Dadasaheb Phalke Awards 2025 Winners List: Stree 2 wins best film, Kartik Aaryan bags best actor honour

The 10th Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards 2025 (DPIFF 2025) celebrated achievements in Indian cinema, television, and online platforms in Mumbai. Kriti Sanon and Karthik Aaryan take home the top honour. Whereas Stree 2 earned the Best Film award.

Among the other notable winners was Kabir Khan, who won Best Director for his Chandu Champion. Kalki 2898 AD was named the Film of the Year, and Dinesh Vijan was announced as the Producer of the Year.

Here’s the complete winner list of DPIFF awards 2025:

No.	Category	Winner
1	Best Film	Stree 2
2	Best Actor	Kartik Aaryan
3	Best Actress	Kriti Sanon
4	Best Director	Kabir Khan
5	Producer Of the Year	Dinesh Vijan
6	Critics Best Film	Laapataa Ladies
7	Critics Best Actor	Vikrant Massey
8	Critics Best Actress	Nitanshi Goel
9	Critics Best Director	Kiran Rao
10	Best Cinematographer	Kiran Koushik
11	Best Choreographer	Bosco-Caesar
12	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Ravi Kishan
13	Best Actress in a Supporting Role	Jyotika
14	Best Actor in a Negative Role	R. Madhavan
15	Best Actress in a Negative Role	Vidya Balan
16	Best Actor in a Comic Role	Aparshakti Khurana
17	Most Versatile Actor of the Year	Allu Arjun
18	Most Versatile Actress of the Year	Sai Pallavi
19	Performer of the Year - Male	Lakshya Lalwani
20	Performer of the Year - Female	Ananya Panday
21	Film of the Year	Kalki 2898 Ad
22	Best International Feature Film	Emilia Pérez
23	Best International Actor	Colman Domingo
24	Best International Actress	Karla Sofía Gascón
25	Best Web Series	Heeramandi
26	Best Actor in a Web Series	Jitendra Kumar
27	Best Actress in a Web Series	Huma Qureshi
28	Best Director (Web Series)	Sanjay Leela Bhansali
29	Critics' Best Web Series	Panchayat Season 3
30	Critics' Best Actor in a Web Series	Varun Dhawan
31	Critics' Best Actress in A Web Series	Sonakshi Sinha
32	Critics' Best Director (Web Series)	Nikhil Advani
33	Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Web Series)	Vivek Oberoi
34	Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Web Series)	Sonali Bendre
35	Best Actor in a Negative Role (Web Series)	Jaideep Ahlawat
36	Best Actress in a Negative Role (Web Series)	Raveena Tandon
37	Best Short Film	Jaswanda
38	Best Music Director	Devi Sri Prasad
39	Best Playback Singer - Male	Mohit Chauhan
40	Best Playback Singer - Female	Shilpa Rao
41	Artist of the Year	A. R. Rahman
42	Performer of the Year – Music	Stebin Ben
43	Song of the Year	Ve Haaniyaan
44	Best Background Score	Amit Trivedi
45	Outstanding Contribution in the Music Industry	Usha Uthup
46	Outstanding Contribution to the Film Industry	Zeenat Aman
47	Excellence in Indian Cinema – 25 Years & Beyond	Shilpa Shetty
48	Television Series of the Year	Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai
49	Best Actor in a Television Series	Arjit Taneja
50	Best Actress in a Television Series	Deepika Singh

About Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival (DPIFF) Awards

Founded in 2012, the Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival (DPIFF) has been named after a legendary figure who is considered the father of Indian film. It is currently India's only independent international film festival, continuing the great tradition of the late Shri Dhundiraj Govind Phalke.

Every year, the DPIFF connects audiences eager for new perspectives with untold tales and innovative initiatives.

The Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards 2025 was a stylish, fun, heartfelt, and most importantly, equitable event that honoured true brilliance.