In
a
shocking
revelation,
popular
film-maker
Ram
Gopal
Varma(RGV)
has
claimed
that
India's
most
notorious
brigand
and
dacoit,
Veerappan,
who
was
shot
dead
by
police
officers,
had
plans
of
kidnapping
one
of
our
country's
biggest
superstars
Rajinikanth.
Ram
Gopal
Varma,
who
has
worked
in
Tamil
movies
like
Thiruda
Thiruda
and
Jithan,
is
currently
working
on
his
upcoming
film
Veerappan,
a
biopic
of
the
gangster.
It
is
for
this
movie
he
had
researched
on
Veerappan
and
in
the
process,
acquired
knowledge
about
Veerappan's
plans
of
kidnapping
Rajinikanth,
RGV
has
claimed.
What
more,
the
Ratha
Sarithiram
director
has
also
claimed
that
Veerappan
was
under
the
impression
that
he
was
more
popular
than
Rajinikanth.
"Veerappan
used
to
think
he
is
more
famous
than
Rajnikanth
and
at
one
point
he
demanded
a
film
to
be
made
on
him
as
a
part
of
his
Ransom," RGV
wrote
on
his
official
social
media
page.
He
further
went
on
to
state,
"Veerappan's
demand
was
to
get
a
much
bigger
film
made
on
him
than
Shekar
Kapur's
'Bandit
queen'
because
he
was
much
bigger
than
Phoolan
Devi."
In
an
interview
to
a
leading
daily,
Mr.
Varma
has
said
his
film
on
Veerappan
would
expose
the
"drama" behind
the
plot
that
was
devised
to
kill
Veerappan.
"From
all
the
truth
I
gathered,
Veerappan's
story
was
unbelievable.
But
what
is
even
more
unbelievable
is
the
drama
which
went
behind
the
plan
to
kill
him,"
he
has
said.
RGV
has
gathered
information
based
on
his
interviews
with
people
who
were
close
to
the
infamous
smuggler
and
inputs
from
mediators
and
police
officials
involved
in
the
hunt
down.
It
is
to
be
noted
that
Veerappan
had
kidnapped
Kannada
superstar
Dr.
Rajkumar,
which
led
to
public
outcry
and
violence
in
the
state
of
Karnataka.
Rajkumar,
after
being
held
for
108
days,
was
released
unharmed.
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