Tamil cinema’s iconic film producer and studio owner, A.V. Meiyappan’s son-in-law, Arun Veerappan, who is famously known for deciding to cast Kamal Haasan as a child artiste in Kalathur Kannamma and founder of Real Image Technologies (Now, Qube Cinema Technologies Pvt Ltd), a company that pioneered digital projection in cinemas in Tamil Nadu, passed away in Chennai. He was 90 and is survived by wife, two sons and a daughter.
Mr. Arun juggled several careers at the same time – he was a producer, director and also dabbled in businesses related to technologies used in cinema. With decades of experiences in film production, he has worked as Executive Producer with famous production houses of the Tamil cinema -AVM Studios and Gemini Studios.
While he has been credited as executive producer in films such as Kalathur Kannamma, Main Chup Rahungi, Mehrban and Paisa Ya Pyar, he has also produced and directed movies such as Zameen Aasmaan, Unnidathil Naan along with more than 150 short films and documentaries.
