Mahesh Manjrekar was well applauded for his performance in the Sanjay Gupta directed magnum-opus ‘Kaante.’ His comic timing and the brilliant execution of his role made him quite the highlight of the mega-starrer. The question thus arisen is that, has the ‘Kaante’ experience been a catalyst to have encouraged Mahesh to act in the next film he plans to direct? Yes, sources claim that Manjrekar has decided to act in the English version of ‘Astitva’ titled ‘It Rained That Day.’ Mahesh Manjrekar plays the role of Sushmita’s husband originally complied to by Sachin Khedekar. Well, it’s definitely one step forward for the man who has gotten down to acting in a film he plans to direct as well.