Appu (2000 film)

Appu (Prashanth) is a taxi driver in Mumbai. He had a sister Saradha (Easwari Rao) who committed suicide as her husband sold her to a brothel for money. One day, Appu meets Seetha (Devayani) and develops affection, but she is also sold by her uncle to a brothel managed by Maharani (Prakash Raj), a transgender woman, as he is unable to repay his debt. Appu decides to save Seetha from the brothel. In the meantime, he finds out his sister was also sold to the same brothel managed by Maharani, so he decides to take revenge. Love blossoms between Appu and Seetha. Appu loses his friend Mano (Vignesh) and lover Pooja (Kaveri), as they both get killed by Maharani. They sacrifice their lives for Appu and Seetha. Finally, Appu kills Maharani and unites with Seetha.

• Prashanth as Appuraj Nippukumar (Appu)
• Devayani as Seetha (Voice-over by Deepa Venkat)
• Prakash Raj as Maharani
• Vignesh as Mano
• Kaveri as Pooja
• Eashwari Rao as Saradha
• Ramesh Khanna as Chidambaram
• Dhamu as Dhamu
• Vietnam Veedu Sundaram as Appu's grandfather
• Mohan Sharma as Bhai
• Besant Ravi as Fighter

During production, the film was briefly titled as Surya before being renamed to Appu.[4] Simran was considered for the lead role before Devayani was finalised.[5] During the shoot of the film, some eunuchs hailing from Thiruvannamalai, threatened that if portions of the film were not reshot, they would initiate large scale protests and do their best to hinder shooting schedules.[6] one song is shot in South Africa

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by film composer Deva, all song lyrics were by Vairamuthu. The soundtrack, released in 2000, features 5 tracks.[7]