Alia Bhatt-starrer 'Gangubai' bags top nomination at Indian Film Festival of Melbourne 2022, see full list

The 13th edition of the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) Awards is all set to return in 2022. But unlike the last 2 years, the event will be held in Melbourne instead ofon a virtual platform this year. The festival will starton the 12th of August and will go on till the 20th of August. The award ceremony also has a specialvirtual programming between 13th to 30th August for Australian audiences. And, over 100 films across 23 languages will be screened at the festival.

The award ceremony will take place on 14August and the event will recognise the best cinematic talent from across the Indian subcontinent.

Alia Bhatt's 'Gangubai', which has been directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali,has dominated the nominations this year.The film has baggednominated in three categories, including Best Film, Best Actress and Best Director.

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Meanwhile, Ranveer Singh's sports drama '83'and Suriya's 'Jai Bhim'is all set to compete with SLB's film for the Best Film award.

Apart from Alia Bhatt, Deepika Padukone,Bhumi Pednekar and Vidya Balan are vying for the award of Best Actress this year.

For the Best Actor category, we have Ranveer Singh, Abhishekh Bachchan and Vicky Kaushal competing against each other.

The jury of the awards show comprises global award-winning film editor Jill Bilcock, Australian actor Vince Colosimo, multi-award-winning filmmaker Geoffrey Wright and multi-award-winning filmmaker Nadia Tass.

Check out the complete list of IFFM 2022 nominations below:

BEST FILM

1. 83 / Hindi

2. Badhaai Do / Hindi

3. Gangubai Kathiawadi / Hindi

4. Jai Bhim / Tamil

5. Minnal Murali / Malayalam

6. Paka (River of Blood) / Malayalam

7. Sardar Udham / Hindi

8. The Rapist / English, Hindi

BEST INDIE FILM

1. Boomba Ride / Mishing

2. Dug Dug / Hindi

3. Jaggi / Punjabi

4. Once Upon a Time in Calcutta / Bengali

5. Pedro / Kannada

6. Shankar`s Fairies / Hindi

7. Shoebox / Hindi

8. Fairy Folk / Hindi, English

BEST ACTOR (MALE)

1. Gopal Hegde, Pedro / Kannada

2. Rajkummar Rao, Badhaai Do / Hindi

3. Ramnish Chaudhary, Jaggi / Punjabi

4. Ranveer Singh, 83 / Hindi

5. Suriya, Jai Bhim / Tamil

6. Tovino Thomas, Minnal Murali / Malayalam

7. Vicky Kaushal, Sardar Udham / Hindi

8. Abhishek Bachchan - Dasvi / Hindi

BEST ACTOR (FEMALE)

1. Alia Bhatt, Gangubai Kathiawadi / Hindi

2. Bhumi Pednekar, Badhaai Do / Hindi

3. Deepika Padukone, Gehraiyaan / Hindi

4. Konkona Sen Sharma, The Rapist / English, Hindi

5. Lijomol Jose, Jai Bhim / Tamil

6. Shefali Shah, Jalsa / Hindi

7. Sreelekha Mitra, Once Upon A Time In Calcutta / Bengali

8. Vidya Balan, Jalsa / Hindi

BEST DIRECTOR

1. Anmol Sidhu, Jaggi / Punjabi

2. Aparna Sen, The Rapist / Hindi

3. Kabir Khan, 83 / Hindi

4. Pan Nalin, Chhello Show (Last Film Show) / Gujarati

5. Sanjay Leela Bhansali Gangubai Kathiawadi / Hindi

6. Shoojit Sircar, Sardar Udham / Hindi

7. Suresh Triveni, Jalsa / Hindi

8. T.J. Gnanavel, Jai Bhim / Tamil

BEST DOCUMENTARY

1. A Night of Knowing Nothing

2. Ayena (Mirror)

3. Kicking Balls

4. Ladies Only

5. Urf (A.K.A)

BEST FILM FROM SUBCONTINENT

1. Joyland / Pakistan

2. Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom / Bhutan

3. No Land`s Man / Bangladesh

4. Rehana Maryam Noor / Bangladesh

5. The Newspaper / Sri Lanka

BEST ACTOR IN A SERIES

1. Mohit Raina, Mumbai Diaries 26/11

2. Parambrata Chatterjee, Aranyak

3. Varun Mitra, Guilty Minds

4. Tahir Raj Bhasin, Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein

5. Dhruv Sehgal, Little Things Final Season

BEST ACTRESS IN A SERIES

1. Konkona Sensharma, Mumbai Diaries 26/11

2. Sakshi Tanwar, Mai

3. Madhuri Dixit, Fame Game

4. Mithila Palkar, Little Things

5. Raveena Tandon, Aranyak

6. Shriya Pilgaonkar, Guilty Minds

BEST SERIES

1. Aranyak

2. Mumbai Diaries 26/11

3. Fame Game

4. Mai

5. Little Things Final Season

6. Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein