23rd IIFA Awards

23rd IIFA Awards
23rd IIFA Awards
Date	26–27 May 2023
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
Television coverage
Channel	Colors TV
Network	Viacom18
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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]

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 Batwal**‡	*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
2	Vikram Vedha

References

^ "Green carpet in United Arab Emirates welcomes India's film elite for Bollywood awards ceremony". 26 May 2023.
^ "IIFA 2023 nominations announced: Brahmastra, Gangubai Kathiawadi and Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 lead the list". The Indian Express. 27 December 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
^ "IIFA 2023: Awards to be Held in May. Details Here".
^ "IIFA awards gets postponed, to be held on this date". 6 January 2023.
^ "Colors confirms telecast date for IIFA 2023". 31 May 2023.
^ "IIFA 2023 Nomination List Announced: Gangubai Kathiawadi, Brahmastra, Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 grab top spots, check full list here". The Economic Times. 27 December 2022. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
^ Tusing, David; Jhurani, Aarti. "All the winners at the IIFA Awards 2023 in Abu Dhabi". The National. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
^ "IIFA 2023 nominations announced: Brahmastra, Gangubai Kathiawadi and Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 lead the list". 27 December 2022.
^ "All the winners at the IIFA Awards 2023 in Abu Dhabi". 27 May 2023.
^ "IIFA 2023 winners full list: Hrithik Roshan and Alia Bhatt bag best actors, Brahmastra and Gangubai Kathiawadi win big". 28 May 2023.
^ "'Gangubai...' tops technical awards at 23rd IIFA's music-loaded opening". Mid-day. 27 May 2023. Retrieved 15 June 2023.

External links

[1] "Green carpet in United Arab Emirates welcomes India's film elite for Bollywood awards ceremony". 26 May 2023.

[2] "IIFA 2023 nominations announced: Brahmastra, Gangubai Kathiawadi and Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 lead the list". The Indian Express. 27 December 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.

[3] "IIFA 2023: Awards to be Held in May. Details Here".

[4] "IIFA awards gets postponed, to be held on this date". 6 January 2023.

[5] "Colors confirms telecast date for IIFA 2023". 31 May 2023.

[6] "IIFA 2023 Nomination List Announced: Gangubai Kathiawadi, Brahmastra, Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 grab top spots, check full list here". The Economic Times. 27 December 2022. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 2 October 2024.

[7] Tusing, David; Jhurani, Aarti. "All the winners at the IIFA Awards 2023 in Abu Dhabi". The National. Retrieved 2 October 2024.

[8] "IIFA 2023 nominations announced: Brahmastra, Gangubai Kathiawadi and Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 lead the list". 27 December 2022.

[9] "All the winners at the IIFA Awards 2023 in Abu Dhabi". 27 May 2023.

[10] "IIFA 2023 winners full list: Hrithik Roshan and Alia Bhatt bag best actors, Brahmastra and Gangubai Kathiawadi win big". 28 May 2023.

[11] "'Gangubai...' tops technical awards at 23rd IIFA's music-loaded opening". Mid-day. 27 May 2023. Retrieved 15 June 2023.

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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
Television coverage
Channel	Colors TV
Network	Viacom18
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