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 Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada languages.
Rana Daggubati along with Tini Tom, Pearle Maaney and Shiva host for Tamil and Malayalam segments.
[3] The nominations for the films released during 2016 were announced early March 2017.
[6][7] The nominations for the films released since October 2015 till the end of 2016 were announced on 14 March 2017.