The Indian Film Festival of Melbourne 2017 which is all set to celebrate diversity this year as its central theme has just released its list of nominations. The festival this year will run from 10th to 22nd August and will showcase over 60 films across 20 languages.
Here is the list of Nominees for this year :
| BEST ACTOR MALE | |
| Amitabh Bachchan | Pink |
| Rajkumar Rao | Trapped |
| Sushant Singh Rajput | M S Dhoni |
| Hrithik Roshan | Kaabil |
| Lalit Bhel | Mukti Bhawan |
| Adil Hussain | Mukti Bhawan |
| Aamir Khan | Dangal |
| BEST ACTOR FEMALE | |
| Alia Bhatt | Dear Zindagi |
| Vidya Baalan | Kahaani 2 |
| Tanishtha Chatterjee | Dr. Rakhmabai |
| Kavya Madhavan | Pinneyum |
| Ratna Pathak | Lipstick under my Burkha |
| Konkona Sen Sharma | Lipstick under my Burkha |
| BEST INDIE FILM | |
| A Billion Colour Story | |
| Loktak Lairembee | |
| Mukti Bhawan | |
| Lipstick under my Burkha | |
| Death in the Gunj | |
| BEST DIRECTOR | |
| Nikhil Manjoo | Reservation |
| Nitesh Tiwari | Dangal |
| Vikramaditya Motwane | Trapped |
| N Padmakumar | A Billion Colour Story |
| Buddhadeb Dasgupta | Tope |
| Alankrita Srivastava | Lipstick under my Burkha |
| S S Rajamouli | Baahubali 2 – The Conclusion |
| Konkona Sen Sharma | Death in the Gunj |
| BEST FILM | |
| Pink | |
| Sultan | |
| Joker | |
| Ae Dil Hai Mushkil | |
| MS Dhoni | |
| PEOPLE’S CHOICE | |
| DANGAL | |
| BAHUBALI 2 |