Filmfare OTT Awards 2025 full list of winners: Black Warrant named Best Series, Jaideep Ahlawat, Ananya Panday win big

The Filmfare OTT Awards celebrated its sixth edition in Mumbai on December 15, 2025, recognizing excellence in web series and films. A star-studded event, the ceremony saw numerous celebrities like Alia Bhatt and Vicky Kaushal in attendance as the awards were handed out to actors, directors, showrunners, and technical crew.

'Black Warrant' emerged as a top winner, along with 'Paatal Lok Season 2,' and 'Khauf.' Web films such as 'Girls Will Be Girls,' 'Stolen,' and 'Sector 36' also made a significant impact. Below is a comprehensive list of winners from the Filmfare OTT Awards 2025:

**Series Category**

• Best Director: Vikramaditya Motwane, Satyanshu Singh, Arkesh Ajay, Ambiecka Pandit, and Rohin Ravendran ('Black Warrant')
• Best Series (Critics): 'Paatal Lok Season 2'
• Best Director (Critics): Anubhav Sinha ('IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack')
• Best Director: Nagesh Kukunoor ('The Hunt: The Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case')
• Best Actor (Male), Drama: Jaideep Ahlawat ('Paatal Lok Season 2')
• Best Actor (Male), Critics, Drama: Zahan Kapoor ('Black Warrant')
• Best Actor (Female), Drama: Monika Panwar ('Khauf')
• Best Actor (Female), Critics, Drama: Rasika Dugal ('Shekhar Home')
• Best Comedy: 'Raat Jawaan Hai' (Sumeet Vyas)
• Best Actor (Male), Comedy: Barun Sobti ('Raat Jawaan Hai'), Sparsh Shrivastava ('Dupahiya')
• Best Actor (Female), Comedy: Ananya Panday ('Call Me Bae')
• Best Supporting Actor (Male), Drama: Rahul Bhat ('Black Warrant')
• Best Supporting Actor (Female), Drama: Tillotama Shome ('Paatal Lok Season 2')
• Best Supporting Actor (Male), Comedy: Vinay Pathak ('Gram Chikitsalay')
• Best Supporting Actor (Female), Comedy: Renuka Shahane ('Dupahiya')
• Best Non-Fiction Original: 'Angry Young Men' (Namrata Rao)
• Best Story: Smita Singh ('Khauf'), Sudip Sharma ('Paatal Lok Season 2')
• Best Original Screenplay: Sudip Sharma, Abhishek Banerjee, Rahul Kanojia, Tamal Sen ('Paatal Lok Season 2')
• Best Adapted Screenplay: Satyanshu Singh and Arkesh Ajay ('Black Warrant')
• Best Dialogue: Anubhav Sinha and Trishant Srivastava ('IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack')
• Best Cinematography: Pankaj Kumar ('Khauf')
• Best Production Design: Priya Suhaas, Surabhi Verma ('Freedom at Midnight')
• Best Editing: Tanya Chhabria ('Khauf')
• Best Costume Design: Ayesha Dasgupta ('Freedom at Midnight')
• Best Background Music: Alokananda Dasgupta ('Khauf')
• Best VFX: Phantom FX ('Khauf')
• Best Sound Design: Bigyna Dahal ('Khauf')
• Best Music Album: Akashdeep Sengupta ('Bandish Bandits Season 2')
• Best Debut Director: Pushkar Sunil Mahabal ('Black, White & Gray – Love Kills')
• Breakthrough Performance by a Newcomer (Male): Anurag Thakur ('Black Warrant')
• Breakthrough Performance by a Newcomer (Female): Lisa Mishra ('Call Me Bae')

**Film Category**

• Best Film, Web Original: 'Girls Will Be Girls'
• Best Director, Web Original Film: Shuchi Talati ('Girls Will Be Girls')
• Best Web Original Film (Critics): Boman Irani ('The Mehta Boys')
• Best Actor, Web Original Film (Male): Abhishek Banerjee ('Stolen')
• Best Actor, Web Original Film (Female): Sanya Malhotra ('Mrs')
• Best Actor (Male), Critics, Web Original Film: Vikrant Massey ('Sector 36')
• Best Actor (Female), Critics, Web Original Film: Preeti Panigrahi ('Girls Will Be Girls')
• Best Supporting Actor, Web Original Film (Male): Deepak Dobriyal ('Sector 36')
• Best Supporting Actor, Web Original Film (Female): Kani Kusruti ('Girls Will Be Girls')
• Best Story: Karan Tejpal, Gaurav Dhingra, Swapnil Salkar ('Stolen')
• Best Original Screenplay: Avinash Sampath and Vikramaditya Motwane ('Ctrl')
• Best Dialogue: Vijay Maurya ('Agni')
• Best Cinematography: Isshaan Ghosh ('Stolen')
• Best Production Design: Acropolis, Sumit Basu, Snigdha Basu and Rajnish Hedao ('Agni')
• Best Editing: Jahaan Noble ('Ctrl')
• Best Background Music: Sneha Khanwalkar ('Ctrl')
• Best Sound Design: Susmit Bob Nath ('Stolen')
• Best Music Album: Justin Prabhakaran and Rochak Kohli ('Aap Jaisa Koi')
• Best Debut Director: Karan Tejpal ('Stolen'), Aditya Nimbalkar ('Sector 36')
• Breakthrough Performance by a Newcomer (Male): Shubham Vardhan ('Stolen')
• Breakthrough Performance by a Newcomer (Female): Arrchita Agarwal ('Despatch')

**Short Film Category**

• Best Short Film (People’s Choice): 'Divorce Director' (Raaghav Kansal)
• Best Actor (Female), Short Film: Fatima Sana Shaikh ('Ayesha')
• Best Actor (Male), Short Film: Ayan Khan ('Chashma')
• Best Short Film (Fiction): 'Ayesha' (Nihat Bhave)
• Best Short Film (Non-Fiction or Documentary): 'Langur' (Haider Khan)
• Best Director, Short Film: Renuka Shahane ('Dhaavpatti')