India, Oct. 24 -- Director Mari Selvaraj's recent film Bison is running in theatres currently. The sports drama enjoyed a positive word of mouth and was released in Telugu today (October 24). Even as Mari Selvaraj has delivered hit films and his creations have enjoyed critical acclaim, there has been a constant complaint made against him; that he often casts fair-skinned actors only to paint them a shade or two darker and how he constantly ropes in Malayalam actors. With examples like Rajisha Vijayan in Karnan and Bison, Anupama Parameswaran in the latter, Nikhila Vimal in Vaazhai and even Fahadh Faasil in Maamannan. Mari Selvaraj responded to these criticisms at various points in the aftermath of the Bison release.

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