The Big Event – 2017 IIFA Awards

The 18th International Indian Film Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the International Indian Film Academy honouring the best Hindi films of 2016, occurred in East Rutherford, New Jersey on 14–15 July 2017. It is first time that the awards held there. 

Here is the complete list of winners.

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

Musical awards[edit]

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

PICS COURTSEY : IIFA2017