18th IIFA Awards

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| date = {{Start date|2017|07|14|df=y}}–
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| site = MetLife Stadium
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| previous = 17th

| next = 19th

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A.R. Rahman
Salman Khan
Katrina Kaif
Shahid Kapoor
Kriti Sanon
Sushant Singh Rajput
Diljit Dosanjh
Alia Bhatt
Varun Dhawan{{cite news | url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/saif-ali-khan-and-karan-johar-to-host-the-international-indian-film-academy-awards-1712365 | title=Saif Ali Khan And Karan Johar To Host The International Indian Film Academy Awards | date=14 June 2017 | publisher=NDTV | first=Tishya | last=Misra | access-date=3 February 2019 }}

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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.{{cite news|title=IIFA 2017: Awards return to US, New York hosted its 18th edition in July|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/iifa-2017-awards-return-to-us-new-york-to-host-its-18th-edition-in-july-see-pic-4610792/|access-date=26 May 2017|work=The Indian Express|date=12 April 2017}}{{cite web|title=IIFA returns to US: New York to host 18th edition of Bollywood award show|url=http://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/iifa-returns-to-us-new-york-to-host-18th-edition-of-bollywood-award-show-3381236.html|website=Firstpost|access-date=26 May 2017|date=12 April 2017}}

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 with 7 nominations and Neerja with 5 nominations.

Ae Dil Hai Mushkil won 7 awards, including Best Music Director (for Pritam), Best Lyricist (for Amitabh Bhattacharya – "Channa Mereya") and Best Male Playback Singer (for Amit Mishra – "Bulleya"), 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.

File:Shahid Kapoor promoting Haider.jpg — Best Actor winner]]

File:Alia Bhatt promoting Badrinath Ki Dulhania.jpg — Best Actress winner]]

File:AnupamKher4.jpg — Best Supporting Actor winner]]

File:Shabana Azmi SFU honorary degree (cropped).jpg — Best Supporting Actress winner]]

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style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%" | Best Film

! style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%" | Best Director

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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

style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%" | Best Actor In A Leading Role

! style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%" | Best Actress In A Leading Role

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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

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style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%" | Best Actor In A Supporting Role

! style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%" | Best Actress In A Supporting Role

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Anupam Kher – M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story
Amitabh Bachchan – Wazir
Rajkummar Rao – Aligarh
Rajat Kapoor – Kapoor & Sons
Rishi Kapoor – Kapoor & Sons

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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

style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%" | Best Performance in a Comic Role

! style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%" | Best Performance in a Negative Role

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style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%" | Best Debut Actor

! style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%" | Best Debut Actress

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Diljit Dosanjh – Udta Punjab
Rohit Suresh Saraf – Dear Zindagi

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Disha Patani – M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story
Sayyesha – Shivaay

=Musical awards=

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style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%" \| Best Music Direction ! style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%" \| Best Lyrics
valign="top" \| Ae Dil Hai Mushkil – Pritam Chakraborty M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story – Amaal Mallik Udta Punjab – Amit Trivedi \| valign="top" \| Amitabh Bhattacharya – "Channa Mereya" – Ae Dil Hai Mushkil Gulzar – "Aave Re Hitchki" – Mirzya Tanveer Ghazi – "Tu Chal" – Pink
style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%" \| Best Male Playback Singer ! style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%" \| Best Female Playback Singer
valign="top" \| Amit Mishra – "Bulleya" – Ae Dil Hai Mushkil Armaan Malik – "Besabriyaan" – M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story Arijit Singh – "Channa Mereya" – Ae Dil Hai Mushkil Diljit Dosanjh – "Ikk Kudi" – Udta Punjab \| valign="top" \| Tulsi Kumar – "Soch Na Sake" – Airlift & Kanika Kapoor – "Da Da Dasse" – Udta Punjab (tie) Neha Bhasin – "Jag Ghoomeya" – Sultan
style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%" \| Best Sound Design ! style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%" \| Best Background Score
valign="top" \| *Pranav Shukla* – Mirzya \| valign="top" \| *Pritam* – Ae Dil Hai Mushkil

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style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%" | Best Music Direction

! style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%" | Best Lyrics

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Ae Dil Hai Mushkil – Pritam Chakraborty
M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story – Amaal Mallik
Udta Punjab – Amit Trivedi

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Amitabh Bhattacharya – "Channa Mereya" – Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
Gulzar – "Aave Re Hitchki" – Mirzya
Tanveer Ghazi – "Tu Chal" – Pink

style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%" | Best Male Playback Singer

! style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%" | Best Female Playback Singer

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Amit Mishra – "Bulleya" – Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
Armaan Malik – "Besabriyaan" – M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story
Arijit Singh – "Channa Mereya" – Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
Diljit Dosanjh – "Ikk Kudi" – Udta Punjab

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Tulsi Kumar – "Soch Na Sake" – Airlift & Kanika Kapoor – "Da Da Dasse" – Udta Punjab (tie)
Neha Bhasin – "Jag Ghoomeya" – Sultan

style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%" | Best Sound Design

! style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%" | Best Background Score

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Pranav Shukla – Mirzya

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Pritam – Ae Dil Hai Mushkil

=Technical awards=

{{Cite web|url=http://bollyworm.com/technical-winners-nexa-iifa-awards-2017/|title = And the technical winners of the NEXA IIFA Awards 2017 are|date = 26 May 2017}}

style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%" \| Best Action ! style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%" \| Best Special Effects
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valign="top" \| *Larnell Stovall, Parvez Shaikh, `ANL` Arasu* – Sultan \| valign="top" \| *Red Chillies VFX* – Fan
style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%" \| Best Choreography ! style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%" \| Best Cinematography
valign="top" \| *Adil Shaikh* – Kapoor & Sons \| valign="top" \| *Anil Mehta, ISC & WICA* – Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%" \| Best Costume Design ! style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%" \| Best Dialogue
valign="top" \| *Manish Malhotra* – Ae Dil Hai Mushkil \| valign="top" \| *Ritesh Shah* – Pink
style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%" \| Best Editing ! style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%" \| Best Makeup
valign="top" \| *Bodhaditya Bandyopadhyay* – Pink \| valign="top" \| *Greg Cannom* – Fan
style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%" \| Best Production Design ! style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%" \| Best Screenplay
valign="top" \| *Aparna Sud & Anna Ipe* – Neerja \| valign="top" \| *Ritesh Shah* – Pink
style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%" \| Best Sound Mixing ! style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%" \| Best Sound Recording
valign="top" \| *Anuj Mathur* – *Sultan* \| valign="top" \| *Shadab Rayeen* – Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%" \| Best Story
valign="top" \| *Ayesha Devitre, Shakun Batra* – Kapoor & Sons