Filmfare OTT Awards 2025: 'Paatal Lok,' 'Khauf,' 'Panchayat' dominate nominations
What's the story
The nominations for the Filmfare OTT Awards 2025 have been announced, with Paatal Lok Season 2, Panchayat Season 4, Black Warrant, and IC814: The Kandahar Hijack among the top contenders. The awards ceremony will be held on December 15 in Mumbai, honoring excellence in acting, direction, and technical artistry across India's streaming landscape. Here are the major nominees.
Leading contenders
'Paatal Lok 2' and 'Black Warrant' receive multiple nods
The nominees for Best Series are Black Warrant, Freedom at Midnight, IC 814, Khauf, Paatal Lok S02, and The Hunt: The Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case. Paatal Lok S02 has also been nominated for Best Actor (Male) in a Drama Series for Jaideep Ahlawat, and Best Supporting Actor (Female) in a Drama Series for Tillotama Shome. Black Warrant received nods for Best Director (Vikramaditya Motwane), Best Actor (Male) for Zahan Kapoor and Best Supporting Actor (Male) for Anurag Thakur, among others.
Other contenders
'IC814: The Kandahar Hijack' and 'Khauf' among top nominees
IC814: The Kandahar Hijack received nominations for Best Director (Anubhav Sinha) and Best Actor (Male) in a Drama Series for Vijay Varma. Khauf also bagged multiple nods, including Best Director (Pankaj Kumar & Surya Balakrishnan) and Best Actor (Female) in a Drama Series for Monika Panwar. Freedom at Midnight also secured several nominations, including Best Director (Nikkhil Advani) and Best Supporting Actor (Male) for Rajendra Chawla, among others.
Comedy series
'Panchayat S04' and 'Dupahiya' lead comedy series nominations
Best Comedy (Series/Specials) nominees are Panchayat S04, Dupahiya, Call Me Bae, Gram Chikitsalay, Oops Ab Kya? and Raat Jawaan Hai. Best Actor Series, Male (Comedy) nominees are Amol Parashar (Gram Chikitsalay), Barun Sobti (Raat Jawaan...), Gajraj Rao (Dupahiya), Jitendra Kumar (Panchayat), Raghubir Yadav (Panchayat S04), and Sparsh Shrivastava (Dupahiya). Ananya Panday (Call Me...), Anjali Anand (Raat Jawaan...), Neena Gupta (Panchayat), Priya Bapat (Raat Jawaan...), Shivani Raghuvanshi (Dupahiya), and Sunita Rajwar (Panchayat) received nods in Best Actor, Series (Female) Comedy category.
Best Film
'Agni,' 'CTRL,' 'Stolen' among Best Film nominees
Agni, CTRL, Girls Will Be Girls, Sector 36, Stolen, and The Mehta Boys will compete in the Best Film, Web Original category. Aditya Nimbalkar (Sector 36), Boman Irani (The Mehta Boys), Karan Tejpal (Stolen), Rahul Dholakia (Agni), Shuchi Talati (Girls Will Be Girls), and Motwane (CTRL) have received nods in the Best Director, Web Original Film category.
Best Actors (Film)
Abhishek Bachchan, Sanya Malhotra also picked up nods
Abhishek Bachchan (Kaalidhar Laapata), Abhishek Banerjee (Stolen), Ishwak Singh (Berlin), Manoj Bajpayee (Despatch), Nawazuddin Siddiqui (Costao), Pratik Gandhi (Agni), R Madhavan (Aap Jaisa Koi), and Vikrant Massey (Sector 36) are nominated in the Best Actor, Web Original Male category. Panday (CTRL), Kriti Sanon (Do Patti), Preeti Panigrahi (Girls Will Be Girls), Sanya Malhotra (Mrs), Sheeba Chadha (Kaushaljis Vs Kaushal), Taapsee Pannu (Phir Aayi Haseen Dillruba), and Yami Gautam (Dhoom Dhaam) will compete in the female category.