'Manto' actress Rasika Dugal makes her debut at Cannes Film Festival 2017

Rasika Duggal is very excited as she is going to be present at the Cannes Film Festival, where a curtain raiser of her film Manto will be hosted. Directed by Nandita Das, Manto stars Nawazuddin Siddiqui in the title role and is a biographical film based on the Urdu writer, Saadat Hasan Manto.

The film will emphasize on Manto, his writings and his personal life as well, wherein his wife Safia played an important role. Rasika plays Safia in the movie.

Before leaving for Cannes, the actress was quoted in a conversation with IANS as saying, "I've never been to Cannes and this is going to be my first time… Like that hashtag that’s going around, I am also going to be a Cannes virgin."