai will play Vijayakumar and Senthamarai Kannan respectively. Now the latest buzz is that the director is trying to rope in Lakshmi Rai to play a prominent role.