Veerappan

What has happened to RGV he has always been one of my favorite directors and what sort of movies does he make these days , the movie was so bad that I could barely watch it somehow I managed to finish it . Bad bad bad avoid it

Even though some changes were made from Original Kannada version, the movie is very engaging. If you did not watch the Original Kannada version, you will enjoy a lot. Lot of Voilence in the movie

There needs no introduction while talking about the most notorious person ever seen by India, Veerappan, he had vanished or killed from here around 17 years back. Lots of articles, documentaries, and even films come out publicly depicting the biography of Veerappan. There also comes a book written by the Chief of Special Task Force, K Vijayakumar who was the mastermind behind the killing of Veerappan named Veerappan: Chasing the Brigand. Here we are talking about a film, which is also about the last moments of Veerappan, that directed by the veteran Ram Gopal Varma. Like Veerappan, the name Ram Gopal Varma is so famous not in the way how Veerappan was known and he was a genius in Film Industry. He made wonderful movies and created a space in the mind of film lovers. Veerappan is his 2016 product and this film is not at all flavored with the actual Ram Gopal Varma essence. This is an 'okay' film that has ups and downs. The movie is about the movement of the police to capture Veerappan. Poor Script is the main thing I want to point here because there is a rush in the making while the incidents are going on. The director has that kind of a mind to restrict the film within 2 hours, and I feel so. The misplaced use of background scores feels inappropriate and the performance from some of the actors feels awkward. Especially the character of Shreya which was done by Lisa Ray is not fit in that role. The director or even the writers can't add anything freshness to the story because we all know the story very well. The task for them is to engage us the but unfortunately, they are failed to do so. There is also a docu-fiction named Killing Veerappan and that was also directed by Ram Gopal Varma which is not at all like Veerappan, the film. Anyway, the film is so short and only focused on the ending of Veerappan's killing.

When a movie comes out about Veerappan, and there have been quite a few, that too from the RGV camp, your hopes run high. But like most his recent movies this disappoints.

Three minutes into the movie and I was thinking how to endure the next two hours of this mindless, poorly scripted, poorly scored movie. It is somewhat painful to see the descent of RGV, the filmmaker who mastered the art of Indian gangster movies and carved a name in the horror/thriller genre.

This movie is completely passable except the short and natural performance by Usha Jhadhav who plays Veerappan's wife. Overall the movie has nothing more to offer than what you might have already seen in the trailers.

What surprises me, the earlier movie by the same director "Killing Veerappan" garnered much more praise and was undoubtedly a better crafted movie. Why he took the pain of shooting another version?

It cannot be said that Veerappan is a very entertaining movie. Although, one feels there was enough material to make it so. Revolving around the eponymous forest brigand , the story line is strange since it is not very impactful. Presumably it would be hard for the audience to decide how to perceive the film. There is a shabby effort to add suspense and develop plots . This seems shoddy since everyone knows the main business of the movie.

The background score is very ordinary and raucous , doesn't go well with the setting.

However, what spoils the show is the acting . Lisa Ray's acting is very poor . Partly due to her own limited skills as an actress , partly due to the director's misjudgment and substandard character development. Sandeep Bhardwaj does a little better , however the most genuine aspect of his character are the moustaches.

The cast from Crime Patrol (SET) does a fairly good job invoking their vast experience in police drama genre. The rest of the cast either underacts or overacts. Without exception.

All said and done , had the actors been given better developed characters to play and more interesting dialogue even they could have done better. That not being the case the movie falls way below par. That is all there is to it, I am afraid.