IIFA Awards 2026 Winners List: ‘Dhurandhar’ shines, Ranveer Singh becomes the best actor and Aneet Padda wins

One of the biggest and prestigious international platforms of Indian cinema. International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards The winners of the 26th edition have been officially announced. On Friday, IIFA released the complete list of this year’s winners on its social media platforms and official Instagram account, which has created a wave of excitement among the film industry and fans. This time’s awards included a spy action drama film directed by director Aditya Dhar. ‘Dhurandhar’ Having established his dominance everywhere, he has won the maximum number of trophies in his name and has single-handedly grabbed the entire limelight. Apart from this, the films ‘Sayara’ and Vicky Kaushal’s ‘Chhaava’ have also won many big awards. Let us know in detail which artist and which film has won in this exciting season of IIFA 2026.

Amazing performance of ‘Dhurandhar’: Ranveer Singh and Aneet Padda became best actors

The one film which made the biggest splash in this year’s IIFA Awards is ‘Dhurandhar’. On the basis of excellent story, strong direction and brilliant action, this film won the hearts of critics along with the box office. lead actor of the film Ranveer Singh for his excellent performance Best Lead Actor Has been awarded the prestigious award. At the same time, the actress who created a sensation with the romantic and young heartthrob film ‘Sayara’ Aneet Padda To Best Lead Actress Has received the award.

Director for the film ‘Dhurandhar’ Aditya Dhar Has also been awarded for Best Director and Best Original Story. Apart from this, other actors of the film have also shown amazing performance on the acting front, which include the names of Sanjay Dutt (Best Actor in Supporting Role) and Akshay Khanna (Best Actor in Negative Role).

Complete winners list of IIFA Awards 2026: Who received which honour?

The official list of all the winners who have made outstanding contributions to the cinematic arts, technology and digital mediums is as follows:

• Best Film: Dhurandhar (Producer: Jyoti Deshpande, Aditya Dhar, Lokesh Dhar)

• Best International Film: Avatar: Fire and Ash (20th Century Studios, Jon Landau, James Cameron)

• Best Director: Aditya Dhar – Dhurandhar

• Best Lead Actor: Ranveer Singh – Dhurandhar

• Best Lead Actress: Anit Padda – Sayara

• Best Male Debut: Ahaan Pandey – Sayara

• Best Female Debut: Rasha Thadani – Azad

• Best Actor (Supporting Role): Sanjay Dutt – Dhurandhar

• Best Actress (Supporting Role): Huma Qureshi – Jolly LLB 3

• Best Actor in Negative Role: Akshaye Khanna – Dhurandhar

• Best Music Director: Shashwat Sachdev – Dhurandhar

• Best Story (Original): Aditya Dhar – Dhurandhar

• Best Story (Screenplay): Homebound (Basharat Peer, Sumit Roy, Neeraj Ghaywan)

• Best Song: Irshad Kamil – Sayara

• Best Playback Singer (Male): Faheem Abdullah – Sayara

• Best Playback Singer (Female): Shreya Ghoshal – Sayara (Reprise)

Winners in Technical and Digital Categories

Appreciating the hard work behind the scenes of cinema, the success of ‘Dhurandhar’ and ‘Chhaava’ was also seen in the technical categories:

• Best Cinematography: Vikash Naulakha – Dhurandhar

• Best Screenplay and Dialogue: Aditya Dhar – Dhurandhar

• Best Editing: Shivakumar V. Panikkar – Dhurandhar

• Best Choreography: Bosco Leslie Martis – Aavan Jaavan (War 2)

• Best Sound Design: Bishwadeep Chatterjee – Dhurandhar

• Best Background Score: A.R. Rahman – Chava

• Best Visual Effects (VFX): Assemblage Entertainment and Redefine – Chhava

Dominance of OTT, digital film and series categories

Along with mainstream films, films and web series released on digital platforms also made a strong presence at IIFA this year:

• Best Digital Film: Baramulla

• Best Direction (Film): Karan Tejpal (‘Stolen’)

• Best Lead Performance (Male – Film): Abhishek Banerjee (‘Stolen’)

• Best Lead Performance (Female – Film): Sanya Malhotra (‘Mrs.’)

• Best Web Series: ‘The Bads of Bollywood’

• Best Direction (Series): Aryan Khan (‘The Bads of Bollywood’)

• Best Lead Actor (Series): Jaideep Ahlawat (‘Paatal Lok 2’)

• Best Lead Actress (Series): Tilottama Shome (‘Paatal Lok 2’)

• Best Supporting Actor (Series): Raghav Juyal (‘The Bads of Bollywood’)

• Best Supporting Actress (Series): Anya Singh (‘The Bads of Bollywood’)

• Best Docuseries/Docufilm: The Roshans (Netflix – Rakesh Roshan and Shashi Ranjan)

• Best Reality/Non-Scripted Show: The Traitors (Prime Video)

According to the organizers, taking this trend of IIFA forward, the upcoming 27th edition will now be held in January 2027 at the grand Etihad Arena in Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, for which the fans are eagerly waiting.