# 47th Nigar Awards

47th Nigar Awards were held on 16 March 2017. They were held after a hiatus of 15 years.The awards were postponed and did not take place.

## Nominees

Nominations were announced on 20 February 2017.
| Nigar Award for Best Film | Nigar Award for Best Director |
| Actor in Law Ho Mann Jahaan Maallik Mah e Mir Janaan Dobara Phir Se | Nabeel Qureshi - Actor in Law Azfar Jafri - Janaan Mehreen Jabbar - Dobara Phir Se |
| Nigar Award for Best Actor | Nigar Award for Best Actress |
| Fahad Mustafa - Mah e Mir Mohib Mirza - Bachaana Yasir Hussain - Lahore Se Aagey Sajid Hasan - Rahm | Saba Qamar - Lahore Se Aagey Mahira Khan - Ho Mann Jahaan Maira Khan - Revenge of the Worthless Mehwish Hayat - Actor in Law Armeena Rana Khan - Janaan |
| Nigar Award for Best Supporting Actor | Nigar Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| Ehteshamuddin - Maalik Manzar Sehbai - Mah e Mir Alyy Khan - Zindagi Kitni Haseen Hay Hameed Sheikh - Abdullah: The Final Witness Ajab Gul - Salute | Saima - Salute Sanam Saeed - Dobara Phir Se Sonya Jehan - Ho Mann Jahaan Mishi Khan - Janaan Seerat Jaffri - Rahm |
| Nigar Award for Best Debut Male | Nigar Award for Best Debut Female |
| Sunil Shankar - Rahm Feroze Khan - Zindagi Kitni Haseen Hay Yasir Shah - Blind Love Sheheryar Munawar - Ho Mann Jahaan Adeel Hussain - Ho Mann Jahaan | Sajal Ali - Zindagi Kitni Haseen Hay Sanam Saeed - Bachaana Nimra Khan - Blind Love Rabia Butt - Hijrat |
| Nigar Award for Best Music Director | Nigar Award for Best Lyricist |
| Shani Arshad - Actor in Law Zeb Bangash, Faakhir, Ehtesham Malik - Ho Mann Jahaan Soch - Zindagi Kitni Haseen Hay Haniya Aslam & Justin Gray - Dobara Phir Se Shiraz Uppal - Lahore Se Aagey | Asrar - Oh Khudaya - Actor in Law Shakeel Sohail - Lar Gayan - Dobara Phir Se Shakeel Sohail - Baifikriyan - Lahore Se Aagey, Adnan Dholl - Tootiya Taraa - Zindagi Kitni Haseen Hay Imran Razza - Nazaria - Maalik |
| Nigar Award for Best Playback Singer Male | Nigar Award for Best Playback Singer Female |
| Atif Aslam - Dil Dancer Hogaya - Actor in Law Asrar - Shakarwandan - Ho Mann Jahaan Rahat Fateh Ali Khan - Oh Khudaya - Actor in Law SOCH - Tootiya Taraa - Zindagi Kitni Haseen Hay | Aima Baig - Bai Fikriyan - Lahore Se Aagey Mai Dhai - Sarak Sarak - Ho Mann Jahaan Masuma Anwar - Naina Roye - Maalik Zeb Bangash - Dil Pagla - Ho Mann Jahaan Natasha Baig- Jhoom Lay - Janaan |
| Nigar Award for Best Debut Director | Nigar Award for Best Actor In a Negative Role |
| Ashir Azeem - Maalik Asim Raza - Ho Mann Jahaan Anjum Shahzad - Mah e Mir Jamal Shah - Revenge of the Worthless Hashim Nadeem - Abdullah: The Final Witness Ahmed Jamal - Rehm | Hasan Niyazi - Maalik Sheraz Butt - Salute Sunil Shankar - Rehm Sanam Saeed - Mah e Mir Amir Qureshi - Blind Love |
| Nigar Award for Best Screenplay | Nigar Award for Best Story |
| Yasir Hussain - Lahore Se Aagey Ashir Azeem - Maalik Muhammad Pervez Kalim - Blind Love Fizza Ali Meerza - Actor in Law Abdul Khaliq Khan - Zindagi Kitni Haseen Hay | Sarmad Sehbai - Mah e Mir Ashir Azeem - Maalik Fizza Ali Meerza - Actor in Law Asim Raza - Ho Mann Jahaan Abdul Khaliq Khan - Zindagi Kitni Haseen Hay |
| Nigar Award for Best Dialogue | Nigar Award for Best Choreographer |
| Yasir Hussain - Lahore Se Aagey Ashir Azeem - Maalik Fizza Ali Meerza - Actor in Law Sarmad Sehbai - Mah e Mir Mahmood Jamal - Rahm | Nigah Hussain - Ho Mann Jahaan Wahab Shah, Hasan Rizvi - Lahore Se Aagey James Koroni - Dobara Phir Se Faizan Ehbab - Janaan Papur Samrath - Mah e Mir |
| Nigar Award for Best Cinematography |
| Ali Bukhari - Blind Love Adil Askari - Salute Rana Kamran - Actor in Law Salman Razzaq Khan - Ho Mann Jahaan Asrad Khan - Lahore Se Aagey |