Chittagong, Shala, GoW to vie for Best Film at 12th New York Indian Film Festival

The 12^th Annual New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF), presented by the Indo-American Arts Council announced the nominations for various categories of awards.

The festival will be held from May 23 to 27 at the Tribeca Cinemas in Lower Manhattan.

NYIFF will more than 50 features, documentaries, and short films over a span of five days.

 

BEST FILM  Nominees: Aadukalam Chitrangada Chittagong Gangs of Wasseypur Gattu Shala	BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM Nominees: Big in Bollywood Inshallah Football Kumare Saving Face Transgenders: Pakistan’s Open Secret
BEST SCREENPLAY Nominees: Pooja Desai, Anvita Dutt, Rajesh Narasimhan, Ashish Patil (Mujshe Fraaandship Karoge) Avinash Deshpande (Shala) Rituparno Ghosh (Chitrangada) Vetri Maaran (Aadukalam) Bedabrata Pain, Shonali Bose (Chittagong)	BEST DIRECTOR Nominees: Sujay Dahake (Shala) Rituparno Ghosh (Chitrangada) Anurag Kashyap (Gangs of Wasseypur) Vetri Maaran ( Aadukalam) Prashant Nair (Delhi in a Day) Bedabrata Pain (Chittagong)
BEST YOUNG ACTOR Nominees: Sihle Dlamini (Lucky) Dilzad Hiwale (Bubble Gum) Dilzad Hiwale (Chittagong) Ashuman Joshi(Shala) Ketaki Mategaonkar (Shala) Mohd Samad (Gattu)	THE BEST SHORTS Nominees: Aashpordha Bombay Snow Dilli Dreams Do Pahar Silent Waters
BEST ACTOR Nominees: Manoj Bajpayee (Chittagong) Manoj Bajpayee (Gangs of Wasseypur) Dhanush (Aadukalam) Ankur Khanna (Abosheshey) Nana Patekar (Shagird) Nawazuddin Siddiqui (Dekh Indian Circus) Nawazuddin Siddiqui (Chittagong)	BEST ACTRESS Nominees: Jayashree Basavaraj (Lucky) Priyanka Bose (Gangor) Tannishtha Chatterjee (Dekh Indian Circus) Anjali Patil (Delhi in a Day) Lipica Shah (Let’s Be Out, The Sun Is Shining)

The independent jury who votes for their favorite nominees in each category are:  Parag Amladi, Ashish Avikunthak, Dev Benegal, Jerry Carlson, Tejaswini Ganti, Udayan Gupta, Poorna Jagannathan, Kavey Kaul, Joseph Mathew, Myrna Moncayo-Iyengar, Claus Mueller, Muriel (Mike) Peters, Zenobia Shroff, and Nilita Vachani.

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