Dhurandhar leads IIFA 2026 winners list with 12 honours
Aditya Dhar’s spy action drama Dhurandhar emerged as the biggest winner at the 26th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards, taking home 12 honours across major and technical categories, while Aneet Padda won best actress for her performance in Saiyaara.
The full list of winners was announced on Friday, October 30, through the awards’ official Instagram account.
Ranveer Singh won best actor for Dhurandhar, while Dhar received the awards for best director, original story, screenplay and dialogues. The film also won in categories including cinematography, editing, music direction, sound design and supporting performances.
Sanjay Dutt won best supporting actor for Dhurandhar, while Akshaye Khanna received the award for best actor in a negative role. Shashwat Sachdev was recognised for the film’s music direction, and Vikash Nowlakha won best cinematography.
Meanwhile, Saiyaara, directed by Mohit Suri, secured several awards. Alongside Padda’s best actress win, the film received honours for best lyrics, best male playback singer and best female playback singer. Ahaan Panday won best male debut for his performance in the romantic drama. Irshad Kamil received the best lyrics award, while Faheem Abdullah and Shreya Ghoshal won the male and female playback singer awards respectively.
In the supporting acting categories, Huma Qureshi won best actress for Jolly LLB 3, while Sanjay Dutt took the best actor award for Dhurandhar.
Chhaava also received recognition, winning awards for sound mixing, background score and visual effects. A R Rahman won for best background score, while Alok De was recognised for sound mixing. Assemblage Entertainment and Redefine received the visual effects award.
The best film award went to Dhurandhar, with Jyoti Deshpande, Aditya Dhar and Lokesh Dhar named as recipients. The best international film award was given to Avatar: Fire & Ash, produced by 20th Century Studios, Jon Landau and James Cameron.
In the digital film categories, Baramulla won best picture and best original story. Karan Tejpal received the best direction award for Stolen, while Abhishek Banerjee won best leading performance by a male actor for the film.
Sanya Malhotra won best leading performance by a female actor for Mrs. The supporting performance awards went to Monika Panwar for Nishaanchi 2 and Avinash Tiwary for The Mehta Boys.
Aryan Khan’s directorial debut, The Ba**ds of Bollywood, secured four awards in the digital series categories, including best series. Khan also won best direction, while Anya Singh and Raghav Juyal received the supporting performance awards. Ujwal Gupta won best title track for the series.
Paatal Lok 2 also featured prominently in the digital series categories. Jaideep Ahlawat and Tillotama Shome won the leading performance awards for male and female actors respectively, while the series received the best original story award.
The best docuseries or docufilm award went to The Roshans, while The Traitors won in the best reality or non-scripted category.