Jaideep Ahlawat, Ananya Panday, Vikrant Massey, Sanya Malhotra win top acting honours; Black Warrant named Best Series

Filmfare OTT Awards 2025 was held in Mumbai on Monday, December 15. The awards recognized the best web original movies and series released on Indian OTT platforms between August 1, 2024 and July 31, 2025.

Black Warrant won the Best TV Series Award, while Paatal Lok won the Best TV Series (Critics) award. Monika Panwar won the Best Actor, Series (Female): Drama award for her chilling performance in Khauf and Jaideep Ahlawat bagged the Best Actor, Series (Male): Drama award for his bold turn in Paatal Lok. Zahan Kapoor for Black Warrant and Rasika Dugal for Shekhar Home received Critics awards for Best Actor and Best Actress.

Barun Sobti and Sparsh Shrivastava were joint winners in the Best Actor, TV Series (Male): Comedy category for Raat Jawaan Hai and Dupahiya respectively. Meanwhile, Ananya Panday won the Best Actor, TV Series (Female): Comedy award for the movie Call Me Bae. Raat Jawaan Hai was chosen as the Best Comedy Series.

Girls Will Be Girls was selected as the Best Movie in the Web Original movies category. While Abhishek Banerjee won the Best Actor award for the movie Stolen, Sanya Mahotra won the Best Actress award for her performance as Ms. Vikrant Massey in the movie Sector 36, Preeti Panigarhi won the Best Actor and Best Actress Critics awards for the movie Girls Will Be Girls respectively. Mehta Boys was named Best Picture (Critics).

Here is the full list of winners:

Best TV Series – Land Order

Best Director, Series – Vikramaditya Motwane, Satyanshu Singh, Arkesh Ajay, Ambiecka Pandit and Rohin Raveendran (Land Order)

Best TV Series (Critics) – Paatal Lok Season 2

Best Director, Series (Critics) – Anubhav Sinha (IC 814: Kandahar Kidnapping) and Nagesh Kukunoor (Hunt: Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case)

Best Actor, TV Series (Male): Drama – Jaideep Ahlawat (Paatal Lok Season 2)

Best Actor (Male), Series (Critics): Drama – Zahan Kapoor (Land Order)

Best Actor, TV Series (Female): Drama – Monika Panwar (Khauf)

Best Actor (Female), Series (Critics): Drama -Rasika Dugal (House of Shekhar)

Best Comedy (TV Series/Special) – Raat Jawaan Hai (Sumeet Vyas)

Best Actor, TV Series (Male): Comedy – Barun Sobti (Raat Jawaan Hai) and Sparsh Shrivastava (Dupahiya)

Best Actor, TV Series (Female): Comedy – Ananya Panday (Call Bae)

Best Supporting Actor, TV Series (Male): Drama – Rahul Bhat (Land Order)

Best Supporting Actor, TV Series (Female): Drama – Tillotama Shome (Paatal Lok Season 2)

Best Supporting Actor, TV Series (Male): Comedy – Vinay Pathak (Gram Chikitsalay)

Best Supporting Actor, TV Series (Female): Comedy -Renuka Shahane (Dupahiya)

Best (Non-Fiction) Original (TV Series/Special) – Angry Young Men (Namrata Rao)

Best Movie, Web Original – Girls Will Be Girls

Best Director, Web Original Film – Shuchi Talati (Girls Will Be Girls)

Best Web Original Movie (Critics) – Boman Irani (Mehta Boys)

Best Actor, Web Original Movie (Male) – Abhishek Banerjee (Stolen)

Best Actor, Web Original Movie (Female) – Sanya Malhotra (Female)

Best Actor (Male) Web Original Movie (Critics) – Vikrant Massey (Sector 36)

Best Actor (Female) Web Original Movie (Critics) – Preeti Panigrahi (Girls Will Be Girls)

Best Supporting Actor, Web Original Movie (Male) – Deepak Dobriyal (Sector 36)

Best Supporting Actor, Web Original Movie (Female) – Kani Kusruti (Girls Will Be Girls)

Best Story, TV Series – Smita Singh (Khauf) and Sudip Sharma (Paatal Lok Season 2)

Best Original Screenplay, TV Series – Sudip Sharma, Abhishek Banerjee, Rahul Kanojia, Tamal Sen (Paatal Lok Season 2)

Best Adapted Screenplay, TV Series – Satyanshu Singh and Arkesh Ajay (Land Order)

Best Dialogue, TV Series – Anubhav Sinha and Trishant Srivastava (IC 814: Kandahar Hijacking)

Best Cinematography, TV Series – Pankaj Kumar (Khauf)

Best Production Design, TV Series -Priya Suhaas, Surabhi Verma (Freedom at Midnight)

Best Editing, TV Series -Tanya Chhabria (Khauf)

Best Costume Design, TV Series – Ayesha Dasgupta (Freedom at Midnight)

Best Background Music, TV Series -Alokananda Dasgupta (Khauf)

Best VFX, TV Series – Ghost FX (Khauf)

Best Sound Design, TV Series -Bigyna Dahal (Khauf)

Best Music Album, TV Series – Akashdeep Sengupta (Bandit Bandits Season 2)

Best Story (Web Original Movie) – Karan Tejpal, Gaurav Dhingra, Swapnil Salkar (Stolen)

Best Original Screenplay (Web Original Movie) -Avinash Sampath and Vikramaditya Motwane (CTRL)

Best Dialogue (Web Original Movie) -Vijay Maurya (Agni)

Best Cinematography (Web Original Movie) – Isshaan Ghosh (Stolen)

Best Production Design (Web Original Film) – Acropolis, Sumit Basu, Snigdha Basu and Rajnish Hedao (Agni)

Best Editing (Web Original Movie) – Jahaan Asil (CTRL)

Best Background Music (Web Original Movie) – Sneha Khanwalkar (CTRL)

Best Sound Design (Web Original Movie) – Susmit Bob Nath (Stolen)

Best Music Album (Web Original Movie) – Justin Prabhakaran and Rochak Kohli (Aap Jaisa Koi)

Best Debut Director, Series – Pushkar Sunil Mahabal (Black, White and Gray – Love Kills)

Breakthrough Performance from a Newcomer (Male), Series – Anurag Thakur (Land Order)

Groundbreaking Performance from a Female Newcomer (Female), Series -Lisa Mishra (Call Bae)

Best Debut Director, Web Original Film – Karan Tejpal (Stolen) and Aditya Nimbalkar (Sector 36)

Breakthrough Performance from Newcomer (Male), Web Original Movie – Shubham Vardhan (Stolen)

Breakthrough Performance from Newcomer (Female), Web Original Movie – Arrchita Agarwal (Post)

Best Short Film (People’s Choice) – Divorce (Director: Raaghav Kansal)

Best Actor (Female), Short Film -Fatima Sana Shaikh (Movie: Ayesha)

Best Actor (Male), Short Film – Ayan Khan (Movie: Chashma)

Best Short Film (Fiction) – Ayesha (Director: Nihit Bhave)

Best Short Film (Non-Fiction or Documentary) – Langur (Director: Haider Khan)

Best Director, Short Film – Renuka Shahane (Movie: Dhaavpatti)

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