Veera Kesari is a 1963 Indian Kannada-language swashbuckler film directed by B. Vittalacharya and produced by Sundarlal Nahatha and Doondi. The film stars Rajkumar, T. N. Balakrishna, Udaykumar and R. Nagendra Rao. The musical score was composed by Ghantasala. S. Siddalingaiah served as the assistant director. B. Vittalacharya also shot the film simultaneously in Telugu as Bandipotu, starring N. T. Rama Rao.

Plot

SaptaSena Maharaja R. Nagendra Rao has lost his legs, and administration is taken over by ShooraSimha (Udaykumar). ShooraSimha rules with an iron hand, torturing the masses and suppressing rebellions. He has an affair with a palace courtesan but aims to marry the princess, MandaaraMaala (Leelavathi). Narasimha (Rajkumar), whose uncle (K. S. Ashwath) is in hiding,leads a rebellion against ShooraSimha. K. S. Ashwath, known as Musuku-veera plays the hero, concealing his face with a mask.