Ram Gopal Varma’s thriller film ‘Killing Veerappan’ has changed its release date. After few postponements for release, ‘Killing Veerappan’ releases on 18th of December.

‘Veerappan has an interesting story behind him. I was always fascinated to picturise the history of Veerappan. Almost Rs 700 Cr was spent by Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu governments for catching him. Approximately 900 elephants were killed for the purpose of smuggling. Osama Bin Laden was hunted down in 10 years, whereas Veerappan was chased for 20 years’ said Ram Gopal Varma in a recent press meet.

Real-time locations were chosen to make this movie. Parts of forest’s in Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu were Veerappan has lived were chosen as shooting locations. Veerappan’s wife Muthu Lakshmi was also enquired about Veerapan’s routine, habits, mannerisms etc.

1. Manjunath, B. S. Sudhindra, E. Shivaprakash are jointly producing this film. Sandeep Bharadwaj is playing the title role while Shivaraj Kumar is seen as a police officer. Yagna Shetty, Sanchari Vijay and Parul Yadav are playing the supporting roles in this docudrama thriller film.

‘Killing Veerappan’ will be releasing in Kannada, Telugu, Tamil and Hindi languages on 18th of December.

Ram Gopal Varma’s ‘Killing Veerappan’ that is based on the real-life events of Sandalwood smuggler Veerappan is all set to release on 11th of December.

This film has the backdrop of ‘Operation Cocoon,’ that hunts down Veerappan, and other smugglers were shot in the Sathyamangalam forests. Sandalwood hero Shivaraj Kumar plays the role of a cop who kills Veerappan in this docudrama thriller film. Shivaraj is the son of Late Rajkumar, who was kidnapped by Veerappan in 2000.

Killing Veerappan is primarily a Kannada film that is being dubbed in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi. Muthulakshmi, the wife of Veerappan, objected this film release as Ram Gopal Varma said that Killing Veerappan will only release in Hindi and not in another language.

After few allegations and agitations from Muthulakshmi, Ram Gopal Varma finally settled the issue with her who later agreed to release the film all four languages.

RGV tweeted regarding this:

Problems with Mutthulakshmi regarding Killing Veerapan have been amicably settled ..Film is releasing on 11th December

— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) December 3, 2015