NEW DELHI: Eros International Media Ltd, which recently acquired the theatrical rights of the Tamil film Maatran, has revealed that the film would be released in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka on 15 August.

Maatran, directed and co-written by KV Anand, has lead actor Suriya essay the role of conjoined twins. Popularly known as Siamese twins, such people whose bodies are joined have to eat, sleep and do every other job together.

Launched mid-2011, the film, produced by AGS Entertainment, was shot near the Pakistani border. A major major chunk of the film was shot in the Balkan region of Russia, Croatia, Serbia, Albania and Macedonia.

Maatran also happens to be the first Tamil film to use performance capture technology in some of its action scenes.