Filmfare OTT Awards 2025 nominations: Abhishek Bachchan, R Madhavan face off in best actor race

Filmfare OTT Awards 2025 nominations list: The wait is nearly over as the sixth edition of the Filmfare OTT Awards 2025 is set to take place in Mumbai on December 15. The much-anticipated event will honour outstanding achievements across India’s rapidly evolving digital entertainment landscape. Alongside, the coveted ceremony will also celebrate excellence in acting, direction and technical categories from web series and OTT films.

With streaming platforms continuing to redefine storytelling, this year’s awards recognise the talent and creativity driving the industry forward. The nominations span 38 diverse categories. Scroll down to check out the full list of nominations for Filmfare OTT Awards 2025!

Best series

• Black Warrant
• Freedom at Midnight
• IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack
• Khauf
• Paatal Lok Season 2
• The Hunt: The Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case

Best director (Series)

• Anubhav Sinha – IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack
• Avinash Arun Dhaware – Paatal Lok Season 2
• Nagesh Kukunoor – The Hunt: The Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case
• Nikhil Advani – Freedom at Midnight
• Pankaj Kumar & Surya Balakrishnan – Khauf
• Pushkar Sunil Mahabal – Black, White & Gray – Love Kills
• Vikramaditya Motwane – Black Warrant

Best actor, Series (Male): Drama

• Amit Sial – The Hunt: The Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case
• Jaideep Ahlawat – Paatal Lok Season 2
• Kay Kay Menon – Shekhar Home
• Roshan Mathew – Kankhajura
• Vijay Varma – IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack
• Zahan Kapoor – Black Warrant

Best actor, Series (Female): Drama

• Aditi Pohankar – Ek Badnaam Aashram S3 Part 2
• Maanvi Gagroo – Half Love Half Arranged Season 2
• Monika Panwar – Khauf
• Rasika Dugal – Shekhar Home
• Samantha Ruth Prabhu – Citadel: Honey Bunny
• Shabana Azmi – Animal Cartel

Best comedy (series/specials)

• Call Me Bae
• Shame on you
• Gram Chikitsalay
• Oops, what now?
• Panchayat Season 4
• The night is coming

Best actor, series (male): Comedy

• Amol Parashar – Gram Chikitsalay
• Barun Sobti – The night is coming
• Gajraj Rao – Dupahiya
• Jitendra Kumar – Panchayat Season 4
• Raghubir Yadav – Panchayat Season 4
• Sparsh Shrivastava – Dupahiya

Best actor, series (Female): Comedy

• Ananya Panday – Call Me Bae
• Anjali Anand – Raat Jawaan Hai
• Neena Gupta – Panchayat Season 4
• Priya Bapat – Raat Jawaan Hai
• Shivani Raghuvanshi – Dupahiya
• Sunita Rajwar – Panchayat Season 4

Best story, series

• Chandan Kumar – Panchayat Season 4
• Chirag Garg & Avinash Dwivedi – Dupahiya
• Pushkar Sunil Mahabal – Black, White & Gray – Love Kills
• Smita Singh – Fear
• Sudip Sharma – Paatal Lok Season 2
• Vasant Nath & Neha Veena Sharma – Ziddi Girls

Best original screenplay (Series)

• Chandan Kumar – Panchayat Season 4
• Pushkar Sunil Mahabal – Black, White & Gray – Love Kills
• Smita Singh – Fear
• Sudip Sharma – Paatal Lok Season 2

Best non-fiction original (series/special)

• Angry Young Men
• Fabulous Lives vs Bollywood Wives Season 3
• Follow Kar Lo Yaar Season 1
• In Transit
• The Roshans
• For Das: Fool Volume

Best film, web original

• Agni
• Ctrl
• Girls Will Be Girls
• Sector 36
• Stolen
• The Mehta Boys

Best director, web original film

• Aditya Nimbalkar – Sector 36
• Boman Irani – The Mehta Boys
• Trans
• Rahul Dholakia – Agni
• Shuchi Talati – Girls Will Be Girls
• Vikramaditya Motwane – Ctrl

Best actor, web original film (Male)

• Abhishek Bachchan – Kaalidhar Laapata
• Abhishek Banerjee – Stolen
• Ishwak Singh – Berlin
• Manoj Bajpayee – Despatch
• Nawazuddin Siddiqui – Costao
• Pratik Gandhi – Fire
• R Madhavan – You are as you are
• Vikrant Massey – Sector 36

Best actor, web original film (Female)

• Ananya Pandy – Ctrl
• Kriti Sanon – Do Patti
• Preeti Panigrahi – Girls Will Be Girls
• Sanya Malhotra – Mrs
• Sheeba Chaddha – Kaushaljis vs Kaushal
• Taapsee Pannu – Phir Aayi Hasseen Dillruba
• Yami Gautam – Dhoom Dhaam

Best supporting actor, web original film (Male)

• Avinash Tiwari – The Mehta Boys
• Daivik Baghela – Kaalidhar Laapata
• Deepak Dobriyal – Sector 36
• Jitendra Joshi – Agni
• Shaheer Sheikh – Do Patti
• Shubham Vardhan – Stolen

Best supporting actor, web original film (Female)

• Arrchita Agarwaal – Despatch
• Ayesha Raza – Aap Jaisa Koi
• Kani Kusruti – Girls Will Be Girls
• Mia Maelzer – Stolen
• Sast Boro – Ag
• Soha Ali Khan – Chhorii 2

Best story, web original film

• Avinash Sampath – Ctrl
• Boman Irani & Alexander Dinelaris – The Mehta Boys
• Translation of the Testal is al. – St.
• Madhumita – Kaalidhar Laapata
• Rahul Dholakia – Agni
• Shuchi Talati – Girls Will Be Girls

Best original screenplay, web original film

• Avinash Sampath – Ctrl
• Bodhayan Roychaudhury – Sector 36
• Boman Irani & Alexander Dinelaris – The Mehta Boys
• Rahul Dholakia – Agni
• Shuchi Talati – Girls Will Be Girls