Honoring the best Hindi films released in the year 2016, the 18th IIFA (International Indian Film Academy) Awards ceremony 2017 was held today at Metlife Stadium East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA. It is first time that the awards held there. Saif Ali Khan and Karan Johar jointly hosted the ceremony.
Ram Madhvani’s biographical thriller film Neerja won the best film award. Actor Shahid Kapoor earned the Best Actor award for his role in Udta Punjab, while Alia Bhatt bagged the Best Actor (Female) award for the same film. Music composer AR Rahman was honoured for 25 years of his musical contribution. Here is the complete list of this years winners.
IIFA Awards 2017 FULL winners list
- Best Film – Neerja
- Best Actor (Male) – Shahid Kapoor (Udta Punjab)
- Best Actor (Female) – Alia Bhatt (Udta Punjab)
- Best Director – Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury (PINK)
- Best Performance in a Supporting Role (Male) – Anupam Kher (M.S. Dhoni – The Untold Story)
- Best Actor in Comic Role – Varun Dhawan (Dishoom)
- Best Debutant (Male) – Diljit Dosanjh (Udta Punjab)
- Best Debutant (Female) – Disha Patani (M.S. Dhoni – The Untold Story)
- Best Performance in a Negative Role – Jim Sarbh (Neerja)
- Woman of the Year – Taapsee Pannu
- Best Music Direction – Pritam (Ae Dil Hai Mushkil)
- Best Lyrics – Amitabh Bhattacharya – Channa Mereya (Ae Dil Hai Mushkil)
- Style Icon of the Year – Alia Bhatt
- Best Playback Singer (Female) – Kanika Kapoor (Udta Punjab) and Tulsi Kumar (Airlift)
- Best Playback Singer (Male) – Amit Mishra (Ae Dil Hai Mushkil)
- Best Music Composer – Pritam (Ae Dil hai Mushkil)
- Best Lyrics – Amitabh Bhattacharya (Ae Dil Hai Mushkil)
- Style Icon of the Year – Alia Bhatt
- Best Story Award – Shakun Batra, Ayesha Devitre Dhillon (Kapoor and Sons)
- VFX – Red Chillies Entertainment
