8 Things You Must Know About The Tamil Film Visaranai

5. The film has also bagged three National Awards, best Tamil feature film, best editing and best supporting actor.

6. The story is inspired by the life of Chandran who was brutally harassed in a prison in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh in 1983.

7. Dhanush may have played the lead role in the film but because of pre-scheduled projects he was unable to commit his time to the film. He did, however, end up producing the film.

8. ‘Visaranai’ competed with 29 films to make it to Oscars 2017!