The 10th edition of Indian Film Festival of Melbourne is currently underway. The festival which began on 8 August and will go on until the 17 August has seen the likes of several megastars from Bollywood attend the cultural extravaganza. Shah Rukh Khan, Karan Johar, Arjun Kapoor, Zoya Akhtar and Sriram Raghavan among others are attending the IFFM 2019 in Victoria, Melbourne.
Film critic and trade analyst Taran Adarsh announced the winners in major categories on social media.
Shah Rukh Khan won the Excellence in Cinema Award, while Gully Boy won the Best Film award.
While the nominations for Best Actor included Amitabh Bachchan( Badla), Ayushmann Khurrana(Andhadhun), Manoj Bajpayee(Bhonsle), Namdev Gaurav( Namdev Bhau-In Search of Silence), Ranver Singh(Gully Boy) and Vicky Kaushal for Uri: The Surgical Strike, the award was won by Vijay Sethupathi for Super Deluxe.
Here is a list of the winners;
Best Actor: Vijay Sethupathi for Super Deluxe
Best Actress: Tabu for Andhdhun
Best Director: Sriram Raghavan for Andhadhun
People’s Choice Award for Best Film: Simmba
Best Indie Film: Bulbul Can Sing( Assamese)
Best Short Film: My Name is Mohamed and Raghad: We Dont Exist Here Anymore
Equality in Cinema Award: Chuskit and Super Deluxe
Diversity Award: Onir
The festival is also celebrating 20 years of the iconic cult favourite, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.
⭐ Celebrating 20 Years of #KuchKuchHotaHai: Karan Johar
⭐ Best Indie Film: #BulbulCanSing
⭐ Best Short Film: #MyNameIsMohamedAndRaghad: #WeDontExistHereAnymore
⭐ Equality in Cinema Award: #Chuskit and #SuperDeluxe
⭐ Diversity Award: Onir— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) August 11, 2019
#IFFM Awards 2019…
⭐ Excellence in Cinema Award: Shah Rukh Khan
⭐ Best Film: #GullyBoy
⭐ Best Actor: Vijay Sethupathi [#SuperDeluxe]
⭐ Best Actress: Tabu [#AndhaDhun]
⭐ Best Director: Sriram Raghavan [#AndhaDhun]
⭐ People’s Choice Award: #Simmba#IFFM2019 #Melbourne pic.twitter.com/OsRVhv9bhA— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) August 11, 2019