The 25th IFFA Awards will be held in Jaipur on March 8 and 9. Kartik Aaryan and Karan Johar hosted the IIFA Film Awards. Kiran Rao’s director Laapataa dominated the night, including best honors including best picture, best director, best story and best leading actor leadership role
Kartik Aaryan, Nitanshi Goel after winning the IIFA Award at IIFA 2025
The 25th edition of the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards held in Jaipur, Rajasthan this weekend is a spectacular celebration of Indian cinemas. The leading winner is “Laapataa Ladies”, who has attracted audiences and critics with his heartfelt storytelling and outstanding performances.
Directed by Kiran Rao, the film was awarded the coveted best picture trophy, which marked the extraordinary achievement of the team behind it. Nitanshi Goel’s excellent portrayal of Phool Kumari in “Laapataa” was named Best Actress. Meanwhile, Kartik Aaryan won the Best Actor Award for his role in Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3′. In the Best Director category, Kiran Rao won awards for his visionary work in “Laapataa Ladies”.
Other notable winners include Raghav Juyal, who won the best performance of the negative character in his portrayal in “The Killing” and Ravi Kishan won the best performance of the supporting character (male) for his role in “The Role in Laapataa Ladies”. The night also won the legendary Rakesh Roshan for the outstanding Indian Cinema Awards, a recognition of his significant contribution to the film industry over the years.
Here is the list of winners:
Best Picture – “Ms. Laapataa”
Best performance of the protagonist (male) – Kartik Aaryan (‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3’)
Best performance of the protagonist (female) – Nitanshi Goel (“Laapataa Ladies”)
Best Direction – Kiran Rao (“Laapataa”)
Best performance for negative characters – Raghav Juyal (‘Kill’)
Best performance in support roles (male) – Ravi Kishan (“Laapataa Ladies”)
Best performance of supporting roles (female) – Janki Bodiwala (‘Shaitaan’)
Best Story (Original) – Biplab Goswami (“Laapataa Ladies”)
Best Story (Adapted) – Sriram Raghavan, Arijit Biswas, Pooja Ladha Surti and Anukriti Pandey (“Merry Christmas”)
Best Director’s debut – Kunal Kemmu (“Madgaon Express”)
Best debut (female) – Pratibha Ranta (“Laapataa Ladies”)
Best debut (Male) – Lakshya Lalwani (‘Kill’)
Best Music Director – Ram Sampath (“Laapataa”)
Best Lyrics – Prashant Pandey (“Sajni” from “Laapataa Ladies”)
Best singer (female) – Shreya Ghoshal (‘ami je tomar 3.0’ by ‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3’)
Best Singer (Male) – Jubin Nautiyal (“DUA” of “Article 370”)
Best Sound Design – Subash Sahoo, Boloy Kumar Doloi, Rahul Karpe (‘Kill’)
Best Script – Sneha Desai (“Laapataa”)
Best Dialogue – Arjun Dhawan, Aditya Dhar, Aditya Suhas Jambhale, Monal Thakar (“Arjun Dhawan”)
Best Editor – Jabeen Merchant (“Laapataa”)
Best Photography – Rafey Mahmood (“Kill”)
Best Orchestration – Bosco -Caesar (“Tauba Tauba” by “Bad Newz”)
Best Special Effects – Red Chillies VFX (‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3’)
Outstanding achievements of Indian cinemas – Rakesh Roshan
The IIFA Digital Awards, held on March 8, received major victories from Kriti Sanon, Jitendra Kumar, Panchayat 3′ and “Amar Singh Chamkila”. The main IIFA Awards ceremony, hosted by Kartik Aaryan and Karan Johar, begins on March 9. The awards ceremony also featured a performance by Kareena Kapoor Khan, paying tribute to her legendary grandfather filmmaker Raj Kapoor.
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