The Danube Properties Filmfare OTT Awards kicked off in Mumbai on December 1 by hosts Meiyang Chang and Sharib Hashmi who held the audience enthralled with their wit and charm. Filmmakers Hansal Mehta, Nikkhil Advani, Onir and more attended the event, while stars like Kareena Kapoor, Manisha Koirala, Lakshya, Shreya Dhanwanthary, and Vedang Raina walked the red carpet.
To honour the best of OTT in 2024, awards were handed out in 40 plus categories to the actors, filmmakers and technicians who brought to life the series and films that viewers indulged in. Shows like The Railway Men, Gun & Gulaabs and Heeramandi all picked up several awards as did web films like Amar Singh Chamkila and Kho Gaye Hum Kahan.
Here is the full list of winners below:
Best Series
The Railway Men
Best Director Series
Sameer Saxena And Amit Golani (Kaala Paani)
Best Actor, Series (Male): Drama
Gagan Dev Riar (Scam 2003: The Telgi Story)
Best Actor, Series (Female): Drama
Manisha Koirala (Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar)
Best Actor, Series (Male): Comedy
Rajkummar Rao (Guns & Gulaabs)
Best Actor, Series (Female): Comedy
Geetanjali Kulkarni (Gullak Season 4)
Best Supporting Actor, Series (Male): Drama
R Madhavan (The Railway Men)
Best Supporting Actor, Series (Female): Drama
Mona Singh (Made In Heaven Season 2)
Best Supporting Actor, Series (Male): Comedy
Faisal Malik (Panchayat Season 3)
Best Supporting Actor, Series (Female): Comedy
Nidhi Bisht (Maamla Legal Hai)
Best Original Story, Series
Biswapati Sarkar (Kaala Paani)
Best Dialogue, Series
Sumit Arora (Guns & Gulaabs)
Best Original Screenplay, Series
Raj Nidimoru, Krishna Dk And Suman Kumar (Guns & Gulaabs)
Best Comedy (Series/Specials)
Maamla Legal Hai
Best Non-fiction Original, Series/Special
The Hunt For Veerappan
Best Film, Web Original
Amar Singh Chamkila
Best Director, Web Original Film
Imtiaz Ali (Amar Singh Chamkila)
Best Actor, Web Original Film (Male)
Diljit Dosanjh (Amar Singh Chamkila)
Best Actor, Web Original Film (Female)
Kareena Kapoor Khan (Jaane Jaan)
Best Supporting Actor, Web Original Film (Male)
Jaideep Ahlawat (Maharaj)
Best Supporting Actor, Web Original Film (Female)
Wamiqa Gabbi (Khufiya)
Best Adapted Screenplay, Series
Kiran Yadnyopavit, Kedar Patankar And Karan Vyas (Scam 2003 – The Telgi Story)
Best Cinematographer, Series
Sudeep Chatterjee (ISC), Mahesh Limaye (Isc), Huenstang Mohpatra And Ragul Herian Dharuman (Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar)
Best Production Design, Series
Subrata Chakraborty And Amit Roy (Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar)
Best Editing, Series
Yasha Jaidev Ramchandani (The Railway Men)
Best Costume Design, Series
Rimple, Harpreet Narula And Chandrakant Sonawane (Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar)
Best Background Music, Series
Sam Slater (The Railway Men)
Best Original Soundtrack, Series
Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Raja Hasan and Sharmistha Chatterjee (Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar)
Best VFX, Series
Filmgate Ab And Hive Studios (The Railway Men)
Best Sound Design, Series
Sanjay Maurya And Allwin Rego (Kaala Paani)
Best Dialogue (Web Original Film)
Imtiaz Ali And Sajid Ali (Amar Singh Chamkila)
Best Original Screenplay (Web Original Film)
Imtiaz Ali And Sajid Ali (Amar Singh Chamkila)
Best Cinematographer (Web Original Film)
Sylvester Fonseca (Amar Singh Chamkila)
Best Production Design (Web Original Film)
Suzanne Caplan Merwanji (The Archies)
Best Editing (Web Original Film)
Aarti Bajaj (Amar Singh Chamkila)
Best Background Music (Web Original Film)
A R Rahman (Amar Singh Chamkila)
Best Music Album
AR Rahman (Amar Singh Chamkila)
Best Sound Design (Web Original Film)
Dhiman Karmakar (Amar Singh Chamkila)
Best Story (Web Original Film)
Zoya Akhtar, Arjun Varain Singh And Reema Kagti (Kho Gaye Hum Kahan)
Best Debut Male, Film
Vedang Raina (The Archies)
Special Recognition
Arjun Varain Singh (Kho Gaye Hum Kahan)
Best Debut Director, Series
Shiv Rawail (The Railway Men)
Best Series, Critics
Guns & Gulaabs
Best Director, Critics
Nikhil Advani (Mumbai Diaries Season 2)
Best Actor, Series (Male), Critics: Drama
Kay Kay Menon (Bambai Meri Jaan)
Best Actor, Series (Female), Critics: Drama
Huma Qureshi (Maharani Season 3)
Best Film, Critics
Sujoy Ghosh (Jaane Jaan)
Best Actor, Critics Male: Film
Jaideep Ahlawat (Jaane Jaan)
Best Actor, Critics (Female): Film
Ananya Panday (Kho Gaye Hum Kahan)