Deepika Padukone's Boyfriend Ranveer Singh's Padmaavat & Ex Ranbir Kapoor's Sanju Lead Nominations For Indian Film Festival, Melbourne
Simi Garewal, Nikkhil Advani and the finest Australian film talent come together as the IFFM Jury, and among the films which are leading the race are Padmaavat and Sanju...
This year’s competition
section at the Indian Film Festival, Melbourne will portray the diversity of
Indian cinema proudly. The categories are - Best Film, Best Indie Film, Best
Actor, Best Director, Best Supporting Role and Best Director.
The nominations under each category are now out, and the
list is:
BEST FILM:
Padman, Hichki, Padmaavat, Sanju, Secret Superstar, Raazi, Mahanati,
Rangasthalam
BEST INDIE FILM:
In the shadows, Village Rockstars, Balekempa, Up, Down and Sideways
(Documentary), Murakshi, Garbage, Sir, Love Sonia
BEST ACTOR:
Ranbir Kapoor for Sanju, Varun Dhawan for October, Ranveer Singh for Padmaavat,
Akshay Kumar for Padman, Manoj Bajpayee for In the Shadows, Fahadh Faasil for
The Exhibit and the Eyewitness, Soumitra Chaterjee for Mayurakshi, Shahid
Kapoor for Padmaavat
BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE:
Vicky Kaushal for Sanju, Ranvir Shorey – In the Shadows, Samantha Akkineni –
Mahanati, Richa Chadha – Love Sonia, Freida Pinto – Love Sonia, Trimala
Adhikari – Garbage, Meher Vij - Secret Superstar
BEST DIRECTOR:
Rajkumar Hirani for Sanju, Shoojit Sircar for October, R.
Balki for Padman, Siddharth P Malhotra for Hichki, Advait Chandan for Secret
Superstar, Sanjay Leela Bhansali for Padmaavat, Rima Das for Village Rockstars,
Dipesh Jain for In the Shadows, Ere Gowda for Balekempa, Suresh Triveni For
Tumhari Sulu, Meghna Gulzar For Raazi, Tabrez Noorani – Love Sonia, Rohena Gera
for Sir
BEST ACTRESS:
Rani Mukherjee for Hichki, Vidya Balan for Tumhari Sulu, Deepika Padukone for
Padmaavat, Alia Bhatt for Raazi, Bhanita Das for Village Rockstars, Keerthy
Suresh for Mahanati, Tillotama Shome for Sir, Zaira Wasim for Secret Superstar
The Indian Film Festival of Melbourne also proudly presents its jury members
which consists of notable directors, writers, actors and editors from India and
Australia, namely Simi Garewal, Sue Maslin, Jill Bilcock, Andrew Anastaisos,
Nikhil Advani and Geoffrey Wright.
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