<P> Actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan became the first woman to raise the Indian National Flag at the Festival . </P> <P> The 2016 Festival boasted 51 films and documentaries from all across India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Australia . The festival included movies in over 15 different languages from India and the subcontinent . </P> <P> IFFM 2016 started with its Opening Night on Thursday the 11th of August with a theme of Female Empowerment and the screening of Parched at Hoyts Melbourne Central . Parched director Leena Yadav along with Radhika Apte, who starred in the film, were in attendance for a Q&A session for the film . Richa Chadha, Kapoor & Sons actor Fawad Khan and director Shakun Batra were also in attendance . </P> <P> The following night, the third IFFM Awards Night was held at the Melbourne Recital Centre, where 900 + guests and many Bollywood celebrities where in attendance . Surprise guests included rising star Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Sonam Kapoor who were also awarded the Best Actor and Actress of 2016 . The Jury for 2016 were Simi Garewal, Jill Bilcock, Rajeev Masand, Sue Maslin, Paul Ireland and Andrew Anastasios . Singers Sara Haider, Shalmali Kholgade and Suzanne D'Mello set the stage alight with their own collections of songs from the subcontinent . The Flag Hoisting ceremony took place at Federation Square on the 13th of August . Bollywood legend Rishi Kapoor had the honour of hoisting the flag . This was followed by the Telstra Bollywood Dance Competition, where Malaika Arora Khan, Richa Chadda, and Shakun Batra judged the best and brightest future dance talents from Melbourne . The events of the day were live streamed to Harmony Square in City of Greater Dandenong . </P>

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