IIFA Awards 2018: Tumhari Sulu judged Best Film; Irrfan Khan, Sridevi win Best Actor awards for Hindi Medium, MOM

Tumhari Sulu wins Best Film Award at IIFA 2018

Watch: Rekha performs on stage after 20 years

Meher Vij wins Best Performance in a Supporting Role for Secret Superstar

Nawazuddin Siddiqui wins Best Actor in a Supporting Role

For the film Mom.

Ranbir Kapoor flies onto the IIFA 2018 stage with an air guitar

Badrinath Ki Dulhania wins Best Music

Konkona Sen Sharma wins Best Debut Director for A Death in The Gunj

Badrinath Ki Dulhania bags Best Music award at IIFA 2018

Kriti Sanon wins Style Icon of the year

Rekha Mishra wins Playback Singer (Female) award for Secret Superstar

Arijit Singh wins Best Singer for ‘Hawayein’ from Jab Harry Met Sejal

Arjun Kapoor and Kriti Sanon perform to songs from their films

Manoj Muntashir wins Best Lyrics award for ‘Mere Rashke Qamar’ from Baadshaho

Amaal Malik wins award for Best Music Director for Badrinath Ki Dulhania

**​**While there hasn’t been an official announcement yet, Armaan Malik revealed on Twitter that his brother Amaal Malik won the Best Director Award for Badrinath Ki Dulhania.

Anil Kapoor and Rekha watch the IIFA Awards 2018 unfold

Watch: Bobby Deol performs to ‘Duniya Haseeno Ka Mela’

Bobby Deol and Iulia Vantur perform on stage

Rekha arrives on the green carpet ahead of her IIFA 2018 performance

More snippets from Varun Dhawan’s performance

Kartik Aryan wears a metallic suit for his debut performance at IIFA 2018

Watch: Varun Dhawan performs to Tamma Tamma Loge

Ranbir Kapoor is followed by Rishi Kapoor on the green carpet

Both the Kapoors chose to wear black suits.

Ranbir Kapoor finally arrives on the green carpet

Ranbir’s film Sanju releases later this week on 29 June.

Radhika Apte opts for a sheer-mesh blue gown

IIFA Awards 2018 is about to begin

…with Riteish Deshmukh enterting the venue

Konkona Sen Sharma opts for a green lehenga for IIFA 2018

Arjun Kapoor accessorises with a bow-tie and a pop of colour 

Kriti Sanon sports a metallic gown

Watch all the IIFA 2018 action LIVE on their Facebook page:

Nawazuddin Siddiqui breaks the black code

.. in a sleek brown suit for the IIFA 2018

Anil Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor strike a pose

Kartik Aryan meets his fans

Shraddha Kapoor’s look for the IIFA Awards 2018

Anurag Basu and Adil Hussein arrive on the green carpet

Bobby Deol steps into Shahid Kapoor’s shoes

As Shahid Kapoor backed out from performing for IIFA 2018, Bobby Deol stepped in. This will be an onstage performance for the Race 3 star after a long gap. Here he seems to be following the theme of the night: Black. 

Zaira Wasim in an all-black ensemble

Karthik Aryan at the IIFA 2018 green carpet

Red carpet action begins at IIFA 2018

Celebrities are all set to arrive at the red carpet to kick off the awards ceremony. Here’s what the IIFA Award looks like:

Rehearsals are underway for the performances at IIFA 2018

Shraddha Kapoor, Ranbir Kapoor, Varun Dhawan, Bobby Deol and Rekha are all set to perform at IIFA 2018.

Top contenders for the Awards

Firstpost’s top contenders are:

– Newton for Best Film

– Ashwini Iyer Tiwari for Best Director

– Vidya Balan in Tumhari Sulu for Best Actor (Female)

– Irrfan Khan in Hindi Medium for Best Actor (Male)

See full list of predictions here .

Everything that’s been happening at Bangkok, Thailand in a run up to the IIFA Awards 2018

A sneak peak of what went down at IIFA Rocks 2018

Here’s the complete list of winners in the technical awards category:

Best Playback Singer (Male): Arijit Singh, ‘Hawayein’ (Jab Harry Met Sejal)

Best Playback Singer (Female): Meghna Mishra, ‘Main Kaun Hoon’ (Secret Superstar)

Best Background Score: Pritam Chakraborty, Jagga Jasoos

Best Lyrics: Nusrat Fateh Ali, A1 Melody Fana & Manoj Muntashir, ‘Mere Rashke Qamar’ (Baadshaho)

Best Choreography: Vijay Ganguly and Ruel Dausan Varindani, Jagga Jasoos

Best Special Effects: NY VFXWALA, Jagga Jasoos

Best Screenplay: Nitesh Tiwari and Shreyas Jainas, Bareilly Ki Barfi

Best Dialogues: Hitesh Kewalya, Shubh Mangal Saavdhan

Best Editing: Venkat Mathew, Newton

Best Cinematography – Marcin Laskawiec, Tiger Zinda Hai

Best Sound Design – Dileep Subramaniam and Ganesh Gangadharan, Tiger Zinda Hai

Winners of the IIFA 2018 Technical awards

Before the gala night of the awards, the winners of the awards in the technical category were announced on 22 June.

Anurag Basu-directed Jagga Jasoos emerged as the big winner; the Ranbir Kapoor-starrer bagged three awards for best background score, choreography and special effects. The film, in spite of receiving critical appreciation, failed to make a mark at the box office upon its release on 14 July, 2017.

Here’s the list of nominations for the IIFA Awards 2018:

Best Performance in a Leading Role (Female)

Alia Bhatt – Badrinath Ki Dulhania
Sridevi – Mom
Zaira Wasim – Secret Superstar
Bhumi Pednekar – Shubh Mangal Saavdhan
Vidya Balan – Tumhari Sulu

Best Performance in a Leading Role (Male)

Irrfan Khan – Hindi Medium
Ranbir Kapoor – Jagga Jasoos
Adil Hussain – Mukti Bhawan
Rajkummar Rao – Newton
Akshay Kumar – Toilet – Ek Prem Katha

Best Actor In Supporting Role (Female)

Seema Pahwa – Bareilly Ki Barfi
Tabu – Golmaal Again
Meher Vij – Secret Superstar
Seema Pahwa – Shubh Mangal Saavdhan
Neha Dhupia – Tumhari Sulu

Best Actor In Supporting Role (Male)

Rajkummar Rao – Bareilly Ki Barfi
Deepak Dobriyal – Hindi Medium
Nawazzuddin Siddiqui – Mom
Pankaj Tripathi – Newton
Vijay Maurya – Tumhari Sulu

Best Director

Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari – Bareilly Ki Barfi
Saket Chaudhary – Hindi Medium
Anurag Basu – Jagga Jasoos
Amit V Masurkar – Newton
Suresh Triveni – Tumhari Sulu

Best Film

Bareilly Ki Barfi
Hindi Medium
Newton
Toilet – Ek Prem Katha
Tumhari Sulu