IIFA Awards 2026 announced
New Delhi: The winners of the 26th edition of the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards have been announced. This time the film 'Dhurandhar' performed well in both the main and technical categories. Ranveer Singh received the Best Actor award for his powerful performance, while Akshaye Khanna received the award for Excellence in a Negative Role. The film's director Aditya Dhar was praised for his direction as well as story, screenplay and dialogues. IIFA 2026 also recognized the achievements of the films' acting, music and technical teams. 'Chaava' won awards in technical categories, while 'Sayyara' received several honors for acting and music.
This year's major winners
'Dhurandhar' remained at the forefront among the winning films of this year. Ranveer Singh received the award for Best Actor, Akshay Khanna for Negative Role and Sanjay Dutt for Supporting Role. Huma Qureshi received the title of Best Supporting Actress for 'Jolly LLB 3'. Aneet Padda of 'Sayara' won the award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.
List of major awards of IIFA 2026
Ranveer Singh received the Best Actor award at IIFA 2026 for 'Dhurandhar', while the Best Actress title was won by Aneet Padda of 'Sayara'. Ahaan Pandey was honored for Best Male Debut and Rasha Thadani was honored for Best Female Debut. The Best Supporting Actor award went to Sanjay Dutt for 'Dhurandhar', and the Best Supporting Actress award was given to Huma Qureshi for 'Jolly LLB 3'.
Special Awards and Technical Categories
Akshaye Khanna was selected for the negative role in 'Dhurandhar'. For this film, Aditya Dhar also received the award for Best Director along with Original Story, Screenplay and Dialogues. The Best Music Direction award was given to Shashwat Sachdev for 'Dhurandhar'. Apart from this, Irshad Kamil was honored for Best Lyrics, Faheem Abdullah for Best Male Playback Singer and Shreya Ghoshal for Best Female Playback Singer. All three received awards for the song 'Sayara' and its reprise. AR for 'Chhava' Rahman was awarded Best Background Score and Assemblage Entertainment and Redefine were awarded Best Visual Effects.
Award Winner in Digital Category
'Baramulla' received the Best Film and Best Original Story awards in the Digital Film category. Abhishek Banerjee was also honored with the Best Actor and Direction awards for 'Stolen'. Sanya Malhotra was chosen Best Actress for 'Mrs.' 'The Bads of Bollywood' became the best series in digital series. Aryan Khan received the award for its direction. Jaideep Ahlawat and Tilottama Shome won awards in leading roles for 'Paatal Lok 2'. Karan Johar, Varun Dhawan, Maniesh Paul and Ananya Panday will host the main event. The digital awards will be hosted by Pankaj Tripathi and Ali Fazal.