New Delhi, Kiran Rao's "Laapataa Ladies", Karan Johar-directed "Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani", Vidhu Vinod Chopra's "12th Fail" and Jeo Baby's "Kaathal - The Core" emerge as the top nominees in awards Indian Film Festival Melbourne (IFFM) Awards 2023, organizers said on Wednesday.
The 15th edition of IFFM will begin on August 15, coinciding with Independence Day, and will conclude on August 25.
Winners will be announced on September 16 at the annual gala night at the Palais Theater in Melbourne.
Apart from "Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani" and "12th Fail", the nominees in the best film category are "Amar Singh Chamkila", "Chandu Champion", "Dunki", "Jawan", "Maharaja" and "Premalu ".
The best film - critics' choice segment is populated by titles like "Laapataa Ladies", "Kaathal - The Core", "Dear Jassi", "Girls Will Be Girls", "Kabuliwala", "Rapture", "Sapta Sagaradaache It". and "Thadavu".
In the best actor category, Shah Rukh Khan got a double nomination for "Dunki" and "Jawan".
Diljit Dosanjh ("Amar Singh Chamkila"), Fahadh Faasil ("Aavesham"), Kartik Aaryan ("Chandu Champion"), Mammootty ("Kaathal - The Core"), Mithun Chakraborty ("Kabuliwala"), Ranveer Singh ("Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani"), Sparsh Shrivastava ("Laapataa Ladies"), Vicky Kaushal ("Sam Bahadur") and Vikrant Massey ("12th Fail") are also competing for the first prize.
Debutants Nitanshi Goel and Pratibha Ranta of "Laapataa Ladies" and Alizeh Agnihotri ("Farrey") have bagged a nomination in the best actress category, alongside Alia Bhatt ("Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani"), Beena R Chandran ( "Thadavu"), Jyothika ("Kaathal - The Core"), Parvathy Thiruvothu ("Ullozhukku"), Preeti Panigrahi ("Girls Will Be Girls"), Sanya Malhotra ("The Lady") and Swathi Reddy ("The Month of Madhu").
The race for best director has contenders in "Amar Singh Chamkila" director Imtiaz Ali, "Chandu Champion" director Kabir Khan, "Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani" director Karan Johar, "Maharaja" Nithilan Saminathan, "Bramayugam" director Rahul Sadasivan, "Dunki" director Rajkumar Hirani and "12th Fail" director Vidhu Vinod Chopra.
The nominees in the category of best director - critics' choice are Christo Tomy ("Ullozhukku"), Diwa Shah ("Bahadur - The Brave"), Dominic Sangma ("Rimdogittanga"), Hemanth Rao ("Sapta Sagaradaache Ello - Side A"), Kiran Rao ("Laapataa Ladies"), Saurav Rai ("Guras"), Shuchi Talati ("Girls Will Be Girls") and Sumanth Bhat ("Mithya").
Web series "Made in Heaven 2", "Panchayat" season 3, "Kohrra" and "Poacher" top the list of nominations in the OTT segment.
Apart from these four web series, "Dhootha", "Heeramandi" and "The Railway Men" are also part of the nomination list for best OTT show.
Arjun Mathur ("Made in Heaven 2"), Babil Khan ("The Railway Men"), Gulshan Devaiah ("Guns & Gulaabs"), Jitendra Kumar ("Panchayat Season 3"), Naveen Chandra ("Inspector Rishi"), R. Madhavan ("The Railway Men"), Roshan Mathew ("Poacher") and Suvinder Vicky ("Kohrra") will compete for the OTT trophy for best actor.
In the OTT segment for best actress, the contenders are Harleen Sethi for "Kohrra", Karishma Tanna for "Scoop", Neena Gupta for "Panchayat Season 3", Nimisha Sajayan for "Poacher", Parvathy Thiruvothu for "Dhootha", Shriya Pilgaonkar for "The Broken News 2" and Sobhita Dhulipala for "Made in Heaven 2."
Nominees for best documentary include “Farming the Revolution,” “Flickering Lights,” Headhunting to Beatboxing,” “Indi(r)a’s Emergency,” “Insides and Outsides” and “Trolley Times.”
The subcontinent's best film category includes films like "Barir Naam Shahana" (Bangladesh), "Paradise" (Sri Lanka), "The Monk and the Gun" (Bhutan), "The Red Suitcase" (Nepal) and "Wakhri" . " (Pakistan).
IFFM is brought to you by the Victorian Government.
The 15th edition of IFFM will begin on August 15, coinciding with Independence Day, and will conclude on August 25.
Winners will be announced on September 16 at the annual gala night at the Palais Theater in Melbourne.
Apart from "Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani" and "12th Fail", the nominees in the best film category are "Amar Singh Chamkila", "Chandu Champion", "Dunki", "Jawan", "Maharaja" and "Premalu ".
The best film - critics' choice segment is populated by titles like "Laapataa Ladies", "Kaathal - The Core", "Dear Jassi", "Girls Will Be Girls", "Kabuliwala", "Rapture", "Sapta Sagaradaache It". and "Thadavu".
In the best actor category, Shah Rukh Khan got a double nomination for "Dunki" and "Jawan".
Diljit Dosanjh ("Amar Singh Chamkila"), Fahadh Faasil ("Aavesham"), Kartik Aaryan ("Chandu Champion"), Mammootty ("Kaathal - The Core"), Mithun Chakraborty ("Kabuliwala"), Ranveer Singh ("Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani"), Sparsh Shrivastava ("Laapataa Ladies"), Vicky Kaushal ("Sam Bahadur") and Vikrant Massey ("12th Fail") are also competing for the first prize.
Debutants Nitanshi Goel and Pratibha Ranta of "Laapataa Ladies" and Alizeh Agnihotri ("Farrey") have bagged a nomination in the best actress category, alongside Alia Bhatt ("Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani"), Beena R Chandran ( "Thadavu"), Jyothika ("Kaathal - The Core"), Parvathy Thiruvothu ("Ullozhukku"), Preeti Panigrahi ("Girls Will Be Girls"), Sanya Malhotra ("The Lady") and Swathi Reddy ("The Month of Madhu").
The race for best director has contenders in "Amar Singh Chamkila" director Imtiaz Ali, "Chandu Champion" director Kabir Khan, "Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani" director Karan Johar, "Maharaja" Nithilan Saminathan, "Bramayugam" director Rahul Sadasivan, "Dunki" director Rajkumar Hirani and "12th Fail" director Vidhu Vinod Chopra.
The nominees in the category of best director - critics' choice are Christo Tomy ("Ullozhukku"), Diwa Shah ("Bahadur - The Brave"), Dominic Sangma ("Rimdogittanga"), Hemanth Rao ("Sapta Sagaradaache Ello - Side A"), Kiran Rao ("Laapataa Ladies"), Saurav Rai ("Guras"), Shuchi Talati ("Girls Will Be Girls") and Sumanth Bhat ("Mithya").
Web series "Made in Heaven 2", "Panchayat" season 3, "Kohrra" and "Poacher" top the list of nominations in the OTT segment.
Apart from these four web series, "Dhootha", "Heeramandi" and "The Railway Men" are also part of the nomination list for best OTT show.
Arjun Mathur ("Made in Heaven 2"), Babil Khan ("The Railway Men"), Gulshan Devaiah ("Guns & Gulaabs"), Jitendra Kumar ("Panchayat Season 3"), Naveen Chandra ("Inspector Rishi"), R. Madhavan ("The Railway Men"), Roshan Mathew ("Poacher") and Suvinder Vicky ("Kohrra") will compete for the OTT trophy for best actor.
In the OTT segment for best actress, the contenders are Harleen Sethi for "Kohrra", Karishma Tanna for "Scoop", Neena Gupta for "Panchayat Season 3", Nimisha Sajayan for "Poacher", Parvathy Thiruvothu for "Dhootha", Shriya Pilgaonkar for "The Broken News 2" and Sobhita Dhulipala for "Made in Heaven 2."
Nominees for best documentary include “Farming the Revolution,” “Flickering Lights,” Headhunting to Beatboxing,” “Indi(r)a’s Emergency,” “Insides and Outsides” and “Trolley Times.”
The subcontinent's best film category includes films like "Barir Naam Shahana" (Bangladesh), "Paradise" (Sri Lanka), "The Monk and the Gun" (Bhutan), "The Red Suitcase" (Nepal) and "Wakhri" . " (Pakistan).
IFFM is brought to you by the Victorian Government.
