The Indian OTT industry has grown manifold in the recent times and to laud stellar performances by creators and artistes, Filmfare hosted the inaugural edition of the Flyx Filmfare OTT Awards recently. The gala event witnessed some popular names from the Indian entertainment industry that included Pratik Gandhi, Nora Fatehi, Alaya F, Rajkummar Rao, Manoj Bajpayee, Priyamani and more. The event was hosted by comedians Varun Thakur and Danish Sait, who kept the audiences entertained with rib-tickling humour and zestful jibes.
Making a clean sweep, Paatal Lok won most awards across categories in addition to bagging the Filmfare for Best Series. Raat Akeli Hai won the Best Movie (web original) award. The key winners of the night were Jaideep Ahlawat (Best Actor in a Drama Series Male), Rahul Bose (Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Web Original Film Male), and Nawazuddin Siddiqui (Best Actor in a Web Original Film Male). Sushmita Sen (Best Actor in a Drama Series Female) and Neena Gupta (Best Actor in A Supporting Role in a Comedy Series Female) were among the key female winners.
The awards ceremony also saw actors Mithila Palkar, Dhruv Sehgal, and comedian Sumukhi Suresh make their Filmfare debut by winning Best Actor in a Comedy Series (Female) for Little Things Season 3, Best Actor in a Comedy Series (Critics) for Little Things Season 3 and Best Actress in a Comedy Series (Critics) for Pushpavali Season 2, respectively.
The award ceremony also lauded and celebrated talented artists in the critics category with The Family Man bagging the Best Series (Critics), Krishna DK and Raj Nidimoru (The Family Man), who won Best Director (Critics), Manoj Bajpayee who won the Best Actor in a Drama Series (Critics) and Best Actress in a Drama Series (Critics) won by Priyamani (The Family Man).
And the winners are:
Best Series : Paatal Lok
Best Director, Series :Avinash Arun and Prosit Roy, Paatal Lok, Series (Male): Comedy Jitendra Kumar, Panchayat
Best Actor, Series (Male): Drama: Jaideep Ahlawat, Paatal Lok
Best Actor, Series (Female): Comedy: Mithila Palkar, The Little Things Season 3
Best Actor, Series (Female): Drama: Sushmita Sen, Aarya
Best Supporting Actor, Series (Male): Comedy: Raghuvir Yadav, Panchayat
Best Supporting Actor, Series (Male): Drama: Amit Sadh, Breathe : Into the Shadows
Best Supporting Actor, Series (Female): Comedy: Neena Gupta, Panchayat
Best Supporting Actor, Series (Female): Drama: Divya Dutta, Special Ops
Best Original Story, Series: Paatal Lok
Best Comedy (Series/Specials): Panchayat
Best unscripted (non-fiction) Original (Series/Bulbul): Team Times of Music
Best Film, Web Original: Raat Akeli Hai
Best Actor, Web Original Film (Male): Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Raat Akeli Hai
Best Actor, Web Original Film (Female): Tripti Dimiri, Bulbbul
Best Supporting Actor, Web Original Film (Male): Amit Sadh, Breathe: Into the Shadows
Best Supporting Actor, Web Original Film (Female): Seema Pahwa, Chintu Ka Birthday
Best Series, Critics : The Family Man
Best Director, Critics: Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K, The Family Man
Best Actor, Series (Male), Critics: Comedy: Dhruv Sehgal, The Little Things Season 3
Best Actor, Series (Male), Critics: Drama: Manoj Bajpai, The Family Man
Best Actor, Series (Female), Critics: Comedy: Sumukhi Suresh, Pushpavali
Best Actor, Series (Female), Critics: Drama: Priya Mani, The Family Man
Best Dialogues : Sumit Arora, Suman Kumar, Rajnidhi Muru, Krishna DK – The Family Man
Best Screenplay : Sudeep Sharma, Paatal Lok
Best Cinematographer, Series: Slyvester Fonseca, Swapnil Sonawane, Sacred Games Season 2
Best Editor, Series: Praveen Kahikuloth, Special Ops
Best Costume, Series : Ayesha Khanna, The Forgotten Army: Aazadi Ke Liye
Best Background Music, Series : Aaloknanda Dasgupta, Sacred Games Season 2
Best Original Soundtrack, Series : Advait Nemlekar, Special Ops
Ms. Soumya Vajpayee
Senior Entertainment & Lifestyle Journalist
