Raman Raghav 2.0 is eighth film and fifth consecutive year at the festival of Nawazuddin Siddiqui. Coming to Cannes and being at the receiving end of a rousing applause has become an annual ritual for him.
The Hollywood Reporter says for Raman Raghav 2.0 on Nawazuddin Siddiqui, "The story could have turned into one huge cliché, and there are genre elements that are numbingly familiar, was it not for the exceptionally scary performance of Nawazuddin Siddiqui in the role of the villainous, demented serial killer Ramanna.
Anthony Hopkins' Hannibal need not move over, but he would certainly enjoy the nuanced performance of this rising Indian actor, who has demonstrated his extraordinary range in roles stretching from a humble office clerk in The Lunchbox to a porn-meister in Miss Lovely, as well as multiple gangster stints for Kashyap and others."