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THE FILMFARE OTT AWARDS 2025 WERE A RESOUNDING SUCCESS. DEVESH SHARMA OFFERS A SHORT PROFILE OF ALL THE WINNERS

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The Filmfare OTT Awards 2025 honoured excellence in streaming content across series, web originals, and shorts. Black Warrant won Best Series and Best Director, Series for Vikramaditya Motwane, Satyanshu Singh, Arkesh Ajay, Ambiecka Pandit & Rohin Raveendran. Paatal Lok Season 2 claimed Best Series (Critics'), with Jaideep Ahlawat named Best Actor, Series (Male): Drama and Monika Panwar took Best Actor, Series (Female): Drama for Khauf. In comedy, Barun Sobti and Sparsh Shrivastava shared Best Actor, Series (Male): Comedy; and Ananya Panday won Best Actor, Series (Female): Comedy for Call Me Bae. Girls Will Be Girls was awarded Best Film, Web Original.

Stolen and CTRL took home plaudits as well. Let's take a look at all the winners.

BEST SERIES BLACK WARRANT

Black Warrant is a gritty crime drama set in the early 1980s within Delhi's infamous Tihar Jail. The series follows Sunil Gupta, an idealistic young jailer, as he confronts entrenched corruption, violent power hierarchies, and ethical conflicts. Drawing from real events and notorious criminals, the show presents a raw, realistic exploration of authority, justice, and survival inside one of India's most feared prisons.