Bollywood celebs graced the prestigious Indian Film Festival of Melbourne on August 8. The festival which is in its 10th year was certainly special, stars such as Shah Rukh Khan, Arjun Kapoor, Malaika Arora, Karan Johar, Varun Dhawan etc were earlier spotted at the Mumbai airport as they left for the festival. Now the list of winners at the festival has been announced on the IFFM social media handles. While Karan Johar's Kuch Kuch Hota Hai was honoured
was honoured at the fest for being the favourite film for the last 20 years, actor Shah Rukh Khan too was honoured at the festival with the Excellence in Cinema Award.
Among films, Andhadhun and Gully Boy won top honours including the Best Film award for the Zoya Akhtar film and Best Actress award for Tabu. Best Actor award went to the sensational Vijay Sethupati for his performance in the critically acclaimed Super Deluxe. Here's the winners list from the film festival. IFFM 2019: Shah Rukh Khan, Malaika Arora, Arjun Kapoor, Varun Dhawan Take Off to Melbourne to Attend the Film Festival (View Pics).
Excellence in Cinema Award: Shah Rukh Khan
Best Film Award 2019: Gully Boy
Best Indie Film: Bulbul Can Sing
Best Actress Award: Tabu (Andhadhun)
Best Actor Award: Vijay Sethupati
Best Director Award: Sriram Raghavan
People Choice Award: Simmba
All Time Favourite Film: Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (Celebrating 20 years)
Diversity Award: Onir
Best Short Film: Be My Brother
Congratulations to all the winners for this honour. The Indian Film Festival of Melbourne 2019, like every year, has a string of selected films on display for the cinephiles. It is scheduled from August 1 to August 18 this year.
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