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Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s ‘I’m Not an Actor,’ Shot Live Between Mumbai and Frankfurt, to World Premiere at Cinequest (EXCLUSIVE)
Indian drama 'I'm Not an Actor,' headlined by Nawazuddin Siddiqui, will have its world premiere at the 2025 Cinequest Film Festival in California.
The Hindi and English-language drama, directed by Aditya Kripalani, follows a frustrated but puritanical actor in Mumbai who spends a day teaching acting to a depressed recently retired banker in Frankfurt over video calls. The film was uniquely shot simultaneously across India and Germany over 28 days, with both lead actors performing their scenes live via video chat despite challenging weather conditions and a 4.5-hour time difference between locations. “Labelling someone makes us feel at ease because it gives this false idea that we have understood someone; when it actually does exactly the contrary and creates walls for us to then slowly and painstakingly scale,” added Kripalani, explaining the film’s themes.
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