Paatal Lok and The Family Man sweep first edition of Filmfare OTT Awards
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Jaideep Ahlawat's 'Paatal Lok' and Manoj Bajpayee's 'The Family Man' won big at the first edition of Flyx Filmfare OTT Awards 2020, winning a total of five awards each. Paatal Lok's Jaideep Ahlawat won the Best Actor in a Drama Series for his performance as a cynical inspector, Hathiram Chaudhary who is charged to investigate a high profile case. Manoj Bajpayee bagged Best Actor in a Drama Series (Critics) for 'The Family Man', a story of a middle class man who serves as a spy.
"The Black Lady is at home now. Thank you so much Filmfare for recognizing this," wrote Jaideep Ahlawat. He thanked the entire team of Paatal Lok and Amazon Prime video for the streaming of web series.
Pataal Lok producer Anushka Sharma also expressed her gratitude to the cast and crew members of the show. Filmfare introduced the first edition of OTT awards in order to recognize and appreciate excellent web content.
The comedy drama Amazon Prime web series 'Panchayat' has won four awards. Best Actor (Female) in a Drama Series was won by Sushmita Sen for 'Aarya'. Anushka Sharma's feminist revenge fantasy 'Bulbul' has also received appreciation from Filmfare OTT Awards. Tripti Dimri, who played the role of Bulbul has won Best Actor (Female) in a Web Original Film award. Rahul Bose from the same movie won Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Web Original Film.
The red carpet at Filmfare 2020 OTT awards held in Mumbai on Saturday was attended by Manoj Bajpayee, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Jaideep Ahlawat, Tripti Dimri, Tisca Chopra, Amruta Khanvilkar and Rajkumar Rao. The series released between August 1 2019 to July 31 2020 were considered eligible for the Flyx Filmfare OTT awards.
Here is the complete list of winners.
- Best Web Series: Paatal Lok
- Best Director (Series): Avinash Arun and Prosit Roy (Paatal Lok)
- Best Series (Critics): The Family Man
- Best Director (Critics): Krishna DK and Raj Nidimoru (The Family Man)
- Best Actor in a Drama Series (Male): Jaideep Ahlawat (Paatal Lok)
- Best Actor in a Drama Series (Female): Sushmita Sen (Aarya)
- Best Actor in a Drama Series (Critics): Manoj Bajpayee (The Family Man)
- Best Actress in a Drama Series (Critics): Priyamani (The Family Man)
- Best Comedy (Series/Specials): Panchayat
- Best Film (Web Original): Raat Akeli Hai
- Best Actor in a Comedy Series (Male): Jitendra Kumar (Panchayat)
- Best Actor in a Comedy Series (Female): Mithila Palkar (Little Things Season 3)
- Best Actor in a Comedy Series (Critics): Dhruv Sehgal (Little Things Season 3)
- Best Actress in a Comedy Series (Critics): Sumukhi Suresh (Pushpavali Season 2)
- Best Actor in A Supporting Role in a Drama Series (Male): Amit Sadh (Breathe: Into The Shadows)
- Best Actor in A Supporting Role in a Drama Series (Female): Divya Dutta (Special OPS)
- Best Actor in A Supporting Role in a Comedy Series (Female): Neena Gupta (Panchayat)
- Best Non-Fiction Original (Series/Special): Times of Music
- Best Actor in A Supporting Role in a Comedy Series (Male): Raghubir Yadav (Panchayat)
