‘Dhurandhar’ dominates IIFA with a leading 12 awards, Ranveer Singh named best actor
Aditya Dhar's ‘Dhurandhar’ created a buzz among audiences from its release on the big screen. Now the Indian film's dominance has been seen on the awards stage too. The film won the highest 12 awards at the 26th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards.
The full list of winners was published on IIFA's Instagram account, and that is where these details appeared. According to the list, ‘Dhurandhar’ won best film, Ranveer Singh was named best actor, and the best director award went to Aditya Dhar.
Aditya Dhar did not stop at direction—he also won the awards for best original story, screenplay and dialogues for the film. The film also won for music direction, cinematography, editing and sound design. Shashwat Sachdev won as music director, Vikash Nowlakha for cinematography, Shivkumar V Panicker for editing and Biswadeep Chatterjee for sound design.
Sanjay Dutt won best supporting actor (for Dhurandhar), while Akshaye Khanna was named best actor in a negative role (for Dhurandhar).
Meanwhile, Aneet Padda won best actress for her performance in Mohit Suri's ‘Saiyaara’. Irshad Kamil was named best lyricist for the same film. Fahim Abdullah won best male playback singer and Shreya Ghoshal best female playback singer. The film's hero Ahan Panday received the best debut actor award. Rasha Thadani (Azaad) won best debut actress.
‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ won best international film. There were surprises in the digital categories too—Aryan Khan's directorial debut series ‘The Bads of Bollywood’ won best series along with awards in several other categories.
Winning across acting, direction, screenplay and technical categories, ‘Dhurandhar’ became the most successful film of this year's ceremony.
