# 18th IIFA Awards

The 2017 IIFA Awards, officially known as the 18th International Indian Film Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the International Indian Film Academy honouring the best Hindi films of 2016, occurred in MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey on 14–15 July 2017. It was the first time that the awards held there and also IIFA returned to United States after 2014.
Udta Punjab led the ceremony with 9 nominations, followed by Ae Dil Hai Mushkil and M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story with 8 nominations each, Pink with 7 nominations and Neerja with 5 nominations.
Ae Dil Hai Mushkil won 7 awards, including Best Music Director (for Pritam), Best Lyricist (for Amitabh Bhattacharya – "Channa Mereya") and Best Male Playback Singer (for Amit Mishra – "Bulleya"), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.
Alia Bhatt received dual nominations for Best Actress for her performances in Dear Zindagi and Udta Punjab, winning for the latter.

## Winners and Nominees

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

### Musical awards

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

### Technical awards

| Best Action | Best Special Effects |
| Larnell Stovall, Parvez Shaikh, `ANL` Arasu – Sultan | Red Chillies VFX – Fan |
| Best Choreography | Best Cinematography |
| Adil Shaikh – Kapoor & Sons | Anil Mehta, ISC & WICA – Ae Dil Hai Mushkil |
| Best Costume Design | Best Dialogue |
| Manish Malhotra – Ae Dil Hai Mushkil | Ritesh Shah – Pink |
| Best Editing | Best Makeup |
| Bodhaditya Bandyopadhyay – Pink | Greg Cannom – Fan |
| Best Production Design | Best Screenplay |
| Aparna Sud & Anna Ipe – Neerja | Ritesh Shah – Pink |
| Best Sound Mixing | Best Sound Recording |
| Anuj Mathur – Sultan | Shadab Rayeen – Ae Dil Hai Mushkil |
| Best Story |
| Ayesha Devitre, Shakun Batra – Kapoor & Sons |

### Special Awards

| Woman of the Year | Style Icon |
| Taapsee Pannu | Alia Bhatt |

## Superlatives

Films with multiple nominations :
| Nominations | Film |
| 9 | Udta Punjab |
| 8 | Ae Dil Hai Mushkil |
| 8 | M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story |
| 7 | Pink |
| 5 | Neerja |
| 4 | Kapoor & Sons |
| 4 | Sultan |
| 2 | Dear Zindagi |
| 2 | Dishoom |
| 2 | Fan |
| 2 | Wazir |
Films with multiple awards :
| Awards | Film |
| 7 | Ae Dil Hai Mushkil |
| 4 | Neerja |
| 4 | Pink |
| 4 | Udta Punjab |
| 2 | Fan |
| 2 | Kapoor & Sons |
| 2 | M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story |
| 2 | Sultan |