13 July,2017 09:30 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
From celebrating 25 years of music maestro AR Rahman to Bollywood A-listers taking on the stage in New York, the 18th edition of International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards promises to be a grand celebration of Hindi cinema in US
IIFA 2017: Dates, schedule, celeb performances, telecast - Here's all you need to know
Alia Bhatt, Salman Khan and Varun Dhawan reach New York for IIFA Awards 2017. Pic/IIFA's official Twitter account @IIFA
From celebrating 25 years of music maestro AR Rahman to Bollywood A-listers taking on the stage in New York, the 18th edition of International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards promises to be a grand celebration of Hindi cinema in New York.
Here's all you need to know about IIFA 2017:
IIFA 2017 Dates and Venue
The 18th edition of International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards will be held at the iconic MetLife Stadium in New York from July 13-15. A grand closing party will be held on July 16.
Where to watch IIFA 2017
IIFA Awards 2017 will be aired on COLORS channel from 7 pm onwards on Sunday, July 16.
IIFA 2017 Schedule
Day 1 - July 13 (Thursday)
IIFA Weekend Press Conference: Time: 16:00 - 17:30 hrs
Venue: Metropolitan Ballroom - Sheraton Times Square
IIFA Stomp
Time: 18:00 - 20:00 hrs
(Open to Public)
Venue: Times Square
Shuruaat Gala Dinner
Time: 19:00 - 22:00 hrs
Venue: Pierre Hotel
Day 2 - July 14 (Friday)
FICCI -IIFA Business Forum
Time: 09:00 - 17:00 hrs
Venue: Asia Society Building
IIFA Rocks Green Carpet
Time: 18:00 - 00:00 hrs
Venue: MetLife Stadium
Day 3: July 15 (Saturday)
IIFA Awards Green Carpet
Time: 18:00 - 20:00 hrs
Venue: MetLife Stadium
IIFA Awards
Time: 20:00 - 01:00 hrs
Venue: MetLife Stadium
Day 4: July 16 (Sunday)
IIFA Closing Party
Time: 16:00 - 23:30 hrs
Venue: La Marina
IIFA 2017 Hosts
IIFA Awards main event will be hosted by Karan Johar and Saif Ali Khan
IIFA Rocks will be hosted by Riteish Deshmukh and Maniesh Paul
IIFA Green Carpet will be hosted by Arjun Bijlani and Karan Wahi
IIFA 2017 Bollywood Star Performances
IIFA Rocks
As IIFA will celebrate 25 years of Oscar-winning and Bollywood music composer AR Rahman, the show will feature musicians including Rahman, Diljit Dosanjh, Kailash Kher, Mika Singh, Benny Dayal, Neeti Mohan and Jonita Gandhi, among others
IIFA Awards
Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif, Alia Bhatt, Shahid Kapoor, Varun Dhawan, Sushant Singh Rajput and Kriti Sanon, among other Bollywood stars are set to perform at IIFA Awards main event
IIFA 2017 Nominations
Best Film
Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
MS Dhoni: The Untold Story
Neerja
Pink
Sultan
Udta Punjab
Best Actor in Leading Role (Male)
Shahid Kapoor - Udta Punjab
Ranbir Kapoor - Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
Shah Rukh Khan - Fan
Sushant Singh Rajput - M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story
Amitabh Bachchan - Pink
Salman Khan - Sultan
Best Actor in Leading Role (Female)
Anushka Sharma - Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
Alia Bhatt - Dear Zindagi & Udta Punjab
Sonam Kapoor - Neerja
Tapsee Pannu - Pink
Best Director
Karan Johar - Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
Neeraj Pandey - MS Dhoni: The Untold Story
Ram Madhvani - Neerja
Aniruddha Roy Chowdhary - Pink
Ali Abbas Zafar for Sultan and Abhishek Chaubey - Udta Punjab
Best Supporting Actor (Male)
Rajat Kapoor - Kapoor and Sons
Rajkummar Rao - Aligarh
Rishi Kapoor - Kapoor and Sons
Anupam Kher - MS Dhoni: The Untold Story
Amitabh Bachchan - Wazir
Best Supporting Actor (Female)
Shabana Azmi - Neerja
Andrea Tariang - Pink
Ratna Pathak Shah - Kapoor and Sons
Disha Patani - MS Dhoni: The Untold Story
Richa Chadha - Sarbjit
Best Actor in Negative Role
Neil Nitin Mukesh - Wazir
Shah Rukh Khan - Fan
Jim Sarbh - Neerja
Best Comedian
Varun Dhawan - Dishoom
Jimmy Shergill - Happy Bhag Jayegi
Rishi Kapoor - Kapoor and Sons
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