Visaranai
| Visaranai | |
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| Directed by | Vetrimaaran |
| Produced by |
Dhanush Vetrimaaran (Uncredited) |
| Written by | Vetrimaaran |
| Story by | M. Chandrakumar (Original story) Vetrimaaran (Additional story) |
| Based on |
Lock Up by M. Chandrakumar |
| Starring |
Dinesh Anandhi Aadukalam Murugadoss Samuthirakani |
| Music by | G. V. Prakash Kumar |
| Cinematography | S. Ramalingam |
| Edited by |
Kishore Te. Co-editor G. B. Venkatesh |
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| Distributed by | Lyca Productions |
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Release date
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12 September 2015 (Venice) 5 February 2016 (India) |
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Running time
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118 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
| Budget | ₹22 million |
| Box office | ₹110 million |
Visaranai (English: Interrogation) is a 2015 Indian Tamil-language docudrama-crime thriller film written and directed by Vetrimaaran based on the novel Lock Up by M. Chandrakumar. Featuring Dinesh, Anandhi and Aadukalam Murugadoss in the lead roles, the film deals with police brutality, corruption, and loss of innocence in the face of injustice.
The film premiered in the Orrizonti (Horizons) section of the 72nd Venice Film Festival, where it won the Amnesty International Italia Award. The film was released in India on 5 February 2016 and received highly positive reviews from both critics and audience alike. Many issues arose regarding the film in Tamil Nadu among the police force. At the 63rd National Film Awards, the film won three honours: Best Feature Film in Tamil, Best Supporting Actor for Samuthirakani and Best Editing for Kishore Te. It was selected as India's official entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.
Pandi (Dinesh Ravi), Murugan (Aadukalam Murugadoss), Afzal (Silambarasan Rathnasamy), Kumar (Pradheesh Raj) are Tamil labourers who are working in Andhra Pradesh and living in a nearby park and working to make ends meet. A Tamil man Muthuvel is shown to be undertaking some operation in Andhra Pradesh along with a group of men. The lives of the four labourers take a turn for worse when they are caught, beaten and tortured brutally in police lock-up for a theft they did not commit, due to police's need to close a high-profile robbery case. The four resist the torture and refuse to confess, but are forced to relent due to the police brutality. However, when produced in court, they speak out the true set of events to the judge. Muthuvel (Samuthirakani), who is shown to be a Police Inspector, helps them go free by translating for them in court and vouching for them. Before the men can leave, Muthuvel enlists their help to kidnap a high-profile auditor K.K (Kishore) who has been handling the black money for an opposing political party in Tamil Nadu. The men are brought back to Tamil Nadu, and Kumar is dropped on the way to Chennai.
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