25th IIFA Awards

25th IIFA Awards
25th IIFA Awards
Date	8–9 March 2025
Site	Jaipur Exhibition & Convention Centre, Jaipur, India
Hosted by	Karan Johar; Kartik Aaryan
Official website	iifa.com/iifa-2025
Highlights
Best Picture	Laapataa Ladies
Best Direction	Kiran Rao ; (Laapataa Ladies)
Best Actor	Kartik Aaryan ; ( Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3)
Best Actress	Nitanshi Goel ; (Laapataa Ladies)
Most awards	Laapataa Ladies (10)
Most nominations	Laapataa Ladies (9)
Television coverage
Channel	Zee TV
Network	Zee Entertainment Enterprises
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The 25th International Indian Film Academy Awards, also known as the IIFA, was held on 8–9 March 2025, at the Jaipur Exhibition & Convention Centre in Jaipur, India.^[1] This was the awards' silver jubilee year, and to commemorate the occasion, the IIFA award trophy was made in silver.

Date8–9 March 2025

SiteJaipur Exhibition & Convention Centre, Jaipur, India

Hosted byKaran Johar
Kartik Aaryan

Official websiteiifa.com/iifa-2025

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Laapataa Ladies led the ceremony with 9 nominations, followed by Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 with 7 nominations, Stree 2 – Sarkate Ka Aatank with 6 nominations, Article 370 with 5 nominations, and Kill with 4 nominations.^[2]

Laapataa Ladies won 10 awards, including Best Film, Best Director (for Kiran Rao), Best Actress (for Nitanshi Goel) and Best Supporting Actor (for Ravi Kishan), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.^[3]^[4]^[5]

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Best Film	Best Director
Laapataa Ladies Article 370 Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 Kill Shaitaan Stree 2 – Sarkate Ka Aatank	Kiran Rao – Laapataa Ladies Aditya Suhas Jambhale – Article 370 Amar Kaushik – Stree 2 – Sarkate Ka Aatank Anees Bazmee – Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 Nikhil Nagesh Bhat – Kill Siddharth Anand – Fighter
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Kartik Aaryan – Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3* as Ruhaan "Rooh Baba"** Abhishek Bachchan – I Want to Talk as Arjun Sen Ajay Devgn – Maidaan as Syed Abdul Rahim "Rahim Sahab" Rajkummar Rao – Srikanth as Srikanth Bolla Sparsh Shrivastava – Laapataa Ladies as Deepak Kumar	Nitanshi Goel *– Laapataa Ladies* as Phool Kumari** Alia Bhatt – Jigra as Satyabhama "Satya" Anand Katrina Kaif – Merry Christmas as Maria Shraddha Kapoor – Stree 2 – Sarkate Ka Aatank as She Yami Gautam – Article 370 as Zooni Haksar
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Ravi Kishan *– Laapataa Ladies* as Shyam Manohar** Abhishek Banerjee – Stree 2 – Sarkate Ka Aatank as Jana Fardeen Khan – Khel Khel Mein as Kabir Deshmukh Manoj Pahwa – Jigra as Shekhar Bhatia Rajpal Yadav – Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 as Natwar "Chhote Pandit"	Janki Bodiwala *– Shaitaan* as Jahnvi Rishi** Chhaya Kadam – Laapataa Ladies as Manju Maai Jyothika – Srikanth as Devika Malvade Priyamani – Article 370 as Rajeshwari Swaminathan Vidya Balan – Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 as Rajkumari Manjulika / Mallika
Best Performance in a Negative Role	Best Directorial Debut
Raghav Juyal *– Kill* as Fani** Arjun Kapoor – Singham Again as Zubair Hafeez / Danger Lanka Gajraj Rao – Maidaan as Roy Chaudhary R. Madhavan – Shaitaan as Vanraj Kashyap Vivek Gomber – Jigra as Hansraj Landa	Kunal Khemu – Madgaon Express
Star Debut of the Year – Male	Star Debut of the Year – Female
Lakshya Lalwani – Kill	Pratibha Ranta – Laapataa Ladies
Best Music Director	Best Lyricist
Ram Sampath – Laapataa Ladies A. R. Rahman – Maidaan Pritam, Lijo George, Sachet–Parampara, DJ Chetas, Adiya Rikhari, Tanishk Bagchi, Amaal Mallik – Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 Sachin–Jigar – Stree 2 – Sarkate Ka Aatank Sachin–Jigar, Tanishk Bagchi, Mitraz, Raghav, Talwiinder, NDS, MC SQUARE – Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya	Prashant Pandey – "Sajni" – Laapataa Ladies
Best Male Playback Singer	Best Female Playback Singer
Jubin Nautiyal – "Dua" – Article 370 Arijit Singh – "Sajni" – Laapataa Ladies Diljit Dosanjh, Badshah – "Naina" – Crew Karan Aujla – "Tauba Tauba" – Bad Newz Mitraz – "Akhiyaan Gulaab" – Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya	Shreya Ghoshal – "Ami Je Tomar 3.0" – Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 Madhubanti Bagchi – "Aaj Ki Raat" – Stree 2 – Sarkate Ka Aatank Rekha Bhardwaj – "Nikat" – Kill Shilpa Rao – "Ishq Jaisa Kuch" – Fighter Shreya Ghoshal – "Dheeme Dheeme" – Laapataa Ladies

Best Story (Original)	Best Story (Adapted)
Biplab Goswami – Laapataa Ladies	Sriram Raghavan, Arijit Biswas, Pooja Ladha Surti, Anukriti Pandey – Merry Christmas
Best Screenplay	Best Dialogue
Sneha Desai – Laapataa Ladies	Arjun Dhawan, Aditya Dhar, Aditya Suhas Jambhale, Monal Thaakar – Article 370
Best Cinematography	Best Editing
Rafey Mehmood – Kill	Jabeen Merchant – Laapataa Ladies
Best Background Score	Best Choreography
Achint Thakkar - Jigra	Bosco–Caesar – "Tauba Tauba" – Bad Newz
Best Sound Mixing	Best Sound Design
Subash Sahoo, Boloy Kumar Doloi, Rahul Karpe – Kill	Subash Sahoo, Ravi Soni – Kill
Best Special Effects
Red Chillies VFX – Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3

Category	Recipient(s)
Outstanding Achievement in Indian Cinema	Rakesh Roshan
We Can Make A Change Award	Juhi Chawla

Nominations	Film
14	Laapataa Ladies
7	Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3
6	Stree 2 – Sarkate Ka Aatank
5	Article 370
4	Kill
3	Jigra
	Maidaan
	Shaitaan
2	Fighter
	Srikanth
	Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya

25th IIFA Awards

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