Ranveer Singh’s ‘Dhurandhar’ emerged as the biggest winner at the 26th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards, collecting 12 honours across major and technical categories, writes NDTV.
The winners were announced on Friday, with the spy-action drama taking home Best Film and Best Actor for Singh.
Its director, Aditya Dhar, also secured Best Director, Best Original Story, Best Screenplay and Best Dialogue, further strengthening the film’s dominance.
The film added several technical awards to its tally, including Best Cinematography for Vikash Nowlakha, Best Editing for Shivkumar V Panicker, Best Music Direction for Shashwat Sachdev and Best Sound Design for Bishwadeep Chatterjee.
Sanjay Dutt won Best Actor in a Supporting Role, while Akshaye Khanna received the award for Best Actor in a Negative Role.
Aneet Padda took home Best Actress for her performance in ‘Saiyaara’. The romantic drama also won Best Lyrics for Irshad Kamil and Best Playback Singer awards for Faheem Abdullah and Shreya Ghoshal.
Its lead actor, Ahaan Panday, received Best Male Debut, while Rasha Thadani won Best Female Debut for ‘Azaad’.
‘Chhaava’ also earned recognition, with A R Rahman winning Best Background Score, Alok De receiving Best Sound Mixing and the film taking the Best Visual Effects award.
In the digital categories, Aryan Khan’s directorial debut, ‘The Ba***ds of Bollywood’, won four awards, including Best Series and Best Direction. Jaideep Ahlawat and Tillotama Shome won the leading performance awards for ‘Paatal Lok 2’.
‘Baramulla’ won Best Picture in the digital film category, while Karan Tejpal received Best Direction for ‘Stolen’. Abhishek Banerjee and Sanya Malhotra won the leading performance awards for ‘Stolen’ and ‘Mrs’, respectively.
James Cameron’s ‘Avatar: Fire & Ash’ received the Best International Film honour.
