IIFA Awards 2026 full winners list: Dhurandhar wins 12 awards, Ranveer Singh takes Best Actor and Aneet Padda wins Best Actress for Saiyaara. Check all winners.
The 26th edition of the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards has turned into a grand celebration for Dhurandhar, with the Ranveer Singh-starrer bagging the most awards. The film bagged 12 prizes, including Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor. Aneet Padda won Best Actress for her role in Saiyaara.
The winners were announced on October 30, 2026, recognising achievements in theatrical movies, digital pictures, and online series. This year’s awards honoured talent across India’s entertainment sector, from Aditya Dhar’s spectacular hat-trick to Aryan Khan’s triumph in the OTT category.
IIFA Awards 2026: Dhurandhar cleans up
Dhurandhar, directed by Aditya Dhar, was the clear winner of the night, taking home 12 awards, including key popular and technical categories.
Ranveer Singh took up the Best Actor Oscar for his work in the spy-action thriller. Aditya Dhar also had a fantastic evening, taking home Best Director, Best Original Story, Best Screenplay, and Best Dialogues.
Sanjay Dutt was recognised in the Best Supporting Actor category, while Akshaye Khanna bagged an award for his portrayal of a negative character. Shashwat Sachdev won the Best Music Direction award for the film.
The film’s technical skills were also recognised with prizes for cinematography, editing, and sound design.
Saiyaara: Aneet Padda wins Best Actress Award
One of the greatest attractions of IIFA 2026 was Aneet Padda receiving Best Actress for Saiyaara.
The actress, thrust into the limelight after the success of the film, won one of the major acting awards of the nite.
Saiyaara also bagged accolades for Best Lyrics, Best Male Playback Singer and Best Female Playback Singer. Irshad Kamil won Best Lyrics, Faheem Abdullah won Best Male Playback Singer, and Shreya Ghoshal won Best Female Playback Singer for the film’s reprise single.
Aryan Khan’s The Ba***ds of Bollywood bags big in OTT Category
There were some big wins in the digital entertainment categories too.
Aryan Khan’s directorial debut The Ba**ds of Bollywood* received the Best Web Series award. Aryan also won the Best Direction award in the web series category.
The program also won awards for its supporting acts with Anya Singh and Raghav Juyal bagging awards in their respective categories.
Meanwhile, Paatal Lok Season 2 was appreciated for its performances, with Jaideep Ahlawat and Tillotama Shome collecting honors for starring roles.
IIFA Awards 2026: Complete Winners List
Popular Categories
Best Film: Dhurandhar
Best International Film: Avatar: Fire & Ash
Best Director: Aditya Dhar – Dhurandhar
Best Actor (Leading Role): Ranveer Singh – Dhurandhar
Best Actress (Leading Role): Aneet Padda – Saiyaara
Best Supporting Actor: Sanjay Dutt – Dhurandhar
Best Supporting Actress: Huma Qureshi – Jolly LLB 3
Best Actor 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 Male Playback Singer: Faheem Abdullah – Saiyaara
Best Female Playback Singer: Shreya Ghoshal – 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 (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 and Redefine – Chhaava
Debut Categories
Best Female Debut: Rasha Thadani – Azaad
Best Male Debut: Ahaan Panday – Saiyaara
Digital Film Categories
Best Digital Film: Baramulla
Best Original Story: Baramulla
Best Director: Karan Tejpal – Stolen
Best Leading Actor: Abhishek Banerjee – Stolen
Best Leading Actress: Sanya Malhotra – Mrs
Best Supporting Actress: Monika Panwar – Nishaanchi 2
Best Supporting Actor: Avinash Tiwary – The Mehta Boys
Digital Series Categories
Best Web Series: The Ba***ds of Bollywood
Best Director: Aryan Khan – The Ba***ds of Bollywood
Best Leading Actor: Jaideep Ahlawat – Paatal Lok Season 2
Best Leading Actress: Tillotama Shome – Paatal Lok Season 2
Best Supporting Actor: Raghav Juyal – The Ba***ds of Bollywood
Best Supporting Actress: Anya Singh – The Ba***ds of Bollywood
Best Original Story: Paatal Lok Season 2
Best Docuseries/Docufilm: The Roshans
Best Reality/Non-Scripted Show: The Traitors
Best Title Track: Ujwal Gupta – The Ba***ds of Bollywood
IFA 2026 Celebrates Cinema and Digital Entertainment
The 2026 awards showcased the increasing impact of theatrical movies and streaming services in India’s entertainment industry.
Dhurandhar swept the film categories while Saiyaara had a number of remarkable triumphs. The Ba**ds of Bollywood* emerged as a big name in the digital series category.
The 26th IIFA Awards celebrated a wide variety of talent across the entertainment industry, with veteran stars, new talents and directors sharing the limelight.