Defence Minister Rajnath Singh congratulates the team behind Amaran

Amaran's success has propelled its way to appreciation from not just audiences and critics, but also government officers and noted politicians. The team behind the film including actor Sivakarthikeyan, director Rajkumar Periasamy and producer Mahendran met Defence Minister Rajnath Singh at his office where he extended his congratulations to the makers for Amaran's success.

Earlier, the Officers Training Academy honoured Sivakarthikeyan with a momento for portrayal of Major Mukund Varadarajan.

The film, which was released on October 31 in theatres worldwide and is currently stomping through its fifth week, stars Sivakarthikeyan as Major Mukund Varadarajan and Sai Pallavi as his wife Indhu Rebecca Varghese. The film also stars Bhuvan Arora as Sepoy Vikram Singh and Rahul Bose as Mukund's Commanding Officer, Colonel Amit Singh Dabas. Lallu, Shreekumar, Shyam Mohan, Ajaey Naga Raaman, Mir Salman and Gaurav Venkatesh round up the supporting cast. Amaran is based on Shiv Aroor and Rahul Singh's book India's Most Fearless: True Stories of Modern Millitary. 

Amaran tells the story of Mukund Varadarajan's life in the army and his brave stint in the 44th Rashtriya Rifles battalion in Jammu and Kashmir. The film also explores the relationship that Mukund and Indhu share.

Amaran's crew includes music composer GV Prakash Kumar, cinematographer CH Sai, editor Kalaivanan, and stunt director Stefan Richter. The film is bankrolled by Kamal Haasan's Raaj Kamal Films International along with Sony Pictures International Productions. With the film's massive success, the Tamil Nadu Film Exhibitor's Association recently wrote to the makers requesting a postponement of the film's OTT release.