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Gully Boy to Super Deluxe: These films bagged top nominations at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne 2019
Gully Boy, Andhadhun, Super Deluxe and Bulbul can Sing bag top nominations for the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne Award 2019
One of the greatest and most prestigious Indian Film Festivals outside of India, the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne has given out the nominees for its annual awards ceremony. Every year the festival has had the privilege of some of the biggest Australian film talent as the jury panel. 2019 will be witnessing impressive new jury members added to the festival with returning names including Jill Bilcock who is an Academy Award Winning editor. She is the editor of films like Moulin Rouge, Romeo and Juliet and Elizabeth.
Joining her for the first time on the IFFM Jury will be the legendary filmmaker and screenwriter, Fred Schepisi who is an iconic name in the international film industry and a veteran whose work includes the cult classic Will Smith starrer, Six Degrees of Separation. Other prestigious jury members are actress Victoria Hill known for her work in films like Macbeth, First Reformed and The Chaperone . Joining them will be actor Vince Colosimo who has won an AFI award.
The nominations for 2019 are as follows
Best Indie Film - Widow of Silence, Bulbul Can Sing, The Gold Aden SHeep and the Sacred Mountain, Namdev Bhau, Bhonsle, Chuskit, Bhoga Khirkee.
Best Director - Sriram Raghavan for Andhadhun, Zoya Akhtar for Gully Boy, Thiagarajan Kumararaja for Super Deluxe, Rima Das for Bulbul Can Singh, Praveen Morchhale for Widow of Silence, Jhanu Barua for Bhoga Khirkee and Abhishek Chaubey for Sonchirya.
Best Actress - Tabu for Andhadhun, Neena Gupta for Badhaai Ho, Alia Bhatt for Gully Boy, Rituparna Sengupta for Ahaa Re, Jigmeet Dewa Lhamo for Chuskit, Zerifa Wahid for Bhoga Khirkee.
Best Actor - Ayushman Khuranna for Andhadhun, Ranveer Singh for Gully Boy, Vijay Sethupathi for Super Deluxe, Manoj Bajpai for Bhonsle, Amitabh Bachchan for Badla, Vicky Kaushal for Uri The Surgical Strike, Namdev Gaurav for Namdev Bhau
Best Film - Andhadhun, Gully Boy, Badhaai Ho, Sui Dhaaga, Super Deluxe.
