The award ceremony, held at Bangkok’s Siam Niramit theatre last night, was hosted by director Karan Johar and actor Riteish Deshmukh.
Irrfan Khan, who is currently recuperating from Neuro Endocrine Tumour, was adjudged the Best Actor for his role of a father trying to get his child admitted in a posh English medium school in Delhi.
Bollywood director Boney Kapoor arrives for the IIFA Awards of the 19th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) festival. His Haider co-star Shraddha Kapoor accepted the award on his behalf.
Sridevi was posthumously awarded the Best Female Actor for Mom and her husband, Boney Kapoor, received the trophy for her.
Bollywood actor Bobby Deol arrives for the IIFA Awards of the 19th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) festival at the Siam Niramit Theatre in Bangkok.
Hindi Medium also registered another big win at the awards — the Best Director trophy for Saket Chowdhary.
Zaira’s co-star from Secret Superstar Meher Vij bagged the Best Female Supporting Actor while Nawazzudin Siddiqui won the Best Male Supporting Actor Award for his performance in Mom.
Newton, which was India’s official entry to Oscars this year, won the award for Best Story for director Masurkar. The award was presented to him by actor Dia Mirza and Raj Nayak.
Bollywood actors Arjun Kapoor (L) and Shraddha Kapoor, arrive for the IIFA Awards of the 19th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) festival at the Siam Niramit Theatre in Bangkok on June 24.
Arijit Singh was announced as the Best Playback Singer (Male) for the song Hawayein from Jab Harry Met Sejal, while Meghna Mishra won the Best Playback Singer (Female) Award for the track “Main Kaun Hoon” from “Secret Superstar”.
The Best Music Direction Award went to the trinity of Amaal Mallik, Tanishk Bagchi and Akhil Sachdeva for their work on Badrinath Ki Dulhania.
Tributes were also paid to the fallen legends of the film industry –- Sridevi, Vinod Khanna and Shashi Kapoor.
Anupam Kher, who has over 500 films to his credit, was honoured with the Outstanding Achievement Award at the ceremony. His frequent collaborator, Anil Kapoor, introduced the honour and shared an interesting story with the audience.
Bollywood actor Anil Kapoor poses on the green carpet at 19th edition of International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards in Bangkok.
Kapoor said he had also auditioned for the same role in David O’Russell’s “Silver Linings Playbook” but it ultimately went to Kher.
Here’s a full list of winners:
- Best Picture: Tumhari Sulu
- Best Director: Saket Chaudhary (Hindi Medium)
- Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female): Sridevi (Mom)
- Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male): Irrfan Khan (Hindi Medium)
- Best Supporting Actor (Female): Meher Vij (Secret Superstar)
- Best Supporting Actor (Male): Nawazuddin Siddiqui (Mom)
- Best Story: Amit V Masurkar (Newton)
- Best Debut Director: Konkona Sen Sharma (A death in the Gunj)
- Best Music Direction: Amaal Mallik, Tanishk Bagchi & Akhil Sachdeva (Badrinath Ki Dulhania)
- Best Playback Singer (Female): Meghna Mishra (Main Kaun Hoon, Secret Superstar)
- Best Playback Singer (Male): Arijit Singh (Hawayein, Jab Harry Met Sejal)
- Best Lyrics: Manoj Muntashir (Mere Rashke Qamar, Baadshaho)
- Style Icon Award: Kriti Sanon
- Next IIFA giveaway winner: Arjun Kapoor
