Akshay Kumar wants to play officer who killed Veerappan

Kumar headed the Tamil Nadu Special Task Force that executed Veerappan in 2004, ending the outlaw’s decades of terror on the Karnataka-Tamil Nadu border.

On Wednesday, Akshay was present to show his support to security agencies by attending the launch of a book, Veerappan – Chasing the Brigand, in Mumbai.

Asked which role among the two he would like to play, he said: “Both Veerappan and Vijay Kumar’s characters are really interesting but I would love to play the role of Vijay Kumar because the whole planning has been done by him and how brilliantly he executed the entire operation.”

The book is a first hand account of Veerappan’s end, written by Vijay Kumar himself. The book release was attended by eminent politicians and bureaucrats among others.

Akshay was last seen in Naam Shabana in which he played a RAW agent. He has three releases lined up this year: Toilet – Ek Prem Katha, Padman and Rajanikant’s 2.O.

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Withreleases like  Airlift, Housefull 3 and  Rustom, Akshay Kumar had delivered three perpetual hits in 2016 and in 2017, his first film Jolly LLB 2 had been one of the major box office hit. Akshay Kumar is presently shooting for Padman, with Sonam Kapoor and Radhika Apte. It will be the first movie, under the banners of Mrs Funny Bones Movies.

With inputs from IANS.