Killing Veerappan (2016)
May 27, 2016Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Shivaraj Kumar
A Special Task Force strategist
Sandeep Bharadwaj
Veerappan
Sadh Orhan
Gandhi
Rajesh
STF Officer Balu
Gadda Viji
Pandillapalli Srinivas
Rajesh Nataranga
STF Officer Balu
Sanchari Vijay
STF Rookie Officer Gopal
Yagna Shetty
Muthulakshmi
Aziz Naser
STF Officer Shashi
K.S. Sridhar
K Vijay Kumar
Parul Yadav
Shreya
Rockline Venkatesh
T Harikrishna
Ramesh Pandit
Kadhani
Ram Gopal Varma
Director
Srikanth Iyengar
Kumar
Gundragovi Sathya
Anees
M R Shahjahan
Executive Producer
Rammy
Cinematographer
Allan Amin
Stunts Coordinator
R.D. Tailang
Screenplay
Anwar Ali
Editor
Anup Dev
Sound Designer
Harshal Bandivdekar
Casting
Karan Kapadia
Assistant Director
Details.
Release DateMay 27, 2016
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 5m
Box Office$7,500,000
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Wiki.
Killing Veerappan is a 2016 Indian Kannada-language biographical crime film directed by Ram Gopal Varma, who co-wrote the film with K. Balaji. The film is based on the events leading to Operation Cocoon to capture or kill Indian bandit Veerappan. Featuring Shiva Rajkumar in the central role touted to be based on N. K. Senthamarai Kannan, the then Superintendent of police, with the Indian Special Task Force, and the spy who masterminded Operation Cocoon.The Kannada version was released in over 200 screens in the state of Karnataka on January 1, 2016. Upon its wide release, critics praised the performances, background score, cinematography, screenplay, casting, and direction while becoming a box office success, and subsequently got screened in Kannada cinema section at the 9th Bengaluru International Film Festival 2017.The Telugu dubbed version was released on 7 January 2016 to positive reviews and had a decent run at the overseas box-office. The Kannada version has garnered three nominations at the 2nd IIFA Utsavam including Best Picture in Kannada, while Parul Yadav and Yagna Shetty have each received the Performance In A Leading Role and Supporting Role - Female respectively. The film has also garnered five nominations; including Parul Yadav winning Critics Choice Award for Best Actress at the 6th SIIMA Awards, and one nomination for Best Actress at the 64th Filmfare Awards South. The film was remade into Hindi as Veerappan (2016) with Bharadwaj reprising his role.