IIFA 2017 Winners : Shahid, Alia Win Best Actors, ‘Neerja’ Best Film

New York : IIFA Awards 2017, officially known as 18th International Indian Film Academy Awards ceremony was held at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, USA.

IIFA Awards 2017 honoured the best Hindi films of 2016.The Award Ceremony was hosted by Karan Johar and Saif Ali Khan.

Alia Bhatt won the Best Actress Award for playing the role of a migrant girl trapped in a drug lord’s house in film ‘Udta Punjab’.

Shahid Kapoor won the Best Actor Award for playing Tommy Singh, a Punjabi rockstar struggling with a drug addiction in the film ‘Udta Punjab’.

‘Neerja’ won the Best Film Award, while ‘Pink’ director Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury won the award for Best Director.

Music maestro AR Rahman, who completed 25 years in Indian cinema, was awarded for his contribution to films.

Bollywood stars including Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif, Sushant Singh Rajpur and Kriti Sanon entertained the guests with their on-stage performances.

IIFA Awards 2017 – Winners List
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Category :Winner
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Best Film :  Neerja

Best Actor : Male Shahid Kapoor (Udta Punjab)

Best Actor : Female Alia Bhatt (Udta Punjab)

Best Actor in Supporting Role : Male Anupam Kher (M. S. Dhoni : The Untold Story)

Best Actor in Supporting Role : Female Shabana Azmi (Neerja)

Best Debutant : Male Diljit Dosanjh (Udta Punjab)

Best Debutant : Female Disha Patani (M. S. Dhoni: The Untold Story)

Best Director  : Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury (Pink)

Best Actor in a Comic Role : Varun Dhawan (Dishoom)

Best Actor in a Negative Role : Jim Sarbh (Neerja)

Special Contribution to Indian Cinema  : A R Rahman

Woman of the Year : Taapsee Pannu

Best Music Direction : Pritam Chakraborty ( Ae Dil Hai Mushkil)

Best Lyricist  : Amitabh Bhattacharya (Channa Mereya – Ae Dil Hai Mushkil)

Best Playback Singer : Male Amit Mishra (Ae Dil Hai Mushkil)

Best Playback Singer : Female Tulsi Kumar (Airlift) and Kanika Kapoor (Udta Punjab)

Best Story : Shakun Batra and Ayesha DeVitre Dhillon (Kapoor & Sons)

About IIFA Awards
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IIFA Awards are a set of awards presented annually by the International Indian Film Academy to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in Hindi Cinema.

IIFA awards were first awarded in year 2000.

IIFA Utsavam (first awarded in 2016) is the South Indian segment of annual IIFA awards.