The International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards 2025 has announced its top nominations, which dominate the missing Ladies, Bhool Bhulaiya 3, and Stri 2 – The popular categories of Sarkate.

Kiran Rao’s sarcastic comedy goes ahead with missing Ladies nine nominations, followed by seven with Anees Bajmi’s Bhuliya 3 and Amar Kaushik’s Stree 2 Six.

The 25th edition of IIFA will be held on 8 and 9 March in Jaipur, which will celebrate excellence in 10 categories, including the best pictures, best direction and best performance. Those enrolled for the best images include missing Ladies, Bhool Bhulaiya 3, Kill, Article 370 and Satan.

Best direction nominee includes Kiran Rao, Nikhil Nagesh Bhat, Amar Kaushik, Siddharth Anand, Anees Bajmi and Aditya Suhas Jhambale.

The Best Actress category, the claimants include Nitanshi Goyal, Alia Bhatt, Yami Gautam, Katrina Kaif and Shraddha Kapoor, while the nominees of the best actor are Sparsh Srivastava, Rajkumar Rao, Karthik Aryan, Abhishek, Ek Bakan and a Jayaven.

Supporting role enrollment includes Chhaya Kadam, Vidya Balan, Janaki Bodiwala, Jyothika, and Priyamani for female performance, while Ravi Kishan, Abhishek Banerjee, Pardin Khan, Rajpal Yadav, and Manoj Pahwa compete in the men’s category.

The best negative roles are Raghav Juyal, R Madhavan, Gajraj Rao, Vivek Gombar and Arjun Kapoor.

In the best music direction category, Sachin-Jigar and Tanishq Bagchi received double nominations each. Sachin-Jigar is recognized for Stri 2 and Teri Baton Meen Aisa Ulja Jia, while Bagchi is nominated for Bhool Bhulaiya 3 with other musicians including Ram Sampat and AR Rahman.

For the best playback singers (men), nominees include Arijit Singh, Karan Aujla, Diljit Dosanjh along with Badshah, Jubin Nautiyal and Friends. Shreya Ghoshal received two nominations for the missing Ladies and Bhool Bhulaiya 3, as well as Madhubanti Baghchi (Stree 2), Rekha Bhardwaj, and Shilpa Rao in the women’s category.