Indian Film Festival of Melbourne 2023: Darlings, Kantara, Sita Ramam lead nominations
In the OTT category, series such as Trial By Fire, Jubilee, and Delhi Crime Season 2 have garnered the highest number of nominations
The Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) has announced the nominations for its highly anticipated 14th edition. This year, the festival has welcomed a new addition to its jury panel, the Oscar-winning Australian filmmaker Bruce Beresford, renowned for directing acclaimed films such as "Driving Miss Daisy" and "The Contract."
Here is the complete list of nominees:
Best Film
Bhediya - Hindi
Brahmastra - Hindi
Darlings - Hindi
Jogi - Punjabi
Kantara - Kannada
Monica, O My Darling - Hindi
Pathaan - Hindi
Ponniyin Selvan 1 and 2 - Tamil
Sita Ramam - Telugu
Best Indie Film
Aatma Pamphlet - Marathi
Agra - Hindi
All India Rank - Hindi
Family - Malayalam
Gulmohar - Hindi
Hadinelentu (Seventeeners) - Kannada
Joram - Hindi
Pine Cone - Hindi
The Storyteller - Hindi
Tora's Husband - Assamese
Zwigato - Hindi
Best Director
Anant Mahadevan - The Storyteller
Anurag Kashyap - Kennedy
Ashish Avinash Bende - Aatma-Pamphlet (Autobio-Pamphlet)
Devashish Makhija - Joram
Don Palathara - Family
Kanu Behl - Agra
Mani Ratnam - Ponniyin Selvan 1 and 2
Nandita Das - Zwigato
Prithvi Konanur - Hadinelentu (Seventeeners)
Rima Das - Tora's Husband
Siddharth Anand - Pathaan
Vasan Bala - Monica, O My Darling
Best Actor (Male)
Dulquer Salmaan - Sita Ramam
Kapil Sharma - Zwigato
Manoj Bajpayee - Joram
Manoj Bajpayee - Gulmohar
Mohit Agarwal - Agra
Paresh Rawal - The Storyteller
Rajkummar Rao - Monica, O My Darling
Rishab Shetty - Kantara
Shah Rukh Khan - Pathaan
Vijay Varma - Darlings
Vikram - Ponniyin Selvan 1 and 2
Best Actor (Female)
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan - Ponniyin Selvan 1 and 2
Akshatha Pandavapura - Koli Esru
Alia Bhatt - Darlings
Bhumi Pednekar - Bheed
Kajol - Salaam Venky
Mrunal Thakur - Sita Ramam
Neena Gupta - Vadh
Rani Mukherjee - Mrs Chatterjee Vs Norway
Sai Pallavi - Gargi
Sanya Malhotra - Kathal
Best Series
Dahaad
Delhi Crime Season 2
Farzi
Jubilee
SHE Season 2
Suzhal: The Vortex
The Broken News
Trial By Fire
Best Actor (Male) - Series
Abhay Deol - Trial By Fire
Abhishek Bachchan - Breathe - Into The Shadows Season 2
Aparshakti Khurana - Jubilee
Prosenjit Chatterjee - Jubilee
Shahid Kapoor - Farzi
Sidhant Gupta - Jubilee
Vijay Sethupathi - Farzi
Vijay Varma - Dahaad
Best Actor (Female) - Series
Rajshri Deshpande - Trial By Fire
Rasika Dugal - Delhi Crime Season 2
Shefali Shah - Delhi Crime Season 2
Shriya Pilgaonkar - The Broken News
Sriya Reddy - Suzhal: The Vortex
Tillotama Shome - Delhi Crime Season 2
Wamiqa Gabbi - Jubilee
Best Documentary
Against The Tide
Dharti Latar Re Horo - (Tortoise Under The Earth)
Fatima
Kucheye Khoshbakht (And, Towards Happy Alleys)
To Kill A Tiger
While We Watched