IIFA Awards 2017 - List of Award Winners!

Very recently concluded was the 18th edition of the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards, that took place in New York. Most of the big Bollywood celebrities were present at the event where we saw some magnificent and sizzling performances by the likes of Alia Bhatt, Katrina Kaif, Salman Khan, Varun Dhawan, Sushant Singh Rajput, Kriti Sanon, Shahid Kapoor and many more.

We at Read Scoops are here to let you know who won the big awards at IIFA 2017:

Best Debut – Male

Udta Punjab got quite a few awards at the IIFA Awards ceremony, including the award for best male debutant that went to Diljit Dosanjh for his great role in the Punjab-based movie.

@IIFA BEST Debut Actor For #UdtaPunjab ? #LoveMyFans Guys This is All Because of You ??? Thx Team Iifa & UdtaPunjab ?? #Abishekchaubeybhaji pic.twitter.com/93e1V7x5aB
— DILJIT DOSANJH (@diljitdosanjh) July 16, 2017

Best Debut – Female

There wasn’t much of competition here as we all knew who this award was going to for her role in MS Dhoni: The Untold Story. Disha Patani has rose to fame after this movie and we expect much more good performances from her in the future.

Blessed ❤️Thank you so much @IIFA pic.twitter.com/QXeipkMql9
— Disha Patani (@DishPatani) July 16, 2017

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Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Who said only the young actors are supposed to win the big awards?

For his role as Dhoni’s father in MSD’s biopic, Anupam Kher won this well deserved award. For the female award, it was Shabana Azmi, another actress of the yesteryears who won for her role in Neerja.

Best Actor – Female

There were quite a few nominees but Alia Bhatt stood the best chance of winning as she was nominated for two different films – Udta Punjab and Dear Zindagi. And yes, the versatile actress was declared the winner of this huge award for her role in Udta Punjab.

Best Actor – Male

It indeed was the double whammy for this film as the best male actor award also went to Udta Punjab’s lead actor Shahid Kapoor. Shahid posted this on his Instagram account after the awards ceremony:

#Udtapunjab double whammy. Tommy and Mary Jane. Congratulations @aliabhatt.
A post shared by Shahid Kapoor (@shahidkapoor) on Jul 16, 2017 at 1:16am PDT

Best Film

While Udta Punjab won the most number of awards, they didn’t manage to get the biggest award of them all (Best Film). It was Sonam Kapoor’s Neerja that won this award, directed by Ram Madhvani.