Bhumi Pednekar wins best actress at IFFM 2015

Melbourne: Bhumi Pednekar proved yet again that size doesn’t matter, as she is elated to win the best actress award for playing an overweight girl in “Dum Laga Ke Haisha” during a ceremony at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) 2015.

The 25-year-old Indian actress, who made her Bollywood debut opposite Ayushmann Khurrana in the Sharat Katariya-directed drama, said this was her first award for her role.

“My first for #dumlagakehaisha. There are so many people that have contributed to this. Thank you guys…,” Bhumi posted on Instagram.

My first for #dumlagakehaisha. Best actor female.There are so many people that have contributed to this.Thank you guys. #iffm2015 #gratitude #momdad #australiadiary #AllTheWayFromOz

A photo posted by Bhumi Pednekar (@psbhumi) on Aug 15, 2015 at 6:09am PDT

Meanwhile, IFFM awards for 2015 for best film was given to “Piku”, best director award went to Shoojit Sircar and the best actor award was grabbed by Irrfan Khan for his performance in “Piku”.

(With PTI inputs)