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 |Pink] with 7 nominations and Neerja with 5 nominations.
Ae Dil Hai Mushkil won 7 awards, including Best Music Director, Best Lyricist and Best Male Playback Singer, 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 FilmBest Director

  • 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 RoleBest 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 RoleBest 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 RoleBest 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 ActorBest Debut Actress
  • Diljit Dosanjh – Udta Punjab
  • Rohit Suresh Saraf – Dear Zindagi
  • Disha Patani – M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story
  • Sayyesha – Shivaay

    • Musical awards

    Technical awards

    Best ActionBest Special Effects

    • Larnell Stovall, Parvez Shaikh, `ANL` Arasu – Sultan
  • Red Chillies VFX – Fan
    • Best ChoreographyBest Cinematography
  • Adil Shaikh – Kapoor & Sons
  • Anil Mehta, ISC & WICA – Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
    • Best Costume DesignBest Dialogue
  • Manish Malhotra – Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
  • Ritesh Shah – Pink
    • Best EditingBest Makeup
  • Bodhaditya Bandyopadhyay – Pink
  • Greg Cannom – Fan
    • Best Production DesignBest Screenplay
  • Aparna Sud & Anna Ipe – Neerja
  • Ritesh Shah – Pink
    • Best Sound MixingIIFA Award for [Best Sound Recording|Best Sound Recording]
  • Anuj Mathur – [Sultan |Sultan]
  • Shadab Rayeen – Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
    • Best Story-
  • Ayesha Devitre, Shakun Batra – Kapoor & Sons
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    Special Awards

    Superlatives

    AwardsFilm
    7Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
    4Neerja
    4Pink
    4Udta Punjab
    2[Fan |Fan]
    2Kapoor & Sons
    2M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story
    2Sultan