Aishwarya will be first Indian women to be felicitated at IFFM 

Actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan will be felicitated at the at India Film festival of Melbourne (IFFM) for her contribution to global cinema. This will add up one more feather to Aishwarya’s hat of achivement. She had won many awards including Startdust, Filmfare and even Padam Shri.

First Indian woman to hoist the national flag at Melbourne

• India Film festival of Melbourne (IIFM) is Australia’s biggest annual celebration of Indian cinema.
• They are celebrating ‘India at 70!’ as a part of the festival’s celebration of Indian cinema.
• In addition to which Aishwarya will be hoisting the Indian national flag at Melbourne’s Federation Square.
• Consequently she will be the first Indian woman to do so.
• The actress will also be felicitated by the Victorian Government at the Westpac IFFM Awards night on August 11.
• “The Indian film festival of Melbourne is honoured to welcome Aishwarya  as our much loved guest to IFFM this year.
• She’s a global icon and extremely loved by the audiences in Australia.
• It will be a proud moment for all Indians when she becomes the first Indian woman to hoist the national flag
• at the pulse point of Melbourne – the Federation Square,” Mitu Bhowmick Lange, Festival Director, said in a statement.
• In addition Bhowmick said: “In light of her incredible contribution to world cinema she will be felicitated by the government which we are all looking forward to.”