The Filmfare OTT Awards 2025 honoured excellence in digital entertainment, recognising the best performances, series, films and technical achievements across streaming platforms. The ceremony highlighted the rapid evolution of OTT content in India, with several productions dominating multiple categories.
Black Warrant emerged as one of the most successful series at the awards, earning accolades across acting and writing categories. Zahan Kapoor won Best Actor Critics Drama for his performance, while Rahul Bhat received the Best Supporting Actor Drama award. The series also earned recognition for adapted screenplay and newcomer performances, reflecting its strong narrative and performances.
Paatal Lok Season 2 was another major highlight of the evening. The series won Best Series Critics and saw Jaideep Ahlawat claim Best Actor Drama. Tillotama Shome was awarded Best Supporting Actress Drama, while Sudip Sharma and Smita Singh were honoured for Best Story. The show also won awards for original screenplay, reinforcing its critical and popular success.
In the comedy segment, Raat Jawaan Hai stood out by winning Best Comedy Series. Barun Sobti and Sparsh Shrivastava shared the Best Actor Comedy award for their performances in Raat Jawaan Hai and Dupahiya respectively. Ananya Panday won Best Actress Comedy for Call Me Bae, while Renuka Shahane and Vinay Pathak took home supporting actor awards in comedy categories.
Girls Will Be Girls dominated the web original film categories, winning Best Film Web Original. Shuchi Talati received Best Director Web Original Film, while Preeti Panigrahi and Kani Kusruti were recognised in critics and supporting actress categories. The film also received awards for story and overall artistic achievement, making it one of the most celebrated films of the year.
In acting categories for web original films, Abhishek Banerjee won Best Actor Male for Stolen, while Sanya Malhotra received Best Actress for Mrs. Vikrant Massey won the Critics award for his performance in Sector 36, and Deepak Dobriyal was honoured as Best Supporting Actor Male.
Technical awards highlighted excellence behind the camera, with Khauf winning multiple honours including cinematography, editing, background music, sound design and visual effects. Bandish Bandits Season 2 won Best Music Album Series, while CTRL and Stolen received recognition for screenplay, editing and sound design in the film category.
Short films were also celebrated, with Renuka Shahane winning Best Director Short Film for Dhhaavpatti. Ayesha won Best Short Film Fiction and Langur was awarded Best Short Film Non Fiction. Performances by Ayan Khan and Fatima Sana Shaikh were recognised in acting categories.
The Filmfare OTT Awards 2025 reflected the growing diversity and quality of Indian digital content, celebrating creators and performers who continue to redefine storytelling on streaming platforms.
