Gujarati film fraternity come together to celebrate the best of industry at GIFA

MeraNews Network, Gandhinagar: The third edition of Gujarati Iconic Film Awards (GIFA) saw the Gujarati film fraternity come together on Sunday evening to celebrate the best of industry’s actors, musicians, artists and technicians, who contributed in providing with the best cinematic experience to Gujarati film lovers across the globe. Gujarati film artists who excelled in their craft and won the hearts of the audiences with their performances were awarded in a gala ceremony held at Narayani Heights Resorts and Hotels in Ahmedabad.

This year, the top laurels were won by Siddharth Randeria (Best Actor) for Natsamrat, Deeksha Joshi (Best Actress) for Sharato Lagu, and Reva won the Film of the Year award. Jigardan Gadhvi took home the best playback singer award for his melodious voice in the Love Ni Bhavai. While there were two winners in the best actor in a negative role, won by Abhinay Banker for Mijaaj and Dayashankar Pandey for Bhanwar, Tasneem Shaikh won the best actress in a negative role for Natsamrat.

Reva, the movie based on Dhruv Bhatt’s novel Tatvamasi, won big at GIFA with 6 awards, including best film, best original background score, and best story. Love Ni Bhavai was awarded Jury’s award for most popular film of the year. Love Ni Bhavai is 2017’s most successful film which ran for more than 100 days at the box office.

GIFA is the brainchild of Hetal Thakkar and Bhai-Bhai fame singer Arvind Vegda.

Given below is the complete list of winners: