IFFM 2021 Complete Winners List: Manoj Bajpayee, Samantha Akkineni win for The Family Man 2, Suriya awarded for Soorarai Potru

Samantha made her digital debut with Raj and DK’s The Family Man 2. The Telugu star, who performed Nemesis reverse Manoj Bajpayee within the Amazon Prime Video present, stated it was her first time on the competition and he or she was excited to be honored for Best Actress. a sequence. “To be here amidst so much talent… I am grateful and it is a huge honor. Thank you Raj and DK for seeing the image of my sweet girl and giving me this role, which is so much more than what I have done so far. It’s different. To give me this character that has so many layers and so many diverse parts. It’s my big dive into OTT and it’s an amazing show to do,” Samantha stated after her win.

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This is Manoj Bajpayee’s second award on the movie competition. He had earlier received the Best Actor award in 2018 for Gali Guleiyan. Bepayi reiterated his gratitude for the platform. Winning the Best Actor in a Series award at present for The Family Man 2, Bajpayee stated, “Cinema or series – both are highly collaborative. It is extremely for me to take the award for myself without mentioning everyone involved in Amazon, Raj and DK. It’s embarrassing. But it’s the writers of the series who make a big difference. It’s a team of writers, so thank you for giving me the space to be this character.”

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Suriya’s Soorarai Pottru was additionally adjudged the very best characteristic movie. Suriya, who takes day out from his busy capturing schedule, accepted awards for himself and his movie. In his speech he referred to as Soorarai Potru ‘a particular movie’. He additionally revealed that this was the primary movie that got here to him throughout the pandemic and it was the primary award he was receiving. “I used to be tired of what I used to be doing after working for 20 years. So because of my director Sudha Prasad – this film was his 10 12 months dream – he labored 4 years on the writing for his movie. Mara’s character could be nothing with out her. I could not have requested for extra.”

Here is the whole checklist of winners of the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) 2021.

Best Feature Film – Soorarai Potru

Best Male Performance (Feature) – Suriya Shivakumar (Soorai Potru)

Best Performance Female (Feature) – Honorable Mention to Vidya Balan (Lioness) and Nimisha Sajayan (The Great Indian Kitchen)

Best Director – Anurag Basu (Ludo) and Honorary Mention Prithvi Konnur (Pinky Alley?)

Best Series – Mirzapur Season 2

Best Actress in a Series – Samantha Akkineni (The Family Man 2)

Best Actor in a Series – Manoj Bajpayee (The Family Man 2)

Similarities in Cinema (Short Film) – Sheer Korma

Equality in Cinema Award (Feature Film) – The Great Indian Kitchen

Best Indie Film – Fire within the Mountains

Diversity in Cinema Award – Pankaj Tripathi

Disruptor Award – Sanal Kumar Sasidharani

Best Documentary Film – Shut Up Sona

Diversity in Cinema Award was given to Pankaj Tripathi. He described the glory as a “motivator for my craft”. Tripathi was felicitated by filmmaker Anurag Kashyap. The ace actor credit Kashyap for giving him an enormous likelihood in Gangs of Wasseypur. “The man who is here to give me this award. He is the one who discovered my talent. So thank you Anurag Kashyap sir. He is the one who rediscovered my talent. So I am grateful to you. I am grateful to all my directors.” Thank you to the writers for making me part of their tasks.”

Eminent Indian artists comparable to Shoojit Sircar, Anurag Kashyap, Thiagarajan Kumararaja, Sriram Raghavan, Richa Chadha, Guneet Monga, Onir and different jury members had been among the many presenters.