Dhurandhar dominates IIFA 2026; Aryan Khan wins directing award
Dhurandhar won Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor at IIFA 2026, while The Ba***ds of Bollywood and Aryan Khan took top web series and directing honours.
Dhurandhar’s big night
The 2026 IIFA Awards turned into a celebration of Aditya Dhar’s Dhurandhar. The film won Best Film, Best Director for Dhar, and Best Actor for Ranveer Singh. Dhar also collected Best Story, Best Screenplay and Best Dialogues, giving him one of the most complete wins in recent awards memory.
Sanjay Dutt won Best Supporting Actor for the same film, while Akshaye Khanna took Best Performance in a Negative Role. The craft awards kept the pattern going: Best Music Direction for Shashwat Sachdev, Best Cinematography for Vikash Nowlakha, Best Editing for Shivkumar V. Panicker and Best Sound Design for Bishwadeep Chatterjee.
Headline winners at a glance
- Best Film: Dhurandhar
- Best Director: Aditya Dhar – Dhurandhar
- Best Actor (Male): Ranveer Singh – Dhurandhar
- Best Actress (Female): Aneet Padda – Saiyaara
- Best Web Series: The Ba***ds of Bollywood
- Best Web Series Direction: Aryan Khan – The Ba***ds of Bollywood
More winners from the night
Aneet Padda’s Best Actress win for Saiyaara was part of a strong showing for the film, which also won Best Lyrics and both playback singing categories. Debut honours went to Rasha Thadani for Azaad and Ahaan Panday for Saiyaara. Huma Qureshi won Best Supporting Actress for Jolly LLB 3, War 2 took Best Choreography, and Avatar: Fire & Ash was named Best International Film.
Digital winners take the same stage
Red Chillies Entertainment’s The Ba***ds of Bollywood won Best Web Series, and Aryan Khan won Best Web Series Direction. Baramulla was named Best Picture in the digital awards, while Paatal Lok Season 2 won lead acting honours for Tillotama Shome and Jaideep Ahlawat. The Roshans won Best Docuseries, and The Traitors took Best Reality/Non-Scripted Show.
Beyond the top web series prize, Baramulla also took Best Story. Karan Tejpal was named Best Director for Stolen, with Abhishek Banerjee winning Best Actor for the same series. Sanya Malhotra won Best Actress for Mrs., and Paatal Lok Season 2 added Best Story (Original) to its acting wins.
Why this spread matters
The list is a reminder that IIFA now treats theatrical and streaming success as one entertainment conversation. Dhurandhar’s strength across writing, direction, performance, music and craft points to a title that connected widely, while the digital categories gave streaming creators their own major spotlight on the same night.
Source: Bollywood Hungama
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