It seems the present hunt will also have to continue until Veerappan finally runs out of luck.
Veerappan was considered India's most ruthless and daring bandit until he was killed by police in 2004.
BBC: Veerappan gang on death row: India court delays hangings
Veerappan was on the run for some 20 years before he was killed by police on 18 October 2004.
The four men were found guilty of a 1993 blast blamed on Veerappan's gang that killed more than 20 police.
India's president has rejected clemency pleas for four men accused of being associates of notorious bandit Veerappan, according to reports.
Veerappan's widow Muthulakshmi has said the film violates her privacy and has the potential to damage the reputation of her family.
The Tamil language film was shot in the forests that border the southern states of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka where Veerappan lived.
Tall and wiry with a handlebar moustache, Veerappan was accused of more than 100 murders, as well as kidnapping, smuggling and poaching.
Koose Muniswamy Veerappan, a tall, wiry bandit with his trademark handlebar moustache, came to be considered the country's most ruthless and daring outlaw.
India's Supreme Court has put on hold "until further orders" the execution of four men convicted of being associates of notorious bandit Veerappan.
India's Supreme Court has put on hold for three days the execution of four men convicted of being associates of notorious bandit Veerappan.
BBC: Veerappan gang on death row: India court delays hangings
Veerappan himself has, more than once, asked for such a deal but this has proved to be unviable as both the state governments have rejected this.
Veerappan, over the years, has been regarded by some as a Robin Hood character after gaining the support of many locals in the villages adjoining the forests in Tamil Nadu.
Veerappan was accused of murders, kidnappings, smuggling and poaching.
Three convicts on death row for the assassination of former Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi and four associates of the notorious bandit Veerappan have also approached the Supreme Court to commute their death sentences on similar grounds.
The Supreme Court is hearing another similar case, filed by death row convict Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar, and on Wednesday, the judges said they would wait for a ruling in that case before taking up the case of Veerappan's associates.
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