Tamil drama Selvi, directed by Sailesh Rathnakumar and produced by and starring Anjali Patil under Anahat Films, won the Hylife Vision Award and the Taipei Film Commission Award in the Vision section of the 31st Busan International Film Festival, the festival's official awards pages confirm.
The film had its world premiere at Busan on 9 October 2026. Anahat Films marked that premiere day on X, naming Rathnakumar as director and Patil as producer and lead.
What the festival listed
Busan's Hylife Vision Award page names Selvi, directed by Sailesh Rathnakumar (India / Saudi Arabia), as one of two recipients, each carrying a cash prize of KRW 10,000,000. The Taipei Film Commission Award page lists Selvi as the sole winner of that prize, also valued at KRW 10,000,000.
The festival programme credits Patil as producer and lead, with Swathy Krishnan, Vinoth Kishan, Archana Padmini, Raja Krishnamoorthy, Mekha Rajan and Semmalar Annam in the cast. Editing is credited to Sreekar Prasad and sound to Anand Krishnamoorthy, with Anahat Films as the production company.
Production house response
Anahat Films reshared coverage of the two Vision-section wins and separately posted that the film had drawn strong audience response at the festival. The production house did not, in those posts, announce an India theatrical date.
What has not been announced yet
- An India theatrical or OTT release date from Anahat Films or the director
- A full Indian distribution tie-up statement
- Any conversion of the KRW cash prizes into other currencies by the makers
