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P. S. Veerappa
P. S. Veerappa
Born	Pollachi S. Veerappa; 10 September 1911; Kangeyam, Coimbatore District, Madras Presidency, British Raj (now Tiruppur District, Tamil Nadu, India)
Died	11 September 1998 (aged 87); Chennai, India
Occupation(s)	Actor, Producer
Years active	1939-1998
Spouse	Veera Lakshmi
Children	2
Awards	Kalaimamani Award, Rajiv Gandhi Award

P. S. Veerappa (10 September 1911 – 11 September 1998) was an Indian actor and a producer of Tamil cinema.^[1]^[2]

Early life

Born in 1911, Veerappa belonged to Kangeyam, then part of 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.^[3]

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.^{[citation needed]} He was associated with six Chief Ministers (C. N. Annadurai, M. Karunanidhi, M. G. Ramachandran, N. T. Rama Rao, V. N. Janaki & J. Jayalalitha) as an actor and producer.^[3]

Sivaji Ganesan was a great 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	Co-Stars
1939	Mani Mekalai
1946	Sri Murugan
1948	Raja Mukthi		M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar
1948	Madhanamala
1950	Marudhanaattu Ilavarasi		M. G. Ramachandran
1950	Ithaya Geetham	Prathaban	T. R. Mahalingam
1952	Mappilllai
1953	Naam		M. G. Ramachandran V. N. Janaki M. N. Nambiar
	Madhana Mohini
	Genova		M. G. Ramachandran
1954	Sorgavasal
	Sugam Engey	Nagappan	K. R. Ramasamy Savitri T. K. Ramachandran, K. A. Thangavelu
	Ammaiyappan
1955	Kaveri
	Mullaivanam		S. A. Natarajan
	Ulagam Pala Vidham
	Pennarasi
1956	Marma Veeran
	Aasai	Veeran	Gemini Ganesan, Padmini, D. Balasubramaniam, Rajasulochana, N. S. Krishnan
	Alibabavum 40 Thirudargalum	Abhu Usian	M. G. Ramachandran P. Bhanumathi K. Sarangapani
1957	Mahadevi	General KarunaKaran	M. G. Ramachandran Savitri
	Magathala Nattu Mary		Sriram, Kumari Thangam, E. R. Sahadevan
	Chakravarthi Thirumagal	General Bhairavan	M. G. Ramachandran Anjali Devi S. Varalakshmi
	Rani Lalithangi
	Thangamalai Ragasiyam	Mahendran	Sivaji Ganesan Jamuna T. R. Rajakumari M. N. Nambiar
	Raja Rajan	General Nagavelan	M. G. Ramachandran Padmini Lalitha M. N. Nambiar
	Yaar Paiyan
	Neelamalai Thirudan	Zamindar Nagappan	R. Ranjan, Anjali Devi M. K. Radha
	Pathini Deivam		Gemini Ganesan, Savitri
1958	Vanjikottai Valiban	Senapathy	Gemini Ganesan Vyjayanthimala Padmini
	Nadodi Mannan	Raja Guru	M. G. Ramachandran P. Bhanumathi B. Saroja Devi
	Boologa Rambai	General Veera Kesari	Gemini Ganesan Anjali Devi
	Neelavukku Neranja Manasu		T. R. Ramachandran
	Petra Maganai Vitra Annai		S. S. Rajendran C. R. Vijayakumari
	Panai Pidithaval Bhagyasali		Savitri K. Balaji
	Pillai Kaniyamudhu
1959	Sivagangai Seemai		S. S. Rajendran Kumari Kamala
1959	Thalai Koduthan Thambi
1960	Mannadhi Mannan		M. G. Ramachandran Padmini Anjali Devi
	Kaithi Kannayiram	Prisoner Jagatheeran (or) Prisoner No:420	R. S. Manohar Javert Seetharaman Rajasulochana K. A. Thangavelu
	Veerakkanal	The King	Gemini Ganesan Anjali Devi M. N. Nambiar M. N. Rajam
	Parthiban Kanavu	Kabaligan	Gemini Ganesan Vyjayanthimala
	Yanai Paagan		Udaykumar
1961	Marutha Nattu Veeran		Sivaji Ganesan Jamuna
1962	Aalayamani	Pakkiri	Sivaji Ganesan B. Saroja Devi M. R. Radha T. R. Ramachandran
1962	Vikramaadhithan		M. G. Ramachandran Padmini
1963	Anandha Jodhi	Jambu	M. G. Ramachandran Devika Kamal Haasan
	Veera Dhalapathi Veluthambi
	Raj Mahal
	Kalai Arasi	Kannan	M. G. Ramachandran P. Bhanumathi Rajasree
1964	Andavan Kattalai	Prosicutor (Cameo Appearance)	Sivaji Ganesan Devika K. Balaji J. P. Chandrababu
1966	Yaar Nee?	CID Officer (Cameo Appearance)	Jaishankar Jayalalitha
1967	Arasa Kattalai	the King of the kingdom of Kumari	M. G. Ramachandran B. Saroja Devi Jayalalitha R. S. Manohar M. N. Nambiar S. A. Ashokan
1969	Ponnu Mappillai	Dharma prakash	Jaishankar
1971	Iru Thuruvam	Landlord	Sivaji Ganesan Padmini R. Muthuraman Pandari Bai
1975	Pallandu Vazhga	David/No:250	M. G. Ramachandran Latha M. N. Nambiar R. S. Manohar
1977	Meenava Nanban	Selvaraj, Arun' father	M. G. Ramachandran
1977	Navarathinam	Manarai	M. G. Ramachandran
1978	Maduraiyai Meeta Sundarapandiyan	The Minister Thaigum Valavarai	M. G. Ramachandran
1979	Thisai Maariya Paravaigal		Sarath Babu Sumalatha
1979	Allavuthinum Arputha Vilakkum		Kamal Hasan Rajinikanth Sripriya
1984	Vetri		Vijayakanth Viji, M. N. Nambiar
1986	Karimedu Karuvayan	D.I.G	Vijayakanth
1988	Kaliyugam		Prabhu Raghuvaran Amala
1990	Neengalum Herothan	As himself	Nizhalgal Ravi

As producer


Yeat	Film	Directors	Notes
1958	Pillai Kaniyamudhu	M. A. Thirumugam
1960	Veerakkanal	G. K .Ramu
1962	Aalayamani	K. Shankar
1963	Anandha Jodhi	V. N. Reddy
1964	Andavan Kattalai	K. Shankar
1966	Yaar Nee	Sathyam
1968	Aadmi	A Bhimsingh	Hindi
1969	Ponnu Maapillai	S. Ramanathan
1971	Iru Thuruvam	S. Ramanathan
1979	Thisai Maariya Paravaigal	S. Jagadeesan
1980	Megathukkum Dhagam Undu	S. Jagadeesan
1982	Pattanathu Rajakkal	S. A. Chandrasekhar
1984	Vetri	S. A. Chandrasekhar
1984	Kadamai	Rama Narayanan
1984	Sabaash	Rama Narayanan
1984	Vesham	Rama Narayanan
1985	Mannukketha Ponnu	Ramarajan
1986	Odangal	Ameerjan
1986	Marakka Matten	Ramarajan
1987	Thulasi	Ameerjan
1991	Vanakkam Vaathiyaare	Ameerjan

References

^ Guy, Randor (2 August 2014). "The superstar villain". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 30 January 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
^ Ramanujam, D. S. (18 September 1998). "Left an indelible mark on Tamil screen". The Hindu. p. 27. Archived from the original on 18 August 2001. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
^ ^a ^b Majordasan. "Potpourri of titbits about cinema - P. S. Veerappa". Kalyanamalai. Archived from the original on 5 June 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2012.