The first is the real life story itself, the second is the casting and styling of Sandeep Bharadwaj as Veerappan (he played the same part in the original Kannada film, Killing Veerappan) and the third is the locations and production design. Finally, the Tamil Nadu and Karnataka police forces unite to form a combined task force to flush out and kill the sandalwood and ivory smuggler. Ram Gopal Varma’s biopic of the sandalwood and ivory smuggler drowns out impressive production design and a captivating lead performance with jarring background musicThere are three elements that work in Ram Gopal Varma’s film on the notorious bandit Veerappan. The film opens with an attack on a local police outpost and the brutal killing of a senior cop. With Muthulakshmi entrapped, the cops finally get within sniffing distance of Veerappan.

Source: Mint May 27, 2016 01:26 UTC