Tillotama Shome wins big at UK Asian Film Festival

Actress Tillotama Shome has made everyone proud by winning the Best Actor award at the latest edition of the UK Asian Film Festival.

Taking to Twitter, Tillotama shared that she has won the award for her film ‘Raahgir: The Wayfarers’, which is directed by Goutam Ghose.

Shot in Jharkhand, the film also stars Adil Hussain and Neeraj Kabi. It revolves around three strangers, who live on a daily wage basis.

‘Raahgir: The Wayfarers’ was earlier screened at several film festivals – including Busan International Film Festival, MAMI – Mumbai Film Festival, Shanghai International Film Festival, and Cinemasia Film Festival.

Apart from Tillotama, filmmaker Goutam Ghose has also won the award for Best Director.

Sharing the news on Twitter, Tillotama wrote, “I am blessed to have worked with the wonderful director #GautamGhose and co actors @_AdilHussain @NeerajKabi1 in @raahgirthefilm.Thank you #23rdUKAsianFilmFestival @cometoUKAFF for honouring our film with these awards.”

After revealing the news, many people congratulated the actor on social media.

Tillotama is best known for her intense roles in movies like ‘Qissa’, ‘Shadows of Time’, ‘The Waiting City’ and ‘Children of War’.

A few months ago, she had even bagged the Critics Best Actress award for her film ‘Is Love Enough, Sir?’ at the 66th edition of the Filmfare Awards.