Dhanush ‘proud’ with Kaaka Muttai’s two National Awards

The film’s leading child artists — J Vignesh and Ramesh — bagged the honour for their poignant portrayal of inseparable siblings living in a slum.

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Released last September, “Kaaka Muttai”, which shared the best children’s film honour with Marathi drama “Elizabeth Ekadashi”, was produced by Dhanush’s Wunderbar Films and Grass Root Film Company.

Dhanush tweeted:

Wunderbar films nd grass root film company’s kaakkamuttai wins 2 national http://t.co/32FdXSjt5Y child actors nd best children film. (Cont)

— Dhanush (@dhanushkraja) March 24, 2015

The Tamil movie was written, directed and filmed by debut director M Manikandan. He added:

We are really proud as producers of kaakkamuttai. My sincere thanks to manikandan the director and the 2 little gems the stars of the film

— Dhanush (@dhanushkraja) March 24, 2015

“Kaaka Muttai” is a heart-wrenching tale of the two brothers who are unaware of their deprived status and have a confrontation with the tastelessness of globalisation.