Veerappan (वीरप्पन)

Stop.

You dare mess with a tiger? You moron..

You will not have an easy death...

...even a demon will be shocked at the way I will kill you...

Demon you are listening!

Are you listening Demon!

You killed four of my men, right?

Now you watch.

Poor Dinesh was then chased into the jungle...

...and Veerappan finally caught him

Dinesh's face was smashed in such a way that nothing is...

...left above his neck.

Even I couldn't see Dinesh's body, sir.

I can't imagine his wife's state

Sir, our whole force's morale is down.

Minister and media are repeatedly asking.

When we will nab Veerappan?

We've more forces, More weapons, More power, And more facilities.

And even our dead are more.

Sir? In a month, Veerappan killed our seven officers including Dinesh

We are ashamed of ourselves, sir.

One more group is coming to join us tomorrow.

What's the use of getting new groups, sir?

How can crowds catch an ant?

I understand.

But what else can we do in this situation?

Tomorrow, I'm going to the headquarters. You need to brief the new group.

Okay sir.

I'm sure your fitness is excellent,

Shooting perfect,

Assault weapons training will be fantastic

But all of these abilities are futile with Veerappan.

He wears only chappals...

...and moves around with an old model rifle and very few men,

If he's such a simple criminal...

...then why did our department...

...fail in nabbing him from past years?

I had come here last year, And all of you have come today,

Officers will come and go,

Many will either get killed...or retire ...

Few will be permanently injured...

...but this shifting of officers and adding up of forces...

...make no difference to Veerappan...

No one could find him till date...

My experience and study about him...

...says that there was never anyone like Veerappan...

...nor can there be anyone in future.

Perhaps, some of you know a little about Veerappan...

But I would like to put him in perspective.

'As a teenager Veerappan used to cater tea...'

'...to the forest guards at a check-post in the jungle.'

'Its those forest guards who initially trained him to fire a gun.'

'Veerappan used to go into the forest on those guards' instructions...'

'...and he used to kill elephants.'

'They used to pay Veerappan a few hundreds...'

'...and they used to earn in thousands...'

'With time, Wild life laws became strict...'

'...and guards had to stop their corrupt practices.'

'When one of the forest guards tried to stop him and Veerappan killed him...'

'That's when Veerappan became a murderer.'

'The district police sent two constables to arrest Veerappan...'

'...and he ran into the jungle to escape the policemen.'

'The Police are trained to arrest criminals in civilian areas.'

'But they had no idea how to find them in a jungle.'

'As a result, the police returned empty handed.'

'When the local boys realised that the police couldn't harm Veerappan...'

'...they started looking up to him as their hero.'

'With time, Veerappan even controlled the animals.'

"Keep walking."

"Keep moving."

"Keep fighting."

"Keep walking, keep moving, keep fighting."

"Keep walking, keep moving, keep fighting."

"Keep walking, keep moving, keep fighting."

"Keep walking, keep moving, keep fighting."

"Twirl that moustache. Twirl it..."

'Many of the locals joined as his gang members...'

'Soon, Veerappan and his gang members...'

'...started extorting from the timber traders and mine owners in the jungle...'

'After receiving a number of complaints from traders the police...'

'...first time took Veerappan seriously...'

'...and they sent a big team to nab Veerappan.'

'Veerappan and his gang members crossed...'

'...the Tamilnadu border and entered into the Karnataka side of the jungle...'

'...and police couldn't continue due to jurisdiction problem.'

'Veerappan then started... his criminal practices in Karnataka.'

'When Karnataka police came after him...'

'...he would run back into Tamilnadu.'

'Veerappan took great advantage of the internal problems...'

'...and his gang kept growing and became more and more powerful.'

'Finally, both the states realized...'

'...that they should come together to nab Veerappan.'

'And they made a joint task force.'

"My brave boy, my brave boy. "My brave boy, my Veerappan."

"My brave boy, my brave boy. "My brave boy, my Veerappan."

"My brave boy, my brave boy. "My brave boy, my Veerappan."

"He leaves a bloody hell in his wake. It's the victory anoint on his forehead."

"He'll wage wars...he'll spread destruction, he'll only bring damnation."

"Filled with rage, embodiment of sins... The embrace of death."

"My brave boy, my brave boy."

"My brave boy, my brave boy."

"My brave boy, my brave boy. "My brave boy, my Veerappan."

"My brave boy, my brave boy. "My brave boy, my Veerappan."

'This task force killed...'

'...about 80% of Veerappan's gang in the very first year...'

'But then Veerappan realized...'

'...that it was his mistake to move about with a big gang...'

'...as a big gang can be easily spotted.'

'So he reduced the size of his gang ...'

'Police had another problem.'

'If they enter the jungle with a big team...'

'...it leads to a noise...'

'...which would alert Veerappan.'

'And if police enter with a small team...'

'Veerappan would attack and kill them.'

'Also, Veerappan would leak wrong information about his whereabouts.'

'This would exhaust the police going on a wild goose chase.'

'Sometimes Veerappan would pay money to the villagers...'

'...so that they become informants of Veerappan.'

'In the meantime...'

'...media started giving lot of publicity and popularity to Veerappan...'

'...which he started enjoying.'

'He started killing many people just to be in the headlines.'

"Never loses courage, Always emerges victorious?"

No..no please.

"Doesn't even fear, fear itself?

"Never loses courage, Always emerges victorious?"

"Doesn't even fear, fear itself?

"Even the guns of his enemies beg for forgiveness."

"Shoots from his moustache."

"Keel walking."

"Keep moving."

"Keep fighting."

"Keep walking, keep moving, keep fighting."

"Keep walking, keep moving, keep fighting."

"Twirl that moustache. Twirl it..."

"Twirl that moustache. Twirl it..."

"Twirl that moustache. Twirl it..."

"Twirl that moustache. Twirl it..."

"Twirl that moustache. Twirl it..."

'Whenever the higherups were displeased and put pressure on the police...'

'...police would brutally beat the villagers...'

'...so as to get some information about Veerappan.'

'As a result, distance between the police and the villagers increased.'

'This again benefited Veerappan.'

'Due to the forest terrain...'

'...and infighting between various agencies...'

'Veerappan is ruling this region from past years and even today...'

'...and even today, he's growing big every day.'

'Now he started thinking he's a king.'

"We own everything from north to south."

"King of the jungle, maker of his fate."

"Anyone can dare to challenge him."

"But they can never budge him."

"Keel walking."

"Keep moving."

"Keep fighting."

"Keep walking, keep moving, keep fighting."

"Keep walking, keep moving, keep fighting."

"Keep walking, keep moving, keep fighting."

Meanwhile, our biggest fear is that, sources said Veerappan has..

..immense respect for LTTE Terrorist Velupalli Prabhakaran.

And he wishes to meet Prabhakaran.

So that he can do something big with his support.

I don't understand one thing sir...

Journalists, gun runners and his messengers.

All of them meet Veerappan and come back

But only the police have no clue about Veerappan.

How's that possible, sir?

All of them can meet him... because he wants to meet them.

And obviously, he doesn't wish to meet the police.

And he doesn't meet people directly.

First he sends a message to the person he wants to meet.

Then that person needs to meet... his contact outside the jungle

Once his contact is satisfied he sends him in.

One of the gang members of Veerappan...

...keeps close watch on the person entering in the jungle...

...and if he sees that there's no one following...

...only then he's taken to Veerappan.

Otherwise, the meeting gets cancelled.

That's the reason, we are unable to do anything.

Although we know about his contacts.

At the moment, there are teams like us in the jungle...

...and we are all on the same job to nab Veerappan...

He might be arrested very soon...

...or maybe never.

What information do we have about his personal life?

He married a few years ago...

...to a woman called Mutthulakshmi who lives with them in the jungle.

I'm bored of this palace.

I have been repeatedly telling you to take me to the jungle but no.

After marriage, it's every girl's dream...

...to roam about in the jungle with her husband.

And those big mosquitoes should bite her.

There should be no peace of mind, neither in daytime nor at night.

But you neither care nor understand what I say.

Just yesterday, I told you that my saree is just partly torn.

Bring me new saree only when it is completely torn.

But no, you brought sarees in one go

Now please give the rest to your gang members.