PremiumOTTplay Awards 2025 full winners list: Kajol, Jaideep Ahlawat, Jyotika and others who won the prestigious trophy
OTTplay, India’s super OTT app and premier AI-based recommendation engine platform, held its third edition of the OTTplay Awards on March 22 in Mumbai and it was a star-studded event
Last Updated: 04.41 PM, Mar 29, 2025
OTTplay, India’s super OTT app and premier AI-based recommendation engine platform, hosted its prestigious third edition of the OTTplay Awards on March 22, 2025, in Mumbai. In keeping with the theme of "One Nation, One OTT Award", the event celebrated OTT films, web series, and performances across all Indian languages in the streaming entertainment space. The awards were hosted by Aparshakti Khurana and Kubbra Sait.
OTTplay Awards 2025 full winners list
The third edition of OTTplay Awards had several exciting categories and the winners of those categories are mentioned below:
OTT Movie categories
Best Movie: Girls Will Be Girls (Ali Fazal and Richa Chadha)
Best Director (Film): Imtiaz Ali (Amar Singh Chamkila)
Best Actor (Male): Popular: Manoj Bajpayee (Despatch)
Best Actor (Male) - Critics: Anupam Kher (Vijay 69, The Signature)
Best Actor (Female) - Critics: Parvathy Thiruvothu (Manorathangal)
Best Actor (Female) - Popular: Kajol (Do Patti)
Best Actor in a Negative Role: Sunny Kaushal (Phir Aayi Haseen Dillruba)
Best Actor in a Comedy: Priya Mani (Bhaamakalapam 2)
Breakthrough Performance (Male): Avinash Tiwary (The Mehta Boys)
Breakthrough Performance (Female): Shalini Pandey (Maharaj)
Web Series categories
Best Series: Panchayat S3 (Arunabh Kumar, producer and co-creator and Vijay Koshy, exe producer and president of The Viral Fever)
Best Director (Series): Nikkhil Advani (Freedom at Midnight) and Pradeep Maddali (Vikkatakavi)
Best Actor (Male) - Critics: Jaideep Ahlawat (Paatal Lok S2)
Best Actor (Male) - Popular: Raghav Juyal (Gyaarah Gyaarah)
Best Actor (Female) - Critics: Nimisha Sajayan (Poacher)
Best Actor (Female) - Popular: Aditi Rao Hydari (Heeramandi)
Best Supporting Actor (Male): Rahul Bhat (Black Warrant)
Best Supporting Actor (Female): Jyotika (Dabba Cartel)
Best Actor in a Comedy: Neeraj Madhav (Love Under Construction)
Breakthrough Performance (Male): Abishek Kumar (Thalaivettiyan Palayam)
Breakthrough Performance (Female): Patralekha (IC 814)
Other winners:
Best Talk Show Host: Rana Daggubati (The Rana Daggubati Show)
Best reality show: The Fabulous Lives Vs Bollywood Wives
Best non-scripted show: Shark Tank (Bimal Unnikrishnan and Rahul Hotchandani)
Trailblazer of the Year (Male): Sriimurali (Bagheera)
Versatile Performer of the Year (Female): Kani Kusruti (Girls Will Be Girls/Poacher/Thalaimai Seyalagam/Nagendran's Honeymoons)
Versatile Performer of the Year (Male): Sidhant Gupta (Freedom at Midnight/Black Warrant)
Best documentary series: The Roshans (Rajesh Roshan, Rakesh Roshan and Shashi Ranjan)
Pioneering contributions to new-wave cinema: Ashwini Puneeth Rajkumar
Promising Actor (Female): Hina Khan (Grihalaxmi)
Best OTT Series Debut: Vedhika (Yakshini)
Promising Actor (Male): Aparshakti Khurana (Berlin)
Rising Star of the Year: Avneet Kaur (Party Till I Die)
Trailblazer of the Year (Female): Divya Dutta (Sharmaji Ki Beti and Bandish Bandits S2)
The third edition of OTTplay Awards 2025 was a star-studded event with the attendance of celebrities. While we wait for the next season, stream movie and series on OTTplay Premium at a discounted price! (Subscribe Now)
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