# 23rd IIFA Awards

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 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 |
| 4 | Gehraiyaan |
| 4 | Jugjugg Jeeyo |
| 4 | Monica, O My Darling |
| 3 | Drishyam 2 |
| 2 | Badhaai Do |
| 2 | Dasvi |
| 2 | 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 |