Assam origin actor Adil Hussain has been nominated for the best actor award at the New York Indian Film Festival 2023.

Hussain has been nominated for the film ‘Footprints On Water’.

The news was confirmed by the actor himself through his Twitter post which read, "Nominated for the best actor award at the New York Indian Film Festival 2023 for the film #FootPrintsOnWater... Hope peop like the film! Directed by Nathalia Syam."

Footprints on Water’ is an upcoming English movie directed by Nathalia Syam and features actors including Adil Hussain, Nimisha Sajayan, Lena and Danny Sura as lead characters.

The British feature film is about an “illegal immigrant father in the UK, who looks for his missing daughter while trying to avoid the police radar.

The film is set to premiere with the UK Asian Film Festival in London on May 13 as part of their 25th Silver Jubilee Programme.

Adil Hussain has worked in many popular Indian Cinemas both mainstream Bollywood like English Vinglish opposite Sridevi, and art house cinemas as well as international films like Life of Pi etc.