# 25th IIFA Awards

The 25th International Indian Film Academy Awards, also known as the IIFA, was held on 8–9 March 2025, at the Jaipur Exhibition & Convention Centre in Jaipur, India. This was the awards' silver jubilee year, and to commemorate the occasion, the IIFA award trophy was made in silver.
Laapataa Ladies led the ceremony with 9 nominations, followed by Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 with 7 nominations, Stree 2 – Sarkate Ka Aatank with 6 nominations, Article 370 with 5 nominations, and Kill with 4 nominations.
Laapataa Ladies won 10 awards, including Best Film, Best Director (for Kiran Rao), Best Actress (for Nitanshi Goel) and Best Supporting Actor (for Ravi Kishan), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.

## Winners and nominees

The nominations were announced on 3 February 2025. The winners were announced on 9 March 2025.

### Main awards

| Best Film | Best Director |
| Laapataa Ladies Article 370 Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 Kill Shaitaan Stree 2 – Sarkate Ka Aatank | Kiran Rao – Laapataa Ladies Aditya Suhas Jambhale – Article 370 Amar Kaushik – Stree 2 – Sarkate Ka Aatank Anees Bazmee – Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 Nikhil Nagesh Bhat – Kill Siddharth Anand – Fighter |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Kartik Aaryan – Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 as Ruhaan "Rooh Baba" Abhishek Bachchan – I Want to Talk as Arjun Sen Ajay Devgn – Maidaan as Syed Abdul Rahim "Rahim Sahab" Rajkummar Rao – Srikanth as Srikanth Bolla Sparsh Shrivastava – Laapataa Ladies as Deepak Kumar | Nitanshi Goel – Laapataa Ladies as Phool Kumari Alia Bhatt – Jigra as Satyabhama "Satya" Anand Katrina Kaif – Merry Christmas as Maria Shraddha Kapoor – Stree 2 – Sarkate Ka Aatank as She Yami Gautam – Article 370 as Zooni Haksar |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Ravi Kishan – Laapataa Ladies as Shyam Manohar Abhishek Banerjee – Stree 2 – Sarkate Ka Aatank as Jana Fardeen Khan – Khel Khel Mein as Kabir Deshmukh Manoj Pahwa – Jigra as Shekhar Bhatia Rajpal Yadav – Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 as Natwar "Chhote Pandit" | Janki Bodiwala – Shaitaan as Jahnvi Rishi Chhaya Kadam – Laapataa Ladies as Manju Maai Jyothika – Srikanth as Devika Malvade Priyamani – Article 370 as Rajeshwari Swaminathan Vidya Balan – Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 as Rajkumari Manjulika / Mallika |
| Best Performance in a Negative Role | Best Directorial Debut |
| Raghav Juyal – Kill as Fani Arjun Kapoor – Singham Again as Zubair Hafeez / Danger Lanka Gajraj Rao – Maidaan as Roy Chaudhary R. Madhavan – Shaitaan as Vanraj Kashyap Vivek Gomber – Jigra as Hansraj Landa | Kunal Khemu – Madgaon Express |
| Star Debut of the Year – Male | Star Debut of the Year – Female |
| Lakshya Lalwani – Kill | Pratibha Ranta – Laapataa Ladies |
| Best Music Director | Best Lyricist |
| Ram Sampath – Laapataa Ladies A. R. Rahman – Maidaan Pritam, Lijo George, Sachet–Parampara, DJ Chetas, Adiya Rikhari, Tanishk Bagchi, Amaal Mallik – Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 Sachin–Jigar – Stree 2 – Sarkate Ka Aatank Sachin–Jigar, Tanishk Bagchi, Mitraz, Raghav, Talwiinder, NDS, MC SQUARE – Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya | Prashant Pandey – "Sajni" – Laapataa Ladies |
| Best Male Playback Singer | Best Female Playback Singer |
| Jubin Nautiyal – "Dua" – Article 370 Arijit Singh – "Sajni" – Laapataa Ladies Diljit Dosanjh, Badshah – "Naina" – Crew Karan Aujla – "Tauba Tauba" – Bad Newz Mitraz – "Akhiyaan Gulaab" – Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya | Shreya Ghoshal – "Ami Je Tomar 3.0" – Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 Madhubanti Bagchi – "Aaj Ki Raat" – Stree 2 – Sarkate Ka Aatank Rekha Bhardwaj – "Nikat" – Kill Shilpa Rao – "Ishq Jaisa Kuch" – Fighter Shreya Ghoshal – "Dheeme Dheeme" – Laapataa Ladies |

### Technical awards

| Best Story (Original) | Best Story (Adapted) |
| Biplab Goswami – Laapataa Ladies | Sriram Raghavan, Arijit Biswas, Pooja Ladha Surti, Anukriti Pandey – Merry Christmas |
| Best Screenplay | Best Dialogue |
| Sneha Desai – Laapataa Ladies | Arjun Dhawan, Aditya Dhar, Aditya Suhas Jambhale, Monal Thaakar – Article 370 |
| Best Cinematography | Best Editing |
| Rafey Mehmood – Kill | Jabeen Merchant – Laapataa Ladies |
| Best Background Score | Best Choreography |
| | Bosco–Caesar – "Tauba Tauba" – Bad Newz |
| Best Sound Mixing | Best Sound Design |
| Subash Sahoo, Boloy Kumar Doloi, Rahul Karpe – Kill | Subash Sahoo – Kill |
| Best Special Effects ||
| Red Chillies VFX – Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 ||

### Special awards

| Category | Recipient(s) |
| Outstanding Achievement in Indian Cinema | Rakesh Roshan |
| We Can Make A Change Award | Juhi Chawla |

## Superlatives

Films with multiple nominations :
| Nominations | Film |
| 9 | Laapataa Ladies |
| 7 | Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 |
| 6 | Stree 2 – Sarkate Ka Aatank |
| 5 | Article 370 |
| 4 | Kill |
| 3 | Jigra |
| 3 | Maidaan |
| 3 | Shaitaan |
| 2 | Fighter |
| 2 | Srikanth |
| 2 | Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya |
Films with multiple awards :
| Awards | Film |
| 10 | Laapataa Ladies |
| 5 | Kill |
| 3 | Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 |
| 2 | Article 370 |