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 (for Mouni Roy), 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 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 DarlingBest 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 JaiswalBest 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 DeshmukhBest 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 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 JeeyoAmitabh 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 SingerArijit 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)" – GehraiyaanShreya 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 2Best ScreenplayBest Dialogue Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Utkarshini Vashishtha – Gangubai Kathiawadi Utkarshini Vashishtha, Prakash Kapadia – Gangubai KathiawadiBest CinematographyBest Editing Sudeep Chatterjee – Gangubai Kathiawadi Sandeep Francis – Drishyam 2Best Background ScoreBest Choreography Sam C. S. – Vikram Vedha Bosco–Caesar – "Bhool Bhulaiyaa (Title Track)" – Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2Best Sound MixingBest Sound Design Gunjan Augustine Sah, Boloy Kumar Doloi, Rahul Karpe – Monica, O My Darling Mandar Kulkarni – Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2Best Special Effects DNEG & Redefine – Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva
Superlatives +Films with multiple nominationsNominationsFilm9Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva7Gangubai Kathiawadi5Bhool Bhulaiyaa 24DarlingsGehraiyaanJugjugg JeeyoMonica, O My Darling3Drishyam 22Badhaai DoDasviVikram Vedha +Films with multiple awardsAwardsFilm6Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva5Gangubai Kathiawadi3Drishyam 22Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2Vikram Vedha
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