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

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.

Awards

The winners and nominees have been listed below. Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).

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‡	Khushali 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 – "Rangi Sari" – Jugjugg Jeeyo Mohit Chauhan – "Gehraiyaan (Reprise)" – Gehraiyaan	Shreya Ghoshal – "Rasiya" – Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva‡ Jonita Gandhi – "Deva Deva" – Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva Kavita Seth – "Rangi Sari" – Jugjugg Jeeyo Lothika Jha – "Doobey" – Gehraiyaan Shreya Ghoshal – "Jab Saiyaan" – Gangubai Kathiawadi