'Veerappan' review: Brilliant camerawork but mediocre otherwisePresented in a docudrama style, director Ram Gopal Varma's 'Veerappan' is a true story on the life of the dreaded sandalwood smuggler.
27 May, 2016, 02.51 PM IST
'Veerappan' trailer out, Ram Gopal Varma presents another dark storyProduced by BV Manjunath, the film is based on Veerappan, one of India's most infamous sandalwood smugglers.
19 Apr, 2016, 12.44 PM IST
11 years after his death, Veerappan has become an exotic brand in the West like Che GuevaraVeerappan, in his green fatigues and with the ebullient moustache, remains a distant figure as much for the marketing folks in London as fo...
28 Nov, 2015, 12.16 PM IST
Kannada star Parul Yadav to make Bollywood debut with 'Killing Veerappan'Parul Yadav said she hoped the film would do well at the box office and opens up the doors of Bollywood with good offers which has been her...
24 Sep, 2015, 04.51 PM IST
Muthappa Rai is just one of the many sources I used for my film on him: Ram Gopal VarmaThe film,titled Apparai, will be made in Kannada and Hindi.
05 Aug, 2015, 02.33 PM IST
Supreme Court agrees to hear in open court Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar's plea against deathSC agreed to hear in an open court plea of Khalistan Liberation Force terrorist Devinderpal Singh for commutation of death sentence awarded...
28 Jan, 2014, 03.51 PM IST
Supreme Court commutes death penalty of 15 convicts to life sentenceIn a landmark judgement, the Supreme Court ruled that a death convict must be hanged within 14 days after dismissal of his mercy petition.
21 Jan, 2014, 04.20 PM IST
Inordinate delay in deciding mercy plea: Veerapan's aides to SCA three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice P Sathasivam was hearing arguments on 13 petitions filed by convicts whose execution was stayed...
19 Nov, 2013, 08.21 PM IST
- Drought kills jumbos in Veerappan country
According to data provided by the state forest department under an RTI application, at least 107 elephants have been found dead in this san...
16 Jun, 2013, 02.52 AM IST
In 9-month tenure, Pranab Mukherjee rejected 9 mercy pleasPresident Pranab Mukherjee has rejected nine mercy petitions sentencing 14 convicts including one woman to death in nine months.
13 Apr, 2013, 10.48 AM IST
After long delay, Pranab Mukherjee disposed off 16 mercy pleas in 9 monthsPranab Mukherjee took charge on July 25 last year, and since then he has disposed petitions of 16 condemned prisoners in nine months.
12 Apr, 2013, 11.22 PM IST
SC extends stay on execution of death sentence of Veerappan aidesHanging of four aides of Veerappan has been further delayed with the Supreme Court extending its interim order staying the death sentence
20 Feb, 2013, 12.38 PM IST
CJI no to urgent hearing on Veerappan aides' mercy petitionThe Chief Justice of India on Saturday refused to give an urgent hearing to four Veerappan aides whose mercy pleas were rejected by the pre...
17 Feb, 2013, 12.45 AM IST
- No urgent SC hearing for Veerappan's aides against execution
The matter was mentioned before Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir but he did not give a hearing to it, said a staff from his office when...
16 Feb, 2013, 09.40 PM IST
"They should be spared from execution", says Veerappan's widowWidow of Veerappan has pleaded that the four associates of her husband, who are on a death row in a landmine blast case, be spared from exe...
14 Feb, 2013, 01.44 PM IST
President Pranab Mukherjee rejects mercy pleas of four Veerappan associatesVeerappan associates killed 22 policemen by triggering a landmine blast at Palar in Karnataka in 1993; families informed this time.
14 Feb, 2013, 03.31 AM IST
- Veerappan to come alive on silver screen
The life and times of sandalwood smuggler Veerappan will soon be brought on celluloid by Bollywood filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma.
16 Jun, 2008, 01.54 PM IST