Veerappu

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

Veerappu is a Tamil language film. This was the second film that director Sundar C acted in the lead role. It is the Tamil Remake of the Blockbuster Malayalam movie Spadikam by Bhadran.

Plot

The story revolves around Puli (Sundar C) who is a local rowdy and the son of a math teacher (Prakash Raj). Prakash Raj hates his son for being a rowdy and for not being proficient in Mathematics. The story revolves around the ego clash between dad and son. As part of a flashback it is shown that young Puli was very good in Physics but being a Math teacher his father wanted him to excel in Math which he was unable to do so. As a result of repeated physical and mental abuse the young boy takes up the wrong route to grow up. In the mean time, rival gangs and police try to kill Puli but is accidentally saved by his half-sister, a daughter from an affair that Prakash Raj 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 limelight and unites with his family completes the rest of the movie.

Release

The satellite rights of the film were sold to Sun TV.

Box office

• The film was a commercial success grossing $2 million at the box office.
• The film is a remake of the blockbuster Malayalam movie Spadikam starring Mohanlal although parts of plot also lifted from another blockbuster Malayalam movie Narasimham (film) again starring Mohanlal such as half-sister and father being framed . The Telugu movie Vajram starring Akkineni Nagarjuna which is also based on the same Malayalam flick Spadikam