IIFA 2026 winners: Dhurandhar wins big, Saiyaara and Chhaava take multiple awards, Aryan Khan’s series leads OTT
New Delhi: Dhurandhar has taken the top honours at the 26th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards, with Ranveer Singh winning best actor and Aneet Padda named best actress for Saiyaara. The winners were revealed on Friday through the awards’ official Instagram account.
Directed by Aditya Dhar and led by Ranveer Singh, the spy action drama swept the major categories. Saiyaara and Chhaava also won several awards, while Aryan Khan’s The Ba**ds of Bollywood dominated the OTT category.
IIFA 2026: Full list of winners
Popular Categories
- Best Film: Jyoti Deshpande, Aditya Dhar, Lokesh Dhar – Dhurandhar
- Best International Film: 20th Century Studios, Jon Landau, James Cameron – Avatar: Fire & Ash
- Best Director: Aditya Dhar – Dhurandhar
- Best Actress (Leading Role): Aneet Padda – Saiyaara
- Best Actor (Leading Role): Ranveer Singh – Dhurandhar
- Best Actress (Supporting Role): Huma Qureshi – Jolly LLB 3
- Best Actor (Supporting Role): Sanjay Dutt – Dhurandhar
- Best Actor in a Negative Role: Akshaye Khanna – Dhurandhar
- Best Music Direction: Shashwat Sachdev – Dhurandhar
- Best Story (Original): Aditya Dhar – Dhurandhar
- Best Story (Adapted): Basharat Peer, Sumit Roy, Neeraj Ghaywan – Homebound
- Best Lyrics: Irshad Kamil – Saiyaara
- Best Playback Singer (Male): Faheem Abdullah – Saiyaara
- Best Playback Singer (Female): Shreya Ghoshal – Saiyaara (Reprise – Female)
Technical Categories
View this post on Instagram
- Best Cinematography: Vikash Nowlakha – Dhurandhar
- Best Screenplay: Aditya Dhar – Dhurandhar
- Best Dialogues: Aditya Dhar – Dhurandhar
- Best Editing: Shivkumar V. Panicker – Dhurandhar
- Best Choreography: Bosco Leslie Martis – Aavan Jaavan, War 2
- Best Sound Design: Bishwadeep Chatterjee – Dhurandhar
- Best Sound Mixing: Alok De – Chhaava
- Best Background Score: AR Rahman – Chhaava
- Best Visual Effects: Assemblage Entertainment, Redefine – Chhaava
Debut Categories
- Best Female Debut: Rasha Thadani – Azaad
- Best Male Debut: Ahaan Panday – Saiyaara
Digital film category
View this post on Instagram
- Best Picture – Baramulla
- Best Story (Original) – Baramulla
- Best Direction – Karan Tejpal for Stolen
- Best Performance in a Leading Role (Male) – Abhishek Banerjee (Stolen)
- Best Performance in a Leading Role (Female) – Sanya Malhotra (Mrs)
- Best Performance in a Supporting Role (Female) – Monika Panwar (Nishaanchi 2)
- Best Performance in a Supporting Role (Male) – Avinash Tiwary (The Mehta Boys)
Digital Series category
- Best Series – The Ba**ds of Bollywood
- Best Direction – Aryan Khan (The Ba**ds of Bollywood)
- Best Performance in a Supporting Role (Female) – Anya Singh (The Ba**ds of Bollywood)
- Best Performance in a Supporting Role (Male) – Raghav Juyal (The Ba**ds of Bollywood)
- Best Performance in a Leading Role (Male) – Jaideep Ahlawat (Paatal Lok 2)
- Best Performance in a Leading Role (Female) – Tillotama Shome (Paatal Lok 2)
- Best Original Story – Paatal Lok 2
- Best Docuseries/Docufilm: Netflix Entertainment Services India LLP, Rakesh Roshan & Shashi Ranjan – The Roshans
- Best Reality/Non Scripted: BBC Studios, All3Media & Prime Video – The Traitors
- Best Title Track: Ujwal Gupta – The Ba**ds of Bollywood