The Illegal trailer: Life of Pi’s Suraj Sharma leads this heart-wrenching immigrant story

Renzu said in a statement, “This film is very close to my heart, as much as filming it was exciting. I am super thrilled about the movie releasing for wider audiences as well. While the film was received well at a number of film festivals, I am still nervous about the audience’s reaction to it.”

Suraj made a mark in Hollywood with Ang Lee’s Life of Pi. He played a pivotal role in the latter seasons of Homeland and was last seen in Apple TV series Little America.

The Illegal had its international premiere at the 2019 Austin Film Festival. It was also screened at MAMI 2019. Previously, The Illegal was also shortlisted at the Oscars in the Best Picture category but did not make it to the final nominations.

The Illegal has been directed by Danish Renzu and starts streaming on Amazon Prime Video from March 23.