It is a privilege for a film to travel the festival circuit, but despite appreciation overseas, most filmmakers struggle to find space for their projects back home. After a year-long international run, filmmaker Aditya Kriplani is gearing up to release his film Main Actor Nahin Hoon in India.

The Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Chitrangada Satarupa-starrer revolves around a struggling actor in Mumbai who connects with a melancholic retired banker in Frankfurt through virtual acting lessons. Speaking to mid-day, Kriplani said, “We have a very able distributor in Platoon One Films, headed by Shiladitya Bora. They’ve backed smaller films, like Newton [2017] that have gone on to do very well. So we’re keeping our fingers crossed.”