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Vijay’s ‘Mersal’ to be screened at Bucheon International Film Festival
Updated on : 18 April 2018

Last year, ‘Thalapathy’ Vijay-starrer ‘Mersal’ opened to overwhelming response from the audience all over the world. Released on Diwali, ‘Mersal’ was lauded by critics who appreciated Vijay’s stellar performance in the lead. Despite controversies, ‘Mersal’ shattered box-office records and became the highest grossing Tamil film of 2017.

As per the latest buzz, ‘Mersal’ has been selected to be screened at the 22nd Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival, an annual film festival event held in South Korea. The festival will take place between July 12 and 22. It must be noted that ‘Mersal’ won the Best Foreign Language Film Award at the 4th edition of the National Film Awards UK recently.



Made on a lavish budget, the film was produced by Sri Thenandal Films. Directed by Atlee, the film also starred Samantha Akkineni, Kajal Aggarwal, SJ Suryah, Nithya Menen and Sathyaraj in important roles. ‘Mersal’ revolves around brothers Vetri and Maaran who fight against medical mafia and seek revenge for their father’s death.



On the work front, Vijay’s gearing up for his next film ‘Thalapathy 62’, directed by AR Murugadoss. The yet-untitled film is expected to hit the screens later this year.

 

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