Last year when Nawazuddin Siddiqui stayed at the IIIinois home of scriptwriter-film critic Roger Ebert, little did he know that the man would be no more within the span of a few months. The Hollywood legend had reviewed Nawaz’s film Patang that did the festival rounds and given it a thumbs-up.

Nawazuddin Siddiqui with Roger Ebert at his house last year