The 20th IIFA Awards (

International Indian Film Academy Awards The International Indian Film Academy Awards (IIFA) is an annual awards ceremony for Hindi cinema. Produced by Wizcraft International Entertainment Pvt. Ltd, the winners of the awards are decided by fans, who vote online for their favourite a ...

) were held on 18 September 2019. For the first time in the Awards' history, the awards were held in

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. The nominees were announced on 2019. ''

Raazi ''Raazi'' () is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language spy thriller film directed by Meghna Gulzar and produced by Vineet Jain, Karan Johar, Hiroo Yash Johar and Apoorva Mehta under the banners of Junglee Pictures and Dharma Productions. It stars Al ...

'' led the ceremony with 9 nominations, followed by ''

Andhadhun ''Andhadhun'' ( ) is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language black comedy crime thriller film co-written and directed by Sriram Raghavan. It stars Tabu, Ayushmann Khurrana, Radhika Apte and Anil Dhawan. The film tells the story of a blind piano player wh ...

'' and ''

Padmaavat ''Padmaavat'' is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language historical drama film directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Based on the epic poem of the same name by Malik Muhammad Jayasi, it stars Deepika Padukone as Rani Padmavati, a Sinhalese-born Rajput ...

'' with 8 nominations each, ''

Sanju ''Sanju'' is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language biographical comedy drama film directed and edited by Rajkumar Hirani, written by Hirani and Abhijat Joshi and produced by Hirani and Vidhu Vinod Chopra under the banners Rajkumar Hirani Films and Vi ...

'' with 6 nominations, and ''

Badhaai Ho ''Badhaai Ho'' (; ) is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language comedy drama film directed by Amit Ravindernath Sharma and produced by Sharma, Aleya Sen and Hemant Bhandari under Chrome Pictures and Vineet Jain under Junglee Pictures. It stars Ayushmann ...

'' with 4 nominations. ''Andhadhun'' won 6 awards, including

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(for

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), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.

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received dual nominations at the ceremony, having been nominated for Best Actor for ''Raazi'' and Best Supporting Actor for ''Sanju'', winning the latter.

Winners and nominees

Merit Awards

Sriram Raghavan at News 18 Reel Movie Awards 2019

Music Awards

Technical Awards

Special Awards

Superlatives

References

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IIFA Awards The International Indian Film Academy Awards (IIFA) is an annual awards ceremony for Hindi cinema. Produced by Wizcraft International Entertainment Pvt. Ltd, the winners of the awards are decided by fans, who vote online for their favourite ac ...