National
Award
winning
film-maker
Vetrimaaran's
critically
acclaimed
Tamil
drama
Visaranai
was
announced
as
India's
official
pick
for
Oscars
2017
in
the
Foreign
Language
Film
category.
"Out
of
the
29
movies
in
the
competition,
'Visaranai'
was
chosen
by
the
jury
unanimously," film-maker
Ketan
Mehta,
jury
chairperson
of
Film
Festival
of
India
(FFI),
said
here.
A
post
from
the
official
Twitter
handle
of
Vetrimaaran's
banner
Grassroot
Film
Company,
read:
"We're
on
cloud9!!!
'Visaranai' has
been
chosen
to
represent
India
at
the
Oscars."
Based
on
the
novel
'Lock
Up'
by
auto-rickshaw
driver-turned-writer
M
Chandrakumar,
the
film
is
about
organised
crime
within
the
police
force.
It
also
throws
the
spotlight
on
police
brutality.
Visaranai
features
Dinesh,
Samuthirakani,
Ajay
Ghosh
and
Kishore
in
the
lead.
The
film
earned
critical
acclaim
earlier
last
year
when
it
had
its
world
premiere
at
Venice
International
Film
Festival.
It
also
won
National
Film
Awards.
The
film
was
produced
by
Dhanush,
who
had
released
the
film
under
his
home
banner
Wunderbar
Films.