After making headlines for all the wrong reasons, it seems actress Kavya Madhavan and family finally have something to cheer about. The actress has managed to find a spot in the list of nominees for the Best Actor (Female) award at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne 2017.
Kavya was nominated for her performance in Pinneyum, directed by Adoor Gopalakrishnan.
She’ll be competing against a slew of A-listers, including Alia Bhatt, Vidya Balan and Konkona Sen Sharma.
The Indian Film Festival of Melbourne is scheduled from August 10 to August 22.
Here's the complete list of nominees:
Best Actor Male
Amitabh Bachchan (Pink)
Aamir Khan (Dangal)
Rajkummar Rao (Trapped)
Hrithik Roshan (Kaabil)
Lalit Bhel (Mukti Bhawan)
Sushant Singh Rajput (M S Dhoni - The Untold Story)
Adil Hussain (Mukti Bhawan)
Best Actor Female
Alia Bhatt (Dear Zindagi)
Vidya Balan (Kahaani 2)
Ratna Pathak Shah (Lipstick Under My Burkha)
Konkona Sen Sharma (Lipstick Under My Burkha)
Tannishtha Chatterjee (Dr Rakhmabai)
Kavya Madhavan (Pinneyum)
Best Director
Nitesh Tiwari (Dangal)
Alankrita Srivastava (Lipstick Under My Burkha)
S S Rajamouli (Baahubali: The Conclusion)
Konkona Sen Sharma (A Death In The Gunj)
Vikramaditya Motwane (Trapped)
N Padmakumar (A Billion Colour Story)
Nikhil Manjoo (Reservation)
Buddhadeb Dasgupta (Tope)
Best Film
Pink
Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
Sultan
Joker
M S Dhoni: The Untold Story
Best Indie Film
A Billion Colour Story
A Death In The Gunj
Mukti Bhawan
Lipstick Under My Burkha
Loktak Lairembee
Telstra People's Choice
Dangal
Baahubali: The Conclusion
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