Vana Yuddham (English: Forest war) is a 2013 Tamil film directed by A. M. R. Ramesh, based on the notorious forest brigand Veerappan. Kishore plays the role of Veerappan in the film, which also features Arjun and Vijayalakshmi in the lead. It is made as a bilingual, being simultaneously shot in Kannada as Attahasa.

A rich businesswoman is murdered and her body goes missing, putting her husband high on the investigating cop's suspect list.

"Cyanide" is about the incidents that occurred in the peripheries of Bangalore after the assassins of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi stepped into the city. The story revolves around a helpless couple who fall into the clutches of the gang and are taken hostage.

The film gets its title from the character's Mammootty role Johnnie Varghese. He has a brother Bobby Varghese who studies in Bangalore degree college for Economics. On a recent visit from his brother and friends changes Johnnie's mind and he decide to join college despite of his age. From there he clashes with drug Mafia, Swamy who rules the college with his drug gang and what happens to Johnnie and Bobby is the rest of the plot.