Awards event
The 3rd IIFA Utsavam is an awards event that took place at the Etihad Arena , Yas Island in Abu Dhabi , United Arab Emirates, on 27 September 2024.[ 1] [ 2] Rana Daggubati and Teja Sajja have hosted the Telugu segment.[ 3] Pearle Maaney and Sudev Nair have hosted the Malayalam segment. Akul Balaji and Vijay Raghavendra have hosted the Kannada segment.[ 4] Sathish and Divya Menon were later announced as the hosts for the Tamil segment. The nominations were announced on 21 August 2024.[ 5] [ 6]
The event was originally scheduled to be held on 6–7 September 2024.[ 7] Tamil and Malayalam cinema segments and, Telugu and Kannada cinema segments were scheduled to be held on 6 September 2024 and 7 September 2024 respectively.[ 8] It was later rescheduled to 27 September 2024 and will be the inaugural event of the IIFA Festival 2024, followed by the 24th IIFA Awards and IIFA Rocks on 28 September 2024 and 29 September 2024 respectively, at the same venue.[ 9] The technical awards were announced on 17 September 2024.[ 10]
Ponniyin Selvan: II is the most awarded film with ten awards, followed by 2018 , Kaatera and Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A with five, Dasara with three. Dasara is the most awarded Telugu film, followed by Hi Nanna . Ponniyin Selvan: II is the most awarded Tamil film, followed by Jailer . Kaatera and Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A are the most awarded Kannada films. 2018 is the most awarded Malayalam film, followed by Kaathal – The Core and Romancham .
Winners and nominees
Main awards
Telugu
Tamil
Best Picture
Best Direction
Performance in a Leading Role – Male
Performance in a Leading Role – Female
Performance in a Supporting Role – Male
Performance in a Supporting Role – Female
Music Direction
Lyrics
Super Subu – "Hukum – Thalaivar Alappara" from Jailer
Playback Singer – Male
Playback Singer – Female
Performance in a Negative Role
Malayalam
Best Picture
Best Direction
2018 – Venu Kunnappilly, producer
Performance in a Leading Role – Male
Performance in a Leading Role – Female
Performance in a Supporting Role – Male
Performance in a Supporting Role – Female
Music Direction
Lyrics
Playback Singer – Male
Playback Singer – Female
Ezma Nobin – "Innithile" from 2018
Performance in a Negative Role
Kannada
Best Picture
Best Direction
Performance in a Leading Role – Male
Performance in a Leading Role – Female
Performance in a Supporting Role – Male
Performance in a Supporting Role – Female
Music Direction
Lyrics
Playback Singer – Male
Playback Singer – Female
Performance in a Negative Role
Technical awards
Best Screenplay
Best Dialogues
Best Cinematography
Best Editing
Best Background Score
Best Choreography
Best Production Design
Best Special Effects (Visual)
Mindstein Studios – 2018 (Malayalam)
Special awards
Superlatives
References
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