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.^[2][3] The awards were once again held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The nominees were announced in December 2022.^[4] The ceremony was broadcast by Colors TV on 18 June.^[5]

23rd IIFA Awards
Date	26–27 May 2023[1]
Site	Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Hosted by	Abhishek Bachchan Vicky Kaushal
Official website	iifa.com/iifa-2023
Highlights
Best Picture	Drishyam 2
Best Direction	R. Madhavan (Rocketry: The Nambi Effect)
Best Actor	Hrithik Roshan (Vikram Vedha)
Best Actress	Alia Bhatt (Gangubai Kathiawadi)
Television coverage
Channel	Colors TV
Network	Viacom18
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Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva led the ceremony with 9 nominations, followed by Gangubai Kathiawadi with 7 nominations and Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 with 5 nominations.^[6]

Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva won 6 awards, including Best Supporting Actress (for Mouni Roy), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.^[7]

Awards

Main awards

The winners and nominees have been listed below. Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).^{[8][9][10][11]}

Best Film	Best Director
Drishyam 2 ‡ Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 Darlings Gangubai Kathiawadi Vikram Vedha	R. Madhavan – Rocketry: The Nambi Effect ‡ Anees Bazmee – Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 Ayan Mukerji – Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva Jasmeet K. Reen – Darlings Sanjay Leela Bhansali – Gangubai Kathiawadi Vasan Bala – Monica, O My Darling
Best Actor	Best 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 Actor	Best 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 – Male	Best 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 Director	Best 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 Singer	Best 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 (Reprise)" – 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

Technical awards

Best Story (Original)	Best Story (Adapted)
Jasmeet K Reen, Parveez Sheikh – Darlings	Aamil Keeyan Khan, Abhishek Pathak – Drishyam 2
Best Screenplay	Best Dialogue
Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Utkarshini Vashishtha – Gangubai Kathiawadi	Utkarshini Vashishtha, Prakash Kapadia – Gangubai Kathiawadi
Best Cinematography	Best Editing
Sudeep Chatterjee – Gangubai Kathiawadi	Sandeep Francis – Drishyam 2
Best Background Score	Best Choreography
Sam C. S. – Vikram Vedha	Bosco–Caesar – "Bhool Bhulaiyaa (Title Track)" – Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2
Best Sound Mixing	Best Sound Design
Gunjan Augustine Sah, Boloy Kumar Doloi, Rahul Karpe – Monica, O My Darling	Mandar Kulkarni – Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2
Best Special Effects
DNEG & Redefine – Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva

Superlatives

Films with multiple nominations

Nominations	Film
9	Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva
7	Gangubai Kathiawadi
5	Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2
4	Darlings
	Gehraiyaan
	Jugjugg Jeeyo
	Monica, O My Darling
3	Drishyam 2
2	Badhaai Do
	Dasvi
	Vikram Vedha

Films with multiple awards

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