The Chetak Screen Awards 2026 honoured the finest in Indian cinema on Sunday, with Dhurandhar emerging as the biggest winner of the night with 14 awards.<\/p>\n
The coveted Best Film award went to Homebound, which was up against a strong slate of nominees including Dhadak 2, Dhurandhar, Haq, Saiyaara, Sitaare Zameen Par, Superboys of Malegaon and Chhaava.<\/p>\n
In the top categories, Best Director was awarded to Aditya Dhar, from a competitive line-up that also included Laxman Ramchandra Utekar (Chhaava), Suparn S Varma (Haq), Neeraj Ghaywan (Homebound), Raam Reddy (Jugnuma: The Fable), Mohit Suri (Saiyaara) and Reema Kagti (Superboys of Malegaon).<\/p>\n
Best Actor (Male) went to Ranveer Singh, beating nominees Vicky Kaushal (Chhaava), Siddhant Chaturvedi (Dhadak 2), Vishal Jethwa (Homebound), Ishaan Khatter (Homebound), Manoj Bajpayee (Jugnuma: The Fable) and Adarsh Gourav (Superboys of Malegaon).<\/p>\n
Best Actor (Female) was awarded to Yami Gautam, emerging from a strong field of nominees that included Triptii Dimri (Dhadak 2), Sonal Madhushankar (Humans in the Loop), Konkona Sen Sharma (Metro\u2026 In Dino), Monika Panwar (Nishaanchi), Radhika Apte (Sister Midnight), and Kriti Sanon (Tere Ishk Mein)<\/p>\n
On the OTT front, Best OTT Film went to Stolen, competing against Mrs, Raat Akeli Hai: The Bansal Murders, The Great Shamsuddin Family and The Mehta Boys.<\/p>\n
The top acting honours in the digital space went to Abhishek Banerjee for Stolen and Sanya Malhotra for Mrs.<\/p>\n
Also Read \u2013 Chetak Screen Awards 2026 LIVE Updates<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Story continues below this ad<\/p>\n Here is the full list of winners at Chetak Screen Awards 2026:<\/strong><\/p>\n Best Film<\/strong><\/p>\n Dhadak 2 \u2013 Karan Johar, Umesh Kumar Bhansal, Adar Poonawalla, Apoorva Mehta, Meenu Aroraa, Somen Mishra, Pragati Deshmukh, Marijke DeSouza<\/p>\n Dhurandhar \u2013 Jyoti Deshpande, Lokesh Dhar, Aditya Dhar<\/p>\n Haq \u2013 Vineet Jain, Vishal Gurnani, Harman Baweja, Juhi Parekh Mehta, Amrita Pandey, Suparn S Varma, Rowena Baweja, Sandeep Singh<\/p>\n Homebound \u2013 Karan Johar, Adar Poonawalla, Apoorva Mehta, Somen Mishra, Marijke DeSouza, Melita Toscan Du Plantier \u2013 WINNER<\/strong><\/p>\n Saiyaara \u2013 Akshaye Widhani<\/p>\n Sitaare Zameen Par \u2013 Aamir Khan, Aparna Purohit<\/p>\n Story continues below this ad<\/p>\n Superboys Of Malegaon \u2013 Zoya Akhtar (Producer), Reema Kagti (Producer), Ritesh Sidhwani (Producer), Farhan Akhtar (Producer), Angad Dev Singh (Co-Producer), Kassim Jagmagia (Co-Producer), Vishal Ramchandani (Co-Producer)<\/p>\n Chhaava \u2013 Dinesh Vijan<\/p>\n Best Actor (Female)<\/strong><\/p>\n Triptii Dimri \u2013 Dhadak 2<\/p>\n Yami Gautam Dhar \u2013 Haq \u2013 WINNER<\/strong><\/p>\n Sonal Madhushankar \u2013 Humans in the Loop<\/p>\n Konkona Sen Sharma \u2013 Metro\u2026 In Dino<\/p>\n Monika Panwar \u2013 Nishaanchi<\/p>\n Radhika Apte \u2013 Sister Midnight<\/p>\n Kriti Sanon \u2013 Tere Ishk Mein<\/p>\n Best Actor (Male)<\/strong><\/p>\n Vicky Kaushal \u2013 Chhaava<\/p>\n Siddhant Chaturvedi \u2013 Dhadak 2<\/p>\n Ranveer Singh \u2013 Dhurandhar \u2013 WINNER<\/strong><\/p>\n Vishal Jethwa \u2013 Homebound<\/p>\n Ishaan Khatter \u2013 Homebound<\/p>\n Manoj Bajpayee \u2013 Jugnuma: The Fable<\/p>\n Adarsh Gourav \u2013 Superboys Of Malegaon<\/p>\n Best Director<\/strong><\/p>\n Laxman Ramchandra Utekar \u2013 Chhaava<\/p>\n Aditya Dhar \u2013 Dhurandhar \u2013 WINNER<\/strong><\/p>\n Suparn S Varma \u2013 Haq<\/p>\n Neeraj Ghaywan \u2013 Homebound<\/p>\n Raam Reddy \u2014 Jugnuma: The Fable<\/p>\n Mohit Suri \u2013 Saiyaara<\/p>\n Reema Kagti \u2013 Superboys Of Malegaon<\/p>\n Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female)<\/strong><\/p>\n Divya Dutta<\/a> \u2013 Chhaava<\/p>\n Sheeba Chadha \u2013 Haq<\/p>\n Shalini Vatsa \u2013 Homebound \u2013 WINNER<\/strong><\/p>\n Dolly Ahluwalia \u2013 Sitaare Zameen Par<\/p>\n Manjiri Pupala \u2013 Superboys Of Malegaon<\/p>\n Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male)<\/strong><\/p>\n Akshaye Khanna \u2013 Dhurandhar \u2013 WINNER<\/strong><\/p>\n Rakesh Bedi \u2013 Dhurandhar<\/p>\n Naseeruddin Shah \u2013 Gustaakh Ishq<\/p>\n Saurabh Shukla \u2013 Jolly LLB 3<\/p>\n Deepak Dobriyal \u2013 Jugnuma: The Fable<\/p>\n Best Action<\/strong><\/p>\n 120 Bahadur \u2013 Amritpal Singh, Marek Svitek<\/p>\n Chhaava \u2013 Parvez Shaikh<\/p>\n Deva \u2013 Supreme Sundar, Abbas Ali Moghul, Anl Arasu, Vikram Dahiya, Parvez Shaikh<\/p>\n Dhurandhar \u2013 Aejaz Gulab, Sea Young Oh, Yannick Ben, Ramazan Bulut \u2013 WINNER<\/strong><\/p>\n Jaat \u2013 Ram Laxman, V Venkat, Peter Hein, Anl Arasu<\/p>\n Best Background Score<\/strong><\/p>\n Chhaava \u2013 AR Rahman<\/p>\n Dhurandhar \u2013 Shashwat Sachdev \u2013 WINNER<\/strong><\/p>\n Haq \u2013 Sandeep Chowta<\/p>\n Homebound \u2013 Naren Chandavarkar, Benedict Taylor<\/p>\n Saiyaara \u2013 John Stewart Eduri<\/p>\n Best Choreography<\/strong><\/p>\n Azaad \u2013 Ui Amma \u2013 Bosco Leslie Martis<\/p>\n Deva \u2013 Bhasad Macha \u2013 Bosco Leslie Martis<\/p>\n Dhurandhar \u2013 Shararat \u2013 Vijay Ganguly \u2013 WINNER<\/strong><\/p>\n Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari \u2013 Panwadi Song \u2013 Ganesh Acharya<\/p>\n Thamma \u2013 Dilbar Ki Aankhon Ka \u2013 Vijay Ganguly<\/p>\n Best Cinematography<\/strong><\/p>\n Dhurandhar \u2013 Vikash Nowlakha \u2013 WINNER<\/strong><\/p>\n Homebound \u2013 Pratik Shah<\/p>\n Humans in the Loop \u2013 Monica Tiwari, Harshit Saini, Gunjan Jaywant<\/p>\n Jugnuma: The Fable \u2013 Sunil Ramkrishna Borkar<\/p>\n Superboys of Malegaon \u2013 Swapnil. S. Sonawane (ISC)<\/p>\n Best Costume<\/strong><\/p>\n Chhaava \u2013 Sheetal Iqbal Sharma \u2013 WINNER<\/strong><\/p>\n Dhurandhar \u2013 Smriti Chauhan \u2013 WINNER<\/strong><\/p>\n Gustaakh Ishq \u2013 Manish Malhotra, Shivank Vikram Kapoor<\/p>\n Homebound \u2013 Rohit Chaturvedi<\/p>\n Superboys of Malegaon \u2013 Bhawna Sharma<\/p>\n Best Dialogue<\/strong><\/p>\n Dhurandhar \u2013 Aditya Dhar \u2013 WINNER<\/strong><\/p>\n Haq \u2013 Reshu Nath<\/p>\n Homebound \u2013 Neeraj Ghaywan, Varun Grover, Shreedhar Dubey<\/p>\n Jolly LLB 3 \u2013 Subhash Kapoor<\/p>\n Superboys of Malegaon \u2013 Varun Grover, Shoaib Zulfi Nazeer<\/p>\n Best Editing<\/strong><\/p>\n Dhurandhar \u2013 Shivkumar V. Panicker \u2013 WINNER<\/strong><\/p>\n Haq \u2013 Ninad Khanolkar<\/p>\n Homebound \u2013 Nitin Baid<\/p>\n Saiyaara \u2013 Devendra Murdeshwar, Rohit Makwana<\/p>\n Superboys of Malegaon \u2013 Anand Subaya<\/p>\n Best Film for Gender Sensitivity<\/strong><\/p>\n Story continues below this ad<\/p>\n Dhadak 2 \u2013 Karan Johar, Umesh Kumar Bhansal, Adar Poonawalla, Apoorva Mehta, Meenu Aroraa, Somen Mishra, Pragati Deshmukh, Marijke DeSouza<\/p>\n Haq \u2013 Vineet Jain, Vishal Gurnani, Harman Baweja, Juhi Parekh Mehta, Amrita Pandey, Suparn S Varma, Rowena Baweja, Sandeep Singh \u2013 WINNER<\/strong><\/p>\n Humans in the Loop \u2013 Mathivanan Rajendran, Sarabhi Ravichandran, Shilpa Kumar, Aranya Sahay<\/p>\n Mrs \u2013 Jyoti Deshpande, Harman Baweja, Pammi Baweja, Smitha Baliga<\/p>\n The Great Shamsuddin Family \u2013 Alok Jain, Ajit Andhare, Mahmood Farooqui<\/p>\n Best Film Writing (Story & Screenplay)<\/strong><\/p>\n Dhurandhar \u2013 Aditya Dhar<\/p>\n Haq \u2013 Reshu Nath<\/p>\n Homebound \u2013 Basharat Peer, Neeraj Ghaywan, Sumit Roy \u2013 WINNER<\/strong><\/p>\n Humans in the Loop \u2013 Aranya Sahay<\/p>\n Superboys of Malegaon \u2013 Varun Grover<\/p>\n Best Hairstyling & Make-Up<\/strong><\/p>\n Chhaava \u2013 Shrikant Desai<\/p>\n Dhurandhar \u2013 Preetisheel Singh D\u2019souza \u2013 WINNER<\/strong><\/p>\n Emergency \u2013 Elizabeth Lawson Zeiss, Dhananjay M. Prajapat<\/p>\n Homebound \u2013 Khyati Malhotra<\/p>\n Superboys of Malegaon \u2013 Tarannum Khan, Avan Contractor, Dianne Commissariat<\/p>\n Best Song<\/strong><\/p>\n Dhurandhar \u2013 Title Track, Dhurandhar (Shashwat Sachdev, Charanjit Ahuja)<\/p>\n Dhurandhar \u2013 Gehra Hua (Shashwat Sachdev)<\/p>\n Story continues below this ad<\/p>\n Saiyaara \u2013 Title Track, Saiyaara (Tanishk Bagchi, Faheem Abdullah, Arslan Nizami) \u2013 WINNER<\/strong><\/p>\n Saiyaara \u2013 Barbaad (The Rish)<\/p>\n Saiyaara \u2013 Humsafar (Sachet-Parampara)<\/p>\n Best Lyrics<\/strong><\/p>\n Dhurandhar \u2013 Gehra Hua \u2013 Irshad Kamil<\/p>\n Gustaakh Ishq \u2013 Ul Julool Ishq \u2013 Gulzar \u2013 WINNER<\/strong><\/p>\n Homebound \u2013 Yaar Mere \u2013 Varun Grover<\/p>\n Saiyaara \u2013 Saiyaara Title Track \u2013 Irshad Kamil<\/p>\n Superboys of Malegaon \u2013 Bande \u2013 Javed Akhtar<\/p>\n Best Playback Singer (Male)<\/strong><\/p>\n Dhurandhar \u2013 Dhurandhar Title Track \u2013 Hanumankind, Sudhir Yaduvanshi, Shashwat Sachdev, Mohd. Sadiq<\/p>\n Dhurandhar \u2013 Gehra Hua \u2013 Arijit Singh, Shashwat Sachdev, Armaan Khan<\/p>\n Saiyaara \u2013 Saiyaara Title Track \u2013 Faheem Abdullah \u2013 WINNER<\/strong><\/p>\n Saiyaara \u2013 Dhun \u2013 Arijit Singh<\/p>\n Saiyaara \u2013 Barbaad \u2013 Jubin Nautiyal<\/p>\n Best Playback Singer (Female)<\/strong><\/p>\n Dhurandhar \u2013 Shararat \u2013 Jasmine Sandlas, Madhubanti Bagchi<\/p>\n Metro\u2026 In Dino \u2013 Qayde Se \u2013 Shreya Ghoshal<\/p>\n Saiyaara \u2013 Saiyaara Title Track \u2013 Shreya Ghoshal \u2013 WINNER<\/strong><\/p>\n Saiyaara \u2013 Barbaad \u2013 Shilpa Rao<\/p>\n Saiyaara \u2013 Humsafar \u2013 Parampara Tandon<\/p>\n Best Production Design<\/strong><\/p>\n Chhaava \u2013 Subrata Chakraborty, Amit Ray<\/p>\n Dhurandhar \u2013 Saini S. Johray \u2013 WINNER<\/strong><\/p>\n Gustaakh Ishq \u2013 Madhumita Sen, Ajay Sharma (EASEEL)<\/p>\n Homebound \u2013 Khyatee Kanchan<\/p>\n Superboys of Malegaon \u2013 Sally White<\/p>\n Haq \u2013 Sonam Singh, Abhijit Gaonkar (Megamind Studio)<\/p>\n Kesari Chapter 2 \u2013 Rita Ghosh<\/p>\n Best Sound Design<\/strong><\/p>\n Chhaava \u2013 Bishwadeep Chatterjee<\/p>\n Dhurandhar \u2013 Bishwadeep Chatterjee \u2013 WINNER<\/strong><\/p>\n Homebound \u2013 Sanjay Maurya, Allwin Rego<\/p>\n Humans in the Loop -Kalhan Raina<\/p>\n Saiyaara \u2013 Ganesh Gangadharan (YRF Studios)<\/p>\n Best Special Effects<\/strong><\/p>\n 120 Bahadur \u2013 NOLABEL, Frame X VFX Studio, Snow Team, Vishal Tyagi, Manish Tyagi<\/p>\n Chhaava \u2013 Somesh Samit Ghosh, Gary Brown, Simon Frame, Vishal Tyagi, Manish Tyagi<\/p>\n Story continues below this ad<\/p>\n Dhurandhar \u2013 Envision VFX, Philm CGI, Resonance Digital, Dhruti Ranjan Sahoo, Vishal Tyagi, Raza Mohammed Shaikh \u2013 WINNER<\/strong><\/p>\n Jugnuma: The Fable \u2013 Varun Ramanna<\/p>\n Thamma \u2013 James Austin, Somesh Ghosh, Kunal Jagdish Sodha, D. Nishtha Varsha, Vishal Tyagi<\/p>\n Breakthrough Debut Director<\/strong><\/p>\n Shazia Iqbal \u2013 Dhadak 2 \u2013 WINNER<\/strong><\/p>\n Dibakar Das Roy \u2013 Dilli Dark<\/p>\n Aranya Sahay \u2013 Humans in the Loop<\/p>\n Karan Singh Tyagi \u2013 Kesari Chapter 2<\/p>\n Karan Kandhari \u2013 Sister Midnight<\/p>\n Breakthrough New Actor (Female)<\/strong><\/p>\n Rasha Thadani \u2013 Azaad<\/p>\n Sara Arjun \u2013 Dhurandhar<\/p>\n Ridhima Singh \u2013 Humans in the Loop<\/p>\n Aneet Padda \u2013 Saiyaara \u2013 WINNER<\/strong><\/p>\n Shubhangi Dutt \u2013 Tanvi the Great<\/p>\n Breakthrough New Actor (Male)<\/strong><\/p>\n Mohit Agarwal \u2013 Agra<\/p>\n Aaman Devgan \u2013 Azaad<\/p>\n Samuel Abiola Robinson \u2013 Dilli Dark<\/p>\n Aaishvary Thackeray \u2013 Nishaanchi<\/p>\n Ahaan Panday \u2013 Saiyaara \u2013 WINNER<\/strong><\/p>\n OTT categories<\/strong><\/p>\n Best OTT Film<\/strong><\/p>\n Mrs \u2013 Jyoti Deshpande, Harman Baweja, Pammi Baweja, Smitha Baliga<\/p>\n Raat Akeli Hai \u2013 The Bansal Murders \u2013 Ronnie Screwvala, Honey Trehan, Abhishek Chaubey<\/p>\n Stolen \u2013 Gaurav Dhingra \u2013 WINNER<\/strong><\/p>\n The Great Shamsuddin Family \u2013 Alok Jain, Ajit Andhare, Mahmood Farooqui<\/p>\n Story continues below this ad<\/p>\n The Mehta Boys \u2013 Boman Irani, Danesh Irani, Shujaat Saudagar, Vikesh Bhutani<\/p>\n Best Actor (Female) \u2013 OTT Film<\/strong><\/p>\n Fatima Sana Shaikh \u2013 Aap Jaisa Koi<\/p>\n Sanya Malhotra \u2013 Mrs \u2013 WINNER<\/strong><\/p>\n Radhika Apte \u2013 Saali Mohabbat<\/p>\n Saba Azad \u2013 Songs of Paradise<\/p>\n Mia Maelzer \u2013 Stolen<\/p>\n The Great Shamsuddin Family \u2013 Farida Jalal<\/p>\n Shreya Chaudhry \u2013 The Mehta Boys<\/p>\n Best Actor (Male) \u2013 OTT film<\/strong><\/p>\n Manoj Bajpayee \u2013 Inspector Zende<\/p>\n Abhishek Bachchan \u2013 Kaalidhar Laapata<\/p>\n Nawazuddin Siddiqui \u2013 Raat Akeli Hai The Bansal Murders<\/p>\n Abhishek Banerjee \u2013 Stolen \u2013 WINNER<\/strong><\/p>\n Shubham Vardhan \u2013 Stolen<\/p>\n Best Director \u2013 OTT film<\/strong><\/p>\n Arati Kadav \u2013 Mrs<\/p>\n Honey Trehan \u2013 Raat Akeli Hai \u2013 The Bansal Murders<\/p>\n Karan Tejpal \u2013 Stolen \u2013 WINNER<\/strong><\/p>\n Anusha Rizvi \u2013 The Great Shamsuddin Family<\/p>\n Boman Irani \u2013 The Mehta Boys<\/p>\n Best Script \u2013 OTT film<\/strong><\/p>\n Mrs \u2013 Harman Baweja, Anu Singh Choudhary, Arati Kadav<\/p>\n Raat Akeli Hai \u2013 The Bansal Murders \u2013 Smita Singh<\/p>\n Songs of Paradise \u2013 Danish Renzu, Sunayana Kachroo, Niranjan Iyengar<\/p>\n Stolen \u2013 Karan Tejpal, Gaurav Dhingra, Swapnil Salkar (AGADBUMB) \u2013 WINNER<\/strong><\/p>\n The Mehta Boys \u2013 Alexander Dinelaris, Boman Irani<\/p>\n About Chetak Screen Awards 2026<\/p>\n