The 2026 IIFA Awards belonged to Dhurandhar. Aditya Dhar’s film emerged as the biggest winner of the night, sweeping the top honours with Best Film, Best Director for Dhar and Best Actor for Ranveer Singh. The awards run did not stop there, with the film also racking up major wins in writing, music and technical categories.
Dhurandhar Sweeps The Top Film Honours
Dhurandhar led the winners’ tally with a commanding performance across the board. Alongside Best Film, Aditya Dhar also won for Best Story, Best Screenplay and Best Dialogues, underlining just how decisively the film dominated the ceremony. Ranveer Singh’s Best Actor win added one more high profile triumph, while Sanjay Dutt won in the supporting male category and Akshaye Khanna took home the award for Performance in a Negative Role.
The film’s technical strength was recognised too. It won Best Cinematography for Vikash Nowlakha, Best Editing for Shivkumar V. Panicker, Best Sound Design for Bishwadeep Chatterjee and Best Music Direction for Shashwat Sachdev. That broad spread of wins turned Dhurandhar into the clear headline-maker of the evening.
Aneet Padda And Saiyaara Add Acting And Music Wins
While Dhurandhar ruled the night, Saiyaara delivered one of the evening’s key acting victories with Aneet Padda winning Best Performance in a Leading Role, Female. The film also scored strongly in the music categories, with Irshad Kamil winning Best Lyrics for the title song, Faheem Abdullah taking Best Playback Singer, Male, and Shreya Ghoshal winning Best Playback Singer, Female, for Saiyaara Reprise.
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The debut acting categories also drew attention. Rasha Thadani won Best Debut, Female, for Azaad, while Ahaan Panday won Best Debut, Male, for Saiyaara.
Aryan Khan Scores Big In The Digital Awards
The digital honours had a strong winner of their own. The Bads of Bollywood won Best Web Series, while Aryan Khan picked up Best Web Series Direction for the show, marking a major milestone for his directorial outing. The series also brought acting wins for Anya Singh and Raghav Juyal in the supporting categories.
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Elsewhere in the digital field, Baramulla won Best Picture, Karan Tejpal took Best Direction for Stolen, and Paatal Lok Season 2 landed major acting and writing wins through Tillotama Shome, Jaideep Ahlawat and its writing team.
List of winners:
Popular Categories:
Best Film
Dhurandhar
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Best Director
Aditya Dhar – Dhurandhar
Best International Film
Avatar: Fire & Ash
Best Performance in a Leading Role (Female)
Aneet Padda – Saiyaara
Best Performance in a Leading Role (Male)
Ranveer Singh – Dhurandhar
Performance in a Supporting Role (Female)
Huma Qureshi – Jolly LLB 3
Performance in a Supporting Role (Male)
Sanjay Dutt – Dhurandhar
Performance 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 and Neeraj Ghaywan – Homebound
Best Lyrics
Irshad Kamil – Title song for Saiyaara
Best Playback Singer (Male)
Faheem Abdullah – Title song for Saiyaara
Best Playback Singer (Female)
Shreya Ghoshal – Saiyaara Reprise for Saiyaara
Best Debut (Female)
Rasha Thadani – Azaad
Best Debut (Male)
Ahaan Panday – Saiyaara
Technical Categories:
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 for War 2
Best Sound Design
Bishwadeep Chatterjee for Dhurandhar
Best Sound Mixing
Alok De – Chhaava
Best Special Effects
Assemblage Entertainment and Redefine for Chhaava
Digital Awards 2026:
Best Picture
Baramulla
Best Direction
Karan Tejpal – Stolen
Performance in a Leading Role (Female)
Sanya Malhotra – Mrs.
Performance in a Leading Role (Male)
Abhishek Banerjee – Stolen
Performance in a Supporting Role (Female)
Monika Panwar – Nishanchi 2
Performance in a Supporting Role (Male)
Avinash Tiwary – The Mehta Boys
Best Story
Aditya Dhar, Monal Thakkar and Aditya Suhas Jambhale – Baramulla
Best Web Series
Red Chillies Entertainment – The Ba***ds of Bollywood
Best Web Series Direction
Aryan Khan – The Ba***ds of Bollywood
Performance in a Leading Role (Female)
Tillotama Shome – Paatal Lok Season 2
Performance in a Leading Role (Male)
Jaideep Ahlawat – Paatal Lok Season 2
Performance in a Supporting Role (Female)
Anya Singh – The Ba***ds of Bollywood
Performance in a Supporting Role (Male)
Raghav Juyal – The Ba***ds of Bollywood
Best Story (Original)
Sudip Sharma, Tamal Sen, Rahul Kanojia and Abhishek Banerjee – Paatal Lok Season 2
Best Docuseries/ DocuFilm
The Roshans
Best Reality/ Non Scripted Show
The Traitors
Best Title Track
Ujwal Gupta – Number 1 for The Ba***ds of Bollywood
Dhurandhar And The Bads Of Bollywood In Context
Dhurandhar is a Hindi spy action thriller directed by Aditya Dhar and fronted by Ranveer Singh, with Sanjay Dutt, Akshaye Khanna, Arjun Rampal and R. Madhavan in the ensemble. The film released in 2025, while its follow-up, Dhurandhar: The Revenge, arrived in 2026. The Bads of Bollywood, directed by Aryan Khan and backed by Red Chillies Entertainment, is a satirical streaming series set against the chaos and image-making machinery of the Hindi film industry.
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