Nawazuddin Siddiqui

"It's such a gratifying feeling," said Nawazuddin Siddiqui, the joy evident in his voice. Speaking to us hours after the screening of Nandita Das' Manto at the Cannes Film Festival last evening, he said, "People had tears in their eyes. I could see that I had done well by the way people were responding to my performance. Nandita has created a fantastic film. As actors, we do our bit and walk off. It's she who has woven a wonderful tapestry, interspersing Manto's works with his personal journey."