''Veerappa Nayaka'' is a 1999 Indian
Kannada
Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...
-language
biographical film
A biographical film or biopic () is a film that dramatizes the life of a non-fictional or historically-based person or people. Such films show the life of a historical person and the central character's real name is used. They differ from docudra ...
, directed by
S. Narayan
S. Narayan (born 5 June 1962) is an Indian filmmaker, director, actor and lyricist of Kannada films. After Singeetam Srinivasa Rao, Narayan is the second director to direct Dr. Rajkumar and all his three sons. He has given many hits with Vishnu ...
, starring
Vishnuvardhan and
Shruti. It is a story of a Gandhian's son turning into a terrorist. This was also the first film in Vishnuvardhan and Narayan's combination and the movie ran for 50 weeks at the box office.
Plot
The story is about Veerappanayaka, a Gandhian whose son turns into a terrorist.
Cast
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Vishnuvardhan
*
Shruthi
*
Hema Choudhary
Durga Prabha, known by her stage name, Hema Chaudhary (born 1955) is an Indian actress who has predominantly acted in Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam and Tamil films. Starting her career as a lead actress in the Telugu film ''Pelli Kani Pelli'' in 1 ...
*Saurav
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Shobraj
*Kote Prabhakar
*Renuka prasad
*Bhavani Shankar
*Agro Chikkanna
*Bhavyashree Rai
*Ashalatha
*Renukamma Murugod
*Bank suresh
*Fayaz Khan
*
Sudheer Sudheer is an Indian given name.
People
*Sudheer (Kannada actor)
*Sudheer (Malayalam actor)
*Sudheer Babu, Indian actor and former professional badminton player
*Sudheer Karamana, Indian actor of Malayalam films
*Sudheer Sharma, Nepali author and ...
* Renuka Prasad
Soundtrack
Music for the film was composed by
Rajesh Ramanath.
Reception
A critic from ''
Deccan Herald
''Deccan Herald'' is an Indian English language daily newspaper published from the Indian state of Karnataka. It was founded by K. N. Guruswamy, a liquor businessman from Ballari and was launched on 17 June 1948. It is published by The Printe ...
'' opined that "The film is truly worthy of the weavers of our national tricolour!" ''
The New Indian Express
''The New Indian Express'' is an Indian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper published by the Chennai-based Express Publications. It was founded in 1932 as ''The Indian Express'', under the ownership of Chennai-based P. Varadarajulu Naid ...
'' wrote, "This film may remain as one of the best films of Vishnuvardhan’s career. With his mature acting, the film’s story has been handled with the right touch. He never indulges in overacting".
References
External links
{{S. Narayan
1999 films
Films about terrorism in India
1990s Kannada-language films
Films directed by S. Narayan
Films scored by Rajesh Ramnath