Actor
Tannishtha Chatterjee's directorial debut '
Roam Rome Mein
' will have its world premiere at the
Busan International Film Festival
. The psychological drama, starring
Nawazuddin Siddiqui in the lead, will be screened under 'A Window on Asian Cinema' section.
Ahead of the big premiere, leading man Nawaz shared the first poster that sees him looking over a cityscape at a distance.
"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," Nawazuddin captioned the post.
In a statement, Tannishtha, who also features in the film, said, "Nawaz and I had 'Dekh Indian Circus' in Busan a few years back. That film won both of us a National award. In the last few years I've had many films in Busan as an actor but each time something came up and I never could make it to the festival. So, this is a very special moment where I am doing the world premiere of my debut film in a festival which I have always wanted to go. I love Korean cinema, I love Korean food and I am really looking forward to premiering the film in Busan."
'Roam Rome Mein', a psychological drama, also features Valentina Corti, Isha Talwar, Francesco Apolloni, UrBano Barberini, Pamela Villoresi, Andrea Scarduzio.
Besides 'Roam Rome Mein', a number of films will be screened at the festival, including
Gitanjali Rao's animated feature 'Bombay Rose',
Suman Ghosh's 'Aadhaar',
Gurvinder Singh's 'Bitter Chestnut', Alankrita Sh