The winners of the 26th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards were announced on Friday, with Dhurandhar emerging as the leading title after securing 12 honours across major and technical categories.
Directed by Aditya Dhar and led by Ranveer Singh, the spy action drama won awards including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Actor in a Negative Role, Best Music Direction, Best Story (Original), Best Cinematography, Best Screenplay, Best Dialogues, Best Editing and Best Sound Design.
Saiyaara and Chhaava also collected multiple awards, while Aryan Khan’s The Ba**ds of Bollywood was among the top performers in the digital series segment.
Popular categories
- Best Film: Jyoti Deshpande, Aditya Dhar and Lokesh Dhar for Dhurandhar
- Best International Film: 20th Century Studios, Jon Landau and James Cameron for Avatar: Fire & Ash
- Best Director: Aditya Dhar for Dhurandhar
- Best Actress (Leading Role): Aneet Padda for Saiyaara
- Best Actor (Leading Role): Ranveer Singh for Dhurandhar
- Best Actress (Supporting Role): Huma Qureshi for Jolly LLB 3
- Best Actor (Supporting Role): Sanjay Dutt for Dhurandhar
- Best Actor in a Negative Role: Akshaye Khanna for Dhurandhar
- Best Music Direction: Shashwat Sachdev for Dhurandhar
- Best Story (Original): Aditya Dhar for Dhurandhar
- Best Story (Adapted): Basharat Peer, Sumit Roy and Neeraj Ghaywan for Homebound
- Best Lyrics: Irshad Kamil for Saiyaara
- Best Playback Singer (Male): Faheem Abdullah for Saiyaara
- Best Playback Singer (Female): Shreya Ghoshal for Saiyaara (Reprise – Female)
Technical categories
- Best Cinematography: Vikash Nowlakha for Dhurandhar
- Best Screenplay: Aditya Dhar for Dhurandhar
- Best Dialogues: Aditya Dhar for Dhurandhar
- Best Editing: Shivkumar V. Panicker for Dhurandhar
- Best Choreography: Bosco Leslie Martis for “Aavan Jaavan” from War 2
- Best Sound Design: Bishwadeep Chatterjee for Dhurandhar
- Best Sound Mixing: Alok De for Chhaava
- Best Background Score: A R Rahman for Chhaava
- Best Visual Effects: Assemblage Entertainment and Redefine for Chhaava
Debut categories
- Best Female Debut: Rasha Thadani for Azaad
- Best Male Debut: Ahaan Panday for Saiyaara
Digital film category
- Best Picture: Baramulla
- Best Story (Original): Baramulla
- Best Direction: Karan Tejpal for Stolen
- Best Performance in a Leading Role (Male): Abhishek Banerjee for Stolen
- Best Performance in a Leading Role (Female): Sanya Malhotra for Mrs
- Best Performance in a Supporting Role (Female): Monika Panwar for Nishaanchi 2
- Best Performance in a Supporting Role (Male): Avinash Tiwary for The Mehta Boys
Digital series category
- Best Series: The Ba**ds of Bollywood
- Best Direction: Aryan Khan for The Ba**ds of Bollywood
- Best Performance in a Supporting Role (Female): Anya Singh for The Ba**ds of Bollywood
- Best Performance in a Supporting Role (Male): Raghav Juyal for The Ba**ds of Bollywood
- Best Performance in a Leading Role (Male): Jaideep Ahlawat for Paatal Lok 2
- Best Performance in a Leading Role (Female): Tillotama Shome for Paatal Lok 2
- Best Original Story: Paatal Lok 2
- Best Docuseries/Docufilm: Netflix Entertainment Services India LLP, Rakesh Roshan and Shashi Ranjan for The Roshans
- Best Reality/Non-Scripted: BBC Studios, All3Media and Prime Video for The Traitors
- Best Title Track: Ujwal Gupta for The Ba**ds of Bollywood
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