IIFA’s Silver Jubilee Edition: Full List of 2025 Popular Category Nominations Unveiled!
Laapataa Ladies led the IIFA 2025 Popular Category race with nine nominations, followed by Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3, Stree 2 and Kill.
Released On
06/03/2025
Mumbai, February 2025: IIFA announced the Popular Category nominations for its historic Silver Jubilee edition in Jaipur. Laapataa Ladies led with nine nominations, followed by Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 with seven, Stree 2 with six and Kill with four.
Best Picture
- Laapataa Ladies
- Kill
- Article 370
- Stree 2: Sarkate Ka Aatank
- Shaitaan
- Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3
Direction
- Kiran Rao — Laapataa Ladies
- Nikhil Nagesh Bhat — Kill
- Amar Kaushik — Stree 2
- Siddharth Anand — Fighter
- Aditya Suhas Jambhale — Article 370
- Anees Bazmee — Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3
Leading Role — Female
- Nitanshi Goel — Laapataa Ladies
- Alia Bhatt — Jigra
- Yami Gautam — Article 370
- Katrina Kaif — Merry Christmas
- Shraddha Kapoor — Stree 2
Leading Role — Male
- Sparsh Shrivastava — Laapataa Ladies
- Rajkummar Rao — Srikanth
- Kartik Aaryan — Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3
- Abhishek Bachchan — I Want To Talk
- Ajay Devgn — Maidaan
Supporting and Negative Roles
Nominees included Chhaya Kadam, Vidya Balan, Priyamani, Ravi Kishan, Abhishek Banerjee, Rajpal Yadav, Raghav Juyal, R. Madhavan, Gajraj Rao and Arjun Kapoor.
The nominations also recognised music direction and playback singing, celebrating the creative range of Indian cinema during IIFA’s milestone year.
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