QuickE: IIFA Winners, Best Performances, Stars Who Skipped & More

We bring you everything you need to know from IIFA Awards 2017.

Shahid and Alia win big at IIFA 2017.

(Photo Courtesy: IIFA)

1. IIFA ’17: ‘Neerja’ Bags Best Film, Alia-Shahid Win for Udta Punjab

The International Indian Film Academy Awards or IIFA Awards were held in New York. Take a look at the big winners of the evening:

Best Director: Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury for PinkStyle Icon of the Year: Alia Bhatt
Best Picture: Neerja
Best Performance In a Leading Role (Male): Shahid Kapoor for Udta Punjab
Best Performance in a Leading Role (Female): Alia Bhatt for Udta Punjab
Best Performance in a Supporting Role (Male): Anupam Kher for MS Dhoni: The Untold Story Best Performance in a Supporting Role (Female): Shabana Azmi for Neerja
Best Debutant (Male): Diljit Dosanjh for Udta Punjab
Best Debutante (Female): Disha Patani for MS Dhoni: The Untold Story
Woman of the Year: Taapsee Pannu Best Music Direction: Pritam for Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
Best Lyrics: Amitabh Bhattacharya for Channa Mereya Best Playback Singer (Male): Amit Mishra for Bulleya
Best Playback Singer (Female): Kanika Kapoor for ‘Da Da Dasse’ and Tulsi Kumar for ‘Soch Na Sake’
Best Performance in a Comic Role: Varun Dhawan for Dishoom
Best Performance in a Negative Role: Jim Sarbh for Neerja
Best Story: Ayesha Devitre Dhillon and Shakun Batra for Kapoor & Sons

To read more click here The Quint

2. What are The Stars Who Skipped IIFA Upto This Weekend?

  Here is why these stars skipped IIFA Awards 2017 this year.

A number of stars have skipped the IIFA awards this time around. While some were busy working like Shah Rukh, Ranbir Kapoor and Ranveer Singh, others preferred to spend time with family instead, like Priyanka Chopra, Hrithik Roshan and the Bachchans. To read the full story click here The Quint

3. Top 5 IIFA Performances That You Can’t Miss Out on

IIFA 2017 has come to an end but there are few performances that people can’t stop talking about. Salman Khan and Varun Judwaa performance had everybody dancing, while Katrina’s moves stole the show. We have listed top five IIFA awards 2017 performances that you can’t miss. To read more click here The Quint

4. IIFA Awards 2017 Green Carpet: Bollywood Fever Takes Over NYC

  (From left) Alia Bhatt, Shahid Kapoor with wife Mira on the IIFA Awards green carpet.

Alia Bhatt, Sonakshi Sinha and Disha Patani upped the ‘shimmer’ quotient at the IIFA 2017 ‘red carpet’, while Varun Dhawan, Salman Khan and Shahid Kapoor looked dapper in suits. To check out more photos from the green carpet click here The Quint

5. Here is Why Kareena Has No Qualms About Taimur Being Photographed

We know how protective stars can get when paparazzi try to photograph their children. But Kareena Kapoor has no qualms about letting the shutterbugs click photos of her baby Taimur. It’s the new normal, she says.

To read more click here The Quint