Mumbai: Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui congratulated his co-star and filmmaker Tannishtha Chatterjee for bagging the Asia Star Award for their upcoming film Roam Rome Mein, which was premiered at the Busan International Film Festival.
Congratulating the director and team on the win, the Gangs of Wasseypur actor wrote on Twitter, "The wonderful thought is now a beautiful film Roam Rome Mein in Busan Film Fest. Congratulations Tannishtha Chatterjee & Team Winning the Asia Star Award at the prestigious BIFF2019 for Roam Rome Mein."
The feature is written and helmed by Tannishtha herself is also making her directorial debut with the movie screened at the 24th edition of the festival in South Korea.
Besides Nawazuddin and Tannishtha, the flick also stars Valentina Corti, Isha Talwar and Francesco Apollini.
The film is bankrolled by Pankaj Razdan and Ravi Walia along with Eros International.
Earlier, Sacred Games expressed his excitement on the selection of Roam Rome Mein at the festival. He wrote, "Excited to announce that my movie #RoamRomeMein, is the official selection for #BusanInternationalFilmFestival! The movie also marks the directorial debut of my dear friend @TannishthaC (sic)."
Tannishtha, on the other hand, wrote on Instagram, "5th n 6th Oct #Roamromemein at @busanfilmfest #busaninternationalfilmfestival. @nawazuddin._siddiqui @talwarisha @valentina_corti_the_original @francescoapolloniofficial @ravi_walia007 @erosnow see you soon #busan (sic)."
The festival which commenced on Thursday, October 3, also had a world premiere of Bhumi Pednekar and Konkona Sensharma's Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare.
Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare is written and directed by the Lipstick Under My Burkha director Alankrita Shrivastava.
The festival culminates on October 12.
