2nd IIFA Utsavam

2nd IIFA Utsavam
Date	28—29 March 2017
Site	Hyderabad International Convention Centre, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Hosted by	Rana Daggubati, Nani (Telugu); Rana Daggubati, Shiva (Tamil); Akul Balaji, Meghana Gaonkar (Kannada); Tini Tom, Pearle Maaney (Malayalam)
Produced by	Wizcraft International Entertainment
Directed by	Andre Timmins
Television coverage
Network	Sun TV Network[1]

The 2nd IIFA Utsavam ceremony honouring the winners and nominees of the best of South Indian cinema in 2016 was an event held on 28 and 29 March 2017 at the Hyderabad, Telangana, India. The event, which is the second edition of the IIFA Utsavam, recognises the best work from the four industries during the year 2016 and awarded prizes to performers and technicians from the Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada languages.[2]

Winners and nominees

Kannada cinema

The nominations for the films released during 2016 were announced early March 2017. Kirik Party lead the nominations list with 12 categories out of total 13 categories. Whereas Karvva and Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu bagged 9 nominations followed by U Turn with 6 nominations.[3]

Best Picture	Best Direction
Kirik Party – G. S Guptha and Rakshit Shetty Karvva – Krishna Chaithanya Killing Veerappan – B. V. Manjunath, B. S. Sudhindra and E. Shivaprakash Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu – Pushkar Mallikarjun U Turn – Pawan Kumar	Pawan Kumar – U Turn Navaneeth – Karvva Rishab Shetty – Kirik Party Hemanth Rao – Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu Raam Reddy – Thithi
Performance In A Leading Role – Male	Performance In A Leading Role – Female
Rakshit Shetty – Kirik Party RJ Rohit – Karvva Anant Nag – Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu as Venkob Rao Yash – Masterpiece as Yuva Channe Gowda – Thithi as Gaddappa	Parul Yadav – Killing Veerappan Anisha Ambrose – Karvva Rashmika Mandanna – Kirik Party as Saanvi Joseph Shraddha Srinath – U Turn as Rachana Rachita Ram – Rathavara as Navami
Performance In A Supporting Role – Male	Performance In A Supporting Role – Female
Rakshit Shetty – Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu as Shiva Rao Devaraj – Karvva Tilak Shekar – Karvva Anant Nag – Maduveya Mamatheya Kareyole as Krishne Gowda Dileep Raj – U Turn as Aditya Chandan Achar – Kirik Party as Alexander Gabriel	Yagna Shetty – Killing Veerappan as Muthulakshmi Poonam Singar – Karvva Aishwarya Acchappa – Kirik Party Radhika Chetan – U Turn as Maya Chitra Shenoy – Rathavara
Performance In A Comic Role	Performance In A Negative Role
Chikkanna – Kotigobba 2 Vijay Chendoor – Karvva Pramod Shetty – Kirik Party as Jnanesh Chikkanna – Masterpiece as Bruce Lee Achyuth Kumar – Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu as Kumar	Vasishta N. Simha – Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu as Ranga P. Ravi Shankar – Mukunda Murari as Leeladhara Swamy P. Ravi Shankar – Rathavara Prakash Raj – Mr. Airavata as Prathap Kale Aravinnd Iyer – Kirik Party as Lokesh Kumar
Music Direction	Lyrics
B. Ajaneesh Loknath – Kirik Party Avinash – Karvva V. Harikrishna – Masterpiece Anoop Seelin – Jessie Arjun Janya – Mungaru Male 2	Rakshit Shetty – "Katheyonda Helide" from Kirik Party Sudarshan D. C. – "Ale Mood Adhe" from Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu Raghu Shastry – "Summane" from Run Anthony V. Nagendra Prasad – "Mukunda Murari" from Mukunda Murari Manju Mandavya – "Annange Love Aagidhe" from Masterpiece
Playback Singer – Male	Playback Singer – Female
Vijay Prakash – "Belageddu" from Kirik Party Puneeth Rajkumar – "Maduve Munji" from Nanna Ninna Prema Kathe Anoop Seelin – "Malgudiya Ooralli" from Jessie Puneeth Rajkumar – "Jhanak Jhanak" from Run Anthony Yash – "Annange Love Aagidhe" from Masterpiece	Inchara Rao – "Ayomaya" from Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu Shreya Ghoshal – "Neenire Saniha" from Kirik Party Indu Nagaraj – "Ka Thalakattu" from Mr. Airavata K. S. Chithra – "Maye Maye" from Jessie Supriya Lohith – "Marula" from Run Anthony
Best Story
Pawan Kumar – U Turn Navaneeth – Karvva Hemanth Rao – Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu A. P. Arjun – Mr. Airavata Rakshit Shetty – Kirik Party

Malayalam cinema

The nominations for the films released since October 2015 till the end of 2016 were announced on 14 March 2017. Maheshinte Prathikaaram topped the list of nominations in all 13 categories followed by Charlie with 11 nominations and Aadupuliyattam with 7 nominations.[4]

Best Picture	Best Direction
Pulimurugan Maheshinte Prathikaram Aadupuliyattam Charlie Kammatipaadam	Martin Prakkat – Charlie Dileesh Pothan – Maheshinte Prathikaram Abrid Shine – Action Hero Biju Rajeev Ravi – Kammatipaadam Priyadarshan – Oppam
Performance In A Leading Role – Male	Performance In A Leading Role – Female
Dulquer Salmaan – Charlie Fahadh Faasil – Maheshinte Prathikaram Nivin Pauly – Action Hero Biju Mohanlal – Oppam Mohanlal – Pulimurugan	Rajisha Vijayan – Anuraga Karikkin Vellam Parvathy Thiruvothu – Charlie Manju Warrier – Vettah Aparna Balamurali – Maheshinte Prathikaram Anusree – Oppam
Performance In A Supporting Role – Male	Performance In A Supporting Role – Female
Vinayakan – Kammatipaadam Om Puri – Aadupuliyattam Alencier Ley – Maheshinte Prathikaram Renji Panicker – Jacobinte Swargarajyam Dharmajan Bolgatty – Kattappanayile Rithwik Roshan	Aparna Gopinath – Charlie Anusree – Maheshinte Prathikaram K. P. A. C. Lalitha – Kochavva Paulo Ayyappa Coelho Asha Sharath – Anuraga Karikkin Vellam Lijomol Jose – Kattappanayile Rithwik Roshan
Performance In A Comic Role	Performance In A Negative Role
Soubin Shahir – Charlie Soubin Shahir – Maheshinte Prathikaram Pashanam Shaji – Aadupuliyattam Dharmajan Bolgatty – Kattappanayile Rithwik Roshan Sharaf U Dheen – Pretham	Sampath Raj – Aadupuliyattam Sujith Shankar – Maheshinte Prathikaram Samuthirakani – Oppam Jagadeesh – Leela Anil Nedumangad – Kammatipaadam
Music Direction	Lyrics
Gopi Sunder – Charlie Bijibal – Maheshinte Prathikaram Ratheesh Vega – Aadupuliyattam The Four Music – Oppam John P Varkey – Kammatipaadam	Santosh Varma – Sundari Penne from Charlie Rafeeq Ahamed – Idukki from Maheshinte Prathikaram Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri – Vaalmula Kannille from Aadupuliyattam Hari Narayanan – Thiruvavani Raavu from Jacobinte Swargarajyam Anwar Ali – Para Para from Kammatipaadam
Playback Singer – Male	Playback Singer – Female
Vijay Yesudas – "Mounangal" from Maheshinte Prathikaaram Bijibal – Cherupunjiri from Maheshinte Prathikaram P Jayachandran – Vaalmula Kannille from Aadupuliyattam Unni Menon – Thiruvavani Raavu from Jacobinte Swargarajyam Dulquer Salmaan – Sundari Penne from Charlie	Sreya Jayadeep – "Minungum Minnaminuge" from Oppam Mamta Mohandas – Karuppana Kannazhagi from Aadupuliyattam Sangeetha Sreekanth – Theliveyil from Maheshinte Prathikaram Shreya Ghoshal – Puthumazhayayi from Charlie Vani Jairam – Pookal Panineer from Action Hero Biju
Best Story
Unni R. – Charlie Syam Pushkaram – Maheshinte Prathikaram Dinesh Palath – Aadupuliyattam Rajeev Ravi – Kammatipaadam Salim Ahamed – Pathemari

Tamil cinema

The nominations for the films released during 2016 were announced early March 2017. Chennai 600028 II lead the nominations list with 11 categories out of total 13 categories. Whereas Kabali finds spot in 8 categories, followed by critically acclaimed Visaranai and Irudhi Suttru in 5 categories, while Theri received 4 nominations.[5]

Best Picture	Best Direction
Irudhi Suttru Chennai 600028 II Visaranai Amma Kanakku Kabali	Atlee – Theri
Performance In A Leading Role – Male	Performance In A Leading Role – Female
R. Madhavan – Irudhi Suttru	Ritika Singh – Irudhi Suttru Anjali - Iraivi Gayathri - Joker Nayanthara - Naanum Rowdy Dhaan Amala Paul - Amma Kanakku
Performance In A Supporting Role – Male	Performance In A Supporting Role – Female
Nagarjuna Akkineni – Thozha	Baby Nainika-Theri
Performance In A Comic Role	Performance In A Negative Role
RJ Balaji – Naanum Rowdy Dhaan	J. Mahendran-Theri
Music Direction	Lyrics
A. R. Rahman – Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada	Arunraja Kamaraj-Kabali
Playback Singer – Male	Playback Singer – Female
Anirudh Ravichander – "Thangamey" from Naanum Rowdy Dhaan	Neeti Mohan – "Neeyum Nannum" from Naanum Rowdy Dhaan

Telugu cinema

The nominations for the films released during 2016 were announced early March 2017. Janatha Garage and Oopiri topped with 9 nominations each out of total 13 categories followed by Pelli Choopulu with 8 nominations and Rudhramadevi with 7 nominations.[6]

Best Picture	Best Direction
Janatha Garage Kshanam Nannaku Prematho Oopiri Pelli Choopulu	Koratala Siva – Janatha Garage Krish – Kanche B Sukumar – Nannaku Prematho Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam – Pelli Choopulu Vamsi Paidipally – Oopiri
Performance In A Leading Role – Male	Performance In A Leading Role – Female
N. T. Rama Rao Jr. – Janatha Garage Allu Arjun – Sarrainodu Nani – Krishna Gaadi Veera Prema Gaadha Ram Charan – Dhruva Vijay Deverakonda – Pelli Choopulu	Samantha Ruth Prabhu – A Aa Anushka Shetty – Rudhramadevi Anushka Shetty – Size Zero Pragya Jaiswal – Kanche Ritu Varma – Pelli Choopulu
Performance In A Supporting Role – Male	Performance In A Supporting Role – Female
Allu Arjun – Rudhramadevi Karthi – Oopiri Mohanlal – Janatha Garage Nandu – Pelli Choopulu Srikanth – Sarrainodu	Anupama Parameswaran – Premam Anasuya Bharadwaj – Kshanam Jayasudha – Oopiri Nadhiya – A Aa Nithya Menon – Rudhramadevi
Performance In A Comic Role	Performance In A Negative Role
Priyadarshi Pullikonda – Pelli Choopulu Prakash Raj – Oopiri Prudhviraj – Bengal Tiger Vennela Kishore – Ekkadiki Pothavu Chinnavada Srinivas Avasarala – Kanche	Jagapathi Babu – Nannaku Prematho Aadhi Pinisetty – Sarrainodu Arvind Swamy – Dhruva Rao Ramesh – A Aa Vikramjeet Virk – Rudhramadevi
Music Direction	Lyrics
Devi Sri Prasad – Janatha Garage Devi Sri Prasad – Sardaar Gabbar Singh Gopi Sunder – Oopiri Hiphop Tamizha – Dhruva Vivek Sagar – Pelli Choopulu	Ramajogayya Sastry – Janatha Garage Ramajogayya Sastry – Soggade Chinni Nayana Shreemani – Premam Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry – Oopiri Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry – Rudhramadevi
Playback Singer – Male	Playback Singer – Female
Haricharan – "Nuvvante Naa Navvu" – Krishna Gaadi Veera Prema Gaadha Haricharan – "Podhaama" – Oopiri Haricharan – "Bang Bang" – Premam Haricharan – "Avuna Neevena" – Rudhramadevi Shankar Mahadevan – "Pranaamam" – Janatha Garage	Geetha Madhuri – "Pakka Local" – Janatha Garage Shreya Ghoshal – "Punnami Puvvai" – Rudhramadevi Shreya Ghoshal – "Itu Itu Ani" – Kanche Shreya Ghoshal – "Nee Navve" – Soggade Chinni Nayana Suchitra – "Ayyo Ayyo" – Oopiri
Best Screenplay	Best Story
Adivi Sesh – Kshanam	Krish – Kanche Koratala Siva – Janatha Garage B. Sukumar – Nannaku Prematho Adivi Sesh – Kshanam Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam – Pelli Choopulu

Special honors

Outstanding contribution to Indian cinema – K. Raghavendra Rao[7]
Outstanding contribution to Indian cinema – S. P. Muthuraman[8]
Lifetime Achievement Award — Dwarakish[9]

Performers

The following individuals performed musical numbers.[10]

Name(s)	Role	Song
Jiiva	Performer
Sai Dharam Tej	Performer
Akhil Akkineni	Performer
Kunchacko Boban	Performer
Hansika Motwani	Performer
V. Ravichandran	Performer
Premgi	Performer
Akshara Haasan	Performer
Raai Laxmi	Performer
Raashi Khanna	Performer
Pragya Jaiswal	Performer
Nikki Galrani	Performer
Amyra Dastur	Performer
Rachita Ram	Performer
Isha Talwar	Performer

Ceremony information

The event is being chiefly hosted by Rana Daggubati, who along with Nani, Akul Balaji and Meghana Gaonkar host for Telugu and Kannada Awards. Rana Daggubati along with Tini Tom, Pearle Maaney and Shiva host for Tamil and Malayalam Awards.[10]

References

"IIFA Utsavam: Broadcast Partner". IIFA Utsavam. Archived from the original on 30 March 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
"IIFA awards event from today". The Hindu. Hyderabad. 28 March 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
"IIFA Utsavam 2017 (2016) Kannada Full Show, Nominees & Winners". Updatebro.com. Archived from the original on 28 March 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
Anu, James (14 March 2017). "IIFA Utsavam 2017: Malayalam nomination list out; Maheshinte Prathikaram and Charlie in stiff competition". IB Times. Archived from the original on 30 March 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
Prakash, Upadhyaya (14 March 2017). "IIFA South Utsavam Awards 2017: Here is the complete nomination list for Tamil movies". IB Times. Archived from the original on 31 March 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
Shekhar H, Hooli (14 March 2017). "IIFA Utsavam 2017 Telugu nomination list: Janatha Garage, Oopiri get most nods". IB Times. Archived from the original on 31 March 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
IANS (30 March 2017). "'Janatha Garage', 'Kirik Party' bag top honours at IIFA Utsavam 2017" – via Business Standard.
"IIFA Utsavam 2017: Charlie, Irudhi Suttru Bag Top Laurels". News18.com. IANS. 29 March 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
"'Janatha Garage', 'Kirik Party' bag top honours at IIFA Utsavam 2017". Business Standard. 30 March 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
"IIFA Utsavam 2017 to be held in Hyderabad to commemorate the best of South Indian cinema". Firstpost. 28 March 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2017.

External links

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[broadcast-1] "IIFA Utsavam: Broadcast Partner". IIFA Utsavam. Archived from the original on 30 March 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2017.

[held-2] "IIFA awards event from today". The Hindu. Hyderabad. 28 March 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2017.

[knnom-3] "IIFA Utsavam 2017 (2016) Kannada Full Show, Nominees & Winners". Updatebro.com. Archived from the original on 28 March 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.

[mlnom-4] Anu, James (14 March 2017). "IIFA Utsavam 2017: Malayalam nomination list out; Maheshinte Prathikaram and Charlie in stiff competition". IB Times. Archived from the original on 30 March 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.

[tanom-5] Prakash, Upadhyaya (14 March 2017). "IIFA South Utsavam Awards 2017: Here is the complete nomination list for Tamil movies". IB Times. Archived from the original on 31 March 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.

[tenom-6] Shekhar H, Hooli (14 March 2017). "IIFA Utsavam 2017 Telugu nomination list: Janatha Garage, Oopiri get most nods". IB Times. Archived from the original on 31 March 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.

[7] IANS (30 March 2017). "'Janatha Garage', 'Kirik Party' bag top honours at IIFA Utsavam 2017" – via Business Standard.

[spm-8] "IIFA Utsavam 2017: Charlie, Irudhi Suttru Bag Top Laurels". News18.com. IANS. 29 March 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2017.

[9] "'Janatha Garage', 'Kirik Party' bag top honours at IIFA Utsavam 2017". Business Standard. 30 March 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2017.

[pfm-10] "IIFA Utsavam 2017 to be held in Hyderabad to commemorate the best of South Indian cinema". Firstpost. 28 March 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2017.

IIFA Awards
Main awards	Best Movie Best Director Best Actor Best Actress Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Best Performance in a Negative Role Best Performance in a Comic Role Star Debut of the Year – Male Star Debut of the Year – Female Best Music Director Best Lyricist Best Playback Singer Male Best Playback Singer Female
Technical awards	Best Art Direction Best Action Best Background Score Best Cinematography Best Choreography Best Costume Design Best Dialogue Best Editing Best Makeup Best Screenplay Best Sound Recording Best Sound Re-Recording Best Special Effects Best Story
Special awards	Style Icon Style Diva Most Glamorous Star of the Year Hottest Pair Lifetime Achievement Award
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