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IIFA Award for
Star Debut of the Year – Male
IIFA Award for; Star Debut of the Year – Male
	The 2023 Recipient: Shantanu Maheshwari
Awarded for	Best Debut Performance by an Actor
Country	India
Presented by	International Indian Film Academy
First awarded	Hrithik Roshan–Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai; Abhishek Bachchan–Refugee; Rahul Dev–Champion; Uday Chopra–Mohabbatein (2001);
Currently held by	Shantanu Maheshwari ; Gangubai Kathiawadi (2023)
Website	IIFA Awards

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.^[1]

Winners

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^[2]
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
Babil Khan - Qala as Jagan Batwal