IIFA Awards 2017, officially known as 18th International Indian Film Academy Awards ceremony was held on 14–15 July 2017 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
- 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
| Category | Winner |
| 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:
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.
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