3rd IIFA Utsavam

3rd IIFA Utsavam
Date	27 September 2024
Site	Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Hosted by	Akul Balaji Divya Menon Pearle Maaney Rana Daggubati Sathish Sudev Nair Teja Sajja Vijay Raghavendra
Produced by	Wizcraft International Entertainment
Highlights
Most nominations	Ponniyin Selvan: II (13)
Television coverage
Network	Sun TV Network
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The 3rd IIFA Utsavam is an upcoming awards event that is scheduled to take place at the Etihad Arena, Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on 27 September 2024. ^{[1] [2]} Rana Daggubati and Teja Sajja will host the Telugu segment. ^[3] Akul Balaji and Vijay Raghavendra will host the Kannada segment. ^[4] Pearle Maaney and Sudev Nair will host the Malayalam segment. Sathish and Divya Menon were later announced as the hosts for the Tamil segment. The nominations were announced on 21 August 2024. ^{[5] [6]}

The event was originally scheduled to be held on 6–7 September 2024. ^[7] Tamil and Malayalam cinema segments and, Telugu and Kannada cinema segments were scheduled to be held on 6 September 2024 and 7 September 2024 respectively. ^[8] It was later rescheduled to 27 September 2024 and will be the inaugural event of the IIFA Festival 2024, followed by the 24th IIFA Awards and IIFA Rocks on 28 September 2024 and 29 September 2024 respectively, at the same venue. ^[9]

Winners and nominees

Kannada

Best Picture	Best Direction
Aachar & Co – Ashwini Puneeth Rajkumar, producer Kaatera – Rockline Venkatesh, producer Kousalya Supraja Rama – B. C. Patil, Raghavendra P. S, Ramesha K, Shashank, Shrushti Patil and Vanaja Patil, producers Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A – Rakshit Shetty, producer Tagaru Palya – Dhananjaya, producer	Hemanth M. Rao – Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A M. G. Srinivas – Ghost Shashank – Kousalya Supraja Rama Sindhu Sreenivasa Murthy – Aachar & Co Tharun Sudhir – Kaatera
Performance in a Leading Role – Male	Performance in a Leading Role – Female
Darshan – Kaatera Krishna – Kousalya Supraja Rama Raj B. Shetty – Toby Rakshit Shetty – Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A Shiva Rajkumar – Ghost	Amrutha Prem – Tagaru Palya Aradhana Ram – Kaatera Chaithra J. Achar – Toby Megha Shetty – Kaiva Rukmini Vasanth – Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A
Performance in a Supporting Role – Male	Performance in a Supporting Role – Female
Anoop Revanna – Kabzaa Chikkanna – Raja Marthanda Gopal Krishna Deshpande – Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side B Kumar Govind – Kaatera Nagabhushana – Kousalya Supraja Rama	Janvi Rayala – Kaiva Meghana Gaonkar – Shivaji Surathkal 2 Shruti – Kaatera Sudha Belawadi – Kousalya Supraja Rama Tara – Tagaru Palya
Music Direction	Lyrics
Arjun Janya – Kousalya Supraja Rama B. Ajaneesh Loknath – Hostel Hudugaru Bekagiddare Charan Raj – Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A Vasuki Vaibhav – Tagaru Palya V. Harikrishna – Kaatera	Chethan Kumar – "Pasandaagavne" from Kaatera Dhananjaya – "Sambanja Annodu Doddu Kana" from Tagaru Palya Dhananjay Ranjan – "Sapta Saagaradaache Ello Title Track" from Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A Shashank – "Shivani" from Kousalya Supraja Rama V. Nagendra Prasad – "Sankranthi Sanjeli" from Kaiva
Playback Singer – Male	Playback Singer – Female
Nishan Rai – "Shivani" from Kousalya Supraja Rama B. Ajaneesh Loknath – "Protest Song" from Hostel Hudugaru Bekagiddare Prem – "Sambanja Annodu Doddu Kana" from Tagaru Palya Hemanth – "Manasege Banthu Bittu Hogoke" from Kaatera MC Bijju and Kiran Kaverappa – "Horaata" from Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A	Aishwarya Rangarajan – "Namaami Namaami" from Kabzaa Eesha Suchi – "Twinkle Twinkle" from Shivaji Surathkal 2 Madhuri Seshadri – "Suryakanthi" from Tagaru Palya Srilakshmi Belmannu – "Kadalanu" from Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A Vani Harikrishna – "Anuragava Kalisalu" from Kaatera
Performance in a Negative Role
Abhijith – Ghost Jagapathi Babu – Kaatera Meghana Raj – Tatsama Tadbhava Ramesh Indira – Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A Shishya Deepak – Veeram

Malayalam

Best Picture	Best Direction
2018 – Venu Kunnappilly, producer Falimy – Ganesh Menon and Lakshmi Warrier, producers Kannur Squad – George Sebastian, producer Neru – Antony Perumbavoor, producer Romancham – Johnpaul George, producer	Devan Jayakumar – Valatty Jeo Baby – Kaathal – The Core Jithu Madhavan – Romancham Jude Anthany Joseph – 2018 Lijo Jose Pellissery – Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam
Performance in a Leading Role – Male	Performance in a Leading Role – Female
Fahadh Faasil – Pachuvum Athbutha Vilakkum Joju George – Iratta Mammootty – Kaathal – The Core Mammootty – Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam Mohanlal – Neru Tovino Thomas – 2018	Anaswara Rajan – Neru Jyothika – Kaathal – The Core Kalyani Priyadarshan – Sesham Mike-il Fathima Manju Pillai – Falimy Vincy Aloshious – Rekha
Performance in a Supporting Role – Male	Performance in a Supporting Role – Female
Indrajith Sukumaran – Thuramukham Lal – 2018 Siddique – Neru Sudhi Kozhikode – Kaathal – The Core Narain – 2018	Bindu Panicker – Madhura Manohara Moham Darshana Rajendran – Thuramukham Mamitha Baiju – Pranaya Vilasam Nikhila Vimal – Ayalvaashi Srinda – Thuramukham
Music Direction	Lyrics
Dabzee, Vishnu Vijay – Sulaikha Manzil Nobin Paul – 2018 Sushin Shyam – Kannur Squad Sushin Shyam – Romancham Vishnu Vijay – Falimy	Joe Paul – "Uyirayi Maarave" from 2018 Joe Paul – "Venmegham" from 2018 BK Harinarayanan – "Arike Koottay Arike" from Valatty Muhsin Parari – "Mazhavillile" from Falimy Vinayak Sasikumar – "Mrudhu Bhaave Dhruda Kruthye" from Kannur Squad
Playback Singer – Male	Playback Singer – Female
K. S. Harisankar – "Uyirayi Maarave" from 2018 K. S. Harishankar– "Venmegham" from 2018 Sushin Shyam – "Aathmave Po" from Romancham Vijay Yesudas – "Niramulloru" from Valatty Vishnu Vijay – "Mazhavillile" from Falimy	Ezma Nobin – "Innithile" from 2018 K. S. Chithra – "Alivozhukum" from Antony K. S. Chithra – "Pottithakarnna Kinavu" from Neelavelicham Madhuvanthi Narayan – "Aadharanjali" from Romancham Shreya Ghoshal – "Ayisha Ayisha" from Ayisha
Performance In A Negative Role
Arjun Radhakrishnan – Kannur Squad Biju Menon – Garudan Roshan Mathew – Dhoomam Sudev Nair – Thuramukham Sunny Wayne – Vela

Tamil

Best Picture	Best Direction
Ayothi – R. Ravindran, producer Jailer – Kalanithi Maran, producer Maamannan – M. Shenbagamurthy and R. Arjun Durai, producers Ponniyin Selvan: II – Mani Ratnam and Subaskaran Allirajah, producers Viduthalai Part 1 – Elred Kumar, producer	Lokesh Kanagaraj – Leo Karthik Subbaraj – Jigarthanda DoubleX Mani Ratnam – Ponniyin Selvan: II R. Manthira Moorthy – Ayothi Nelson Dilipkumar – Jailer Vetrimaaran – Viduthalai Part 1
Performance in a Leading Role – Male	Performance in a Leading Role – Female
Karthi – Ponniyin Selvan: II Rajinikanth – Jailer Siddharth – Chithha Sivakarthikeyan – Maaveeran Soori – Viduthalai Part 1 Vikram – Ponniyin Selvan: II	Aishwarya Rai – Ponniyin Selvan: II Aishwarya Rajesh – Farhana Keerthy Suresh – Maamannan Maamannan Nayanthara – Annapoorani: The Goddess of Food Shraddha Srinath – Irugapatru Trisha – Ponniyin Selvan: II
Performance in a Supporting Role – Male	Performance in a Supporting Role – Female
Azhagam Perumal – Maamannan Gautham Vasudev Menon – Viduthalai Part 1 Jayaram – Ponniyin Selvan: II R. Sarathkumar– Ponniyin Selvan: II Redin Kingsley – Mark Antony	Aishwarya Lekshmi – Ponniyin Selvan: II Ramya Krishnan – Jailer Sahasra Shree – Chithha Raichal Rabecca – Good Night Saritha – Maaveeran
Music Direction	Lyrics
Anirudh Ravichander – Jailer A. R. Rahman – Ponniyin Selvan: II Dhibu Ninan Thomas and Santhosh Narayanan – Chithha G. V. Prakash Kumar – Aneethi Ilaiyaraaja – Viduthalai Part 1	Ilaiyaraaja – "Kaattumalli" from Viduthalai Part 1 Ilango Krishnan – "Veera Raja Veera" from Ponniyin Selvan: II Super Subu – "Hukum – Thalaivar Alappara" from Jailer Vishnu Edavan – "Naa Ready" from Leo Yugabharathi – "Nenjame Nenjame" from Maamannan
Playback Singer – Male	Playback Singer – Female
Anirudh Ravichander – "Hukum" from Jailer Anirudh Ravichander – "Badass" from Leo Haricharan – "Chinnanjiru Nilave" from Ponniyin Selvan: II Sean Roldan – "Naan Gaali" from Good Night Vijay Yesudas – "Nenjame Nenjame" from Maamannan Vishal Mishra – "Rathamaarey" from Jailer	Ananya Bhat – "Kaattumalli" from Viduthalai Part 1 Shakthisree Gopalan – "Aga Naga" from Ponniyin Selvan: II Shakthishree Gopalan– "Nenjame Nenjame" from Maamannan Shilpa Rao – "Kaavaalaa" from Jailer Shweta Mohan – "Vaa Vaathi" from Vaathi
Performance in a Negative Role
Arjun Sarja – Leo Fahadh Faasil – Maamannan Selvaraghavan – Farhana S. J. Suryah – Mark Antony Vinayakan – Jailer

Telugu

Best Picture	Best Direction
Baby – Sreenivasa Kumar Naidu, producer Bhagavanth Kesari – Harish Peddi and Sahu Garapati, producers Dasara – Sudhakar Cherukuri, producer Hi Nanna – Mohan Cherukuri, Murthy K. S. and Vijender Reddy Teegala, producers Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire – Vijay Kiragandur and Chaluve Gowda, producers	Anil Ravipudi – Bhagavanth Kesari Mahesh Babu Pachigolla – Miss Shetty Mr Polishetty Prashanth Neel – Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire Sai Rajesh Neelam – Baby Srikanth Odela – Dasara
Performance in a Leading Role – Male	Performance in a Leading Role – Female
Balakrishna – Bhagavanth Kesari Dhanush – Sir Nani – Dasara Nani – Hi Nanna Naveen Polishetty – Miss Shetty Mr Polishetty Vijay Deverakonda – Kushi	Anushka Shetty – Miss Shetty Mr Polishetty Keerthy Suresh – Dasara Mrunal Thakur – Hi Nanna Sreeleela – Bhagavanth Kesari Vaishnavi Chaitanya – Baby
Performance in a Supporting Role – Male	Performance in a Supporting Role – Female
Brahmanandam – Ranga Maarthaanda Dheekshith Shetty – Dasara Hyper Aadi – Ravanasura Jayaram – Ravanasura Racha Ravi – Balagam	Faria Abdullah – Ravanasura Ramya Krishna – Ranga Maarthaanda Sriya Reddy – Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire Soniya Singh – Virupaksha Varalaxmi Sarathkumar – Veera Simha Reddy
Music Direction	Lyrics
Devi Sri Prasad – Waltair Veerayya Hesham Abdul Wahab – Hi Nanna Hesham Abdul Wahab – Kushi Santhosh Narayanan – Dasara Thaman S – Veera Simha Reddy	Anantha Sriram – "O Rendu Prema Meghaalila" from Baby Kalyan Nayak – "Ayyayyo" from Mem Famous Kasarla Shyam – "Chamkeela Angeelesi" from Dasara Krishna Kanth – "Adigaa" from Hi Nanna Shiva Nirvana – "Kushi Title Song" from Kushi
Playback Singer – Male	Playback Singer – Female
Leon James – "Almost Padipoyindhe Pilla" from Das Ka Dhamki Hesham Abdul Wahab – "Naa Roja Nuvve" from Kushi Rahul Sipligunj – "Ayyayyo" from Mem Famous Ram Miriyala – "Chamkeela Angeelesi" from Dasara Sid Sriram – "Aradhya" from Kushi	Dhee – "Chamkeela Angeelesi" from Dasara Chinmayi Sripaada – "Aradhya" from Kushi Mangli – "Ooru Palletooru" from Balagam Ramya Behara – "Mass Mogudu" from Veera Simha Reddy Shruti Haasan – "Odiyamma" from Hi Nanna
Performance in a Negative Role
Duniya Vijay – Veera Simha Reddy Jisshu Sengupta – Tiger Nageswara Rao Prakash Raj – Waltair Veerayya Samuthirakani – Sir Shine Tom Chacko – Dasara

Superlatives

Films with multiple nominations

Nominations	Film
13	Ponniyin Selvan: II
11	2018
	Kaatera
10	Dasara
	Jailer
9	Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A
8	Kousalya Supraja Rama
7	Maamannan
	Tagaru Palya
	Viduthalai Part 1
6	Hi Nanna
5	Falimy
	Kushi
	Romancham
4	Baby
	Bhagavanth Kesari
	Kaathal – The Core
	Kannur Squad
	Leo
	Neru
3	Chithha
	Farhana
	Ghost
	Kaiva
	Miss Shetty Mr Polishetty
	Ravanasura
	Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire
	Thuramukham
	Valatty
	Veera Simha Reddy
2	Aachar & Co
	Ayothi
	Balagam
	Good Night
	Hostel Hudugaru Bekagiddare
	Kabzaa
	Maaveeran
	Mark Antony
	Mem Famous
	Ranga Maarthaanda
	Shivaji Surathkal 2
	Sir
	Toby
	Waltair Veerayya

References

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External links

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