The other day, IMDb revealed its lists of most popular Indian actors and directors for 2025 through social media. Saiyaara star Ahaan Panday tops IMDb's most popular actors list, the film's director Mohit Suri leads the respective compilation for directors. At number two on the actors list is Ahaan's Saiyaara co-star Aneet Padda. The rest of the positions on IMDb's most popular actors list belong to the following actors:
3. Aamir Khan for Sitaare Zameen Par and Coolie
4. The Royals and Homebound star Ishaan Khatter
5. The Ba***ds of Bollywood actor Lakshya
6. Rashmika Mandanna for Chhaava, Sikandar, Kuberaa, Thamma, and The Girlfriend
7. Kalyani Priyadarshan for Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra and Odum Kuthira Chadum Kuthira
8. Triptii Dimri for Dhadak 2
9. Rukmini Vasanth for Ace, Madharaasi, Kantara: Chapter 1
10. Rishab Shetty for Kantara: Chapter 1
On the other hand, when it comes to IMDb's most popular Indian directors for 2025, Aryan Khan, who made his debut with Netflix's The Ba***ds of Bollywood, occupies the second spot. The other directors who are on the list are as follows:
3. Lokesh Kanagaraj for Coolie
4. Anurag Kashyap for Nishaanchi and Nishaanchi 2
5. Prithviraj Sukumaran for L2: Empuraan
6. RS Prasanna for Sitaare Zameen Par
7. Anurag Basu for Metro In Dino
8. Dominic Arun for Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra
9. Laxman Utekar for Chhaava
10. Neeraj Ghaywan for Homebound
IMDb looks at user engagement on its pages and uses a specific algorithm to form these lists. What people search for on IMDb ultimately contributes to the rankings on the popularity lists.
The website is expected to share its full list of most popular Indian films of 2025 soon. Earlier, it released a partial list of the films.
