Mirzapur 2,Manoj Bajpayee,Samantha Akkineni,Vidya Balan,Suriya,Pankaj Tripathi hog honors at IFFM,21 


By Rajesh Ahuja

Vidya Balan, South Indian actor Suriya, Manoj Bajpayee, Samantha Akkineni and Pankaj Tripathi hogged the honours at the Indian film festival of Melbourne for 2021 , winning awards in different categories at the prestigious festival.






Vidya Balan bags Best Actress Award, Suriya gets Best actor award, Anurag Basu gets Best Director at IFFM 





Vidya Balan bagged award for Best performance (female) in a feature film for the film Sherni , streamed on Amazon Prime Video while South Indian actor Suriya bagged the Best actor award for a feature for the film Soorarai Pottru.

Read Sherni Review 

https://raju0568.blogspot.com/2021/06/sherni-review-vidya-emerges-real-sherni.html

Soorarai Pottru won the award for Best feature film at the festival while Anurag Basu won the Best Director award for his film Ludo.

Prithvi Konanur won the Honorary Mention for Best Director at IFFM for his film Pinki Elli.

Manoj Bajpayee and Samantha Akkineni won the award for Best performance (male) and Best performance (Female) in a web series for The Family Man 2 while the season 2 of Mirzapur won the award for the best web series.




Manoj Bajpayee wins Best actor award,  Samantha Akkineni wins Best Actress Award in a web series at IFFM for The Family Man 2



The film Shut Up Sona won the award for Best documentary at the IFFM while Pankaj Tripathi won the Diversity in Cine award for his brilliant performances in various web series as well as films.

Fire in the Mountains won the award for Best Indie Film.

The Shabana Azmi Divya Dutta and Swara Bhaskar starrer Sheer Qorma won the award for Equality in Cinema in the Shorts category.

An initiative of the Victorian government in Australia,  IFFM is an annual celebration of Indian cinema in Australia. 


Stories this week 

Tahira Kashyap Khurrana to make her directorial debut with slice of life comedy about the modern Indian female experience 


https://raju0568.blogspot.com/2021/08/tahira-kashyap-khurrana-to-make.html


Crime drama series Cartel streaming on Alt Balaji from today 




Shweta Tiwari and Ashwat Bhatt shoot for short story segment of anthology Swad in New Delhi 




Bell Bottom earns Rs 2.75 crore on opening day,  collection expected to pick up on weekend 



Series paying tribute to the frontline workers who worked tirelessly to save lives during the 26/11 Mumbai attacks premieres on Amazon Prime Video on September 9



Promo of mystery Candy on Voot Select promises lot of action and thrill 




Hope for more opportunities to explore my versatility and break the barriers: Nora Fatehi 




Ankahi Kahaniyan,  anthology of stories exploring love,  loss and longing,  to stream on Netflix on September 17



Bhuj The Pride of India; Ajay Devgn in virtuoso act in moving tale of India's triumph in the 1971 war against Pakistan against the odds 

What is happening in a happy and peaceful nation like Afghanistan is truly sad; Hema Malini 




Applause Entertainment ties up with Amar Chitra Katha to adapt 400 + iconic comics into animation content 




Season 3 of the British comedy drama Sex Education premieres on Netflix on September 17
































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