BENGALURU:
AMR Ramesh, who directed the film ‘Attahasa’ on the life of forest brigand Veerappan, is planning a web series called ‘Veerappan’. Actor Kishore has been cast as the brigand, and ADGP Alok Kumar sounded the clapper for the first scene recently. Arjun Sarja will also be seen in a lead role. The web series will be broadcast in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi and Malayalam as well.
Speaking to the media, AMR Ramesh said, “I already have 10 hours of content. The series will be 12 or 14 episodes of 45 minutes each.”
There have been three movies so far in Kannada on the forest brigand. In the 1990s, Devaraj played the lead as Veerappan.
A web series featuring contribution of Police & Forest deptt in anti -Veerappan Operations,titled “ Veerappan-Hunger for killing”, was launched at KSRP premise, Shri AMR Ramesh is the Director. KSRP men & Officers have formed the backbone of STF & ANF Operations in Karnataka. pic.twitter.com/o5RW7Hvw2t
— alok kumar (@alokkumar6994) August 21, 2020
