The Night Manager starring Anil Kapoor, Aditya Roy Kapur, Tillotama Shome and Sobhita Dhulipala become the only Indian show to bag a nomination at the 2024 International Emmy Awards. It’s all set to compete with Les Gouttes de Dieu (France), The Newsreader 2 (Australia) and Iosi, El Espia Arrepentido 2 (Argentina) in the drama series category. As the cast of the show took to social media to share their excitement and disbelief over the feat, News18 Showsha exclusively catches up with Tillotama, who played RAW agent, Lipika Saikia Rao, in it.
In The Night Manager, which is a remake of a British television series of the same name, she reprised the character of Olivia Colman. Talking about how ‘surreal’ this achievement of making it to the International Emmys is, Tillotama tells us, “I’m so overwhelmed with the news. It’s a first.
It was so unexpected. The show out and life moved on. You don’t hold on to the past.
And suddenly, something like this happens! It’s the only Indian show to be nominated at the international Emmys this time.” What makes it even more ‘special’ for her is the fact that she stepped into the Oscar-winning veteran actor’s shoes for the role. Tillotama calls her career ‘inspiring’ and says, “Even before the Oscar and highs, she did some incredible work, be it Peep Show or Tyrannosaur.
The length and breadth of her career gives me hope. You may not immediately get what you want, be seen or get the opportunities but if keep your h.