Q. Who has won the Best Actor Female Award at the 48th International Film Festival of India (IFFI-2017)?
Answer: Parvathy Thiruvoth Kottuvatta
Notes: Indian actor Parvathy Thiruvoth Kottuvatta has won the Best Actor Female Award at the 48th International Film Festival of India (IFFI-2017) for her role in Malayalam film "Take Off". The movie, directed by Mahesh Narayan, is based on the ordeal of Indian nurses in the city of Tikrit, Iraq, in 2014. It also won the Special Jury Award which included a Silver Peacock, a certificate and cash prize of Rs 15 lakh. Beside this, Marathi film "Kshitiz A Horizon" (directed by Manouj Kadaamh) won the ICFT Unesco Gandhi Medal 2017. The Prestigious Silver Peacock Award for the Best Debut Film of a Director goes to Director Kiro Russo for the film "Dark Skull". The theme of IFFI 2017 was "Celebrating the Future of Cinema" and Canada was the focus country.
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