The 23rd edition of the International Indian Film Academy Awards (IIFA) took place in Abu Dhabi on Saturday night and films like Brahmastra, Gangubai Kathiawadi and Drishyam 2 emerged as the biggest winners. Brahmastra led in most of the music categories including Best Singer Male for Arijit Singh, Best Singer Female for Shreya Ghoshal and Best Music Director for Pritam. Hrithik Roshan received the Best Actor Award for Vikram Vedha Alia BhattOn the other hand, won the Best Actress Award for her film Gangubai Kathiawadi.
Many B-town celebs including Salman KhanVicky Kaushal, Varun Dhawan, Abhishek BachchanNora Fatehi, and Sara Ali Khan among others made their presence felt at the award night.
Ajay Devgn’s thriller Drishyam 2 won the Best Picture award and R Madhavan won the Best Director award for his film ‘Rocketry: The Nambi Effect’. There were many big wins at the ceremony.
Have a look at the complete list of winners:
best movie: Drishyam 2
Best Director: R Madhavan for Rocketry: The Nambi Effect
Best Actress in a Leading Role (Female): Alia Bhatt for Gangubai Kathiawadi
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male): Hrithik Roshan for Vikram Vedha
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female): Mouni Roy for Brahmastra: Part One – Shiva
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male): Anil Kapoor for long live
Best Adapted Story: Amil Keyan Khan and Abhishek Pathak for Drishyam 2
Best Original Story: Parvez Shaikh and Jasmeet Reen for Darlings
Outstanding Achievement in Regional Cinema: Marathi film Ved directed by Riteish Deshmukh
Best Debut (Male): Shantanu Maheshwari for Gangubai Kathiawadi and Babil Khan for Qala.
Best Debut (Female): Khushali Kumar for Dhoka Around the Corner
Best Playback Singer (Female): Shreya Ghoshal for the song Rasiya from Brahmastra: Part One – Shiva
Best Playback Singer (Male): Arijit Singh for the song Kesariya from Brahmastra: Part One – Shiva
Best Music Direction: Pritam for Brahmastra: Part One – Shiva
Best Lyricist: Amitabh Bhattacharya for the song Kesarya from Brahmastra: Part One – Shiva
Best Cinematography: Gangubai Kathiawadi
Best Screenplay: Gangubai Kathiawadi
Best Dialogue: Gangubai Kathiawadi
Best Choreography for Title Track: Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2
best sound design: Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2
Best Editing: Drishyam 2
Best Special Effects (Visual): Brahmastra: Part one – Shiva
Best Background Score: Vikram Vedha
Best Sound Mixing: monica o my darling
Outstanding Achievement for Fashion in Cinema: Manish Malhotra
Outstanding Achievement in Indian Cinema: Kamala hasan