Radhika Madan, who attended the 47th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), Canada, for the world premiere of her film, Kacchey Limbu, is coming home with a bundle of memories. The actor feels being on the global platform reaffirmed that “honest cinema” is not restricted by language barriers.

“The takeaway from this experience is that if you make your film with utmost honesty, you don’t need to even break the language barriers… Because honesty doesn’t need a language. It just transcends,” Madan tells us, adding, “There were hardly any Indians in the audience, but the way the audience reacted to the movie made us feel that honesty surpasses everything.

 The 27-year-old believes that the global stage has the power to change a film’s fate as well. “When a film is premiered on a platform like TIFF, it is also taken seriously back home. And that’s very important for us because we need to reach as many people as we can,” says the actor, whose film addresses “important topics about having a voice and dreams, especially for women”.

Even though it was not her first time at TIFF, she was still nervous. “Till the day of the premiere, I could not believe that the film had made it to TIFF. All the amazing films with beautiful actors who the world looks up to were there; I just couldn’t place myself there. However, we went ahead with pride,” Madan concludes.