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\n\tAhaan Panday<\/a> and Aneet Padda<\/a> have claimed the top two positions on IMDb<\/a>\u2018s Most Popular Indian Stars of 2025 list following their performances in Yash Raj Films\u2019 romantic drama \u201cSaiyaara<\/a>.\u201d <\/p>\n \n\tThe ranking, based on page views from more than 250 million monthly visitors worldwide throughout 2025, marks a historic sweep for the film directed by Mohit Suri, who himself tops IMDb\u2019s inaugural Most Popular Indian Directors list. Both actors previously received the IMDb \u201cBreakout Star\u201d STARmeter Award in August, which the platform notes has proven a reliable predictor of emerging talent.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cTo be ranked No. 1 on the IMDb Most Popular Indian Stars of 2025 list with my first film is nothing short of a dream come true,\u201d Panday said. \u201cThis recognition makes me a little more aware of the responsibility I have towards my craft, and at the same time, it excites me for what\u2019s to come.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tThe actor credited Suri\u2019s direction and thanked Yash Raj Films chief Aditya Chopra for the opportunity to prove himself on screen, along with casting director Shanoo Sharma and producer Akshaye Widhani. \u201cI thank everyone for helping the stars align and giving me something I could cherish for a lifetime, but mainly, I thank everyone for allowing the grandson of a heart surgeon to be a vessel for love,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \n\tPadda expressed similar gratitude for the recognition. \u201c\u2018Saiyaara\u2019 changed my life in ways I am only beginning to understand, and to know that people across countries and languages connected with my work means more to me than I can explain,\u201d she said. The actor credited Suri for his confidence in her abilities and thanked the film\u2019s production team for their support.<\/p>\n \n\tRounding out the top 10 stars are Aamir Khan (No. 3), Ishaan Khatter (No. 4), Lakshya (No. 5), Rashmika Mandanna (No. 6), Kalyani Priyadarshan (No. 7), Triptii Dimri (No. 8), Rukmini Vasanth (No. 9) and Rishab Shetty (No. 10). Khatter and Dimri are the only actors who appeared on both the 2024 and 2025 lists.<\/p>\n \n\tMandanna had a particularly prolific year with releases spanning multiple languages and genres, including the Hindi-language films \u201cChhaava,\u201d \u201cSikandar\u201d and \u201cThamma,\u201d plus the Telugu-language titles \u201cKuberaa\u201d and \u201cThe Girlfriend.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cIn the 25 Years of Indian Cinema IMDb Industry Report, we highlighted the emergence of directors as the key architects of this new era of Indian cinema,\u201d said Yaminie Patodia, head of IMDb India. \u201cFilmmakers now consistently appear on our weekly rankings alongside actors, signaling that directors themselves are becoming fan favorites, with world-building and storytelling as the new engines of fandom.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tThe directors list features Suri at No. 1, followed by Aryan Khan (No. 2), Lokesh Kanagaraj (No. 3), Anurag Kashyap (No. 4), Prithviraj Sukumaran (No. 5), R.S. Prasanna (No. 6), Anurag Basu (No. 7), Dominic Arun (No. 8), Laxman Utekar (No. 9) and Neeraj Ghaywan (No. 10).<\/p>\n \n\tKhan, who made his directorial debut with Netflix series \u201cThe Ba***ds of Bollywood,\u201d is the youngest filmmaker on the list and the only series director featured. Ghaywan directed \u201cHomebound,\u201d India\u2019s entry to the 2026 Academy Awards.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source variety.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ahaan Panday and Aneet Padda have claimed the top two positions on IMDb\u2018s Most Popular Indian Stars of 2025 list following their performances in Yash Raj Films\u2019 romantic drama \u201cSaiyaara.\u201d The ranking, based on page views from more than 250 million monthly visitors worldwide throughout 2025, marks a historic sweep for the film directed by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2185608,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[340467,346481,339808,340604],"class_list":["post-2185607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-ahaan-panday","tag-aneet-padda","tag-imdb","tag-saiyaara"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Saiyaara-Actors-Ahaan-Panday-and-Aneet-Padda-Top-IMDb-Star.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2185607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2185607"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2185607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2185609,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2185607\/revisions\/2185609"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2185608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2185607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2185607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2185607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}