Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s ‘I’m Not an Actor,’ Shot Live Between Mumbai and Frankfurt, to World Premiere at Cinequest (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comNaman Ramachandran Mumba Devi Motion Pictures‘ latest feature “I’m Not an Actor” (“Main Actor Nahin Hoon”), starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Chitrangada Satarupa, will have its world premiere at the 2025 Cinequest Film Festival in California this March.
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.
Kripalani chose this unconventional approach to capture authentic video call interactions between the characters. “The film has a conversation that runs through a single day across two countries on a video call.
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