The Chetak Display Awards 2026 honoured excellence in Hindi cinema and OTT content material at a ceremony held in Mumbai on April 5. Director Neeraj Ghaywan’s movie ‘Homebound’ acquired the Greatest Movie award, offered by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Reliance Basis founder-chairperson Nita Ambani.
Aditya Dhar’s ‘Dhurandhar’ was essentially the most awarded manufacturing of the occasion, securing 14 accolades throughout numerous classes. Dhar additionally gained the Greatest Director award.
Within the performing classes, Yami Gautam was named Greatest Actor (Feminine) for her position in ‘Haq’, whereas Ranveer Singh gained Greatest Actor (Male) for his efficiency in ‘Dhurandhar’.
The awards ceremony launched 5 new classes recognising excellence in OTT productions. Sanya Malhotra acquired Greatest Actor (Feminine) – OTT Movie for ‘Mrs’. Karan Tejpal’s ‘Stolen’ achieved vital success, profitable Greatest OTT Movie, Greatest Director – OTT Movie awarded to Karan Tejpal, Greatest Actor (Male) – OTT Movie for Abhishek Banerjee, and Greatest Script – OTT Movie credited to Karan Tejpal, Gaurav Dhingra, and Swapnil Salkar.
Hosted by Alia Bhatt with help from Sunil Grover, Zakir Khan and Saurabh Dwivedi, the ceremony included an ‘In Memoriam’ phase paying tribute to movie personalities who died in 2025.
Veteran actor Dharmendra was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award, accepted by his son Bobby Deol. The award was offered by Javed Akhtar, Ramesh Sippy and Devendra Fadnavis. Bobby Deol mirrored on his father’s perception in spreading happiness and gratitude, stating, “He at all times wished folks to remain blissful and believed that God has given all of us a lot in life. He used to say that all of us have a particular present inside us, and if we consider in it, we are able to obtain something.” He added, “I see my father’s love in all of your eyes. My father touched everybody’s hearts by his work and even by his Instagram reels, which had turn into his new passion.”
The awards, instituted by The Indian Categorical Group, are determined by the Display Academy, an impartial panel of 53 filmmakers and artists. The analysis course of, developed underneath Dr Priya Jaikumar’s steering, follows a structured system primarily based on creativity, technical excellence, innovation, viewer connection and authenticity.
Different notable winners included Akshaye Khanna and Shalini Vatsa, who gained supporting performing awards for ‘Dhurandhar’ and ‘Homebound’ respectively. Gulzar and Shreya Ghoshal had been among the many distinguished recipients in music classes.
Full record of winners on the Chetak Display Awards 2026:
- Greatest Movie: Homebound
- Greatest Actor (Feminine): Yami Gautam – Haq
- Greatest Actor (Male): Ranveer Singh – Dhurandhar
- Greatest Director: Aditya Dhar – Dhurandhar
- Greatest Actor in a Supporting Function (Feminine): Shalini Vatsa – Homebound
- Greatest Actor in a Supporting Function (Male): Akshaye Khanna – Dhurandhar
- Greatest Motion: Aejaz Gulab, Sea Younger Oh, Yannick Ben, Ramazan Bulut – Dhurandhar
- Greatest Background Rating: Shashwat Sachdev – Dhurandhar
- Greatest Choreography: Vijay Ganguly – Shararat (Dhurandhar)
- Greatest Cinematography: Vikash Nowlakha – Dhurandhar
- Greatest Costume: Sheetal Iqbal Sharma – Chhaava; Smriti Chauhan – Dhurandhar
- Greatest Dialogue: Aditya Dhar – Dhurandhar
- Greatest Enhancing: Shivkumar V Panicker – Dhurandhar
- Greatest Movie for Gender Sensitivity: Haq
- Greatest Movie Writing (Story & Screenplay): Basharat Peer, Neeraj Ghaywan, Sumit Roy – Homebound
- Greatest Hairstyling & Make-Up: Preetisheel Singh D’souza – Dhurandhar
- Greatest Music: Saiyaara Title Monitor – Saiyaara (Tanishk Bagchi, Faheem Abdullah, Arslan Nizami)
- Greatest Lyrics: Gulzar – Ul Julool Ishq (Gustaakh Ishq)
- Greatest Playback Singer (Male): Faheem Abdullah – Saiyaara Title Monitor (Saiyaara)
- Greatest Playback Singer (Feminine): Shreya Ghoshal – Saiyaara Title Monitor (Saiyaara)
- Greatest Manufacturing Design: Saini S Johray – Dhurandhar
- Greatest Sound Design: Bishwadeep Chatterjee – Dhurandhar
- Greatest Particular Results: Envision VFX, Philm CGI, Resonance Digital, Dhruti Ranjan Sahoo, Vishal Tyagi, Raza Mohammed Shaikh – Dhurandhar
- Breakthrough Debut Director: Shazia Iqbal – Dhadak 2
- Breakthrough New Actor (Feminine): Aneet Padda – Saiyaara
- Breakthrough New Actor (Male): Ahaan Panday – Saiyaara
- Greatest OTT Movie: Stolen
- Greatest Actor (Feminine) – OTT Movie: Sanya Malhotra – Mrs
- Greatest Actor (Male) – OTT Movie: Abhishek Banerjee – Stolen
- Greatest Director – OTT Movie: Karan Tejpal – Stolen
- Greatest Script – OTT Movie: Karan Tejpal, Gaurav Dhingra, Swapnil Salkar – Stolen
