OTTplay Awards 2022: Mahesh Narayan bags Best Story in A Film award for Fahadh Faasil’s Malik

The Malayalam film also featured Nimisha Sajayan, Vinay Forrt, Jalaja, Joju George, Dileesh Pothan and Indrans.

Mahesh Narayan has enthralled Malayalam cinephiles for quite a while with his thrilling brand of storytelling. At the first ever OTTplay Awards and Conclave this year, the popular Mollywood filmmaker won the award for Best Story in A Film, for his work on the Fahadh Faasil starrer political thriller, Malik.

The award was presented by Paoli and Raj B Shetty. Thanking everyone for the support, Mahesh dedicated the award to Fahadh Faasil, whom he called his ‘partner in crime’, who was not present at the event. The filmmaker also thanked the producers and Amazon for helping bring Malik onto the silver screen. Mahesh had written, directed and edited the film as well.

In addition to Fahadh, Malik also stars Nimisha Sajayan, Vinay Forrt, Jalaja, Joju George, Dileesh Pothan and Indrans in pivotal roles. Part of the review of the film on OTTplay reads “With Malik, if Mahesh was striving to make the audience aware of the struggles and riots of the minority communities in coastal regions, he has succeeded”.

Malik is available for streaming on Amazon Prime Video.

Meanwhile, OTT play Awards 2022 marked India’s very first pan Indian OTT awards. The awards, which took place in Juhu, Mumbai on September 10, Saturday, celebrated the best of OTT content in the country, spanning across languages and genres. The awards, hosted by Maniesh Paul and Gauahar Khan, saw a number of stars in attendance including Arya, Sidharth Malhotra, Kartik Aaryan, Sara Ali Khan, Vidya Balan, Rajendra Prasad, Kunal Kapoor, Aishwarya Lekshmi, Raveena Tandon, Tahir Raj Bhasin, Taapsee Pannu, Farhan Akhtar and many more.

The OTTplay Awards and Conclave 2022 can be streamed on OTTplay’s official Youtube Channel.

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