Arun Chidambaram told media agencies “We never expected this. It’s a great recognition. It’s purely by merit”. The film will have its world premiere at the 49th World Fest Houston International Film Festival in April. Arun Chidambaram will be presented the award during the film’s premiere. Sadly, movie goers in Tamil Nadu must wait until after the world premiere in April to catch a glimpse of the film. Karthik Chidambaram, who co-produced the film said, “Critical acclaim from an international body could give us a good opening back home. We will wait until after the world premiere to release the film in India.” 

Arun is very likely to emerge as a director to watch out for, based on the list of previous recipients of the Remi Award, which include George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, the Coen Brothers and Ang Lee. 

The film also bagged the Special Jury Award at the National Science Festival. 

Apart from the film itself, the song Kalla Manna will be screened at the “Bare Bones International and Music Festival” at Oklahoma, USA.