The sixth edition of the Filmfare OTT Awards was held in Mumbai on December 15, bringing together leading names from the streaming industry to celebrate achievements in digital storytelling. Celebrities including Alia Bhatt and Vicky Kaushal attended the star-studded ceremony, where winners across series, films and short formats took home the Black Lady.
‘Black Warrant’ emerged as one of the biggest winners of the night, securing Best Series and sharing the Best Director award among Vikramaditya Motwane, Satyanshu Singh, Arkesh Ajay, Ambiecka Pandit and Rohin Ravendran. Rahul Bhat won Best Supporting Actor in a drama series, while Anurag Thakur received the Breakthrough Performer by a Newcomer, Male award. Zahan Kapoor was named Best Actor, Male in a drama series in the critics category.
‘Paatal Lok’ Season 2 continued its successful run, winning Best Series in the critics category. Jaideep Ahlawat took home Best Actor, Male in a drama series, with Tillotama Shome winning Best Supporting Actor, Female. The show also earned awards for Best Story and Best Original Screenplay.
‘Khauf’ stood out across performance and technical categories. Monika Panwar won Best Actor, Female in a drama series, while the show also picked up awards for cinematography, editing, background music, VFX and sound design.
In the comedy categories, Ananya Panday won Best Actor, Female for Call Me Bae. Barun Sobti and Sparsh Shrivastava shared Best Actor, Male for Raat Jawaan Hai and Dupahiya, while Vinay Pathak and Renuka Shahane won supporting actor awards.
Among other series honours, Anubhav Sinha won Best Director in the critics category for IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack, Nagesh Kukunoor won Best Director for ‘The Hunt: The Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case’ and ‘Angry Young Men’ won Best Non-Fiction Original.
In the film category, ‘Girls Will Be Girls’ won Best Web Original Film and Best Director for Shuchi Talati, along with acting honours for Preeti Panigrahi and Kani Kusruti. Stolen earned Best Actor, Male for Abhishek Banerjee and Best Supporting Actor, Male for Deepak Dobriyal, alongside multiple technical awards. ‘Sector 36’ saw Vikrant Massey win Best Actor, Male in the critics category, while Sanya Malhotra won Best Actor, Female for Mrs.
Short film winners included ‘Ayesha’ for Best Short Film, Fiction, ‘Langur’ for Best Short Film, Non-Fiction, and Renuka Shahane for Best Director for ‘Dhaavpatti’. The People’s Choice award went to ‘Divorce’, directed by Raaghav Kansal.
Debut director honours were awarded to Pushkar Sunil Mahabal, Karan Tejpal and Aditya Nimbalkar, while breakthrough performance awards went to Shubham Vardhan and Arrchita Agarwal.
