title: Times of India Film Awards
text: # Times of India Film Awards
  
  The Times of India Film Awards (also known as TOIFA Awards) are presented by The Times of India to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Hindi language film industry of India. The awards were first introduced in 2013. The second edition of the award was held at Dubai on 18 March 2016.
  
  ## Ceremonies
  
  | Ceremony | Date | City | Host(s) |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1st TOIFA | 6 April 2013 | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | Ranbir Kapoor and Anushka Sharma |
  | 2nd TOIFA | 19 September 2015 | San Diego, United States | Salman Khan and Jacqueline Fernandez |
  | 3rd TOIFA | 18 March 2016 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Riteish Deshmukh and Parineeti Chopra |
  
  ## Acting Awards
  
  ### Best Film
  
  | Year | Film | Producer |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2013 | Barfi! | Ronnie Screwvala Siddharth Roy Kapoor |
  | 2021 | Gully Boy | |
  
  ### Best Actor Male
  
  | Year | Name | Film |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2013 | "Ranbir Kapoor" | Barfi! |
  | 2021 | "Salman Khan" | Dabangg 3 |
  
  ### Best Actor Female
  
  | Year | Name | Film |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2013 | "Priyanka Chopra" | Barfi! |
  | 2021 | "Bhumi Pednekar" | Pati Patni Aur Woh |
  
  ### Best Director
  
  | Year | Name | Film |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2013 | "Anurag Basu" | Barfi! |
  | 2021 | "Aditya Dhar" | Super 30 |
  
  ### Best Supporting Actor Male
  
  | Year | Name | Film |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2013 | "Annu Kapoor" | Vicky Donor |
  | 2021 | "Ayushmann Khurrana" | Bala |
  
  ### Best Supporting Actor Female
  
  | Year | Name | Film |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2013 | "Dolly Ahluwalia" | Vicky Donor |
  | 2021 | "Kriti Sanon" | Housefull 4 |
  
  ### Best Actor In A Comic Role
  
  | Year | Name | Film |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2013 | "Abhishek Bachchan" | Bol Bachchan |
  | 2021 | "Kartik Aaryan" | Luka Chuppi |
  
  ### Best Actor In A Negative Role
  
  | Year | Name | Film |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2013 | "Rishi Kapoor" | Agneepath |
  | 2021 | "Salman Khan" | Bharat |
  
  ### Best Debut Male
  
  | Year | Name | Film |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2013 | "Ayushmann Khurrana" | Vicky Donor |
  | 2021 | "Siddhant Chaturvedi" | Gully Boy |
  
  ### Best Debut Female
  
  | Year | Name | Film |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2013 | "Ileana D'Cruz" | Barfi! |
  | 2021 | "Ananya Pandey" | Student Of The Year 2 |
  
  ## Music Awards
  
  ### Best Album
  
  | Year | Name | Composer |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2013 | "Agneepath" | Ajay–Atul |
  | 2021 | "Chhalaang" | Yo Yo Honey Singh, Guru Randhawa, Tanishk-Vayu |
  
  ### Song of The Year
  
  | Year | Song | Film | Composer |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 2013 | "Abhi Mujh Mein Kahin" | Agneepath | Ajay–Atul |
  | 2021 | "Teri Bhabhi" | Coolie No.1 | Varun Dhawan |
  
  ### Best Playback Singer Male
  
  | Year | Name | Song | Film |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 2013 | "Sonu Nigam" | "Abhi Mujh Mein Kahin" | Agneepath |
  | 2021 | "Bappi Lahiri" | "Sab Kushal Mangal" | Sab Kushal Mangal |
  
  ### Best Playback Singer Female
  
  | Year | Name | Song | Film |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 2013 | Shalmali Kholgade | "Pareshaan" | Ishaqzaade |
  | 2016 | Shreya Ghoshal | "Mohe Rang Do Laal" | Bajirao Mastani |
  
  ### Best Lyricist
  
  | Year | Name | Song | Film |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 2013 | "Gulzar" | "Saans" | Jab Tak Hai Jaan |
  | 2021 | "Varun Dhawan" | Coolie No.1 |
  
  ### Composer of The Year
  
  | Year | Name | Film |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2013 | "Ajay–Atul" | Agneepath |
  | 2021 | "Ranveer Singh" | 83 |
  
  ## Critics' Awards
  
  ### Best Film
  
  | Year | Film | Director |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2013 | "Gangs of Wasseypur" | Anurag Kashyap |
  | 2021 | "Tanhaji: The Unsuring Warrior" | Om Raut |
  
  ### Best Actor Male
  
  | Year | Name | Film |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2013 | "Irrfan Khan" | Paan Singh Tomar |
  | 2021 | "Amitabh Bachchan" and "Ayushmann Khurrana | Gulabo Sitabo |
  
  ### Best Actor Female
  
  | Year | Name | Film |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2013 | "Deepika Padukone" | Cocktail |
  | 2021 | "Parineeti Chopra" | Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar |
  
  ### Best Debut Director
  
  | Year | Name | Film |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2013 | "Gauri Shinde" | English Vinglish |
  | 2021 | "Ramesh Sippy" | Shimla Mirchi |
  
  ## Technical Awards
  
  ### Best Editing
  
  | Year | Name | Film |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2013 | "Namrata Rao" | Kahaani |
  | 2016 | "A. Sreekar Prasad" | Talvar |
  
  ### Best Cinematography
  
  | Year | Name | Film |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2013 | "Ravi Varman" | Barfi! |
  | 2016 | "Sudeep Chatterjee" | Bajirao Mastani |
  
  ### Best Choreography
  
  | Year | Name | Film |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2013 | "Ganesh Acharya" | Agneepath |
  | 2016 | "Remo D'Souza" | ABCD 2 |
  
  ### Best Background Score
  
  | Year | Name | Film |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2013 | "Pritam" | Barfi! |
  
  ### Best Special Effects
  
  | Year | Name | Film |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2013 | "Kvsanjit", "Rajiv Ghosh" | Raaz 3 |
  
  ### Best Costume Design
  
  | Year | Name | Film |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2013 | "Aki Narula", "Shafalina" | Barfi! |
  | 2016 | "Anju Modi", "Maxima Basu" | Bajirao Mastani |
  
  ### Best Art Direction
  
  | Year | Name | Film |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2013 | "Rajat Podar" | Barfi! |
  | 2016 | "Sujeet Sawant", "Sriram Iyengar", "Saloni Dhatrak" |
  
  ### Best Action
  
  | Year | Name | Film |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2013 | "Conrad Palmisano", "Markos" | Ek Tha Tiger |
  
  ### Best Sound Recording
  
  | Year | Name | Film |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2013 | "Anita Khushwaha" | Talaash |
  
  ### Best Story
  
  | Year | Name | Film |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2013 | "Advaita Kala", "Sujoy Ghosh" | Kahaani |
  | 2016 | "V. Vijayendra Prasad" | Bajrangi Bhaijaan |
  
  ### Best Screenplay
  
  | Year | Name | Film |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2013 | "Sujoy Ghosh" | Kahaani |
  | 2016 | "Juhi Chaturvedi" | Piku |
  
  ### Best Dialogue
  
  | Year | Name | Film |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2013 | "Anurag Kashyap", "Akhilesh Jaiswal", "Zeishan Quadri", "Sachin Ladia" | Gangs of Wasseypur I |
  | 2016 | "Himanshu Sharma" | Tanu Weds Manu Returns |
  