The day one usually has the Tamil and the Malayalam movies were given priority. While the green carpet started at around 6 PM, the show began at around 8 PM. Rana Daggubati, Shiva, Tini Tom and Pearle Maaney hosted last night’s show while Rana along with Nani, Akul Balaji, and Meghana Gaonkar will be hosting the second day where the awards will be given for Kannada and Telugu film industries.
Jury
IIFA’s jury members consist of AR Rahman, Kamal Haasan, Suresh Babu, KS Rama Rao, Boney Kapoor, Nagarjuna, Allu Aravind, Resul Pookutty, RB Choudhary, Ram Kumar, Mukesh, Sibi Malayil, B Unnikrishnan, Ramesh Aravind and Radikaa Sarathkumar.
Have a look at these pictures from last night’s show:
Here is a list of winners of Mollywood and Kollywood from last night:
Best Actor: Madhavan for ‘Irudhi Suttru’
Best Actress: Ritika Singh for Irudhi Suttru
Best Supporting Actor: Nagarjuna for Thozha
Best Supporting Actress: Baby Nainika for Theri and Aparna Gopinath for Charlie
Best Negative Role: Mahendran for Theri
Best Comedian: RJ Balaji
Best Music Director: AR Rahman for Achcham Yenbadhu Madamayada and Gopi Sundar for Charlie
Best BGM: Anirudh for Naanum Rowdydhaan
Best Playback Singer (Male): Vijay Yesudas for Maheshinte Prathikaaram
Best Playback Singer (Female): Neeti Mohan for Naanum Rowdydhaan
Best Lyricist: Arunraja Kamaraj for Kabali
Special Award: SP Muthuraman gets Lifetime Achievement Award for Outstanding Contribution to Indian Cinema