This year’s edition of the OTTplay Awards, in association with HT City, was hosted today in Mumbai. The ceremony honoured the hard work and talent of a varied crop of actors, filmmakers public personalities, who have lucratively expanded their careers beyond just the silver screen.
So here’s a look at the winners list, featuring stars who truly shine brightest of them all:
Versatile Performer of the Year (Female): Kani Kusruti for Girls Will Be Girls, Poacher, Thalaimai Seyalagam, Killer Soup and Nagendran’s Honeymoons
Trailblazer of the Year (Male): Sri Murali for Bagheera
Versatile Performer of the Year (Male): Sidhant Gupta for Freedom at Midnight and Black Warrant
Trailblazer of the Year (Female): Divya Dutta for Bandish Bandits 2 and Sharmaji Ki Beti
Best Actor (Male) – Popular (Movie): Manoj Bajpayee for Despatch
Best Actor Female – Popular (Movie): Kajol for Do Patti
Best Talk Show Host: Rana Daggubati for The Rana Daggubati Show
Best Documentary Series: The Roshans
Best Showrunner: Sooraj Bharjatya for Bada Naam Karenge
Best Reality Show: The Fabulous Lives Vs Bollywood Wives
Best Non-Scripted Show: Bimal Unnikrishnan for Shark Tank
Rising Star: Avneet Kaur for Luv Ki Arrange Marriage
Best OTT Debut (Series): Vedhika for Yakshini
Pioneering contributions to new-wave cinema: Ashwini Puneeth Rajkumar
Best Actor in a Negative Role (Movie): Sunny Kaushal for Phir Aayi Haseen Dillruba
Best Actor in a Comedy (Movie): Priya Mani for Bhaamakalapam 2
Breakthrough Performance Male (Movie): Avinash Tiwary for The Mehta Boys
Breakthrough Performance Female (Movie): Shalini Pandey for Maharaj
Best Supporting Actor Male (Series): Rahul Bhatt for Black Warrant
Best Supporting Actor Female (Series): Jyotika for Dabba Cartel
Best Actor in a Comedy (Series): Neeraj Madhav for Love Under Construction
Breakthrough Performance Male (Series): Abhishek Kumar for Thalaivettiyan Palayam
Breakthrough Performance Female (Series): Patralekha for IC814
Promising Actor (Male): Aparshakti Khurana for Berlin
Promising Actor (Female): Hina Khan for Griha Laxmi
Best Director (Series): Nikkhil Advani for Freedom at Midnight and Pradeep Maddali for Vikkatakavi
Best Actor Male – Critics (Series): Jaideep Ahlawat for Paatal Lok Season 2
Best Actor Female – Critics (Series): Nimisha Sajayan for Poacher
Best Actor Male – Popular (Series): Raghav Juyal for Gyaraah Gyaraah
Best Actor Female – Popular (Series): Aditi Rao Hydari for Heeramandi
Best Series: Panchayat Season 3
Best Director (Movie): Imtiaz Ali for Amar Singh Chamkila
Best Actor Male – Critics (Movie): Anupam Kher for Vijay 69 and The Signature
Best Actor Female – Critics (Movie): Parvathy Thiruvothu for Manorathangal and Her
Best Movie: Ali Fazal and Richa Chadha for Girls Will Be Girls
Which of these trailblazers were your personal favourite?
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