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IIFA Award for Star Debut of the Year – Male

International Indian Film Academy Award

Summary

International Indian Film Academy Award

Field	Value
name	IIFA Award for
Star Debut of the Year – Male
image	Lakshya in 2024 (cropped).jpg
caption	The 2025 Recipient: Lakshya Lalwani
awarded_for	Best Debut Performance by an Actor
presenter	International Indian Film Academy
country	India
year	Hrithik Roshan – Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai*
holder	Lakshya Lalwani,
Kill (2025)
website	IIFA Awards

Star Debut of the Year – Male

Abhishek Bachchan – Refugee
Rahul Dev – Champion
Uday Chopra – Mohabbatein (2001) Kill (2025)

The IIFA Award for Star Debut of the Year – Male is given by the International Indian Film Academy as part of its annual award ceremony to recognise a male actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in his debut film. Originally known as the "IIFA Award for Fresh Face of the Year (Male)", it was officially given its new title in 2006. During its inaugural year in 2001, four separate actors were presented with an award.

Winners

1990s

**1999 Not awarded **

2000s

2001 Abhishek Bachchan – Refugee as Refugee (tied with) Hrithik Roshan – Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai as Rohit/Raj Chopra, Rahul Dev – Champion as Naseer Ahmed and Uday Chopra – Mohabbatein as Vikram Kapoor/Oberoi
**2002 Arjun Rampal – ''Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat''''' as **Gaurav Saxena'''
**2003 John Abraham – ''Jism''''' as **Kabir Lal'''
**2004 Shahid Kapoor – ''Ishq Vishk''''' as **Rajiv Mathur'''
**2005 Not awarded **
**2006 Shiney Ahuja – ''Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi''''' as **Vikram Malhotra'''
**2007 Upen Patel – ''36 China Town''''' as **Rocky'''
**2008 Ranbir Kapoor – ''Saawariya''''' as **Ranbir Raj'''
**2009 Farhan Akhtar – ''Rock On!!''''' as **Aditya Shroff'''

2010s

2010 Jackky Bhagnani – Kal Kissne Dekha as Nihaal Singh (tied with) Omi Vaidya – 3 Idiots as Chatur Ramalingam (Silencer)
**2011 Ranveer Singh – ''Band Baaja Baaraat''''' as **Bittoo Sharma'''
**2012 Vidyut Jamwal – ''Force''''' as **Vishnu'''
**2013 Ayushmann Khurrana – ''Vicky Donor''''' as **Vicky Arora'''
**2014 Dhanush – ''Raanjhanaa''''' as **Kundan Shankar'''
**2015 Tiger Shroff – ''Heropanti''''' as **Bablu'''
**2016 Vicky Kaushal – ''Masaan''''' as **Deepak Chaudhary'''
**2017 Diljit Dosanjh – ''Udta Punjab''''' as **Sartaaj Singh'''
**2018 Not awarded **
**2019 Ishaan Khatter – ''Dhadak''''' as **Madhukar "Madhu" Bhagla'''

2020s

**2020 Abhimanyu Dassani – ''Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota''''' as **Suryaanshu "Surya" Sampat'''
**2022 Ahan Shetty – ''Tadap''''' as **Ishaan'''
2023 Shantanu Maheshwari – Gangubai Kathiawadi as Afsaan Badr-ur-Razzaq (tied with) Babil Khan – Qala as Jagan Batwal
**2024 Not awarded **
2025 Lakshya Lalwani – Kill as Amrit Rathod

References

(2011-06-09). "IIFA AWARDS 2001 2-3". [[YouTube]].
(26 June 2016). "IIFA Awards 2016: The Complete List of Winners".

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