IIFA Awards 2026 Winners List
Mumbai, October 31, 2026 – The IIFA Awards 2026 winners are out and Dhurandhar leads the list with 12 awards. Ranveer Singh won the IIFA Awards 2026 Best Actor trophy for the film. Aneet Padda won Best Actress for Saiyaara. IIFA revealed the results on 30 October 2026 through its social media channels. The awards ceremony follows on 23 January 2027 at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi.
Dhurandhar IIFA awards: 12 wins across popular and technical categories
Aditya Dhar won four individual awards for direction, original story, screenplay and dialogues. Sanjay Dutt took Best Supporting Actor while Akshaye Khanna won Best Performance in a Negative Role. Shashwat Sachdev collected Best Music Direction. Technical wins covered cinematography, editing and sound design.
Saiyaara collected five awards led by Aneet Padda’s Best Actress win. The film also took Best Lyrics and both playback singing awards. Ahaan Panday won Best Male Debut for it. Chhaava won three technical awards for background score sound mixing and visual effects.
Huma Qureshi won Best Supporting Actress for Jolly LLB 3. Homebound took Best Adapted Story. Rasha Thadani won Best Female Debut for Azaad and War 2 won Best Choreography for Aavan Jaavan. Avatar: Fire & Ash won Best International Film.
IIFA Awards 2026 full list: popular category winners
| Category | Winner | Film |
|---|---|---|
| Best Picture | Jyoti Deshpande, Aditya Dhar and Lokesh Dhar | Dhurandhar |
| Best International Film | 20th Century Studios, Jon Landau and James Cameron | Avatar: Fire & Ash |
| Best Director | Aditya Dhar | Dhurandhar |
| Best Actor (Leading Role) | Ranveer Singh | Dhurandhar |
| Best Actress (Leading Role) | Aneet Padda | Saiyaara |
| Best Actor (Supporting Role) | Sanjay Dutt | Dhurandhar |
| Best Actress (Supporting Role) | Huma Qureshi | Jolly LLB 3 |
| Best Performance in a Negative Role | Akshaye Khanna | Dhurandhar |
| Best Music Direction | Shashwat Sachdev | Dhurandhar |
| Best Original Story | Aditya Dhar | Dhurandhar |
| Best Adapted Story | Basharat Peer, Sumit Roy and Neeraj Ghaywan | Homebound |
| Best Lyrics | Irshad Kamil | Saiyaara |
| Best Playback Singer (Male) | Faheem Abdullah | Saiyaara |
| Best Playback Singer (Female) | Shreya Ghoshal | Saiyaara (Reprise – Female) |
IIFA Awards 2026 winners – Technical and debut categories
| Category | Winner | Film |
|---|---|---|
| Best Cinematography | Vikash Nowlakha | Dhurandhar |
| Best Screenplay | Aditya Dhar | Dhurandhar |
| Best Dialogues | Aditya Dhar | Dhurandhar |
| Best Editing | Shivkumar V. Panicker | Dhurandhar |
| Best Sound Design | Bishwadeep Chatterjee | Dhurandhar |
| Best Sound Mixing | Alok De | Chhaava |
| Best Background Score | A. R. Rahman | Chhaava |
| Best Visual Effects | Assemblage Entertainment and Redefine | Chhaava |
| Best Choreography | Bosco Leslie Martis | Aavan Jaavan, War 2 |
| Best Male Debut | Ahaan Panday | Saiyaara |
| Best Female Debut | Rasha Thadani | Azaad |
Digital winners at IIFA Awards 2026
On the streaming side The Ba***ds of Bollywood won Best Series and Aryan Khan took Best Direction for it. Paatal Lok 2 earned both lead acting awards and Best Original Story. Among digital films Baramulla won Best Picture. Stolen won Best Direction and Best Leading Actor.
| Category | Winner | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Digital Film: Best Picture | Baramulla | Baramulla |
| Digital Film: Best Original Story | Baramulla | Baramulla |
| Digital Film: Best Direction | Karan Tejpal | Stolen |
| Digital Film: Best Leading Actor | Abhishek Banerjee | Stolen |
| Digital Film: Best Leading Actress | Sanya Malhotra | Mrs |
| Digital Film: Best Supporting Actor | Avinash Tiwary | The Mehta Boys |
| Digital Film: Best Supporting Actress | Monika Panwar | Nishaanchi 2 |
| Series: Best Series | The Ba***ds of Bollywood | The Ba***ds of Bollywood |
| Series: Best Direction | Aryan Khan | The Ba***ds of Bollywood |
| Series: Best Leading Actor | Jaideep Ahlawat | Paatal Lok 2 |
| Series: Best Leading Actress | Tillotama Shome | Paatal Lok 2 |
| Series: Best Supporting Actor | Raghav Juyal | The Ba***ds of Bollywood |
| Series: Best Supporting Actress | Anya Singh | The Ba***ds of Bollywood |
| Series: Best Original Story | Paatal Lok 2 | Paatal Lok 2 |
| Best Docuseries or Docufilm | Netflix Entertainment Services India, Rakesh Roshan and Shashi Ranjan | The Roshans |
| Best Reality or Non-Scripted Show | BBC Studios, All3Media and Prime Video | The Traitors |
| Best Title Track | Ujwal Gupta | The Ba***ds of Bollywood |
IIFA ceremony: Date, venue, hosts and performers
The IIFA weekend runs on 22 and 23 January 2027 at Etihad Arena on Yas Island. The Digital Awards take place on 22 January and the main ceremony follows on 23 January. Karan Johar, Varun Dhawan, Maniesh Paul and Ananya Panday will host with Panday making her hosting debut.
Salman Khan, Shahid Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Janhvi Kapoor, Rashmika Mandanna and Nora Fatehi will perform. Mandanna makes her IIFA debut. The weekend marks IIFA’s fourth visit to Abu Dhabi in partnership with the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi and Miral.
ZEE continues as the official television broadcaster for a third straight year. YouTube will livestream the event worldwide for the first time.
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