The stars of Joyland, winners of the Cannes 2022 Jury Prize, are in town as is Amazon series director of Mumbai Diaries 26/11 and founder of India’s premier content company, Abundantia Entertainment, Vikram Malhotra.Ĭelebrated Indian director and director of Amazon thriller Jalsa, Suresh Triveni and the team behind documentary Ayena ( Mirror), and acid survivors Ritu Saini, Farah Khan and Nilanjan Bhattacharya are on the guest list. To mark the 75th anniversary of Indian Independence on Saturday, thousands will flood Federation Square for a flag-raising ceremony and a stunning Bollywood dance competition.Īs for films, award-winning feature The Rapist, which was recently awarded the prestigious Kim Jiseok Award at the Busan International Film Festival, will screen and the film’s director Aparna Sen and her daughter, actor Konkona Sen Sharma are set to attend. They include new awards, including best film from the subcontinent and best streaming series. The festival’s centrepiece event, the star-studded IFFM Awards are back. “The Indian community in Melbourne will be really excited to have Abhishek Bachchan come here,” she said.
“The stars are put on a pedestal, treated like royalty … so having them come here, and to have Bollywood movies not only celebrated in India but around the world, is really cool.
From school kids to grandparents, they all love Indian movies, Bollywood movies. Mumbai-born Himangi Singh, 25, based in Melbourne since 2020, tells The New Daily there is a huge appetite for Indian cinema. Photo: AAP A city of cinema and cricket-lovers alikeįrom August 12 to 14, the huge Indian cinema fanbase can travel across the city, from Federation Square to the Arts Centre, and to the Palais and Hoyts theatres to catch a glimpse of the stars and watch a few flicks. He said the city was preparing to celebrate Indian cinema ‘‘in all its glory and diversity’’.īollywood dancers are set to light up Federation Square on Saturday. ‘‘To have with us a legendary cricketer, Kapil Dev in honour of a film based on his iconic 1983 World Cup win, we are excited to have him in Melbourne.’’ “We are absolutely delighted to have IFFM come back physically this year alongside an exciting virtual programming,’’ IFFM festival director Mitu Bhowmick Lange said. If you’re new to the industry’s biggest stars – who are treated like royalty back home and have a combined Instagram following of a staggering 70 million followers – meet Bollywood royalty Abhishek Bachchan and Indian movie stars Tamannaah Bhatia, Vaani Kapoor, Shefali Shah and Taapsee Pannu. We all know India’s first World Cup-winning captain, Kapil Dev, who has now been immortalised in recent Indian flick, 83.
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So strap yourselves in people, it’s going to be a big weekend.ĭescribed as a ‘‘hybrid’’, the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) will showcase more than 100 films from a range of genres, themes, and voices and it all can be experienced in person in cinemas across Melbourne as well as streaming free through the IFFM app.
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