A master strategist is appointed following Veerappan's unabashed spate of crimes and murders. The official puts in place Operation Cocoon, which involves setting up a network of spies and informers.

Veerappan 's image is imprinted as this moustachioed, gun-wielding sandalwood smuggler in pop culture, but filmmaker Selvamani Selvaraj was more interested in finding out about the man behind the ...