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The 14th edition of the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) has released its nominations, which include movies like as ‘Darlings,’ ‘Kantara,’ ‘Pathaan,’ and ‘Bhediya,’ among many more.
The Oscar-winning Australian filmmaker Bruce Beresford, known for directing films such as ‘Driving Miss Daisy’ and ‘The Contract,’ joins the festival’s jury panel this year.
After careful study of hundreds of films and series from across Indian cinema, the IFFM advisory committee has finalized the nominations of films and series that were released between June 1, 2022 and May 31, 2023.
‘Darlings,’ ‘Monica O My Darling,’ ‘Ponniyin Selvan,’ and ‘Kantara’ lead the pack in the film categories, including Best Film, Best Actor, and Best Actress.
Series such as ‘Trial By Fire,’ ‘Jubilee,’ and ‘Delhi Crime Season 2’ have received the most nominations in the OTT category. The winners of the coveted IFFM 2023 Awards will be announced at the festival’s annual gala night on August 11, 2023, which will be held at Melbourne’s Hamer Hall.
The full list of nominees is as follows. ‘Bhediya’, ‘Brahmastra’, ‘Darlings’, ‘Jogi’, ‘Kantara’, ‘Monica, O My Darling’, ‘Pathaan’, ‘Ponniyin Selvan 1 and 2’, and ‘Sita Ramam’ are among the titles in the ‘Best Film’ category.
‘Gulmohar,’ ‘Joram,’ ‘Pine Cone,’ and ‘Zwigato,’ among many others, have been nominated for Best Indie Film.
Anant Mahadevan, Anurag Kashyap, Ashish Avinash Bende, Devashish Makhija, Don Palathara, Kanu Behl, Mani Ratnam, Nandita Das, Prthivi Konanur, Siddharth Anand, Rima Das, and Vasan Bala are the nominees for Best Director. Best Actor (Male) nominees include Dulquer Salmaan, Kapil Sharma, Manoj Bajpayee, Mohit Agarwal, Paresh Rawal, Rajkummar Rao, Rishab Shetty, Shah Rukh Khan, Vijay Varma, and Vikram.
For the Best Actor (Female), Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Akshatha Pandavapura, Alia Bhatt, Bhumi Pednekar, Kajol, Mrunal Thakur, Neena Gupta, Rani Mukherjee, Sai Pallavi and Sanya Malhotra.
Best Series has titles such as ‘Dahaad’, ‘Delhi Crime Season 2’, ‘Farzi’, ‘Jubilee’, ‘SHE Season 2’, ‘Suzhal: The Vortex’, ‘The Broken News’ and ‘Trial By Fire’.
Best Actor (Male) – Series has names Abhay Deol, Abhishek Bachchan, Aparshakti, Prosenjit Chatterjee, Shahid Kapoor, Sidhant Gupta, Vijay Sethupathi and Vijay Varma.
The Female category in the series section has Rajshri Deshpande, Rasika Dugal, Shefali Shah, Shriya Pilgaonkar, Sriya Reddy, Tillotama Shome and Wamiqa Gabbi.
Source:OCN
