Pollachi Sinnappan Veerappan Short name (P. S. Veerappa) (10 September 191111 September 1998) was an Indian, Tamil actor and a producer of Tamil cinema.
Early life Born in 1911 Veerappa birth Pollachi Parents Sinnappan Mudaliyar-Pappammal belonged to Kangeyam, then part of Old Coimbatore District in Madras Presidency. But he grew up in his grandfather’s house in Pollachi right from an early age. He was interested in studies but there were no income sources due to large members in family. He tried many small trading business which never gave him good returns. Before moving to Madras he used to act in plays which was conducted in temple festival in nearby temple town Sivanmalai where he saw K. B. Sundarambal and her brother. They insisted him to join cinema and told him to come to Madras. So he moved to Madras with the aim of joining cinema; he expressed his desire to her and Sundarambal sent him to Ellis R. Dungan with a recommendation letter.
Career Duncan was directing the film Manimekalai at that time in which Sundarambal had an important role. And, Veerappa was introduced to cinema through that film in 1939. His next films were Udayanan Vasavadatta, in which G. N. Balasubramaniam and Vasundhara Devi were the lead pair and Jupiter Pictures’ Sri Murugan with C. Honnappa Bhagavathar as the hero. M. G. Ramachandran was also in the cast and Veerappa and became friends with him after this film. Their duo acted in many films together as hero and villain. Veerappa’s popular laughter "ha ..ha ..haa .." was first tried in the film Chakravarthi Thirumagal in which MGR was the hero. As it had tremendous response, it was continued by Veerappa in all his subsequent films and it became his trademark. In the film Vanjikottai Valiban, there is a dance sequence in which Vyjayanthimala and Padmini are both dancing, challenging each other in the song Kannum Kannum Kalanthu. In this scene, Veerappa shouts, "Sabhaash … sariyana potti …", welcoming the challenge. And, in another film Mahadhevi, Veerappa, the villain, would chase the heroine K. Savithri with so much lust. In the scene in which he realizes that he could never get Savithri, he would say, "Manadhaal Mahadevi, illaiyel maranadevi …". This dialogue gets consistent claps from the audience even today. .
He was associated with six Chief Ministers (C. N. Annadurai, M. Karunanidhi, M. G. Ramachandran, N. T. Rama Rao, V. N. Janaki & J. Jayalalithaa) as an actor and producer.
Sivaji Ganesan was a admirer and fan of Veerappa’s acting and his ‘famous’ laughter. Sivaji had openly expressed this admiration on many occasions. Veerappa had acted as the villain with four generation heroes, starting from MGR and Sivaji to heroes like Kamal Haasan, Rajinikanth and Vijayakanth. A molded villain in movies, Veerappa was a great human being in real life. He became a producer also and produced many films. Veerappa, died in September 1998. He had a daughter and a son. His son P. S. V. Hariharan is a film producer.
Filmography
As actor Year Movie name Role 1939Mani Mekalai1946Sri Murugan1948 Raja Mukthi Madhanamala 1950 Marudhanaattu Ilavarasi Ithaya GeethamPrathaban 1952 Mappilllai1953 Naam Madhana Mohini Genova 1954 SorgavasalSugam Engey Nagappan Ammaiyappan 1955 Kaveri MullaivanamUlagam Pala Vidham Pennarasi1956 Marma Veeran Aasai Veeran Alibabavum 40 Thirudargalum Abhu Hussain1957 Mahadevi Karunakaran Magathala Nattu Mary Chakravarthi Thirumagal Bhairavan Rani Lalithangi Gaandeepan Thangamalai Ragasiyam Mahendran Raja Rajan Nagavelan Yaar Paiyan Neelamalai Thirudan Zamindar Nagappan Pathini Deivam 1958 Vanjikottai Valiban Senapathy Nadodi Mannan Raja Guru Boologa Rambai Veera KesariNeelavukku Neranja ManasuPetra Maganai Vitra Annai Panai Pidithaval Bhagyasali Pillai Kaniyamudhu1959 Sivagangai Seemai Thalai Koduthan Thambi 1960 Mannadhi Mannan Kanikannan Kaithi Kannayiram Prisoner Jagatheeran (or) Prisoner No:420 Veerakkanal The King Parthiban Kanavu Kabaligan Yanai Paagan 1961 Marutha Nattu Veeran 1962 Aalayamani Pakkiri Vikramaadhithan1963 Anandha Jodhi Jambu Veera Dhalapathi VeluthambiRaj Mahal Kalai Arasi Kannan 1964 Andavan Kattalai Prosecutor (Cameo Appearance) 1966 Yaar Nee? CID Officer (Cameo Appearance) 1967 Arasa Kattalai the King of the kingdom of Kumari 1969 Ponnu Mappillai Dharma prakash 1971 Iru Thuruvam Landlord 1975 Pallandu Vazhga David/No:2501977 Meenava Nanban Selvaraj Navarathinam Manarai 1978 Maduraiyai Meeta Sundarapandiyan Thaigum Valavarai1979 Thisai Maariya Paravaigal Allavuthinum Arputha Vilakkum 1984 Vetri 1986Karimedu KaruvayanD.I.G1988Kaliyugam 1990 Neengalum Herothan As himself
As producer
+YeatFilmDirectorsNotes1958Pillai KaniyamudhuM. A. Thirumugam1960VeerakkanalG. K .Ramu1962AalayamaniK. Shankar1963Anandha JodhiV. N. Reddy1964Andavan KattalaiK. Shankar1966Yaar NeeSathyam1968AadmiA BhimsinghHindi1969Ponnu MaapillaiS. Ramanathan1971Iru ThuruvamS. Ramanathan1979Thisai Maariya ParavaigalS. Jagadeesan1980Megathukkum Dhagam UnduS. Jagadeesan1982Pattanathu RajakkalS. A. Chandrasekhar1984VetriS. A. ChandrasekharKadamaiRama NarayananSabaashRama NarayananVeshamRama Narayanan1985Mannukketha PonnuRamarajan1986OdangalAmeerjan 1986Marakka MattenRamarajan1987ThulasiAmeerjan1991Vanakkam VaathiyaareAmeerjan
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