IIFA Awards 2017: Complete List of Winners

IIFA stands for International Indian Film Academy Award. It is widely known as the “Bollywood Oscars”. It is an award show that takes place every year. It is produced by the Wizcraft International Entertainment Private Limited, which is an International Management Company. The awards are cast through a ballot by fans online for the Indian entertainment world. It was initiated in the year 2000, and the function is held in several nations all over the planet consistently. The south Indian segment of the IIFA Awards is widely known as the IIFA Utsavam. The first Utsavam was held in the year 2016 in Hyderabad. 

Before moving on with the 2017 IIFA Awards and its complete list of winners, let us look at the calendar of the IIFA Awards to date. 

Calendar Shows

The table of IIFA Awards since the year 2000 is being listed below-

It must be noted that for the year 2020, the event was canceled. However, the winners were announced and awarded through the social media platform- Instagram. 

IIFA 2017

The 18th International Indian Film Academy Awards took place in New York. It is one of the exceptionally expected award functions that respect the awards of the Bollywood entertainment world and like consistently, the occasion is a ritzy one with everyone putting forward their best style. 

Other than providing awards to the best of Indian Films; IIFA 2017 also observed staggering performances of the Bollywood stars including Salman Khan, Alia Bhatt, Kriti Sanon, Katrina Kaif, Shahid Kapoor, and Sushant Singh Rajput. In addition, IIFA 2017 celebrated the silver jubilee of A. R. Rahman in the business and is said to have highlighted a never-before-seen variety of performers that incorporates Rahman, Javed Ali, Jonita Gandhi, Benny Dayal, Diljit Dosanjh, Haricharan Seshadri, and Neeti Mohan. 

Now, let us look at the list of the winners from the IIFA 2017. 

• Taapsee Pannu: Best Female Actor of the Year 

• Manish Malhotra for Ae Dil hai Mushkil: Prime Costume design

• Ritesh Shah for Pink: Best Dialogue

• Red Chillies VFX for Fan: Prime special effects

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

• Ritesh Shah for Pink: Best Story

• Kanika Kapoor for Udta Punjab; Tulsi Kumar for Airlift: Best Playback Singer (Female)

• Diljit Dosanjh for Udta Punjab: Best Debutant Award (Male)

• Alia Bhatt: Style icon of the year

• Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury for Pink: Best Direction

• Anupam Kher for M. S. Dhoni: The Untold Story: Best Performance (Supporting Role- Male)

• Shahid Kapoor for Udta Punjab: Best Performance (Leading Role- Male)

•  Neerja: Best Film 

• Alia Bhatt for Udta Punjab: Best Performance (Leading Role- Female)

• Amitabh Bhattacharya for Ae Dil hai Mushkil: Best lyricist

•  Pritam Chakraborty for Ae Dil hai Mushkil: Best Music direction

• Varun Dhawan for Dishoom: Best performance (Comic Role)

• Anil Mehta for Ae Dil hai mushkil: Best Cinematography: 

• Anl Arasu, Larnell Stovall, and Parvez Shaikh for Sultan: Best Action

• Greg Cannom for Fan: Best Make-up

• Aparna Sud, and Anna Ipe for Neerja: Best production design:

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

• Anuj Mathur for Sultan: Best Sound mixing

• Pranav Shukla for Mirzya: Best Sound design

• Shaddap Rayeen for Ae Dil hai Mushkil: Best song Recording: 

• Shabana Azmi for Neerja: Best performance (Supporting Role- Female)

• Jim Sarbh for Neerja: Best Actor in a negative role (Male)

•  Bodhaditya Bandyopadhyay for Pink: Best Editing

• Pritam Chakraborty for Ae Dil hai Mushkil: Best Background Score

• Shakun Batra and Ayesha Devitre for Kapoor & Sons: Best Screenplay

Conclusion

The 18th International Indian Film Academy Awards took place in the city of New York- United States of America. The specific dates for the event were 13th, 14th, and 15th July 2017. It was hosted by Saif Ali Khan and Karan Johar. The awards are cast through a ballot by fans online for the Indian entertainment world. It was initiated in the year 2000, and the function is held in several nations all over the planet consistently.