The Indian Film Festival of Melbourne awards that celebrates the spirit of Indian cinema and subcontinent kicked off with a powerful performance by Shalmali Kholgade, Suzzane D’mello along with Pakistani singer Sara Haider. While actor Rishi Kapoor was honoured with the Indian Melbourne Film Festival Excellence in Cinema Award, Nawazzudin Siddiqui and Sonam Kapoor won the Best Actor and Actress award for their noteworthy work in the movie ‘Neerja’ and ‘Raman Raghav 2.0’ respectively. ‘Kapoor and Sons’ won the award for the best movie and 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.

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Attendees at the awards were Malaika Arora Khan, Sonam Kapoor, Fawad Khan, Anurag Kashyap, Rishi Kapoor along with his wife Neetu Kapoor, Rituparna Sengupta, Richa Chadha and more. The Indian Film Festival of Melbourne started off on August 11 and shall end on August 21, 2016. Check out some pictures of the awards night..