Actor
Dinesh
credits
National
Award
winning
film-maker
Vetrimaaran
for
his
awe-inspiring
performance
in
the
forthcoming
Tamil
thriller
Visaranai.
He
says
he
blindly
surrendered
himself
to
the
Polladhavan
director.
"I
may
have
not
done
this
film
had
it
been
made
by
someone
else.
When
Vetri
sir
approached
me
with
the
offer,
he
insisted
that
I
listen
to
the
script,
but
I
didn't
and
was
ready
to
work
with
him," Dinesh
told
IANS.
In
the
film,
Dinesh
along
with
his
friends
gets
booked
on
the
basis
of
suspicion
and
is
forced
to
admit
to
a
crime
he
never
commits.
Inspired
from
real
life
events,
the
film
is
based
on
a
Tamil
novel
called
"Lock
Up",
and
deals
with
police
brutality
and
abuse
of
power.
"My
performance
is
being
talked
about
a
lot
and
the
only
person
who
deserves
credit
for
it
is
Vetri
sir.
I
blindly
surrendered
to
him.
He
would
say,
'Dinesh,
I
need
your
eyes
to
look
tired.
I'd
sleep
only
for
two
to
three
hours
the
next
few
days
to
look
tired,"
he
said.
Vetrimaaran's
dedication
is
infectious,
says
Dinesh.
"Working
with
him
was
so
rewarding.
He's
so
dedicated
that
you
feel
ashamed
if
you
cannot
deliver
more
than
what's
expected
from
you.
Watching
him
work
so
hard,
day
in
and
day
out,
you
want
to
push
yourself,
too,"
he
said.
During
the
course
of
the
shoot,
Dinesh
recalls,
he
injured
himself
several
times.
"In
the
interrogation
scenes,
my
skin
tore
open
quite
a
few
times.
Though
props
were
used
for
these
scenes,
some
injuries
were
out
of
our
control.
I
insisted
that
we
continue
shooting,
because
I
didn't
want
the
continuity
to
break.
Otherwise,
we
would
have
to
re-shoot
a
particular
scene,"
he
added.
The
film,
which
is
jointly
produced
by
Vetrimaaran
and
Dhanush,
releases
in
cinemas
on
Friday.