2nd IIFA Utsavam
# 2nd IIFA Utsavam

The 2nd IIFA Utsavam ceremony honouring the winners and nominees of the best of South Indian cinema in 2016 was an event held on 28 and 29 March 2017 at the Hyderabad, Telangana, India. The event, which is the second edition of the IIFA Utsavam, recognises the best work from the four industries during the year 2016 and awarded prizes to performers and technicians from the Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada languages.

## Winners and nominees

### Main awards

**Kannada cinema**

The nominations for the films released during 2016 were announced early March 2017. Kirik Party lead the nominations list with 12 categories out of total 13 categories. Whereas Karvva and Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu bagged 9 nominations followed by U Turn with 6 nominations.

| Best Picture | Best Direction |
| - | - |
| Kirik Party – G. S Guptha and Rakshit Shetty Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu – Pushkar Mallikarjun Karvva – Krishna Chaithanya Killing Veerappan – B. V. Manjunath, B. S. Sudhindra and E. Shivaprakash U Turn – Pawan Kumar | Pawan Kumar – U Turn Hemanth Rao – Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu Navaneeth – Karvva Raam Reddy – Thithi Rishab Shetty – Kirik Party |
| Performance In A Leading Role – Male | Performance In A Leading Role – Female |
| Rakshit Shetty – Kirik Party Anant Nag – Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu as Venkob Rao Channe Gowda – Thithi as Gaddappa RJ Rohit – Karvva Yash – Masterpiece as Yuva | Parul Yadav – Killing Veerappan Anisha Ambrose – Karvva Rachita Ram – Rathavara as Navami Rashmika Mandanna – Kirik Party as Saanvi Joseph Shraddha Srinath – U Turn as Rachana |
| Performance In A Supporting Role – Male | Performance In A Supporting Role – Female |
| Rakshit Shetty – Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu as Shiva Rao Anant Nag – Maduveya Mamatheya Kareyole as Krishne Gowda Devaraj – Karvva Dileep Raj – U Turn as Aditya Chandan Achar – Kirik Party as Alexander Gabriel Tilak Shekar – Karvva | Yagna Shetty – Killing Veerappan as Muthulakshmi Aishwarya Acchappa – Kirik Party Chitra Shenoy – Rathavara Poonam Singar – Karvva Radhika Chetan – U Turn as Maya |
| Performance In A Comic Role | Performance In A Negative Role |
| Chikkanna – Kotigobba 2 Achyuth Kumar – Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu as Kumar Chikkanna – Masterpiece as Bruce Lee Pramod Shetty – Kirik Party as Jnanesh Vijay Chendoor – Karvva | Vasishta N. Simha – Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu as Ranga Aravinnd Iyer – Kirik Party as Lokesh Kumar P. Ravi Shankar – Mukunda Murari as Leeladhara Swamy P. Ravi Shankar – Rathavara Prakash Raj – Mr. Airavata as Prathap Kale |
| Music Direction | Lyrics |
| B. Ajaneesh Loknath – Kirik Party Anoop Seelin – Jessie Arjun Janya – Mungaru Male 2 Avinash – Karvva V. Harikrishna – Masterpiece | Rakshit Shetty – "Katheyonda Helide" from Kirik Party Sudarshan D. C. – "Ale Mood Adhe" from Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu Raghu Shastry – "Summane" from Run Anthony V. Nagendra Prasad – "Mukunda Murari" from Mukunda Murari Manju Mandavya – "Annange Love Aagidhe" from Masterpiece |
| Playback Singer – Male | Playback Singer – Female |
| Vijay Prakash – "Belageddu" from Kirik Party Anoop Seelin – "Malgudiya Ooralli" from Jessie Puneeth Rajkumar – "Maduve Munji" from Nanna Ninna Prema Kathe Puneeth Rajkumar – "Jhanak Jhanak" from Run Anthony Yash – "Annange Love Aagidhe" from Masterpiece | Inchara Rao – "Ayomaya" from Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu Indu Nagaraj – "Ka Thalakattu" from Mr. Airavata K. S. Chithra – "Maye Maye" from Jessie Shreya Ghoshal – "Neenire Saniha" from Kirik Party Supriya Lohith – "Marula" from Run Anthony |
| Best Story |
| Pawan Kumar – U Turn A. P. Arjun – Mr. Airavata Hemanth Rao – Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu Navaneeth – Karvva Rakshit Shetty – Kirik Party |

**Malayalam cinema**

The nominations for the films released since October 2015 till the end of 2016 were announced on 14 March 2017. Maheshinte Prathikaaram topped the list of nominations in all 13 categories followed by Charlie with 11 nominations and Aadupuliyattam with 7 nominations.

| Best Picture | Best Direction |
| - | - |
| Pulimurugan Aadupuliyattam Charlie Kammatipaadam Maheshinte Prathikaram | Martin Prakkat – Charlie Abrid Shine – Action Hero Biju Dileesh Pothan – Maheshinte Prathikaram Priyadarshan – Oppam Rajeev Ravi – Kammatipaadam |
| Performance In A Leading Role – Male | Performance In A Leading Role – Female |
| Nivin Pauly – Jacobinte Swargarajyam Fahadh Faasil – Maheshinte Crush Nivin Pauly – Action Hero Biju Mohanlal – Oppam Mohanlal – Pulimurugan | Rajisha Vijayan – Anuraga Karikkin Vellam Anusree – Oppam Aparna Balamurali – Maheshinte Prathikaram Manju Warrier – Vettah |
| Performance In A Supporting Role – Male | Performance In A Supporting Role – Female |
| Vinayakan – Kammatipaadam Alencier Ley – Maheshinte Prathikaram Dharmajan Bolgatty – Kattappanayile Rithwik Roshan Om Puri – Aadupuliyattam Renji Panicker – Jacobinte Swargarajyam | Aparna Gopinath – Charlie Anusree – Maheshinte Prathikaram Asha Sharath – Anuraga Karikkin Vellam K. P. A. C. Lalitha – Kochavva Paulo Ayyappa Coelho Lijomol Jose – Kattappanayile Rithwik Roshan |
| Performance In A Comic Role | Performance In A Negative Role |
| Soubin Shahir – Charlie Dharmajan Bolgatty – Kattappanayile Rithwik Roshan Pashanam Shaji – Aadupuliyattam Sharaf U Dheen – Pretham Soubin Shahir – Maheshinte Prathikaram | Sampath Raj – Aadupuliyattam Anil Nedumangad – Kammatipaadam Jagadeesh – Leela Samuthirakani – Oppam Sujith Shankar – Maheshinte Prathikaram |
| Music Direction | Lyrics |
| Gopi Sunder – Charlie Bijibal – Maheshinte Prathikaram John P Varkey – Kammatipaadam The Four Music – Oppam Ratheesh Vega – Aadupuliyattam | Santosh Varma – Sundari Penne from Charlie Anwar Ali – Para Para from Kammatipaadam Hari Narayanan – Thiruvavani Raavu from Jacobinte Swargarajyam Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri – Vaalmula Kannille from Aadupuliyattam Rafeeq Ahamed – Idukki from Maheshinte Prathikaram |
| Playback Singer – Male | Playback Singer – Female |
| Vijay Yesudas – "Mounangal" from Maheshinte Prathikaaram Bijibal – Cherupunjiri from Maheshinte Prathikaram Dulquer Salmaan – Sundari Penne from Charlie P Jayachandran – Vaalmula Kannille from Aadupuliyattam Unni Menon – Thiruvavani Raavu from Jacobinte Swargarajyam | Sreya Jayadeep – "Minungum Minnaminuge" from Oppam Mamta Mohandas – Karuppana Kannazhagi from Aadupuliyattam Sangeetha Sreekanth – Theliveyil from Maheshinte Prathikaram Shreya Ghoshal – Puthumazhayayi from Charlie Vani Jairam – Pookal Panineer from Action Hero Biju |
| Best Story | |
| Unni R. – Charlie Dinesh Palath – Aadupuliyattam Rajeev Ravi – Kammatipaadam Salim Ahamed – Pathemari Syam Pushkaram – Maheshinte Prathikaram | |

**Tamil cinema**

The nominations for the films released during 2016 were announced early March 2017. Chennai 600028 II lead the nominations list with 11 categories out of total 13 categories. Whereas Kabali finds spot in 8 categories, followed by critically acclaimed Visaranai and Irudhi Suttru in 5 categories, while Theri received 4 nominations.

| Best Picture | Best Direction |
| - | - |
| Irudhi Suttru Amma Kanakku Chennai 600028 II Kabali Visaranai | Atlee – Theri |
| Performance In A Leading Role – Male | Performance In A Leading Role – Female |
| Karthi – Thozha | Ritika Singh – Irudhi Suttru Anjali – Iraivi Amala Paul – Amma Kanakku Samantha Ruth Prabhu – Theri Gayathri – Joker |
| Performance In A Supporting Role – Male | Performance In A Supporting Role – Female |
| Nagarjuna Akkineni – Thozha | Baby Nainika – Theri |
| Performance In A Comic Role | Performance In A Negative Role |
| RJ Balaji – Naanum Rowdy Dhaan | Mahendran – Theri |
| Music Direction | Lyrics |
| A. R. Rahman – Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada | Arunraja Kamaraj – Kabali |
| Playback Singer – Male | Playback Singer – Female |
| Anirudh Ravichander – "Thangamey" from Naanum Rowdy Dhaan | Neeti Mohan – "Neeyum Nannum" from Naanum Rowdy Dhaan |

**Telugu cinema**

The nominations for the films released during 2016 were announced early March 2017. Janatha Garage and Oopiri topped with 9 nominations each out of total 13 categories followed by Pelli Choopulu with 8 nominations and Rudhramadevi with 7 nominations.

| Best Picture | Best Direction |
| - | - |
| Janatha Garage Kshanam Nannaku Prematho Oopiri Pelli Choopulu | Koratala Siva – Janatha Garage Krish – Kanche B Sukumar – Nannaku Prematho Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam – Pelli Choopulu Vamsi Paidipally – Oopiri |
| Performance In A Leading Role – Male | Performance In A Leading Role – Female |
| N. T. Rama Rao Jr. – Janatha Garage Adivi Sesh – Kshanam Allari Naresh – Selfie Raja Nani – Krishna Gaadi Veera Prema Gaadha Ram Charan – Dhruva Vijay Deverakonda – Pelli Choopulu | Samantha Ruth Prabhu – A Aa Anushka Shetty – Rudhramadevi Anushka Shetty – Size Zero Pragya Jaiswal – Kanche Ritu Varma – Pelli Choopulu |
| Performance In A Supporting Role – Male | Performance In A Supporting Role – Female |
| Rajendra Prasad – Nannaku Prematho Prakash Raj – Oopiri Mohanlal – Janatha Garage Nandu – Pelli Choopulu Srikanth – Sarrainodu | Anupama Parameswaran – Premam Anasuya Bharadwaj – Kshanam Jayasudha – Oopiri Nadhiya – A Aa Nithya Menon – Rudhramadevi |
| Performance In A Comic Role | Performance In A Negative Role |
| Priyadarshi Pullikonda – Pelli Choopulu Prakash Raj – Oopiri Prudhviraj – Bengal Tiger Vennela Kishore – Ekkadiki Pothavu Chinnavada Srinivas Avasarala – Kanche | Jagapathi Babu – Nannaku Prematho Aadhi Pinisetty – Sarrainodu Arvind Swamy – Dhruva Rao Ramesh – A Aa Vikramjeet Virk – Rudhramadevi |
| Music Direction | Lyrics |
| Devi Sri Prasad – Janatha Garage Devi Sri Prasad – Sardaar Gabbar Singh Gopi Sunder – Oopiri Hiphop Tamizha – Dhruva Vivek Sagar – Pelli Choopulu | Ramajogayya Sastry – Janatha Garage Ramajogayya Sastry – Soggade Chinni Nayana Shreemani – Premam Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry – Oopiri Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry – Rudhramadevi |
| Playback Singer – Male | Playback Singer – Female |
| Haricharan – "Nuvvante Naa Navvu" – Krishna Gaadi Veera Prema Gaadha Haricharan – "Podhaama" – Oopiri Haricharan – "Bang Bang" – Premam Haricharan – "Avuna Neevena" – Rudhramadevi Shankar Mahadevan – "Pranaamam" – Janatha Garage | Geetha Madhuri – "Pakka Local" – Janatha Garage Shreya Ghoshal – "Punnami Puvvai" – Rudhramadevi Shreya Ghoshal – "Itu Itu Ani" – Kanche Shreya Ghoshal – "Nee Navve" – Soggade Chinni Nayana Suchitra – "Ayyo Ayyo" – Oopiri |
| Best Screenplay | Best Story |
| Adivi Sesh – Kshanam | Krish – Kanche Koratala Siva – Janatha Garage B. Sukumar – Nannaku Prematho Adivi Sesh – Kshanam Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam – Pelli Choopulu |

### Special honors

* Outstanding contribution to Indian cinema – K. Raghavendra Rao
* Outstanding contribution to Indian cinema – S. P. Muthuraman
* Lifetime Achievement Award — Dwarakish

## Performers

The following individuals performed musical numbers.

| Name(s) | Role |
| - | - |
| Jiiva | Performer |
| Sai Dharam Tej | Performer |
| Akhil Akkineni | Performer |
| Kunchacko Boban | Performer |
| Hansika Motwani | Performer |
| V. Ravichandran | Performer |
| Premgi | Performer |
| Akshara Haasan | Performer |
| Raai Laxmi | Performer |
| Raashi Khanna | Performer |
| Pragya Jaiswal | Performer |
| Nikki Galrani | Performer |
| Amyra Dastur | Performer |
| Rachita Ram | Performer |
| Isha Talwar | Performer |

## Ceremony information

The event is being chiefly hosted by Rana Daggubati, who along with Nani, Akul Balaji and Meghana Gaonkar host for Telugu and Kannada Awards. Rana Daggubati along with Tini Tom, Pearle Maaney and Shiva host for Tamil and Malayalam Awards.

