The much-awaited Indian Film Festival of Melbourne has officially begun, and the first event of the festival which was the opening press conference took place this morning at Melbourne’s central business district. IFFM, the award winning largest film festival in the southern hemisphere kicked off the festivities by bringing all the actors and the Minister of arts and culture, Martin Foley to announce the start of the festival. Mitu Bhowmick Lange, director of the festival introduced all the actors present at the press conference which included names like Rani Mukerji, Freida Pinto, Richa Chadha, Ali Fazal, Rajkumar Hirani, Vicky Kaushal, Abhijaat Joshi, Mrunal Thakur and comedian Saadiya Ali. Rani Mukerji’s Hichki and Rajkumar Hirani’s Sanju are being premiered at the coveted film festival.