IIFA Awards 2026 Winners List: Ranveer Singh Wins Best Actor, Aneet Padda Best Actress

The IIFA (International Indian Film Academy) Awards of 2026 were held as the 26th edition of the event that celebrated achievements in the Indian film industry and digital media. Dhurandhar turned out to be the most successful at the event as they bagged 12 accolades, including Best Film, Best Director, and Best Actor awards for their actor Ranveer Singh. Aneet Padda received the Best Actress award for Saiyaara, and also Chhaava and The Ba**ds of Bollywood received various awards.

IIFA Awards 2026: Major Winners

Award Category	Winner	Film
Best Film	Jyoti Deshpande, Aditya Dhar and Lokesh Dhar	Dhurandhar
Best International Film	20th Century Studios, Jon Landau and James Cameron	Avatar: Fire & Ash
Best Director	Aditya Dhar	Dhurandhar
Best Actor (Leading Role)	Ranveer Singh	Dhurandhar
Best Actress (Leading Role)	Aneet Padda	Saiyaara
Best Actor (Supporting Role)	Sanjay Dutt	Dhurandhar
Best Actress (Supporting Role)	Huma Qureshi	Jolly LLB 3
Best Actor 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	Saiyaara
Best Playback Singer (Male)	Faheem Abdullah	Saiyaara
Best Playback Singer (Female)	Shreya Ghoshal	Saiyaara (Reprise – Female)

IIFA Awards 2026: Technical Category Winners

Award Category	Winner	Film
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	War 2 – Aavan Jaavan
Best Sound Design	Bishwadeep Chatterjee	Dhurandhar
Best Sound Mixing	Alok De	Chhaava
Best Background Score	A. R. Rahman	Chhaava
Best Visual Effects	Assemblage Entertainment and Redefine	Chhaava

IIFA Awards 2026: Debut Category Winners

Award Category	Winner	Film
Best Female Debut	Rasha Thadani	Azaad
Best Male Debut	Ahaan Panday	Saiyaara

IIFA Digital Film Awards 2026: Full Winners List

Award Category	Winner	Winner Film
Best Picture	Baramulla	Baramulla
Best Story (Original)	Baramulla	Baramulla
Best Direction	Karan Tejpal	Stolen
Best Performance in a Leading Role (Male)	Abhishek Banerjee	Stolen
Best Performance in a Leading Role (Female)	Sanya Malhotra	Mrs
Best Performance in a Supporting Role (Female)	Monika Panwar	Nishaanchi 2
Best Performance in a Supporting Role (Male)	Avinash Tiwary	The Mehta Boys

IIFA Digital Series Awards 2026: Full Winners List

Award Category	Winner	Winner Film
Best Series	The Ba**ds of Bollywood	The Ba**ds of Bollywood
Best Direction	Aryan Khan	The Ba**ds of Bollywood
Best Performance in a Supporting Role (Female)	Anya Singh	The Ba**ds of Bollywood
Best Performance in a Supporting Role (Male)	Raghav Juyal	The Ba**ds of Bollywood
Best Performance in a Leading Role (Male)	Jaideep Ahlawat	Paatal Lok 2
Best Performance in a Leading Role (Female)	Tillotama Shome	Paatal Lok 2
Best Original Story	Paatal Lok 2	Paatal Lok 2
Best Docuseries/Docufilm	Netflix Entertainment Services India LLP, Rakesh Roshan and Shashi Ranjan	The Roshans
Best Reality/Non-Scripted	BBC Studios, All3Media and Prime Video	The Traitors
Best Title Track	Ujwal Gupta	The Ba**ds of Bollywood

Movies That Dominated in IIFA Awards 2026

1. Dhurandhar

Dhurandhar, produced by Aditya Dhar and starring Ranveer Singh, became the most successful movie at IIFA Awards 2026 with 12 awards to its credit. This movie won numerous awards like Best Movie, Best Direction, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Music Direction, and others.

2. Saiyaara

Saiyaara received accolades in the categories of acting and music. Aneet Padda was awarded Best Actress, whereas Faheem Abdullah and Irshad Kamil received Best Playback Singer (Male) and Best Lyrics, respectively.