Beijing Aug 10 (IANS) Tamil film "Mersal" has been picked by Chinas HGC Entertainment which is planning to release it in the country.
The Vijay-starrer will be dubbed into Mandarin later this year or in early 2019 reports variety.com.
Directed by Atlee the action thriller released in India in 2017 and had garnered a lot of positive response from the critics and audience.
The background score and soundtrack of the film were composed by Oscar and Grammy winner A.R. Rahman.
HGC President s Li Ying said: "We found the story of Mersal to be a particularly touching story."
Be it superstar Salman Khan-starrer film "Bajrangi Bhaijaan" or recently added "Sultan" or Aamir Khan s "Dangal" in recent times many Indian "content-driven" stories have connected with Chinese audiences on an intellectual and emotional level.
HGC is one of China s oldest indie distributors that has previously released "Dhoom 3" "The Mechanic" and "Hellboy 3".

--IANS sim/nn/vm