The Indian Film Festival Of Melbourne 2021 is just a few weeks away from its virtual ceremony. The event that will take place on August 20 is presented by the Government of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia. The list of nominations for the 12th edition of the annual awards film festival has been announced and films like Vidya Balan’s Sherni, Anurag Basu’s Ludo have bagged nominations.
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Not just that, Richa Chadha and director Onir will be a part of the jury at the prestigious film festival. More than 100 films will be screened during the event between August 12 and August 20. The event is happening virtual due to the current coronavirus situation.
Ludo has bagged the major nominations while Sherni and Suriya’s Soorarai Pottru, have also been nominated under various categories. Taking into consideration how OTT platforms have seen marvellous growth in recent times, this year, the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne 2021 has also included three categories of awards for web shows. The categories are namely, Best Series, Best Performance in a series Male and Female.
Check Out The Full List Of Nominations Below:
BEST FILM
Kayattam (A’Hr) – Malayalam – Sanal Kumar Sasidharan
Lootcase – Hindi – Rajesh Krishnan
Ludo – Hindi – Anurag Basu
Sherni – Hindi – Amit Masurkar
Soorarai Pottru – Tamil – Sudha Kongara
Tasher Ghawr – Bengali – Sudipto Roy
BEST INDIE FILM
Fire in the Mountains – Ajitpal Singh
God on the Balcony – Biswajeet Bora
Laila aur Satt Geet – Pushpendra Singh
Nasir – Arun Karthick
Pinki Elli? – Prithvi Konnanur
Seththumaan – Thamizh
Sthalpuran – Akshay Indikar
The Great Indian Kitchen – Jeo Baby
BEST DIRECTOR
Ajitpal Singh – Fire in the Mountains
Akshay Indikar – Sthalpuran
Amit Masurkar – Sherni
Anurag Basu – Ludo
Arun Karthick – Nasir
Biswajeet Bora – God on the Balcony
Jeo Baby – The Great Indian Kitchen
Pithvi Konnanur – Pinki Elli?
Sanal Kumar – Sasidharan Kayattam (A’hr)
Sudha Kongara – Soorarai Pottru
BEST ACTOR
Benjamin Daimary – Jonaki Porua
Harish Khanna – God on the Balcony
Jitin Puthanchery – Santhoshathinte Onnam Rahasyam
Neel Deshmukh – Sthalpuran
Pankaj Tripathi – Ludo
Rajkummar Rao – Ludo
Suriya – Soorarai Pottru
BEST ACTRESS
Kani Kusruti – Biriyaani
Nimisha Sajayan – The Great Indian Kitchen
Rasika Dugal – Lootcase
Rima Kallingal – Santhoshathinte Onnam Rahasyam
Swatika Mukjherjee – Tasher Ghawr
Vidya Balan – Sherni
Vinamrata Rai – Fire in the Mountains
BEST DOCUMENTARY
A Rifle in a Bag – Christina Hanes, Isabella Rinaldi and Arya Rothe
About Mumma – Maanvi Chowdhary
Borderlands – Samarth Mahajan
Shup Up Sona – Deepti Gupta
Watch over Me – Farida Pacha
W.O.M.B – Ajitesh Sharma
BEST SERIES
Bandish Bandits
Churails
Mirzapur Season 2
Mismatched
The Family Man Season 2
BEST PERFORMANCE SERIES – MALE
Ali Fazal – Mirzapur Season 2
Divyenndu – Mirzapur Season
Manoj Bajpayee – The Family Man Season 2
Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub – Tandav
Pankaj Tripathi – Mirzapur Season 2
Saif Ali Khan – Tandav
BEST PERFORMANCE SERIES – FEMALE
Neena Gupta – Masaba Masaba
Prajakta Koli – Mismatched
Rasika Dugal – Mirzapur Season 2
Samantha Akkineni – The Family Man Season 2
Shahana Goswami – Bombay Begums
Shweta Tripathi Sharma – Mirzapur Season 2
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