Australia is celebrating the Film festival right now and it’s an overwhelming movement for the B-Town. The Indian Film Festival of Melbourne has announced the winners in the category of Best actors, directors, Short and Feature film on 20th August during a virtual event. Check the IFFM 2021 winners list here.
Indian Film Festival of Melbourne Or IFFM 2021 Winners
Best Actor And Actress
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CONGRATULATIONS TO Manoj Bajpayee for THE FAMILY MAN S2 @BajpayeeManoj #TheFamilyMan2 pic.twitter.com/JWC3XvbeGQ
— Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (@IFFMelb) August 20, 2021
The award for best actor in the web series category goes to the Family Man 2 actor Manoj Bajpayee. Samantha Akkineni won the award in the female category for the series.
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CONGRATULATIONS TO Samantha Akkineni for THE FAMILY MAN S2 @Samanthaprabhu2 #TheFamilyMan2 pic.twitter.com/AC2hOiftlC
— Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (@IFFMelb) August 20, 2021
Expressing happiness, the actress thanked series director Raj Nidimoru for the role.
Best Male And Female Actors In Feature Film
In the feature film category, actress Vidya Balan gets the award for her solo movie Sherni.
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CONGRATULATIONS TO Vidya Balan for Sherni @vidya_balan #Sherni pic.twitter.com/bI1w7FHooO
— Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (@IFFMelb) August 20, 2021
South actor Suriya Sivakumar won in the same category for his movie Soorarai Pottru.
Best Web Series
The popular web series Mirzapur grabs the IFFM 2021 award for its second season.
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CONGRATULATIONS TO Mirzapur S2 @YehHaiMirzapur pic.twitter.com/gHMwXzXjFr
— Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (@IFFMelb) August 20, 2021
The series was jointly directed by Gurmeet Singh and Mihir Desai. The first season of the show was directed by Karan Anshuman along with Singh.
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Diversity In Cinema Award
The IFFM 2021 theme was ‘Diversity through Cinema’ and in this category, Pankaj Tripathi has received the honor.
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CONGRATULATIONS TO Pankaj Tripathi @TripathiiPankaj @anuragkashyap72 @latrobe pic.twitter.com/Dl2cTe3Ahf
— Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (@IFFMelb) August 20, 2021
The actor was last seen in Kriti Sanon’s Mimi for which the duo got huge appreciation.
Best Feature Film
No Bollywood movie won in this category but the Tamil drama Soorarai Pottru receives the award of Best Feature Film.
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CONGRATULATIONS TO Soorarai Pottru@Suriya_offl @VicGovernor #SooraraiPottru pic.twitter.com/TJskvqFEW4
— Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (@IFFMelb) August 20, 2021
These were the major winners of IFFM 2021. However, the Australian film festival also honors short films and documentaries. Here’s the list of winners in other categories:
• Equality in Cinema- Sheer Qorma ( Short Film ) and The Great Indian Kitchen ( Feature Film )
• Fire In The Mountains is the Best Indie Film
• Shut Up Sona is Best Documentary Film
• Sanal Kumar Sasidharan gets the Disruptor Award
Director Anurag Basu is honored with Best Director at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne 2021. Writer and director, Prithvi Konanur receives a special mention in the category.