23rd IIFA Awards


The 23rd International Indian Film Academy Awards, also known as the IIFA, was held on 26–27 May 2023, postponed from the original February date. The awards were once again held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The nominees were announced in December 2022. The ceremony was broadcast by Colors TV on 18 June.
Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva led the ceremony with 9 nominations, followed by Gangubai Kathiawadi with 7 nominations and Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 with 5 nominations.
Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva won 6 awards, including Best Supporting Actress, thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.

Awards

Main awards

The winners and nominees have been listed below. Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger.
Best FilmBest Director
Drishyam 2 Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2DarlingsGangubai KathiawadiVikram VedhaR. Madhavan – Rocketry: The Nambi Effect
Best ActorBest Actress
Hrithik Roshan – Vikram Vedha as Vedha Betal
  • Abhishek Bachchan – Dasvi as Ganga Ram Chaudhary
  • Ajay Devgn – Drishyam 2 as Vijay Salgaonkar
  • Anupam Kher – The Kashmir Files as Pushkar Nath Pandit
  • Kartik Aaryan – Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 as Ruhaan Randhawa a.k.a. Rooh Baba
  • Rajkummar Rao – Monica, O My Darling as Jayant "Johnny" Arkhedkar
    		• Alia Bhatt – Gangubai Kathiawadi as Gangubai Kathiawadi
  • Alia Bhatt – Darlings as Badrunissa "Badru" Sheikh
  • Shefali Shah – Darlings as Shamshunissa "Shamshu" Ansari
  • Tabu – Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 as Anjulika Chatterjee / Manjulika Chatterjee
  • Yami Gautam – A Thursday as Naina Jaiswal
    • Best Supporting ActorBest Supporting Actress
    Anil Kapoor – Jugjugg Jeeyo as Bheem Saini
  • Abhishek Banerjee – Bhediya as Janardan "Jana" / JD
  • Shah Rukh Khan – Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva as Mohan Bhargav
  • Sikandar Kher – Monica, O My Darling as Nishikant Adhikari
  • Vijay Raaz – Gangubai Kathiawadi as Raziabai
    		• Mouni Roy – Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva as Junoon
  • Nimrat Kaur – Dasvi as Bimla Devi "Bimmo" Chaudhary
  • Radhika Apte – Monica, O My Darling as ACP Vijayashanti Naidu
  • Sheeba Chadha – Badhaai Do as Mrs. Thakur
  • Tabu – Drishyam 2 as Meera Deshmukh
    • Best Debut – MaleBest Debut – Female
    Shantanu Maheshwari – Gangubai Kathiawadi as Afsaan Badr-ur-Razzaq Babil Khan – Qala as Jagan Khushalii Kumar – Dhokha: Round D Corner as Saanchi Sinha
    Best Music DirectorBest Lyricist
    Pritam – Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva
  • OAFF and Savera – Gehraiyaan
  • Pritam – Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2
  • Sanjay Leela Bhansali – Gangubai Kathiawadi
  • Tanishk Bagchi, Pozy, Niranjan Dhar, Kanishk Seth and Vishal Shelke – Jugjugg Jeeyo
  • Amitabh Bhattacharya – "Kesariya" – Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva
  • A. M. Turaz – "Jab Saiyaan" – Gangubai Kathiawadi
  • Ankur Tewari – "Gehraiyaan" – Gehraiyaan
  • Raj Shekhar – "Behney Do" – Rocketry: The Nambi Effect
  • Varun Grover – "Atak Gaya Hai" – Badhaai Do
    • Best Male Playback SingerBest Female Playback Singer
  • Arijit Singh – "Kesariya" – Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva
  • Aditya Rao – "Behney Do" – Rocketry: The Nambi Effect
  • Arijit Singh – "Deva Deva" – Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva
  • Kanishk Seth – "Rangisari" – Jugjugg Jeeyo
  • Mohit Chauhan – "Gehraiyaan " – Gehraiyaan
  • Shreya Ghoshal – "Rasiya" – Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva
  • Jonita Gandhi – "Deva Deva" – Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva
  • Kavita Seth – "Rangisari" – Jugjugg Jeeyo
  • Lothika Jha – "Doobey" – Gehraiyaan
  • Shreya Ghoshal – "Jab Saiyaan" – Gangubai Kathiawadi

    • Superlatives

    AwardsFilm
    6Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva
    5Gangubai Kathiawadi
    3Drishyam 2
    2Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2
    2Vikram Vedha