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Freed Indian Movie=20 Star is Mobbed by Loving Fans
Screen idol=20 Rajkumar tells of his 108-day kidnapping = ordeal
By = MICHAEL=20 FATHERS

November 17, 2000
Web = posted at 10:45=20 p.m. Hong Kong time, 9:45 a.m. EDT

The = celebration in=20 Bangalore was enormous. Thousands of fans went on a daylong binge, = dancing=20 through the streets, while public transport came to a standstill, = schools=20 closed, and megaphones bombarded the public with the announcement = that=20 Annavaru (Elder Brother) was coming home.

Elder Brother is = film=20 star Rajkumar, a 72-year-old icon of South India's movie industry = who is=20 venerated in his home state of Karnataka as much as the Hindu gods = he=20 often portrayed on screen. "It is like Lord Rama returning from = his 14-=20 year vanavasa [sojourn in the forest]," said autorickshaw driver,=20 Ramanjaneya, waiting among the thousands of fans for the = helicopter that=20 was bringing Rajkumar home on Thursday.

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The = film star had=20 been set free a day earlier after 108 days as a prisoner of = India's most=20 infamous criminal, the mustachioed bandit king Veerappan, whose = hideaway=20 lies deep in the jungle vastness of Karnataka and neighboring = Tamil Nadu=20 State.

Kidnapped with three relatives from his country = retreat=20 beside the jungle on July 30, Rajkumar was moved by Veerappan and = his gang=20 every few days to a new location. "Coming out of the forest and = returning=20 home is like stepping into a new world," Rajkumar told journalists = when he=20 arrived in Bangalore. "For endless days we didn't see people, we = didn't=20 get close to any villages. All we saw were trees, elephants, and = bears.=20 Life was difficult, but we had no choice." Fed on rice and dal = [legumes]=20 twice a day, Rajkumar came out of the jungle covered in insect = bites,=20 severely sunburned and weighing four kilograms lighter. He told = TIME Asia:=20 "Veerappan treated me very well. When I was leaving the forest, he = presented me with a gift, a new shawl."

Despite public = rejoicing=20 at the star's safe return, there is concern. The details of his = release=20 have been shrouded in the sort of mystery that often marked his = movies.=20 For example, why would Veerappan, a bandit known for his greed and = ruthlessness (he and his gang have killed 120 people and illegally = killed=20 more than 2,000 elephants for their tusks, according to police) = set his=20 most famous hostage free without any demands being met? =

And how=20 did a mysterious woman physician, known only as Bhanu, whose = interests are=20 now in mining granite in areas where Veerappan operates, become = the=20 guardian angel who secured Rajkumar's release? Bhanu, it was = revealed, had=20 instructed Rajkumar to feign illness and told him she was sure she = could=20 persuade Veerappan to let him go. Her colleagues had also visited=20 Veerappan's jungle encampment. They were well-known Tamil = extremists,=20 leaders or members of separatist groups keen to establish by = violence and=20 revolution a separate homeland for Tamils that would include a = large chunk=20 of southern India and Sri Lanka. They were also known supporters = of the=20 Tamil Tigers, the ruthless guerrilla force fighting the Sri Lankan = government for a separate homeland on the island.

While = Veerappan=20 now sits safely in his lair basking at the local goodwill = generated by=20 Rajkumar's safe return, India's politicians are up against the = wall facing=20 a sharply hostile reaction. Newspapers and commentators are deeply = critical of their failure to capture Veerappan or wipe out his = gang. They=20 are also beginning to question the role of the two state = governments=20 involved in the kidnap drama, as its Chief Ministers vehemently = deny that=20 any ransom was paid or concessions made. [Early on, the ministers = had=20 agreed to bow to Veerappan's demands -- the release of 56 of his = followers=20 from jail -- but India's Supreme Court blocked the move.] =

The=20 former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu State, and now opposition = leader,=20 Jayalalitha Jayaram, said yesterday that Veerappan had to be = caught at all=20 cost. Without giving details, she charged that Veerappan had = received a=20 large ransom payment, weapons and explosives in exchange for = Rajkumar.=20

For the moment no one knows why the movie star was = released,=20 except for the far- fetched tale of his fake illness. Rajkumar is = no wiser=20 either. "Whether Veerappan is pardoned for his crimes or not is = for the=20 government to decide," he says. "But he is a human being and has = many=20 humane qualities. He is also a good host."

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