# P. S. Veerappa

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

## 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.

## 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. Jayalalitha) as an actor and producer.
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 |
| 1953 | Madhana Mohini | | |
| 1953 | Genova | | M. G. Ramachandran |
| 1954 | Sorgavasal | | |
| 1954 | Sugam Engey | Nagappan | K. R. Ramasamy Savitri T. K. Ramachandran, K. A. Thangavelu |
| 1954 | Ammaiyappan | | |
| 1955 | Kaveri | | |
| 1955 | Mullaivanam | | S. A. Natarajan |
| 1955 | Ulagam Pala Vidham | | |
| 1955 | Pennarasi | | |
| 1956 | Marma Veeran | | |
| 1956 | Aasai | Veeran | Gemini Ganesan, Padmini, D. Balasubramaniam, Rajasulochana, N. S. Krishnan |
| 1956 | Alibabavum 40 Thirudargalum | Abhu Usian | M. G. Ramachandran P. Bhanumathi K. Sarangapani |
| 1957 | Mahadevi | General KarunaKaran | M. G. Ramachandran Savitri |
| 1957 | Magathala Nattu Mary | | Sriram, Kumari Thangam, E. R. Sahadevan |
| 1957 | Chakravarthi Thirumagal | General Bhairavan | M. G. Ramachandran Anjali Devi S. Varalakshmi |
| 1957 | Rani Lalithangi | | |
| 1957 | Thangamalai Ragasiyam | Mahendran | Sivaji Ganesan Jamuna T. R. Rajakumari M. N. Nambiar |
| 1957 | Raja Rajan | General Nagavelan | M. G. Ramachandran Padmini Lalitha M. N. Nambiar |
| 1957 | Yaar Paiyan | | |
| 1957 | Neelamalai Thirudan | Zamindar Nagappan | R. Ranjan, Anjali Devi M. K. Radha |
| 1957 | Pathini Deivam | | Gemini Ganesan, Savitri |
| 1958 | Vanjikottai Valiban | Senapathy | Gemini Ganesan Vyjayanthimala Padmini |
| 1958 | Nadodi Mannan | Raja Guru | M. G. Ramachandran P. Bhanumathi B. Saroja Devi |
| 1958 | Boologa Rambai | General Veera Kesari | Gemini Ganesan Anjali Devi |
| 1958 | Neelavukku Neranja Manasu | | T. R. Ramachandran |
| 1958 | Petra Maganai Vitra Annai | | S. S. Rajendran C. R. Vijayakumari |
| 1958 | Panai Pidithaval Bhagyasali | | Savitri K. Balaji |
| 1958 | Pillai Kaniyamudhu | | |
| 1959 | Sivagangai Seemai | | S. S. Rajendran Kumari Kamala |
| 1959 | Thalai Koduthan Thambi | | |
| 1960 | Mannadhi Mannan | | M. G. Ramachandran Padmini Anjali Devi |
| 1960 | Kaithi Kannayiram | Prisoner Jagatheeran (or) Prisoner No:420 | R. S. Manohar Javert Seetharaman Rajasulochana K. A. Thangavelu |
| 1960 | Veerakkanal | The King | Gemini Ganesan Anjali Devi M. N. Nambiar M. N. Rajam |
| 1960 | Parthiban Kanavu | Kabaligan | Gemini Ganesan Vyjayanthimala |
| 1960 | 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 |
| 1963 | Veera Dhalapathi Veluthambi | | |
| 1963 | Raj Mahal | | |
| 1963 | 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 | |