The International Indian Film Academy Awards or IIFA Awards are currently being 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
Ram Madhvani’s Sonam Kapoor and Shabana Azmi starrer film Neerja, based on the life of the fearless PanAm air hostess Neerja Bhanot, wins the Best Film title at IIFA 2017.
Alia Bhatt and Shahid Kapoor win big at IIFA 2017 for their fabulous performances in Udta Punjab. Both well deserved wins!
2 winners in the Best Female Playback Singer category?!
Best Singer (Male): Amit Mishra for Bulleya from Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
Best Music: Pritam for Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
Best Lyricist: Amitabh Bhattacharya for Channa Mereya from Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
Woman of the Year: Taapsee Pannu accepts the ‘Woman of the Year’ award from Preity Zinta
The green carpet has been rolled out, see who all just stepped on it:
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