The night had several moments, many of them involving performances and winners. Late actress Sridevi was posthumously given the Best Actress award for her performance in her last film Mom. Vidya Balan’s Tumhari Sulu won the Best Film award while Newton won Best Story. The Best Actor award went to Irrfan Khan, the actor who is battling a tumour and is undergoing treatment in the UK.
She was the queen of grace and worthy of every praise. There’s no doubt the award for Performance in a Leading Role – Female posthumously goes to the late #Sridevi#IIFA2018 #NEXAIIFAAwards pic.twitter.com/x88ClJgR1d
— IIFA Awards (@IIFA) June 24, 2018
Among performances, many witnessed veteran actress Rekha stunning everybody with her performance on stage. She was performing after two decades and people couldn’t take their eyes off her! Ranbir Kapoor, too, was all things awesome on stage.
The very evergreen #Rekha ji performed at the IIFA stage after 20 long years and we couldn’t be more honoured to have her.#IIFA2018 pic.twitter.com/UllPd5JH22
— IIFA Awards (@IIFA) June 24, 2018
#RanbirKapoor set the standards for a kickass performance with his smooth moves. #IIFA2018 pic.twitter.com/ymlvUvRnNE
— IIFA Awards (@IIFA) June 24, 2018
Hosted by Karan Johar and Riteish Deshmukh, the event had its fun moments and some solemn ones. While many A-listers gave the event a miss, personalities like Anupam Kher, Anil Kapoor, Kriti Sanon, Dia Mirza, Ranbir Kapoor, Arjun Kapoor, and others attended the event.
. @karanjohar shakes a leg to ‘shava shava’! #IIFA2018 pic.twitter.com/rDedo2W5hx
— IIFA Awards (@IIFA) June 24, 2018
Here’s the full list of winners:
