Bollywood actors Sonam Kapoor  and Nawazu Siddiqui bagged the best actress and best actor awards at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne 2016. sonam kapoor has received this award for her movie ‘Neerja’ and on the other side Nawaz has win the award for his role in the movie ‘Raman Raghav 2.0’ Expressing his delight over the award, Nawazuddin said “I am thankful for considering me for this award.”

  Other celebrities who grabbed the awards were Ranveer Singh for ‘Bajirao Mastaani,’ Shah Rukh Khan for ‘Fan’ and Manoj Bajpai for ‘Aligargh.’ Sonam dedicated her award to the Bhanot family. “I am very lucky to be up here…This is a real story about a women who is only 23 years old. I want to thank Bhanot family specially the mother who passed away… It’s a film about compassion more than anything else,” she said.

The star studded gala event that was held last night at the Melbourne Recital Centerer saw special performances by Pakistani singer-songwriter, Sara Haider, Shalmali Kholgade, Suzanne D’Mello, and other notable local performers. Veteran actress Simi Grewal, Neetu Singh, filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, Richa Chadha, Indian high commissioner Navdeep Suri, Consul General Manika Jain were also present at the occasion. This year, the festival has screened a variety of films, features, shorts and documentaries in 17 languages. Around 50 films are shortlisted for the festival. The theme for this edition is ‘Women Empowerment’. ‘Angry India Goddesses,’ will bring the curtains down for the festival on August 21.

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