Onir's 'Chauranga' to release next year

Filmmaker Onir will be unfolding a story around class oppression on the silver screen with "Chauranga" on January 8 next year. He is excited and thrilled over the worldwide release announcement.

Onir, who has co-produced the film with actor Sanjay Suri, took to Twitter to share the news.

"Proud and excited to announce that our film #Chauranga (Four Colours) is all set to release worldwide," Onir tweeted on Thursday.

Starring Sanjay and Tannishtha Chatterjee, the film is a fictional account of six days in a dark corner of India, telling a story of violence of class oppression that still exists in rural India. The film centres around the story of a 14-year-old boy falling in love with a 16-year-old from an upper caste.

Onir, known for "Bas Ek Pal" and "My Brother?Nikhil", also shared a link of his Instagram page with details of the film.

"Proud and excited to announce that our film #Chauranga (Four Colours) is all set to release worldwide on the 8th of January 2016. This is the first film produced by @sanjaysuri and I that has not been directed by me. Bikas Mishra will debut as a film maker with this film," he shared.