The third edition of the OTT Play Awards 2025 was held on 22nd March 2025, four days before, at JW Marriott, Sahar, Mumbai. It was a star-studded event where many renowned celebrities gathered.
Aligning with the theme of “One Nation, One OTT Award” the event honored web series, OTT films, and performances across all indian languages in the streaming entertainment industry, where Aparshakti Khurana and Kubbra Sait hosted the awards.
The winners of the OTT Play Awards 2025 include Kajol, Jaideep Ahlawat, Jyotika, Manoj Bajpayee, Avinash Tiwary, and others.
During the event gala, the most interesting fact unveiled by Kunal Kohli is that Kajol holds the record that she is the only sixth actress in the world who has won Best Actor awards across four decades.
Kajol was honored for his best performance in the OTT film Do Patti. After the event was ended and the fans were also excited to know who won the prestigious trophy, no need to worry, guys, you’ll explore the list of winners of the OTT Play Awards 2025 in this guide.
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OTT Play Awards 2025 Winners List
Here is the list of the winners OTT Play Awards 2025. So, look below in the detailed list and find who won the award for what or in which category.
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)
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Web Series categories
Best Series: Panchayat S3 (Arunabh Kumar, producer and co-creator, and Vijay Koshy, executive 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)
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Best Actor in a Comedy: Neeraj Madhav (Love Under Construction)
Breakthrough Performance (Male): Abishek Kumar (Thalaivettiyan Palayam)
Breakthrough Performance (Female): Patralekha (IC 814)
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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)
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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)
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About OTT Play Awards 2025
The OTT Play Awards 2025 event is held in partnership with HT City and Zoom as the TV broadcast partners, has Flipkart Spoyl as the exclusive style partner, D Pauls as the travel partner, Amante as the premium lingerie partner, Propshop as the real estate partner, Aussie Lamb and Krishinet Fiber as the special partners, UDigital as the ISP and iPTV partner and Hyperlink as the event partner. It is co-presented by Real Juice and Kuhl and powered by Stock Gro.
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