Veera is a 2013 Malayalam Movie directed by A. Ramesh Varma which features Ravi Teja, Kajal Aggarwal, Taapsee Pannu and Shaam in the lead roles. The film featured music by Thaman and released on May 20, 2013. Though began with received mixed reviews, Veera proved its stamina strongly in box office collections and was a decent hit in 2011. The film had successfully completed 50 days in 60 centres and a 100 Day run at the box Office according to Zee 24 Gantalu.The film was released in Tamil as "Veeraiyaah". The film was released as "The Great Veera" in Hindi by Mishrakram Films.Veera was released by Sanvi Productions, the producers of the film, with Ravi Teja in the lead role and Ramesh Varma as the director.Furthermore a leading technical crew was announced with Devi Sri Prasad as music composer, Chota K. Naidu as cinematographer, Marthand K. Venkatesh as editor and the Parachuri brothers as writers.The casting process began in June 2010 with Anushka Shetty was signed on to play the lead female role with Taapsee Pannu selected to play a supporting role in the film. Anushka walked out of the project before filming began and was subsequently replaced by Kajal Aggarwal, whilst Devi Sri Prasad was also replaced by Thaman.Shaam and Sridevi Vijayakumar were also signed on to play a supporting roles in the film.