Yet another feather in Vetrimaran’s cap

“Visaranai” has been selected as the official entry for Oscars 2017 in the Foreign Language Film category, the film is directed by Vetrimaran. The critically acclaimed film is based on police brutality and is adapted from M Chandrakumar’s novel Lock Up, Visaranai produced by Dhanush’s Wunderbar Productions.

The 89th Academy Awards ceremony is scheduled to take place on 26th of February 2017 in Los Angeles. Supran Sen – Secretary General of Film Federation of India said, out of 29 contenders the movie was selected.