IIFA Awards 2025 Full List Of Winners: Kiran Rao's Laapataa Ladies Dominates With 10 Awards

Director Kiran Rao's critically acclaimed 'Laapataa Ladies' bagged as many as ten awards at the Silver Jubilee edition of the IIFA Awards 2025. The film dominated several popular categories, including 'Best Actress in a Leading Role (Female)', awarded to Nitanshi Goel, and 'Best Story (Original) in the Popular Category’, won by Biplab Goswami.

The event, held in Rajasthan’s Jaipur on Sunday, also saw Kartik Aaryan receiving the Best Actor award for horror-comedy 'Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3'.

'Kill', produced by Karan Johar, also won in multiple categories. 

Released in 2023, Laapataa Ladies focuses on the lives of two new brides who go through a roller coaster ride through the film after inadvertently getting exchanged. The movie got Kiran Rao 'Best Direction' award, while the female co-lead Pratibha Ranta bagged the 'Best Debut (Female)' category. Actor-politician Ravi Kishan also won 'Best Performance in a Supporting Role (Male)' for the same film.

Nikhil Nagesh Bhat's acclaimed direction Kill also bagged popular categories such as 'Best Performance in a Negative Role', awarded to Raghav Juyal. Lakshya Lalwani won the award for 'Best Debut (Male)' for his performance in Kill.

Kunal Kemmu won the award for 'Best Directorial Debut' for 2024's Madgaon Express at the IIFA Awards 2025. The dark-comedy film, which revolves around a Goa trip, deeply resonated with the young audience.

• Nitanshi Goel (Laapataa Ladies): Best Performance In A Leading Role (Female)

• Kartik Aaryan (Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3): Best Performance In A Leading Role (Male)

• Kiran Rao (Laapataa Ladies): Best Direction

• Raghav Juyal (Kill): Best Performance In A Negative Role

• Janki Bodiwala (Shaitaan): Best Performance In A Supporting Role (Female)

• Ravi Kishan (Laapataa Ladies): Best Performance In A Supporting Role (Male)

• Biplab Goswami (Laapataa Ladies): Best Story (Original) In The Popular Category 

• Sriram Raghavan, Arijit Biswas, Pooja Ladha Surti, and Anukriti Pandey (Merry Christmas): Best Story (Adapted)

• Kunal Kemmu (Madgaon Express): Best Directorial Debut

• Lakshya Lalwani (Kill): Best Debut (Male)

• Pratibha Ranta (Laapataa Ladies): Best Debut (Female)

• Ram Sampath (Laapataa Ladies): Best Music Director

• Prashant Pandey (Sajni from Laapataa Ladies): Best Lyrics

• Jubin Nautiyal (Dua from Article 370): Best Singer (Male)

• Shreya Ghoshal (Ami Je Tomar 3.0 from Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3): Best Singer (Female)

• Subash Sahoo, Boloy Kumar Doloi, Rahul Karpe (Kill): Best Sound Design

• Sneha Desai (Laapataa Ladies): Best Screenplay

• Arjun Dhawan, Aditya Dhar, Aditya Suhas Jambhale, Monal Thaakar (Article 370): Best Dialogue

• Jabeen Merchant (Laapataa Ladies): Best Editing

• Rafey Mahmood (Kill): Best Cinematography

• Bosco-Caesar (Tauba Tauba from Bad Newz): Best Choreography

• Red Chillies VFX (Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3): Best Special Effects

• Rakesh Roshan: Outstanding Achievement in Indian Cinema