Films made on smugglers and gangsters which became super hit?
These days, allu arjun starrer pushpa 2 is eagerly awaited by his fans. Its first part was liked a lot by the people. In which
allu arjun played the role of a sandalwood smuggler. It is said that this role of allu arjun was based on the famous
smuggler Veerappan. Similarly, films like Company, Shootout at Wadala also show the story of famous gangsters of
Mumbai. Today we are going to tell the story of the real villains behind the story of these films.
Story of the gangster behind Pushpa
Allu Arjun's superhit film pushpa is said to be based on the real story of Veerappan. If you do not know about veerappan,
then let us tell you that he was called a dreaded dacoit. Whose name was not only published a lot in newspapers, but also
people were very afraid of him as long as he was alive. people generally knew Kooj Muniswamy veerappan by the name
of Veerappan. veerappan was a notorious bandit who lived in the forests of Karnataka, kerala and tamil Nadu for 30
years.
veerappan was also known for sandalwood, elephant tusks smuggling and kidnapping, theft and dacoity. He committed
his first murder at the age of 17. It is said that most of his victims were IPS officers and forest officers. In 1987, Veerappan
came to the notice of the central government when he kidnapped and murdered Forest Officer Chidambaram.
To capture veerappan, tamil Nadu Special Task Force had conducted an operation which was named 'Operation Cocoon'.
In which veerappan was killed. veerappan was so notorious that after his death thousands of people came to see him,
while many were not even allowed inside due to police security.
Who is the real gangster of Shootout at Wadala?
It is said that the film 'Shootout at Wadala', made under the direction of sanjay gupta and starring john Abraham, is
based on the life of Mumbai's notorious gangster manya Surve. Which proved to be a superhit. Manya's real name was
Manohar arjun Surve. Who was called the first educated don of the underworld. manya graduated with 78% marks in
Chemistry. It is said that he was sentenced to life imprisonment for a murder which he had not committed.