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IIFA 2019 winners list: Alia Bhatt takes home Best Actress and Ranveer Singh gets Best Actor award

International Indian Film Academy Awards (IIFA) used to take place overseas, but this year as the awards completed 20 years, the organisers decided to hold it in Mumbai, India. The award function took place last night and was attended by big stars of Bollywood like Salman Khan, Alia Bhatt, Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh, Ayushmann Khurrana, Katrina Kaif, Aditi Rao Hydari, Madhuri Dixit, Vicky Kaushal, Karan Johar, Aparshakti Khurrana and others.

It was a wonderful night with amazing performances and winners taking home the trophy. Well, we are sure everyone wants to know which actor won the award. So, here’s the full list of winners…


Best Film - Raazi

Best Story - Andhadhun

Best Actor (Female) - Alia Bhatt (Raazi)

Best Actor (Male) - Ranveer Singh (Padmaavat)

Best Director - Sriram Raghavan (Andhadhun)

Best Supporting Actor (Female) - Aditi Rao Hydari (Padmaavat)

Best Supporting Actor (Male) - Vicky Kaushal (Sanju)

Best Debut Actor (Female) - Sara Ali Khan (Kedarnath)

Best Debut Actor (Male) - Ishaan Khatter (Dhadak)

Lifetime Achievement Award – Comedian Jagdeep

20 Years Best Actor (Female) - Deepika Padukone

20 Years Best Actor (Male) - Ranbir Kapoor

Best Music in the last 20 years - Pritam

Outstanding performance by a director in last 20 years - Rajkumar Hirani

Best Film in the past 20 years - Kaho Na Pyaar Hai

Best Lyrics - Amitabh Bhattacharya (Dhadak)

Best Playback Singer (Male) - Arijit Singh for Ae Watan (Raazi)

Best Playback Singer (Female) - Harshdeep Kaur and Vibha Saraf for Dilbaro (Raazi)

Best Music - Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety

Congratulations to all the winners! Now we hope that soon the award function is shown on the small screen and we watch our favourite stars performing on stage. Katrina Kaif, Ranveer Singh, Salman Khan, Madhuri Dixit, and others have performed at IIFA this year. We are sure the telecast of IIFA will rule the TRP charts.

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