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
IIFA Utsavam

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.

Winners and nominees

Main awards

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. ^[1]

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

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

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. ^[3]

Best Picture	Best Direction
Irudhi Suttru Amma Kanakku Chennai 600028 II Kabali Visaranai	Atlee – Theri
Performance In A Leading Role – Male	Performance In A Leading Role – Female
Karthi – Thozha	Ritika Singh – Irudhi Suttru Anjali – Iraivi Amala Paul – Amma Kanakku Samantha Ruth Prabhu – Theri Gayathri – Joker
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	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. ^[4]

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 Adivi Sesh – Kshanam Allari Naresh – Selfie Raja 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
Rajendra Prasad – Nannaku Prematho Prakash Raj – 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 ^[5]
• Outstanding contribution to Indian cinema – S. P. Muthuraman ^[6]
• Lifetime Achievement Award — Dwarakish ^[7]

Performers

The following individuals performed musical numbers. ^[8]

Name(s)	Role
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. ^[8]

References

1. "IIFA Utsavam 2017 (2016) Kannada Full Show, Nominees & Winners". Updatebro.com. Archived from the original on 28 March 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. IANS (30 March 2017). "'Janatha Garage', 'Kirik Party' bag top honours at IIFA Utsavam 2017" – via Business Standard.
6. "IIFA Utsavam 2017: Charlie, Irudhi Suttru Bag Top Laurels". News18.com . IANS. 29 March 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
7. "'Janatha Garage', 'Kirik Party' bag top honours at IIFA Utsavam 2017". Business Standard. 30 March 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
8. "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

• Official website