IIFA Awards 2019: The Complete Winners List (PDF Version)

Dear Readers,
The 2019 IIFA Awards, officially known as the 20th edition of NEXA International Indian Film Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the International Indian Film Academy honouring the best Hindi films of 2018, took place on September 18, 2019 at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indoor Stadium, Mumbai, Maharashtra. The nominations were announced on 28th August 2019.

IIFA Awards 2019: The Complete Winners List

Category	Awardee
Best Film	Raazi
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female)	Alia Bhatt for Raazi
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male)	Ranveer Singh for Padmaavat
Best Director	Sriram Raghavan for Andhadhun
Best Supporting Actor (Female)	Aditi Rao Hydari for Padmaavat
Best Supporting Actor (Male)	Vicky Kaushal for Sanju
Best Debutant (Female)	Sara Ali Khan for Kedarnath
Best Debutant (Male)	Ishaan Khatter for Dhadak and Beyond the Clouds
Best Playback Singer (Male)	Arijit Singh for “Ae Watan”- Raazi
Best Playback Singer (Female)	Harshdeep Kaur and Vibha Saraf for “Dilbaro” – Raazi
Best Lyricist	Amitabh Bhattacharya for “Dhadak (Title Track)”- “Dhadak”
Best Music Director	Amaal Mallik, Guru Randhawa, Rochak Kohli, Saurabh-Vaibhav, Yo Yo Honey Singh and Zack Knight (Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety)
Best Story/ Screenplay	Sriram Raghavan, Pooja Ladha Surti, Arijit Biswas, Yogesh Chandekar and Hemanth Rao for Andhadhun
Best music direction in the last 20 years	Pritam Chakraborty for Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
Best director in the last 20 years	Rajkumar Hirani
Best film in the last 20 years	Rakesh Roshan’s film Kaho Na Pyaar Hai
Best actor in the last 20 years	Ranbir Kapoor for Barfi
Best actress in the last 20 years	Deepika Padukone for Chennai Express
Outstanding Contribution to Indian Cinema (Dance & Choreography)	Saroj Khan
Critics’ Award for Best Film	AndhaDhun
Critics’ Award for Best Actor (Female)	Neena Gupta, Badhaai Ho
Critics’ Award for Best Actor (Male)	Ranveer Singh, “Padmaavat”
Best Debut Director	Amar Kaushik, Stree
Best Dialogue	Akshat Ghildial, Badhaai Ho
Best Original Story	Anubhav Sinha, Mulk
Best Actor (Male) in a Short Film	Hussain Dalal, Shameless
Best Actor (Female) in a Short Film	Kirti Kulhari, Maya
People’s Choice Award for Best Short Film	Plus Minus
Best Short Film (Fiction)	Rogan Josh
Best Short Film (Non Fiction)	The Soccer City
Best Music Album	Padmaavat
Best Lyrics	Gulzar for Ae Watan, Raazi & for AndhaDhun
Best Background Score	Daniel George, AndhaDhun
Best Sound Design	Kunal Sharma, Tumbbad
Best Choreography	Kruti Mahesh Midya, Jyoti Tomaar for Ghoomar, “Padmaavat”
Best Cinematography	Sudeep Chatterjee — Padmaavat
Best Editing	Pooja Ladha Surti, AndhaDhun
Best Costume	Sheetal Sharma, Manto
Best Production Design	Nitin Zihani Chaudhary and Rajesh Yadav (Tumbbad)
Best VFX (Visual Effects)	Red Chillies Fx, Zero
Best Sound Mixing	Ajay Kumar P.B (Post House)- Andhadhun
Best Special Effects	Filmgate Films AB-Tumbbad
Outstanding Achievement in Indian Cinema (Lifetime Achievement Award )	Legendary actor and comedian, Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed Jafri, aka Jagdeep