The 15th edition of the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) 2024 has announced this year’s highly anticipated nominations. IFFM is one of the biggest Indian film festivals outside India and every year, its nominations mirror the diversity and richness of content from all over India.
IFFM 2024 Nominations In: Jawan, Chandu Champion, 12th Fail – Top Contenders; Made in Heaven Season 2 & Kohrra among Leading OTTs
An annual event supported by the Victorian Government in Australia, IFFM is an exposition about Indian cinema which showcases the best films, digital series and even talents from India. It intends to encourage cultural mixing as well as highlight just how diverse Indian cinema can be on an international platform. The festival aims to promote cultural exchange and celebrate the diversity of Indian cinema on an international stage. This year’s festival will begin on August 15 and end on August 25. The IFFM awards now represent some prominent yearly award season’s flagship awards that have been included language, scale and genres.
Star-studded Line-up And Anticipated Awards
This year at the competition for Best Actor category we will see Shah Rukh Khan competing with others like Vikrant Massey, Fahadh Faasil Ranveer Singh Kartik Aaryan Mithun Chakraborty etc. Similarly Alia Bhatt will face stiff competition for the Best Actress Award along with Jyothika who is one of India’s most talented actresses today and Parvathy Thiruvothu who had a breakout role in “Uyare” last year as well as newcomers from Laapataa Ladies such as Nitanshi Goel or Pratibha Ranta too. In this category also there are shows like Heeramandi Poacher and Made In Heaven Season2 etc., among other contenders.
Anticipation for the Gala Night
Winners of the prestigious IFFM 2024 Awards will be announced at their annual gala night during the festival on August 16 at Palais Theatre, Melbourne.
Film Nominations
Best Film:
1. 12th Fail (Hindi)
2. Amar Singh Chamkila (Hindi)
3. Chandu Champion (Hindi)
4. Dunki (Hindi)
5. Jawan (Hindi)
6. Maharaja (Tamil)
7. Premalu (Malayalam)
8. Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani (Hindi)
Best Film – Critics Choice:
1. Dear Jassi (Punjabi)
2. Girls Will Be Girls (English/Hindi)
3. Kaathal – The Core (Malayalam)
4. Kabuliwala (Bengali)
5. Laapataa Ladies (Hindi)
6. Rapture (Garo)
7. Sapta Sagaradaache Ello – Side A (Kannada)
8. Thadavu (The Sentence) (Malayalam)
Individual Nominations
Best Actor:
1. Diljit Dosanjh – Amar Singh Chamkila
2. Fahadh Faasil – Aavesham
3. Kartik Aaryan – Chandu Champion
4. Mammootty – Kaathal – The Core
5. Mithun Chakraborty – Kabuliwala
6. Ranveer Singh – Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani
7. Shah Rukh Khan – Dunki & Jawan
8. Sparsh Shrivastava – Laapataa Ladies
9. Vicky Kaushal – Sam Bahadur
10. Vikrant Massey – 12th Fail
Best Actress:
1. Alia Bhatt – Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani
2. Alizeh Agnihotri – Farrey
3. Beena R Chandran – Thadavu (The Sentence)
4. Jyothika – Kaathal – The Core
5. Nitanshi Goel – Laapataa Ladies
6. Parvathy Thiruvothu – Ullozhukku (Undercurrent)
7. Pratibha Ranta – Laapataa Ladies
8. Preeti Panigrahi – Girls will be Girls
9. Sanya Malhotra – Mrs
10. Swathi Reddy – Month of Madhu
Best Director:
1. Imtiaz Ali – Amar Singh Chamkila
2. Kabir Khan – Chandu Champion
3. Karan Johar – Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani
4. Nithilan Saminathan – Maharaja
5. Rahul Sadasivan – Bramayugam
6. Rajkumar Hirani – Dunki
7. Vidhu Vinod Chopra – 12th Fail
Best Director – Critics Choice:
1. Christo Tomy – Ullozhukku (Undercurrent)
2. Diwa Shah – Bahadur – The Brave
3. Dominic Sangma – Rimdogittanga (Rapture)
4. Hemanth Rao – Sapta Sagaradaache Ello – Side A
5. Kiran Rao – Laapataa Ladies
6. Saurav Rai – Guras
7. Shuchi Talati – Girls will be Girls
8. Sumanth Bhat – Mithya
OTT and Documentary Nominations
Best OTT Show:
1. Dhootha (Telugu)
2. Heeramandi (Hindi)
3. Kohrra (Hindi)
4. Made in Heaven 2 (Hindi)
5. Panchayat Season 3 (Hindi)
6. Poacher (Malayalam)
7. The Railway Men (Hindi)
Best Actor OTT:
1. Arjun Mathur – Made in Heaven 2
2. Babil Khan – The Railway Men
3. Gulshan Devaiah – Guns & Gulaabs
4. Jitendra Kumar – Panchayat Season 3
5. Naveen Chandra – Inspector Rishi
6. R. Madhavan – The Railway Men
7. Roshan Mathew – Poacher
8. Suvinder Vicky – Kohrra
Best Actress OTT:
1. Harleen Sethi – Kohrra
2. Karishma Tanna – Scoop
3. Neena Gupta – Panchayat Season 3
4. Nimisha Sajayan – Poacher
5. Parvathy Thiruvothu – Dhootha
6. Shriya Pilgaonkar – The Broken News 2
7. Sobhita Dhulipala – Made in Heaven 2
Best Documentary:
1. Farming the Revolution
2. Flickering Lights
3. Headhunting to Beatboxing
4. Indi(r)a’s Emergency
5. Insides and Outsides
6. Trolley Times
Best Film – Subcontinent:
1. Barir Naam Shahana (A House Named Shahana) – Bangladesh
2. Paradise – Sri Lanka
3. The Monk and the Gun – Bhutan
4. The Red Suitcase – Nepal
5. Wakhri (One of a Kind) – Pakistan
The IFFM 2024 is expected to be a huge celebration of Indian films, featuring top talents and intriguing stories from all around the country.
