The Chetak Screen Awards 2026 celebrated the achievements of Indian cinema on Sunday, with the film Dhurandhar taking center stage as it secured a remarkable total of 14 awards.
The prestigious Best Film accolade was awarded to Homebound, which faced tough competition from notable contenders such as Dhadak 2, Dhurandhar, Haq, Saiyaara, Sitaare Zameen Par, Superboys of Malegaon, and Chhaava.
In the key categories, Aditya Dhar was named Best Director, triumphing over a strong roster of nominees that 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).
The Best Actor (Male) award went to Ranveer Singh, who outperformed contenders Vicky Kaushal (Chhaava), Siddhant Chaturvedi (Dhadak 2), Vishal Jethwa (Homebound), Ishaan Khatter (Homebound), Manoj Bajpayee (Jugnuma: The Fable), and Adarsh Gourav (Superboys of Malegaon).
Yami Gautam received the Best Actor (Female) honor, emerging victorious from a competitive field that included Triptii Dimri (Dhadak 2), Sonal Madhushankar (Humans in the Loop), Konkona Sen Sharma (Metro… In Dino), Monika Panwar (Nishaanchi), Radhika Apte (Sister Midnight), and Kriti Sanon (Tere Ishk Mein).
In the realm of digital content, the Best OTT Film award was claimed by Stolen, which was in competition with titles such as Mrs, Raat Akeli Hai: The Bansal Murders, The Great Shamsuddin Family, and The Mehta Boys.
Top acting accolades in the OTT category were awarded to Abhishek Banerjee for Stolen and Sanya Malhotra for Mrs.
For a comprehensive overview, here is the complete list of winners from the Chetak Screen Awards 2026:
Dhadak 2 – Karan Johar, Umesh Kumar Bhansal, Adar Poonawalla, Apoorva Mehta, Meenu Aroraa, Somen Mishra, Pragati Deshmukh, Marijke DeSouza
Dhurandhar – Jyoti Deshpande, Lokesh Dhar, Aditya Dhar
Haq – Vineet Jain, Vishal Gurnani, Harman Baweja, Juhi Parekh Mehta, Amrita Pandey, Suparn S Varma, Rowena Baweja, Sandeep Singh
Homebound – Karan Johar, Adar Poonawalla, Apoorva Mehta, Somen Mishra, Marijke DeSouza, Melita Toscan Du Plantier – WINNER
Saiyaara – Akshaye Widhani
Sitaare Zameen Par – Aamir Khan, Aparna Purohit
Superboys Of Malegaon – 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)
Chhaava – Dinesh Vijan
Triptii Dimri – Dhadak 2
Yami Gautam Dhar – Haq – WINNER
Sonal Madhushankar – Humans in the Loop
Konkona Sen Sharma – Metro… In Dino
Monika Panwar – Nishaanchi
Radhika Apte – Sister Midnight
Kriti Sanon – Tere Ishk Mein
Vicky Kaushal – Chhaava
Siddhant Chaturvedi – Dhadak 2
Ranveer Singh – Dhurandhar – WINNER
Vishal Jethwa – Homebound
Ishaan Khatter – Homebound
Manoj Bajpayee – Jugnuma: The Fable
Adarsh Gourav – Superboys Of Malegaon
Laxman Ramchandra Utekar – Chhaava
Aditya Dhar – Dhurandhar – WINNER
Suparn S Varma – Haq
Neeraj Ghaywan – Homebound
Raam Reddy — Jugnuma: The Fable
Mohit Suri – Saiyaara
Reema Kagti – Superboys Of Malegaon
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female)
Divya Dutta – Chhaava
Sheeba Chadha – Haq
Shalini Vatsa – Homebound – WINNER
Dolly Ahluwalia – Sitaare Zameen Par
Manjiri Pupala – Superboys Of Malegaon
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male)
Akshaye Khanna – Dhurandhar – WINNER
Rakesh Bedi – Dhurandhar
Naseeruddin Shah – Gustaakh Ishq
Saurabh Shukla – Jolly LLB 3
Deepak Dobriyal – Jugnuma: The Fable
120 Bahadur – Amritpal Singh, Marek Svitek
Chhaava – Parvez Shaikh
Deva – Supreme Sundar, Abbas Ali Moghul, Anl Arasu, Vikram Dahiya, Parvez Shaikh
Dhurandhar – Aejaz Gulab, Sea Young Oh, Yannick Ben, Ramazan Bulut – WINNER
Jaat – Ram Laxman, V Venkat, Peter Hein, Anl Arasu
Best Background Score
Chhaava – AR Rahman
Dhurandhar – Shashwat Sachdev – WINNER
Haq – Sandeep Chowta
Homebound – Naren Chandavarkar, Benedict Taylor
Saiyaara – John Stewart Eduri
Azaad – Ui Amma – Bosco Leslie Martis
Deva – Bhasad Macha – Bosco Leslie Martis
Dhurandhar – Shararat – Vijay Ganguly – WINNER
Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari – Panwadi Song – Ganesh Acharya
Thamma – Dilbar Ki Aankhon Ka – Vijay Ganguly
Dhurandhar – Vikash Nowlakha – WINNER
Homebound – Pratik Shah
Humans in the Loop – Monica Tiwari, Harshit Saini, Gunjan Jaywant
Jugnuma: The Fable – Sunil Ramkrishna Borkar
Superboys of Malegaon – Swapnil S. Sonawane (ISC)
Chhaava – Sheetal Iqbal Sharma – WINNER
Dhurandhar – Smriti Chauhan – WINNER
Gustaakh Ishq – Manish Malhotra, Shivank Vikram Kapoor
Homebound – Rohit Chaturvedi
Superboys of Malegaon – Bhawna Sharma
Dhurandhar – Aditya Dhar – WINNER
Homebound – Neeraj Ghaywan, Varun Grover, Shreedhar Dubey
Jolly LLB 3 – Subhash Kapoor
Superboys of Malegaon – Varun Grover, Shoaib Zulfi Nazeer
Dhurandhar – Shivkumar V. Panicker – WINNER
Haq – Ninad Khanolkar
Homebound – Nitin Baid
Saiyaara – Devendra Murdeshwar, Rohit Makwana
Superboys of Malegaon – Anand Subaya
Best Film for Gender Sensitivity
Dhadak 2 – Karan Johar, Umesh Kumar Bhansal, Adar Poonawalla, Apoorva Mehta, Meenu Aroraa, Somen Mishra, Pragati Deshmukh, Marijke DeSouza
Haq – Vineet Jain, Vishal Gurnani, Harman Baweja, Juhi Parekh Mehta, Amrita Pandey, Suparn S Varma, Rowena Baweja, Sandeep Singh – WINNER
Humans in the Loop – Mathivanan Rajendran, Sarabhi Ravichandran, Shilpa Kumar, Aranya Sahay
Mrs – Jyoti Deshpande, Harman Baweja, Pammi Baweja, Smitha Baliga
The Great Shamsuddin Family – Alok Jain, Ajit Andhare, Mahmood Farooqui
Best Film Writing (Story & Screenplay)
Dhurandhar – Aditya Dhar
Homebound – Basharat Peer, Neeraj Ghaywan, Sumit Roy – WINNER
Humans in the Loop – Aranya Sahay
Superboys of Malegaon – Varun Grover
Best Hairstyling & Make-Up
Chhaava – Shrikant Desai
Dhurandhar – Preetisheel Singh D’souza – WINNER
Emergency – Elizabeth Lawson Zeiss, Dhananjay M. Prajapat
Homebound – Khyati Malhotra
Superboys of Malegaon – Tarannum Khan, Avan Contractor, Dianne Commissariat

















