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
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