The TOIFA Awards 2025 Winners were revealed yesterday on December 1, 2025, in Mumbai. Laapataa Ladies won theatrical awards, while Amar Singh Chamkila dominated web-film categories. Dive into this guide of the National Film Awards to know complete winners.
TOIFA Awards 2025 celebrated cinematic excellence, honouring both theatrical releases and OTT content. Set to take place on December 1, 2025, at the Grand Hyatt, Santacruz in Mumbai.
The carpet was blue, and the lights matched it, casting a beautiful glow at the Times of India Film Awards 2025 presented by M3M India and others.
Neha Dhupia hosted the show, joined by Arjun Kapoor and Aparshakti Khurana, and turned the stage into an OTT-style set with their brisky and self-deprecatory jokes about sharing their initials.
This guide presents the 2025 TOIFA Awards complete winners list. So explore this article and know deeply about the event highlights and winners.
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Times of India Film Awards 2025 Highlights
The event begins with the National Anthem, setting the tone for a night celebrating and honouring excellence across two parallel streams – TOIFA OTT and TOIFA Theatrical Edition.
The TOIFA Awards event was first set to introduce the Honours for the Women category.
Payal Kapadiya was named Visionary Woman of the Year, Guneet Monga and Kiran Rao, Powerful Voice of Cinema, whereas Nandita Das was awarded the Champions of Change Award.
The event night at the Grand Hyatt in Santacruz belongs to Laapataa Ladies, which dominated and won theatrical categories, including Film of the Year, with undeniable charm.
Furthermore, Sparsh Srivastava won the Acting Excellence (Male) while Ravi Kishan took home two awards, for Acting Excellence in a Comedy Role and Supporting Role (Male).
While Kiran Rao was honoured for Excellence in Direction.
Sneha Desai won both Dialogue and Screenplay awards, and Wiplab Goswami was recognised for the story.
While the OTT media delivered its own stunning moments, Amar Singh Chamkila swept the web-film categories, with Diljit Dosanjh and Parineeti Chopra both winning acting honours.
Imtiaz Ali won for direction and writing, AR Rahman for background score, and the film was named OTT Film of the Year.
Among the web series, Mirzapur S3 won Drama Series of the Year, “Panchayat S3” won Comedy Series, ‘Killer Soup’ won Crime/Thriller Series, and The Great Indian Kapil Show was honoured with Reality Show of the Year.
Jitendra Kumar bagged Acting Excellence (Male) for Kota Factory S3, while Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar saw Manish Koirala win Acting Excellence (Female), and Sonakshi Sinha won for a Negative Role.
For more winners, scroll down below to know all the awardees during the Times of India Film Awards 2025.
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TOIFA Awards 2025: Complete Winners List of Times of India Film Awards
Below is the complete list of winners for the TOIFA (Times of India Film Awards) Winners OTT 2025.
Web Films with Exceptional Talent
- Acting Excellence (Female): Parineeti Chopra | Amar Singh Chamkila (Netflix)
- Acting Excellence (Male): Diljit Dosanjh | Amar Singh Chamkila (Netflix)
- Acting Excellence in a Comedy Role: Johnny Lever | Lantrani (Netflix)
- Acting Excellence in a Negative Role: Jaideep Ahlawat | Maharaj (Netflix)
- Acting Excellence in a Supporting Role (Female): Shalini Pandey | Maharaj (Netflix)
- Acting Excellence in a Supporting Role (Male): Sanjay Mishra | Bhakshak (Netflix)
- Debut Actor of the Year: Junaid Khan | Maharaj (Netflix)
- Excellence in Direction: Imtiaz Ali | Amar Singh Chamkila (Netflix)
- Film of the Year: Amar Singh Chamkila | Window Seat Films, Select Media (Netflix)
Web Series with Exceptional Talent
- Acting Excellence (Female): Manisha Koirala | Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar (Netflix)
- Acting Excellence (Male):
- Jitendra Kumar | Kota Factory S3 (Netflix)
- Jaideep Ahlawat | The Broken News S2 (Zee5)
- Acting Excellence in a Comedy Role: Ravi Kishan | Maamla Legal Hai (Netflix)
- Acting Excellence in a Negative Role: Sonakshi Sinha | Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar (Netflix)
- Acting Excellence in a Supporting Role (Female):
- Nidhi Bisht | Maamla Legal Hai (Netflix)
- Isha Talwar | Mirzapur S3 (Prime Video)
- Acting Excellence in a Supporting Role (Male): Rajesh Tailang | Bandish Bandits S2 (Prime Video)
- Debut Actor of the Year: Kashvi Majumdar | Citadel: Honey Bunny (Prime Video)
- Comedy Series of the Year: Panchayat S3 | TVF Pitchers (Prime Video)
- Crime/Thriller/ Horror Series of the Year: Killer Soup | Macguffin Pictures Production (Netflix)
- Drama Series of the Year: Mirzapur S3 | Excel Media & Entertainment LLP (Prime Video)
- Reality Show of the Year: The Great Indian Kapil Show | K9 Films Pvt Ltd and Beingu Studios Pvt Ltd (Netflix)
- Excellence in Direction: Anubhav Sinha | IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack (Netflix)
- Showrunner for OTT:
- Anubhav Sinha | IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack (Netflix)
- Sameer Saxena | Maamla Legal Hai (Netflix)
Technical Awards
- Excellence in Background Score: AR Rahman | Amar Singh Chamkila (Netflix)
- Excellence in Costume Design: Rimple Narula, Harpreet Narula, Chandrakant Sonawane | Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar (Netflix)
- Excellence in Casting Ensemble (Web Series): Shruti Mahajan | Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar (Netflix)
- Excellence in Editing: Aarti Bajaj | Amar Singh Chamkila (Netflix)
- Excellence in Cinematography: Sudeep Chatterjee (ISC), Mahesh Limaye (ISC), Huentsang Mohapatra, Ragul Herian Dharuman | Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar (Netflix)
- Excellence in Visual Effects: Futureworks Studios | Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar (Netflix)
- Excellence in Writing: Imtiaz Ali, Sajid Ali | Amar Singh Chamkila (Netflix)
People’s Choice – OTT
- OTT – Acting Excellence (Female) Web Film: Sharvari Wagh | Maharaj (Netflix)
- OTT – Acting Excellence (Male) Web Film: Pankaj Tripathi | Murder Mubarak (Netflix)
- OTT – Acting Excellence (Female) Web Series: Huma Qureshi | Maharani S3 (Sony LIV)
- OTT – Acting Excellence (Male) Web Series: Jitendra Kumar | Panchayat S3 (Prime Video)
Another fan’s favourite, Stree 2 made a rhythmic sweep through the performers and music categories. Shraddha Kapoor and Rajkumar Rao won Acting Excellence (Male and Female, People’s Choice).
A great moment lights up the stage when actor Rupali Ganguly presented an award to her choreographer brother Vijay Ganguly.
People’s Choice – Film
- Theatrical – Acting Excellence (Female): Shraddha Kapoor | Stree 2
- Theatrical – Acting Excellence (Male): Rajkummar Rao | Stree 2
- Theatrical – Acting Excellence in a Comic Role: Pankaj Tripathi | Stree 2
- Theatrical – Acting Excellence in a Negative Role: Raghav Juyal | Kill
- Theatrical – Debut Actor of the Year: Lakshya | Kill
- Theatrical – Film of the Year: Laapataa Ladies | Aamir Khan Productions, Jio Studios and Kindling Pictures
- Theatrical – Song of the Year: Aayi Nai | Saregama Music (Stree 2)
Special Awards
- Outstanding Contribution to Cinema: Dharmendra
- Visionary Woman of the Year: Payal Kapadia
- Powerful Voice of Cinema: Guneet Monga & Kiran Rao
- Champions of Change Award (Social Impact): Nandita Das
- TOIFA Celebrates: Gulzar
Exceptional Technical Expertise
- Excellence in Action Direction: Sea Young Oh, Parvez Shaikh | Kill
- Excellence in Casting: Romil Jain | Laapataa Ladies
- Excellence in Choreography: Vijay Ganguly, Jani Master | Aaj Ki Raat and Aayi Nai (Stree 2)
- Excellence in Cinematography: Rafey Mehmood | Kill
- Excellence in Costume Design: Darshan Jalan | Laapataa Ladies
- Excellence in Editing:
- Shivkumar V Panicker | Kill
- Jabeen Merchant | Laapataa Ladies
- Excellence in Hair Styling: Jyotika Shinde | Stree 2
- Excellence in Make-up & Prosthetics: Manish Sharma | Munjya
- Excellence in Production Design: Vikram Singh | Laapataa Ladies
- Excellence in Sound Design: Subash Sahoo | Shaitaan
- Excellence in Visual Effects: Brad Minnich, Debabrata Maity | Munjya
Exceptional Talent for Acting & Filmmaking
- Acting Excellence (Female): Yami Gautam | Article 370
- Acting Excellence (Male): Sparsh Shrivastava | Laapataa Ladies
- Acting Excellence in a Comedy Role: Ravi Kishan | Laapataa Ladies
- Acting Excellence in a Negative Role: R Madhavan | Shaitaan
- Acting Excellence in a Supporting Role (Female): Janki Bodiwala | Shaitaan
- Debut Actor of the Year: Nitanshi Goel | Laapataa Ladies
- Excellence in Dialogue Writing: Sneha Desai | Laapataa Ladies
- Excellence in Story Writing: Biplab Goswami | Laapataa Ladies
- Excellence in Direction: Kiran Rao | Laapataa Ladies
- Excellence in Screenplay: Sneha Desai | Laapataa Ladies
Last Line
TOIFA Awards 2025 brought theatrical and OTT achievements under one roof, proving that great storytelling deserves recognition regardless of the platform. The three-tier selection process gave the awards a level of credibility that’s rare in the industry.
Beyond the glitz and star power, the evening honoured the real craft behind cinema, from technicians to writers to composers.
The special recognition for women in film was a welcome addition. As the ceremony wrapped up on December 1, it was clear that Indian entertainment is evolving, and TOIFA Awards are evolving with it.
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