It was a big night for Shahid Kapoor and Alia Bhatt, who took home the top acting honours for their roles in drugs-themed drama ‘Udta Punjab’ at the 18th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards, which saw ‘Neerja’ being named the best picture.
Here’s the list of award winners at IIFA 2017:
Best Actor: Shahid Kapoor for Udta Punjab
Best Actress: Alia Bhatt for Udta Punjab
Best Director: Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury for Pink
Best Picture: Sonam Kapoor’s Neerja
Best Supporting Role (Male): Anupam Kher for M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story
Best Supporting Role (Female): Shabana Azmi for Neerja
Best Female Playback Singer: Tulsi Kumar for Airlift & Kanika Kapoor for Udta Punjab
Best Male Playback Singer: Amit Mishra for Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
Best Debutant (Male): Diljit Dosanjh for Udta Punjab
Best Debutant (Female): Disha Patani for M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story
Myntra Style Icon Award: Alia Bhatt
Best Performance in a Negative Role: Jim Sarbh for Neerja
Best Actor in a Comic Role: Varun Dhawan for Dishoom
Best Music Direction: Pritam for Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
Best Lyricist: Amitabh Bhattacharya for the song Channa Mere Ya from Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
Woman of the Year: Taapsee Pannu for Pink
Music maestro AR Rahman was honoured with a special award for completing 25 years in the industry.
“Thank you @IIFA, @wizsabbas, @virafsarkari, @WizAndreTimmins for making today a memorable one to cherish,” Rahman tweeted after his win.The hosts for the ceremony were Saif Ali Khan and Johar, who had the audience in splits with their funny one-liners and banter. However, it was not all smooth-sailing for the duo as the audience booed at them several times during the show at the jam-packed MetLife stadium.
Varun, later took to the stage for his solo performance, during which he paid a tribute to his father, filmmaker David Dhawan, who completed 30 years in the film industry.
He treated fans by performing on hit numbers from 90s movie Judwaa like “Oonchi hai building” and “Tan tana tan”, which are being recreated for his upcoming film Judwaa 2.
Raabta co-stars Sushant Singh Rajput and Kriti Sanon performed together on songs from their recently released film.
Actress Katrina Kaif took the stage and grooved on songs like “Afghan jalebi”, “Galti se mistake”, “Dhoom machale” and “Kaala chashma”.
But the best was kept for last as Salman Khan took to the stage for the finale performance and danced on “Radio” and “Main hoon hero”.
There was also a dance -off between original Judwaa star Salman and Varun, who is reprising the superstar’s character in the film’s reboot.
Watch @BeingSalmanKhan and @Varun_dvn at #IIFA2017 only on @ColorsTV at 7pm tonight! pic.twitter.com/c4lOp9U2fv
— IIFA Awards (@IIFA) July 16, 2017
Unlike previous editions, no international stars were part of the IIFA celebrations this year.
(With inputs from PTI)
(Feature image source: IIFA Twitter)