IIFA 2025: Kiran Rao’s Laapataa Ladies Wins Best Picture; Nitanshi Goel, Kartik Aaryan Bestowed Top Honours – Full Winner List Inside

The much-awaited 25th edition of the International Indian Film Academy Awards 2025 took place in Jaipur over the weekend. While the digital awards – honouring OTT films and shows, took place on Saturday, March 8, the night dedicated to the best Bollywood film (theatrical releases) in the year gone by took place on Sunday, March 9.

Kiran Rao’s Laapataa Ladies took home several awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female), Best Supporting Actor (Male) and lots more. Karan Johar backed Kill too took home several honours including one for each Lakshya and Raghav Juyal. Scroll below to check out the complete winner list.

IIFA 2025 Winner List

Best Picture
Laapataa Ladies

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Best Performance in a Leading Role (Female)
Nitanshi Goel – Laapataa Ladies

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Best Performance in a Leading Role (Male)
Kartik Aaryan – Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3

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Best Director
Kiran Rao – Laapataa Ladies

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Best Performance in Negative Role
Raghav Juyal – Kill

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Best Performance in Supporting Role (Female)
Janki Bodiwala – Shaitaan

Best Performance in Supporting Role (Male)
Ravi Kishan – Laapataa Ladies

Outstanding Achievement in Indian Cinema
Rakesh Roshan

Best Story (Original) in Popular Category
Biplab Goswami – Laapataa Ladies

Best Story (Adapted)
Sriram Raghavan, Arijit Biswas, Pooja Surti & Anukriti Pandey – Merry Christmas

Best Directorial Debut
Kunal Kemmu – Madgaon Express

Best Debut (Female)
Pratibha Ranta – Laapataa Ladies

Best Debut (Male)
Lakshya Lalwani – Kill

Technical awards

Best Sound Design
Subhash Sahu – Kill

Best Sound Mixing 
Subhash Sahu – Kill

Best Screenplay Writer
Sneha Desai – Laapataa Ladies

Best Dialogue
Arjun Dhawan, Aditya Dhar, Lokesh Dhar – Article 360

Best Cinematography
Rafi Mohammad – Kill

Best choreographer
Bosco and Ceaser – Bad Newz

Best Editing 
Jabin Merchant – Laapataa Ladies

Best Special Effects
Red chillies VFX – Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3

Best Playback Singer (Female)
Shreya Ghoshal – Ami Je Tomar 3.0 (Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3)

Best Playback Singer (Male)
Jubin Nautiyal – Dua (Article 370)

Best Music Direction
Ram Sampath – Laapataa Ladies

Best Lyrics
Prashant Pandey – Sajni (Laapataa Ladies)

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Also Read: IIFA 2025: Panchayat Season 3, Amar Singh Chamkila Win Top Honours- Complete Digital Winner List Inside

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