# Dhurandhar dominates IIFA 2026 with 13 awards including Best Film

2026-10-30T12:37:19+00:00 | Entertainment | Indian Opinion Desk

Corroboration: 3 independent outlets

Aditya Dhar's ‘Dhurandhar’ was the top winner at the 26th IIFA Awards on 30 October, taking Best Film, Best Director for Dhar and Best Actor for Ranveer Singh. Dhar also won Best Story, Best Screenplay and Best Dialogues for the film, which led the technical categories with five wins. Aneet Padda won Best Actress for ‘Saiyaara’, and Akshaye Khanna was recognised for Best Performance in a Negative Role. Sanjay Dutt won Best Supporting Actor, Huma Qureshi won Best Supporting Actress for ‘Jolly LLB 3’. In the IIFA Digital Awards, ‘The Ba***ds of Bollywood’ won Best Web Series and Aryan Khan won Best Web Series Direction. ‘Paatal Lok Season 2’ earned acting honours for Jaideep Ahlawat and Tillotama Shome. ‘Chhaava’ won for sound mixing, background score and visual effects, while ‘War 2’ won for choreography. Debutants Rasha Thadani for ‘Azaad’ and Ahaan Panday for ‘Saiyaara’ were honoured. ‘Homebound’ won for Best Adapted Story. Update, 30 October 2026: India TV confirms the same winners list, adding that Akshaye Khanna won Best Performance in a Negative Role for ‘Dhurandhar’ and that ‘Homebound’ won Best Adapted Story. The three outlets agree entirely on the major category winners, including debut honours for Rasha Thadani and Ahaan Panday.

## Indian Opinion Analysis

All three outlets work from essentially the same winners list, so the coverage is uniform straight reporting with no discernible slant. Bollywood Hungama leads with Dhurandhar's sweep across major categories and notes Aryan Khan's win, while Filmibeat expands on the IIFA Digital Awards. India TV provides a compact list-focused version of identical facts. The balanced reading is simply the tally Dhurandhar earned 13 wins across popular and technical categories, Chhaava took three technical awards, and Saiyaara won for acting, debut and music. The next concrete story point is the full broadcast of the ceremony, which IIFA is expected to announce.

## Coverage

Coverage: 3 sources, 3 neutral
- bollywoodhungama.com (neutral report) <https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/iifa-2026-winners-dhurandhar-dominates-with-best-film-best-director-best-actor-the-bads-of-bollywood-wins-best-web-series/>
  Leads with Dhurandhar sweep, straightforward winners report
- filmibeat.com (neutral report) <https://www.filmibeat.com/bollywood/news/2026/iifa-awards-2026-full-winners-list-dhurandhar-saiyaara-baramulla-wins-big-laurels-536457.html>
  Expands on digital awards, same facts as wire copy
- indiatvnews.com (neutral report) <https://www.indiatvnews.com/entertainment/news/iifa-awards-2026-winners-list-out-dhurandhar-leads-rasha-thadani-and-ahaan-panday-take-debut-honours-2026-10-30-1058297>
  Compact list format, no slant discernible

This brief was synthesised by AI from the 3 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry.

Tags: Aditya Dhar, Aryan Khan, Dhurandhar, IIFA Awards 2026, Ranveer Singh, The Ba***ds of Bollywood
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