18th IIFA Awards 2017: List Of Winners and Tweets

New York: The IIFA Awards 18th edition was held in New York on July 15. Bollywood celebrities like Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif, Shahid Kapoor along with his wife Mira Rajput, Alia Bhatt, Sonakshi Sinha and Varun Dhawan attended the grand event to celebrate the success of movies from last year. This year, the magnificent event was hosted by filmmaker Karan Johar and Saif Ali Khan. Varun Dhawan joined the two for a segment. Sonam Kapoor’s film Neerja won the best film award. Actor Shahid Kapoor earned the Best Actor award for his role in Udta Punjab, while Alia Bhatt won the Best Actor (Female) award for the same film.

Here’s the complete list of the IIFA 2017 winners:

Best Film – Neerja

Best Director: AnirudhRoy Chaudhary for Pink

Best Actor (Male) Shahid Kapoor for Udta Punjab

Best Actor (Female) Alia Bhatt for Udta Punjab

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

Best Actor in Supporting Role (Male) Anupam Kher for MS Dhoni: The Untold Story

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

Best Debut (Male): Diljit Dosanjh for Udta Punjab

Best Performance in a Negative Role Jim Sarbh – Neerja

Best Lyricist: Amitabh Bhattacharya for the song Channa Mere Ya from Ae Dil Hai Mushkil

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

Best Playback Singer (Female) Kanika Kapoor for Udta Punjab & Tulsi Kumar for Airlift

Best Music Direction: Pritam for Ae Dil Hai Mushkil

Best Actor In Comic Role: Varun Dhawan for Dishoom

Myntra Style Icon Award: Alia Bhatt

IIFA Woman Of The Year: Tapsee Pannu

Ace musician A R Rahman awarded for his 25 years of musical contribution.

The 18th edition of the International Indian Film Academy Awards witnessed some brilliant performances by Bollywood stars Katrina Kaif, Sushant Singh Rajput and Kriti Sanon, to name a few. Here’s a glimpse.