Like every year, this competition was fierce when it came to choosing the winners for the Filmfare OTT Awards 2023. The Best Actor, Series (Male): Drama went to Suvinder Vicky (Kohrra). His nominees in the category were Anil Kapoor for The Night Manager, Shahid Kapoor for Farzi, Jim Sarbh for Rocket Boys Season 2, to name a few. No wonder he got emotional during his speech. Scoop, which won the Best Series, had to contend with Jubilee, Kohrra, Trial By Fire and other worthies. OTT films and series have become the playground of Bollywood biggies willing to try their hand at something different. Hence, one saw Alia Bhatt take home the trophy in the Best Actor, Web Original Film (Female) category for Darlings, and Sonakshi Sinha kept her company, winning the Black Lady in the Best Actor, Series (Female), Critics': Drama for her bravura performance in the series, Dahaad. Veteran Sharmila Tagore too won The Best Actor, Critics' (Female): Film. Sharmila Tagore (Gulmohar), in the company of Sanya Malhotra (Kathal). Here's looking at all the winners who graced the night.
BEST SERIES
SCOOP
HANSAL MEHTA WITH SARITA PATIL AND DIKSSHA JYOTE ROUTRAY
Scoop was based on the infamous Jigna Vora case.
The former journalist was falsely implicated as having a hand in the murder of crime journalist J Dey and was sent behind bars.
She kept fighting the system and finally got herself cleared of all the charges.
The series offered a fictional account of the proceedings and gave us a 360 view of it without distorting facts. It was as hard-hitting as a documentary and made for compelling viewing.
BEST DIRECTOR SERIES
JUBILEE
VIKRAMADITYA MOTWANE
Jubilee goes down memory lane towards the golden era of Bollywood.
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NIKKHIL ADVANI'S MAKING WAVES WITH HIS OTT DEBUT, FREEDOM AT MIDNIGHT. HE TALKS ABOUT ITS GENESIS, HIS ASSOCIATION WITH KARAN JOHAR, AND WHAT'S REAL STARDOM WITH SRIJITA SEN
DECK THE HALLS
Chris Evans and Dwayne Johnson join Tanzim Pardiwalla over a video call about their forthcoming Christmas film, Red One, possible Bollywood crossovers and their love for India
Class Act
NEHA DHUPIA SHARES THE SECRET OF JUGGLING MOTHERHOOD AND CAREER WHILE STAYING RELEVANT WITH FARHANA FAROOK
Deep end of the Ocean
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DESTINY'S WILD CHILD
ALAYA F CAUGHT IN A CONVERSATION WITH JITESH PILLAAI
SEOUL CONNECTION
Director Hwang Dong Hyuk and lead actors Lee Jung Jae and Wi Ha Joon of Squid Game fame talk about the global phenomenon with Tanzim Pardiwalla
"Smita was a victim.not a villain"
Manya Patil-Seth tells Farhana Farook why her late sister Smita Patil was a tragic contradiction – a pioneer of an actor but a prey of emotions
Best of Shatrughan Sinha's Rapid fire
With democracy facing a near-death situation in most of India's neighbouring countries, what, according to you, is the reason why Indian democracy is still standing strong in the current times? Gaurav Pant, New Delhi
THE RISE AND RISE OF PUSHPA 2
When Allu Arjun went to Patna around a month ago to showcase the trailer of Pushpa 2, naysayers mocked the move, stating that he's making a mistake about taking a Telugu film there. Guess what, the actor had the last laugh.
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Fatima Sana Shaikh is so candid and forthright you don't believe she's a star.