Bollywood's biggest night in Melbourne,a night filled with action-packed performances and celebrations has finally come to an end.This prestigious festival was held at the iconic Melbourne Recital Centre. The Indian Film Festival of Melbourne that celebrates the of cinema from India and the subcontinent kicked off with a powerful performance by Shalmali Kholgade, Suzzane D'mello along with Pakistani singer Sara Haider for the noble cause of Woman Empowerment.

The very inspiring and empowering movie Parched won for the best Indie Film giving the Parched team another reason to celebrate the success of this movie.

The fun-filled and family entertainer Kapoor and Sons directed by Shakun Batra won the award for the best Movie. Rishi Kapoor and Fawad Khan who were present at the festival were overwhelmed and ecstatic about it.


Fawad Khan, the Pakistan heartthrob who is currently making news with his impressive work in Bollywood won the diversity award for his contribution to Indian and Pakistani Cinema so far.

Pre-eminent Bollywood actor Rishi Kapoor who needs no introduction was recognised with the IFFM Excellence in Cinema Award.


Nawazzudin Siddiqui and Sonam Kapoor won the Best actor and actress award for their enthralling films Neerja and Raman Raghav 2.0 respectively. Both the movies were screened at this honorable event.


Attendees at the awards were Malaika Arora Khan,Sonam Kapoor,Fawad Khan,Anurag Kashyap,Rishi Kapoor along with his wife Neetu Kapoor, Rituparna Sengupta etc. It was a 5 day gala event from 11th August to 15th August 2016