Vana Yuddham

Vana Yuddham
Directed by	A. M. R. Ramesh
Produced by	A. M. R. Ramesh V. Srinivas Jagadeesh
Written by	A. M. R. Ramesh, A.S.ajayan bala
Starring	Arjun Kishore Vijayalakshmi
Music by	Sandeep Chowta
Cinematography	S.D. Vijay Milton
Edited by	Anthony
Production company	Akshaya Creations Sai Sri Cinemas S Lad Entertainment
Distributed by	Vendhar Movies
Release date	14 February 2013 (2013-02-14)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Vana Yuddham (English: Forest war) is a 2013 Tamil biographical action film directed by A. M. R. Ramesh, based on the notorious forest brigand Veerappan. Kishore plays the role of Veerappan in the film, which also features Arjun and Vijayalakshmi in the lead. It is made as a bilingual, being simultaneously shot in Kannada as Attahasa. The movie was released on 14 February 2013 to positive reviews.^[1][2][3][4]

Cast

• Arjun as D.G.P K. Vijay Kumar
• Kishore as Veerappan
• Lakshmi Rai as Vijayata Vashisht
• Vijayalakshmi as Muthulakshmi Veerappan
• Suresh Oberoi as Rajkumar
• Ravi Kale as Senthamarai Kannan
• Jayachitra as Jayalalitha
• Sulakshana as Parvathamma Rajkumar
• Shikha as Chandhini
• A. M. R. Ramesh as Gurunath
• Vijay Anand as TV photographer Prakash
• V. I. S. Jayapalan
• Yogi Devaraj as Veerappan Father
• Suma Guha

Production

In March 2011, A. M. R. Ramesh confirmed that his next directorial would be based on Veerappan and that he had completed the scriptment,^[5] while adding that Kishore had already agreed to play the lead role of Veerappan. Ramesh had been researching on Veerappan for 10 years and had spoken with several key people who were associated with him or involved in various incidents.^[6] Ramesh clarified that he would just present the real happenings, without taking any sides.^[7] Arjun secured the role of the chief Special Task Force officer Vijayakumar.^[6] Initial reports claimed that Bollywood actress Rani Mukherji was considered for the role of Veerappan's wife, Muthulakshmi.^[3] Sources in July 2011 reported that Priyamani and Jayachitra were signed on to portray Muthulakshmi and the role of Chief Minister Jayalalitha, respectively.^[2] Priyamani denied being part of the project, adding that she was not offered the role.^[8] Subsequently, Vijayalakshmi was finalized for the role.^[7] Although Ramesh wanted Akkineni Nageswara Rao to play Kannada actor Rajkumar,^[6] who was kidnapped by Veerappan, Suresh Oberoi was eventually roped in,^[3] while Sulakshana would play his wife Parvathamma.^[9] Divya Spandana was initially supposed to enact the role of a journalist,^[10] however the actress too dismissed the reports,^[11] following which Nikita Thukral was approached for the role.^[12] Lakshmi Rai then confirmed that she was offered the role.^[13] Bhavana Rao, known under her stage name Shikha in Tamil cinema, revealed that she was playing a character called Chandhini, who was considered as "Veerappan's right-hand".^[14] Former Asst Director Nagappa Maradagi, who also was abducted by Veerappan, and Shivakumar Mugilan, who was part of Veerappan's gang, were involved in the making of the film.^[3]

Vijay Milton and Anthony were confirmed as the cinematographer and editor, respectively,^[6] while Sandeep Chowta was signed on to compose the film's score, although initial reports suggested that Yuvan Shankar Raja would be the music director.^[6]

Release

The satellite rights of the film were secured by Sun TV. The film was given a "U" certificate by the Indian Censor Board.

Controversy

Mysore based writer T. Gururaj, who wrote a book on the late forest brigand Veerappan, titled Rudhra Narthana, has filed a complaint against filmmaker A.M.R. Ramesh, for using his content in the film without his permission.^[15]

Veerapan's wife Muthulakshmi had filed a case against to ban the film as she feel that her husband has been portrayed in bad light.^[16] The Supreme court of India asked the producers to pay Rs. 2.5 million to the widow. The film was then released during the course of the day.^[17]

References

External links

• Vana Yuddham on IMDb