Updated On: 09 July, 2022 10:37 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Set to take place in the Victorian capital the festival is set to take place from 12-20 August 2022 both in person and virtually

Kapil Dev and Ranveer Singh
One of the world`s leading and biggest Indian film festivals is coming back physically this year. The Indian Film Festival of Melbourne which for the last two years was held virtually will make its physical comeback with programming spanning both in-person and online to keep up with the current times. The festival is set to take place in Melbourne from 12-20 August. Before the world was hit by a pandemic, in 2019 the festival was hosted by the likes of Shahrukh Khan, Arjun Kapoor, Tabu, Vijay Sethupathi, Rima Das, Zoya Akhtar, and Karan Johar amongst others.
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This year the festival will kick off with its opening night on 12th August and will have its yearly annual awards gala on 14th August. The film programming is more diverse than ever before with over 100 films in 23 languages having been selected for the festival. Programming of the festival will soon be announced by the organisers and a slew of Indian film artists will be flying down to Melbourne to celebrate cinema in all its diversity. Furthering the popularity of one of the most talked-about films this past year, 83 directed by Kabir Khan, the festival has invited legendary cricketer, Kapil Dev to be the guest of honour.