Veerappu

Veerappu is a 2007 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed by Badri in his directorial debut. It is a remake of the 1995 Malayalam film Spadikam by Bhadran. The film stars Sundar C in his second film as lead role, along with Gopika, Prakash Raj, Vivek, and Santhanam. The music was composed by D. Imman, while editing was done by Mu. Kasi Vishwanathan. The film was a commercial success at the box office. However, it was mocked by Mohanlal fans who said it was not worthy of being a remake of the blockbuster superhit movie Spadikam. Mnay critics said it was silly to think Sundar C could do the role with any perfection like Mohanlal. It came back with negative reviews.

Veerappu
Directed by	Badri
Produced by	Krishnamoorthy Vijayakumar Sujatha Vijayakumar
Written by	Badri
Story by	Bhadran
Based on	Spadikam (1995) by Bhadran
Starring	Sundar C Gopika Prakash Raj Vivek Santhanam
Music by	D. Imman
Cinematography	K. S. Selvaraj
Edited by	Mu. Kasi Vishwanathan
Production company	Home Media [P].Ltd
Distributed by	Avni Cinemax
Release date	27 July 2007
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

The story revolves around an ego clash between father and son. Pulippandi (Sundar C) is a local rowdy and the son of a math teacher Vedhukannu (Prakash Raj). Vedhukannu hates Puli for being a rowdy and not being proficient in math. As part of a flashback, it is shown that young Puli was very good in physics, but his father, being a math teacher, wanted him to excel in math, which he was unable to do. As a result of repeated physical and mental abuse, Puli takes the wrong route to grow up. In the meantime, rival gangs and police try to kill him, but he is accidentally saved by his half-sister, a daughter from an affair that his father had. Puli helps his half-sister in return for her unexpected help and vouches for her safety. The rival gangs kill her and put the blame on his father. How Puli brings the truth to light and unites with his family completes the rest of the movie.

Cast

• Sundar C. as Pulippandi
• Gopika as Bharathi
• Prakash Raj as Vedhukannu, Puli's father
• Vivek as Ratthan
• Manikandan
• Anju as Kodi
• Tejashree
• Santhoshi
• Sumithra
• Santhanam
• Prem
• Shobaraj
• Vichu Vishwanath

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by D. Imman.[1]

Veerappu
Soundtrack album by D. Imman
Released	2007
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Language	Tamil
D. Imman chronology
Naan Avanillai (2007) Veerappu (2007) Marudhamalai (2007)

Song Title	Singers	Lyrics
"Puliya Kili Jeyicha"	Harish Raghavendra, Madhushree	K. S. Selvaraj
"Roundukatti Adi"	Bhargavi
"Poona Varuveero"	Jey
"Mathematical Expression (Kanakku)"	Manikka Vinayagam
"Poona Varuveero – Remix"	D. Imman, Jey

Reception

Sify wrote "On the whole Veerappu, is a clean family entertainer with a nice message, worth a look."[2] Behindwoods wrote "Debutant director Badri, has nothing new to offer for the paying public and the screenplay runs in a set predictable path. Some twists and turns in the storyline could have helped in a big way."[3] Rediff wrote "The yarn has been 'commercially treated' to suit Tamil sensibilities one would be led to believe. Save for the fast paced moments towards the climax and the punctuations of stunt scenes, the result is slow and too pat."[4] Thiraipadam wrote "the film, inspite of unimpressive casting, passes muster."[5]

Box office

Veerappu was a commercial success grossing $2 million at the box office. However, it came back with negative reviews with many people saying it was not as good as Mohanlal's Spadikam and many Malayalee Mohanlal fans mocked Sundar C.[6]

References

1. https://mio.to/album/Veerappu+%282007%29
2. http://www.sify.com/movies/veerappu-review--pclws0iddbfdf.html
3. http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-articles/movies-06/veerappu-review.html
4. https://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/jul/30veera.htm
5. http://www.thiraipadam.com/cgi-bin/movie_review.pl?id=639&user_name=bbalaji&review_lang=english&lang=english
6. Sundar C throws a party to celebrate the success of Veeraappu

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