‘Raman Raghav’ honoured at South Korean film festival

Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap’s psychological thriller Psycho Raman (Raman Raghav 2.0) has won the Best Asian Genre Film at the 20th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN) in South Korea. For tabloid!’s review of the film, click here.

Kashyap, who is popular for films such as Gangs of Wasseypur and Ugly, took to Twitter on Friday night to share the news.

“Psycho Raman wins Best Asian genre film at BIFAN (Korea) and Rohit Mittal’s Auto Head wins Best Actor for Deepak Sampat,” Kashyap tweeted.

The filmmaker also posted a document, which read: “European Fantastic Film Federation Asian Awards has been attributed to Psycho Raman, directed by Anurag Kashyap by the European Fantastic Film Federation Asian Award jury of the 20th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival, composed by Guy Delmote and Daniel Cohen.”

Psycho Raman is based on a real-life notorious serial killer, who operated in Mumbai during the mid-1960s. The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival this year.

The film stars Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Vicky Kaushal.