The Indian Film Festival of Melbourne is proud to recognise excellence with a host of regarded awards. The awards honour the superlative creativity and talent demonstrated by filmmakers, actresses and actors in the IFFM program.  Judged by a jury of five international and Australian filmmakers and industry professionals, here is the best of the Indian Cinema who made it our nominations this year!
Best Actor

Amitabh Bachchan

Pink

Rajkummar Rao

Trapped

Sushant Singh Rajput

M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story

Hrithik Roshan

Kaabil

Lalit Behl

Mukti Bhawan
(Hotel Salvation)

Adil Hussain

Mukti Bhawan
(Hotel Salvation)

Aamir Khan

Dangal
Best Actress

Alia Bhatt

Dear Zindagi

Vidya Balan

Kahaani 2

Tannishtha Chatterjee

Doctor Rakhmabai

Ratna Pathak Shah

Lipstick under my Burkha

Konkona Sen Sharma

Lipstick under my Burkha

Kavya Madhavan

Pinneyum
Best Director

Nikhil Manjoo

Reservation

Nitesh Tiwari

Dangal

Vikramaditya Motwane

Trapped

N Padmakumar

A Billion Colour Story

Buddhadeb Dasgupta

Tope

Alankrita Shrivastava

Lipstick under my Burkha

Konkona Sen Sharma

A Death in the Gunj

S. S. Rajamouli

Bahubali 2: The Conclusion
Best Film

Pink

Sultan

Joker

Ae Dil Hai Mushkil

M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story

Best Indie Film

A Billion Colour Story

Loktak Lairembee

Lipstick Under My Burkha

Mukti Bhawan (Hotel Salvation)

A Death in the Gunj

Telstra People's Choice

Dangal

Bahubali 2: The Conclusion

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