Kishore to reprise his role as forest brigand Veerappan in web series

Team OTTplay

 Aug 12, 2023

Embodying Veerappan

In 2013, Kishore played the forest brigand in the Kannada-Tamil bilingual, Attahasa/Vanayudham

Veerappan biopic

Directed by AMR Ramesh, the film explored the rise and fall of Veerappan

The hunt for Veerappan

Attahasa focused on the Tamil Nadu police's contribution in the STF set up to nab Veerappan 

Selective presentation

The Karnataka police's involvement was avoided as there were allegations of human-rights violations 

SC clearance

The officers in question were cleared by the Supreme Court ahead of Attahasa's release

Leading the hunt

Action King Arjun Sarja played STF officer Vijay Kumar in the film

Revisiting the subject

In 2020, director Ramesh said he is working on a more detailed project on Veerappan

A complete tale

This time, he's doing a web series spanning 17-18 hours and 20 episodes to present a balanced picture of the Veerappan saga

Kishore is back

Kishore returns to play Veerappan, while Arjun is Vijay Kumar yet again

The 'big' kidnapping

Suresh Oberoi returns to play Annavaru in the Dr Rajkumar kidnapping incident

Finding Shankar Bidari

This time, Ramesh will include the Karnataka Police involvement. He is looking for an actor to play STF chief Shankar Bidari