Tamil film director Vetrimaran’s National award winning film, Visaaranai is all set to represent India in the Foreign Language film category of the Academy Awards.
Visaranai, a docu-drama crime-thriller, based on M. Chandrakumar’s novel Lock Up, has already received international accolades, including at the 72nd Venice Film Festival, before its theatrical release.
The movie was chosen out of 29 contenders, said secretary-general of Film Federation of India, Supran Sen.
The 89th Academy Awards is scheduled to take place in February 2017 at Los Angeles.