Visaranai ( விசாரணை)

 

Visaranai is a 2015 Indian Tamil thriller film written and directed by Vetrimaaran based on the novel Lock Up by M. Chandrakumar, an auto rikshaw driver in Coimbatore.

Director : Vetrimaara

Cast : Anandhi, Dinesh Ravi, Aadukalam Murugadoss, Samuthrakani, Misha Ghoshal

Music : G.V . Prakashkumar

Awards : Venice Film Festival Amnesty International Award

 

The film is a brutally honest portrayal of what goes on behind the closed doors of a police lock up under the guise of an interrogation (Visaranai in Tamil). The arrogance of those in power and the utter helplessness of those caught in the web of the justice system is unthinkable. Once in custody, the nightmare never ends.

What makes it truly terrifying is the knowledge that the plot is not the result of someone's imagination but is based on true incidents. 

A robbery takes place at the Brindavan Colony, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh and the police officials are under a lot of pressure to close the high-profile case. 

the police begin their manhunt and an innocent laborer going home after a late night show gets caught.

His capture leads the police to his three friends and thus begins the ordeal of four innocent migrant laborers, Pandi (Dinesh), Murugan (Aadukalam Murugadoss), Afsal (Silambarasan) and Kumar (Pradeesh) from Tamil Nadu, whose only crime is speaking their mother tongue.

The sound of the heavy lathis striking the bare flesh, mixed with cries of unbearable pain and agony make you flinch.

Director Vetrimaaran deserves credit for having extracted the best from all his actors.