Zee Cine Awards 2026 Winners List: Best Actors, Director, and More

One of the most regarded award ceremonies for Bollywood films and stars, the Zee Cine Awards, presented by Maruti Suzuki, took place on February 28 and March 1, 2026. The Zee Cine Awards 2026 voting for viewers’ choice categories was open on the official portal of the event before the event took place. The Zee Cine Awards 2026 date and time of telecast is March 15, 7:30 PM. The event would be available to watch on Zee TV and Zee Cinema channel along with the ZEE5 app. In this event, several actors and filmmakers won awards like Ahaan Panday, Aneet Padda, and Mohit Suri for Saiyaara, Vicky Kaushal for Chhaava, Kriti Sanon for Tere Ishk Mein, and others. Check out the complete Zee Cine Awards winners 2026 below to know about the stars and films of 2025 that have been rewarded.

Who Won What in the Zee Cine Awards 2026 Winners List?

Below is the Zee Cine Awards 2026 winners list, consisting of the most successful and acclaimed films and performances of the year 2025.

Viewers’ Choice Best Film: Chhaava

Viewers’ Choice Best Actor (Male): Vicky Kaushal for Chhaava

Viewers’ Choice Best Actor (Female): Aneet Padda for Saiyaara

Viewers’ Choice Song of the Year: Saiyaara Title Track

Best Actor (Male) Jury: Akshay Kumar for Kesari Chapter 2

Best Actor (Female) Jury: Kriti Sanon for Tere Ishk Mein 

Best Director: Mohit Suri

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male): Vineet Kumar Singh for Chhaava

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female): Ananya Panday for Kesari Chapter 2

Best Film (Jury): Dhurandhar

Best Film: Saiyaara

Best Debut Actor (Male): Ahaan Panday for Saiyaara

Best Debut Actor (Female): Aneet Padda for Saiyaara

Best Actor In Comic Role: Varun Dhawan for Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari

Best Debut Director: Karan Singh Tyagi for Kesari Chapter 2

Best Actor in a Negative Role: Riteish Deshmukh for Raid 2

Glow Up Face of the Year: Aneet Padda

Outstanding Performance for Social Impact Award: Shubhangi Dutt for Tanvi

Emerging Talent of the Year: Avneet Kaur

Spotlight Performer of the Year (Male): Siddhant Chaturvedi for Dhadak 2

Spotlight Performer of the Year (Female): Rakul Preet Singh for De De Pyaar De 2

25 Years of Excellence: Bosco & Caesar

Best Performance in an Ensemble: Naman Misra, Rishabh Jain, Aroush Datta, Ashish Pendse, Simran Mangeshkar, Vedant Sharma, Samvit Desai, Rishi Shahani, Aayush Bhansali, Gopi Krishnan K. Varma, R. S. Prasanna,
Genelia Deshmukh, and Aamir Khan

Best Screenplay: Aditya Dhar for Dhurandhar

Best Cinematography: Vikash Nowlakha for Dhurandhar

Best Choreography:Vijay Ganguly for Dhurandhar

Best Editing: Shivkumar V. Panicker for Dhurandhar

Best Action: Anal Arasu, Peter Hein, Naga Venkat, and Ram Lakshman for Jaat

Best Visual Effects (VFX): Phlim CGI & Envision VFX for Dhurandhar

Best Dialogues:Milap Zaveri for Ek Deewane Ki Deewaniyat and Rishi Virmani for Chhaava

Best Story: Aditya Dhar for Dhurandhar

Best Costume Design: Sheetal Sharma for Chhaava

Best Production Design: Saini S. Johray for Dhurandhar

Best Background Score: Shashwat Sachdev for Dhurandhar

Best Playback Singer (Male): Faheem Abdullah for Saiyaara Title Track

Best Playback Singer (Female): Shreya Ghoshal for Saiyaara Reprise – Female

Best Music: Mithoon, Sachet-Parampara, Rishabh Kant, Tanishk Bagchi, and Faheem Abdullah for Saiyaara

Best Lyrics: Irshad Kamil for Saiyaara

Best Sound Design: Bishwadeep Chatterjee for Dhurandhar

ZEE5 Award For Best Actor (Male): Arshad Warsi for Bhagwat: Chapter 1 – Raakshah

ZEE5 Award For Best Actor (Female): Sanya Malhotra for Mrs.

ZEE5 Award For Best Flm: Mrs.

More About 24th Zee Cine Awards 2026

The Zee Cine Awards 2026 date was February 28 and March 1, 2026,  when the best films, actors, and filmmakers were awarded for their films that were released in 2025, along with dance performances featuring several Bollywood stars at at Dome, NSCI, Worli, Mumbai.

The Zee Cine Awards 2026 vote online began on February 11 for the Viewer’s choice category, 2 weeks before the event, This Zee Cine Awards vote 2026 took place on the official website of the awards, the ZEE5 app, WhatsApp, and the official social media channels of the event. On the same channels, the names of all the award winners and the results of the Viewer’s Choice Zee Cine Award 2026 voting were announced.

In the Zee Cine Awards 2026 full show, the most-anticipated award winners to be announced were the categories of Zee Cine Award for best actor male​, Zee Cine Award for best female debut, and the Zee Cine Award for best film​. Some of the most memorable wins and their categories included Zee Cine Award of best actor Vicky Kaushal Chhaava, Zee Cine Award for best director to Mohit Suri for Saiyaara, and Zee Cine Award for best actor female to Kriti Sanon for Tere Ishk Mein. Other notable wins included Zee Cine Award for best male debut actor Ahaan Panday for Saiyaara and Zee Cine Award for best female debut actor Aneet Padda for Saiyaara. Additionally, Zee Cine Award for best actor in a supporting role went to Vineet Kumar Singh for Chhaava and Zee Cine Award for best film to Chhaava.

As of the Zee Cine Awards 2026 telecast date, it will air on TV channels of Zee, such as Zee TV and Zee Cinema, along with the ZEE5 app. The official Zee Cine Awards 2026 date and time is March 15, 7:30 PM.

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