18th IIFA Awards

18th IIFA Awards
18th IIFA Awards
Date	14 July 2017–; 15 July 2017
Site	MetLife Stadium; East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA
Hosted by	Karan Johar; Saif Ali Khan;
Act(s)	A.R. Rahman; Salman Khan; Katrina Kaif; Shahid Kapoor; Kriti Sanon; Sushant Singh Rajput; Diljit Dosanjh; Alia Bhatt; Varun Dhawan;
Television/radio coverage
Network	Colors TV
Produced by	Wizcraft International
	← 17th; IIFA Awards; 19th →;

The 2017 IIFA Awards, officially known as the 18th International Indian Film Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the International Indian Film Academy honouring the best Hindi films of 2016, occurred in MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey on 14–15 July 2017. It was the first time that the awards held there and also IIFA returned to United States after 2014.^[2]^[3]

Ae Dil Hai Mushkil led the ceremony with 12 nominations, followed by M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story, Pink and Udta Punjab with 7 nominations each.

Ae Dil Hai Mushkil won 7 awards, including Best Music Director (for Pritam), Best Lyricist (for Amitabh Bhattacharya – "Channa Mereya") and Best Male Playback Singer (for Amit Mishra – "Bulleya"), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.

Alia Bhatt received dual nominations for Best Actress for her performances in Dear Zindagi and Udta Punjab, winning for the latter.

Winners and Nominees[edit | edit source]

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Anupam Kher — Best Supporting Actor winner

Shabana Azmi — Best Supporting Actress winner

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Best Film	Best Director
Neerja Ae Dil Hai Mushkil M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story Pink Sultan Udta Punjab	Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury – Pink Abhishek Chaubey – Udta Punjab Ali Abbas Zafar – Sultan Karan Johar – Ae Dil Hai Mushkil Neeraj Pandey – M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story Ram Madhvani – Neerja
Best Actor In A Leading Role	Best Actress In A Leading Role
Shahid Kapoor – Udta Punjab Amitabh Bachchan – Pink Ranbir Kapoor – Ae Dil Hai Mushkil Salman Khan – Sultan Shah Rukh Khan – Fan Sushant Singh Rajput – M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story	Alia Bhatt – Udta Punjab Alia Bhatt – Dear Zindagi Anushka Sharma – Ae Dil Hai Mushkil Sonam Kapoor – Neerja Taapsee Pannu – Pink
Best Actor In A Supporting Role	Best Actress In A Supporting Role
Anupam Kher – M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story Amitabh Bachchan – Wazir Rajkummar Rao – Aligarh Rajat Kapoor – Kapoor & Sons Rishi Kapoor – Kapoor & Sons	Shabana Azmi – Neerja Andrea Tariang – Pink as Andrea Tariang Disha Patani – M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story Kirti Kulhari – Pink as Falak Ali Ratna Pathak Shah – Kapoor & Sons Richa Chadda – Sarbjit
Best Performance in a Comic Role	Best Performance in a Negative Role
Varun Dhawan – Dishoom Jimmy Shergill – Happy Bhag Jayegi Rishi Kapoor – Kapoor & Sons Shahid Kapoor – Udta Punjab	Jim Sarbh – Neerja Akshaye Khanna – Dishoom Neil Nitin Mukesh – Wazir Shah Rukh Khan – Fan
Best Debut Actor	Best Debut Actress
Diljit Dosanjh – Udta Punjab Rohit Suresh Saraf – Dear Zindagi	Disha Patani – M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story Sayyesha – Shivaay

Musical awards[edit | edit source]

Best Music Direction	Best Lyrics
Ae Dil Hai Mushkil – Pritam Chakraborty M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story – Amaal Mallik Udta Punjab – Amit Trivedi	Amitabh Bhattacharya – "Channa Mereya" – Ae Dil Hai Mushkil Gulzar – "Aave Re Hitchki" – Mirzya Tanveer Ghazi – "Tu Chal" – Pink
Best Male Playback Singer	Best Female Playback Singer
Amit Mishra – "Bulleya" – Ae Dil Hai Mushkil Armaan Malik – "Besabriyaan" – M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story Arijit Singh – "Channa Mereya" – Ae Dil Hai Mushkil Diljit Dosanjh – "Ikk Kudi" – Udta Punjab	Tulsi Kumar – "Soch Na Sake" – Airlift & Kanika Kapoor – "Da Da Dasse" – Udta Punjab (tie) Neha Bhasin – "Jag Ghoomeya" – Sultan
Best Sound Design	Best Background Score
Pranav Shukla – Mirzya	Pritam – Ae Dil Hai Mushkil

Technical awards[edit | edit source]

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Best Action	Best Special Effects
Larnell Stovall, Parvez Shaikh, `ANL` Arasu – Sultan	Red Chillies VFX – Fan
Best Choreography	Best Cinematography
Adil Shaikh – Kapoor & Sons	Anil Mehta, ISC & WICA – Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
Best Costume Design	Best Dialogue
Manish Malhotra – Ae Dil Hai Mushkil	Ritesh Shah – Pink
Best Editing	Best Makeup
Bodhaditya Bandyopadhyay – Pink	Greg Cannom – Fan
Best Production Design	Best Screenplay
Aparna Sud & Anna Ipe – Neerja	Ritesh Shah – Pink
Best Sound Mixing	Best Sound Recording
Anuj Mathur – *Sultan*	Shadab Rayeen – Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
Best Story
Ayesha Devitre, Shakun Batra – Kapoor & Sons

Special Awards[edit | edit source]

Woman of the Year	Style Icon
Taapsee Pannu	Alia Bhatt

References[edit | edit source]

↑ Misra, Tishya (14 June 2017). "Saif Ali Khan And Karan Johar To Host The International Indian Film Academy Awards". NDTV. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
↑ "IIFA 2017: Awards return to US, New York hosted its 18th edition in July". The Indian Express. 12 April 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
↑ "IIFA returns to US: New York to host 18th edition of Bollywood award show". Firstpost. 12 April 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
↑ "And the technical winners of the NEXA IIFA Awards 2017 are". 26 May 2017.

External links[edit | edit source]

www.iifa.com

[1] Misra, Tishya (14 June 2017). "Saif Ali Khan And Karan Johar To Host The International Indian Film Academy Awards". NDTV. Retrieved 3 February 2019.

[2] "IIFA 2017: Awards return to US, New York hosted its 18th edition in July". The Indian Express. 12 April 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2017.

[Firstpost-3] "IIFA returns to US: New York to host 18th edition of Bollywood award show". Firstpost. 12 April 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2017.

[4] "And the technical winners of the NEXA IIFA Awards 2017 are". 26 May 2017.

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v t e IIFA Awards
Main awards	Best Movie Best Director Best Actor Best Actress Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Best Performance in a Negative Role Best Performance in a Comic Role Star Debut of the Year – Male Star Debut of the Year – Female Best Music Director Best Lyricist Best Playback Singer Male Best Playback Singer Female
Technical awards	Best Art Direction Best Action Best Background Score Best Cinematography Best Choreography Best Costume Design Best Dialogue Best Editing Best Makeup Best Screenplay Best Sound Recording Best Sound Re-Recording Best Special Effects Best Story
Special awards	Style Icon Style Diva Most Glamorous Star of the Year Hottest Pair Lifetime Achievement Award
Ceremonies	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
IIFA Utsavam	2016 2017

18th IIFA Awards
Date	14 July 2017 (2017-07-14)– 15 July 2017 (2017-07-15)
Site	MetLife Stadium East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA
Hosted by	Karan Johar Saif Ali Khan
Act(s)	A.R. Rahman Salman Khan Katrina Kaif Shahid Kapoor Kriti Sanon Sushant Singh Rajput Diljit Dosanjh Alia Bhatt Varun Dhawan^[1]
Television/radio coverage
Network	Colors TV
Produced by	Wizcraft International
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