A. Veerappan (21 June 1933 2005) was an Indian comedian, screenwriter, and film director. While having worked in more than 100 films. He is notable for his comedian roles along with fellow actor

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in the 1960s. He wrote comedy tracks for Suruli Rajan in most of the films in the 1970s. He debuted as a comedian in the film

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(1956). He wrote comedy tracks for

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and

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Udaya Geetham ''Udaya Geetham'' (; ) is a 1985 Indian Tamil-language thriller film directed by K. Rangaraj. The film stars Mohan, Lakshmi and Revathi, with Goundamani, Senthil, Anand Babu, and Prathapachandran in supporting roles. It revolves around a sing ...

Idaya Kovil ''Idaya Kovil'' () is a 1985 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language film directed by Mani Ratnam, starring Mohan (actor), Mohan, Ambika (actress), Ambika, Radha (actress), Radha and Goundamani. The score and soundtrack were composed by Ilaiyaraa ...

Karakattakaran ''Karakattakkaran'' () is a 1989 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy dance film written and directed by Gangai Amaran. The film stars Ramarajan and debutant Kanaka, while Santhana Bharathi, Chandrasekhar, Goundamani, Senthil, Shanmugasundara ...

Chinna Thambi ''Chinna Thambi'' () is a 1991 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written and directed by P. Vasu. The film stars Prabhu as the titular character, an uneducated village simpleton and Khushbu as Nandini, a homeschooled wealthy girl. Man ...

. The banana comedy in Karakattakkaran brought him to the peak of his fame and fetched him high accolades among movie buffs. The comedy brought Goundamani and Senthil to the peak of their fame.

Early life

Veerappan was born in

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district, Tamil Nadu. At the young age, he acted plays in Sakthi Drama troupe in

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district. The three great actors who motivated him that day were S. V. Subbaiah,

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, S.A. Natarajan. Actor S. A Kannan. then,

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has joined in sakthi drama troupe and acted along with Veerappan. They were close friends in drama days. In 1950, when Sivaji Ganesan was playing the hero in the drama "En Thangai", he got a chance to play Parasakthi film. Since he acted in cinema, Veerappan was given the role and for more than 25 weeks, the play took place in many parts of Tamil Nadu. ''Panathottam'' was the first film which Veerappan wrote comedy track however ''Madras to Pondicherry'' became a turning point in his career.

Film career

Veerappan had written the comedy sequences for several films including Karakattakaran, Vaidehi Kathirunthal, Idhaya Kovil, Udhaya Geetham etc which featured Goundamani and Senthil. and directed only one movie

Deiveega raagangal ''Deiveega Raagangal'' () is a 1980 Indian Tamil-language film written and directed by A. Veerappan. The film stars Srikanth, Roja Ramani, Vadivukkarasi. It was released on 29 February 1980. Plot Cast * Srikanth * Vadivukkarasi *Roja Ram ...

(1980). His comedy sequences in Karakattakaran fetched him high accolades among movie buffs.

Family

He has a wife, Porkodi, two daughters Shanti and Uma, and one son Anand.

Death

Veerappan suffered cardiac arrest and died at his residence in Saligramam on 30 August 2005.

Filmography

''This is a partial filmography. You can expand it.''

As actor

As Comedy Writer

As director

As story writer

*'' Rudra Thandavam'' (1978) *''

Raja Enga Raja ''Raja Enga Raja'' is a 1995 Tamil language drama film directed by T. Vijayasingam. The film stars Goundamani, Ramya Krishnan and Sadhana. Plot Raja is an IRS officer who works in New Delhi and is in love with his colleague and friend Prabha ...

'' (1995)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Veerappan, A. Indian male film actors Tamil comedians Male actors in Tamil cinema 20th-century comedians People from Thanjavur district 1933 births 2005 deaths Tamil film directors