Alia's Gangubai, Suriya's Jai Bhim bag top nominations at IFFM 2022
Alia Bhatt-starrer Gangubai Kathiawadi has dominated the nominations for the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) Awards 2022.
Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s directorial is nominated in three categories, including Best Film, Best Actress and Best Director. Ranveer Singh’s sports drama 83 and Suriya’s Jai Bhim will also compete with Gangubai for the Best Film award.
Apart from Alia, Deepika Padukone and Vidya Balan will also be vying for the award of Best Actress for their respective films Gehraiyaan and Jalsa.
For the Best Actor category, Ranveer Singh (83), Abhishekh Bachchan (Dasvi) and Vicky Kaushal (Sardar Udham) among others are nominated.
In its 13th edition to be held this month, the IFFM 2022 is making its comeback for its physical version of the festival, after the festival having been solely virtual for the last two years. This year the festival starts on August 12-20 and will also have a especial virtual programme between August 13-30 for Australian audiences. This year there are over 100 films across 23 languages being screened at the festival.
The Awards night is all set to take place on August 14 in Melbourne. Speaking about the jury, it comprises global award-winning film editor Jill Bilcock, one of Australia’s renowned actors Vince Colosimo, multi-award-winning director Geoffrey Wright and multi-award-winning filmmaker Nadia Tass. —ANI
