Scam 1992, Mirzapur (Season 2), The Family Man (Season 2), Grahan lead nominations at 2nd Filmfare OTT Awards

Filmfare has announced the list of nominations for the second edition of its OTT Awards. Hansal Mehta's Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story, which missed out on the first edition, leads with 14 nominations, including Best Series, Best Actor for Pratik Gandhi and Best Director for Hansal Mehta and Jay Mehta. Mirzapur (Season 2) and The Family Man (Season 2) earned 13 and 12 nominations, respectively.

A few of the artistes are return nominees, including the team from The Family Man. The shows up for Best Series are Aashram, Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story, Mirzapur (Season 2), The Family Man (Season 2), Grahan, and Criminal Justice (Season 2).

Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK, who won the critics' Best Director award in the inaugural edition, bagged a nomination again for the second season of The Family Man, while Gurmeet Singh and Mihir Desai, who missed out on a nomination for the first season of Mirzapur, have landed one for the second.

Manoj Bajpayee (The Family Man, Season 2), Pratik Gandhi (Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story), Pankaj Tripathi (Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors), Atul Kulkarni (City Of Dreams: Season 2), Bobby Deol (Aashram) and Anshuman Pushkar (Grahan) will battle it out for the Best Actor trophy in the series drama category.

Huma Qureshi (Maharani), Shweta Tripathi (Mirzapur, Season 2), Samantha (The Family Man, Season 2), Kirti Kulhari (Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors), Shreya Dhanwanthary (Scam 1992) and Zoya Hussain (Grahan) are the nominees for Best Actress in the same category.

Nominations for OTT films were also announced. The list includes three Netflix films — Ajeeb Daastaans (2021), Serious Men (2020) and Ray (2021) — and three ZEE5 films — Kaagaz (2021), Mee Raqsam (2020) and State Of Siege: Temple Attack (2021).

The race for Best Actor is between Pankaj Tripathi (Kaagaz), Naseeruddin Shah (Mee Raqsam), Nawazuddin Siddiqui (Serious Men), Bobby Deol (Class Of 83), Manoj Bajpayee (Ray) and Manav Kaul (Ajeeb Daastaans).

Ratna Pathak Shah (Unpaused: Chand Mubarak segment), Konkona Sensharma (Ajeeb Daastaans), Kajol (Tribhanga), Richa Chadha (Unpaused: Apartment segment), Sanya Malhotra (Pagglait) and Aditi Sharma (Mee Raqsam) will compete in the Best Actress category.

Manoj Bajpayee, who was present at the virtual press conference to announce the nominations, said, "The last couple of years have been the most interesting times of my journey and most of the credit goes to my recent OTT stints. This industry is truly transforming and I laud Filmfare for creating a special intervention to celebrate the best of creative excellence in the OTT space."

Bajpayee is the only artiste to be nominated in both the series and film categories.

Filmfare editor Jitesh Pillai said, "The last year has seen some breathtaking stories and performances, with each outshining the other. We have also seen such an exciting crop of young talent, the future of Indian entertainment is truly bright. It’s going to be a really close fight."

The awards ceremony will take place at an exclusive event in Mumbai on 9 December, following all COVID-19 protocols recommended by the Maharashtra government. The full list of nominations is given below:

Popular Awards

Best Series

Aashram
Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors
The Family Man (Season 2)
Grahan
Mirzapur (Season 2)
Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story

Best Director, Series

Gurmeet Singh and Mihir Desai, Mirzapur (Season 2)
Hansal Mehta and Jai Mehta, Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story
Prakash Jha, Aashram
Raj Nidimoru, Krishna DK and Suparn S Varma, The Family Man (Season 2)
Ranjan Chandel, Grahan
Rohan Sippy and Arjun Mukerjee, Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors

Best Actor (Male), Series, Drama

Anshumaan Pushkar, Grahan
Atul Kulkarni, City Of Dreams (Season 2)
Bobby Deol, Aashram
Manoj Bajpayee, The Family Man (Season 2)
Pankaj Tripathi, Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors
Pratik Gandhi, Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story

Best Actor (Female), Series, Drama

Huma Qureshi, Maharani
Kirti Kulhari, Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors
Samantha, The Family Man (Season 2)
Shreya Dhanwanthary, Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story
Shweta Tripathi, Mirzapur (Season 2)
Zoya Hussain, Grahan

Best Actor (Male), Series, Comedy

Adarsh Gourav, Hostel Daze (Season 2)
Jameel Khan, Gullak (Season 2)
Naveen Kasturia, Runaway Lugaai
Ranvir Shorey, Metro Park (Season 2)
Sunil Grover, Sunflower
Vijay Varma, OK Computer

Best Actor (Female), Series, Comedy

Geetanjali Kulkarni, Gullak (Season 2)
Kani Kusruti, OK Computer
Masaba Gupta, Masaba Masaba
Ruhi Singh, Runaway Lugaai

Best Supporting Actor (Male), Series, Drama

Ali Fazal, Mirzapur (Season 2)
Chandan Roy Sanyal, Aashram
Divyenndu Sharma, Bichoo Ka Khel
Naseeruddin Shah, Bandish Bandits
Pankaj Tripathi, Mirzapur (Season 2)
Sharib Hashmi, The Family Man (Season 2)

Best Supporting Actor (Female), Series, Drama

Amruta Subhash, Bombay Begums
Anjali Barot, Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story
Anupriya Goenka, Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors
Shahana Goswami, Bombay Begums
Sheeba Chaddha, Bandish Bandits

Best Supporting Actor (Male), Series, Comedy

Nikhil Vijay, Hostel Daze (Season 2)
Sanjay Mishra, Runaway Lugaai
Vaibhav Raj Gupta, Gullak (Season 2)

Best Supporting Actor (Female), Series, Comedy

Grusha Kapoor, Hey Prabhu (Season 2)
Neena Gupta, Masaba Masaba
Purbi Joshi, Metro Park (Season 2)
Sunita Rajwar, Gullak (Season 2)

Best Comedy, Series/Special

Aalas Motaapa Ghabraahat
College Romance (Season 2)
Gullak (Season 2)
Hostel Daze (Season 2)
Masaba Masaba
Metro Park (Season 2)

Best Non-Fiction Original, Series/Special

Bad Boy Billionaires
Fabulous Lives Of Bollywood Wives
LOL: Hasee Toh Phase
Secrets Of Sinauli
Vande Bharat Flight IX 1344: Hope To Survival

Best Film, Web Original

Ajeeb Daastaans (2021)
Kaagaz (2021)
Mee Raqsam (2020)
Ray (2021)
Serious Men (2020)
State Of Siege: Temple Attack (2021)

Best Actor (Male), Web Original Film

Bobby Deol, Class Of 83 (2020)
Manav Kaul, Ajeeb Daastaans (2021)
Manoj Bajpayee, Ray (2021)
Naseeruddin Shah, Mee Raqsam (2020)
Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Serious Men (2020)
Pankaj Tripathi, Kaagaz (2021)

Best Actor (Female), Web Original Film

Aditi Sharma, Mee Raqsam
Kajol, Tribhanga (2021)
Konkona Sensharma, Ajeeb Daastaans (2021)
Ratna Pathak Shah, Unpaused (Chand Mubarak segment) (2020)
Richa Chadha, Unpaused (Apartment segment)
Sanya Malhotra, Pagglait (2021)

Best Supporting Actor (Male), Web Original Film

Aakshath Das, Serious Men
Ashutosh Rana, Pagglait
Bhupendra Jadawat, Class Of 83
Satish Kaushik, Kaagaz

Best Supporting Actor (Female), Web Original Film

Gauahar Khan, 14 Phere (2021)
Mithila Palkar, Tribhanga
Radhika Madan, Ray
Sayani Gupta, Pagglait
Tanvi Azmi, Tribhanga

Technical Awards

Best Original Story, Series              

Amritpal Singh Bindra and Anand Tiwari, Bandish Bandits
Habib Faisal, Aashram
Puneet Krishna and Vineet Krishna, Mirzapur (Season 2)
Raj Nidimoru, Krishna DK and Suman Kumar, The Family Man (Season 2)
Subhash Kapoor and Nandan Singh, Maharani

Best Dialogue, Series  

Durgesh Singh, Gullak (Season 2)
Gazal Dhaliwal, Aarsh Vora and Sunayana Kumari, Mismatched
Puneet Krishna and Vineet Krishna, Mirzapur (Season 2)
Raj Nidimoru, Krishna DK, Suman Kumar, Suparn S Varma and Manoj Kumar Kalaivanan, The Family Man (Season 2)
Saurabh Khanna, Suprith Kundar and Harish Peddinti, Hostel Daze (Season 2)
Vaibhav Vishal, Karan Vyas, Sumit Purohit and Saurav Dey, Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story

Best Original Screenplay, Series            

Amritpal Singh Bindra and Lara Chandni, Bandish Bandits
Deepesh Sumitra Jagdish, Aspirants
Kuldeep Ruhil, Aashram
Puneet Krishna and Vineet Krishna, Mirzapur (Season 2)
Raj Nidimoru, Krishna DK, Suman Kumar and Suparn S Varma, The Family Man (Season 2)
Subhash Kapoor, Nandan Singh and Umashankar Singh, Maharani

Best Adapted Screenplay, Series

Apurva Asrani, Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors
Jaya Misra and Surbhi Saral, The Married Woman
Kunal Marathe, Indori Ishq
Prateek Payodhi, Vibha Singh and Shailendra Jha, Grahan
Saurav Dey and Sumit Purohit, Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story

Best Background Music, Series  

Achint Thakkar, Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story
Anurag Saikia, Gullak (Season 2)
Daniel B George, Grahan
John Stewart Eduri, Mirzapur (Season 2)
Soumil Shringarpure, Bandish Bandits

Best Original Soundtrack, Series

Achint Thakkar, Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story
R Rajesh, Sachin-Jigar, Fiddlecraft, Bindhumalini, Mahesh Shankar and Harpreet, The Family Man (Season 2)
Rohit Sharma and Nilotpal Bora, Aspirants
Shankar Mahadevan, Loy Mendonsa and Ehsaan Noorani, Bandish Bandits
Simran Hora, Gullak (Season 2)

Best Costume Design, Series  

Arun J Chauhan, Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story
Hazel Paul, Bandish Bandits
Maxima Basu and Ajay Kumar, Grahan
Neelanchal Ghosh and Darshan Jalan, Mirzapur (Season 2)
Smiti Kaur, Gullak (Season 2)

Best Editor, Series

Manan Mehta and Anshul Gupta, Mirzapur (Season 2)
Shan Mohammed, Grahan
Sumeet Kotian, The Family Man (Season 2)
Sumit Purohit and Kunal Walve, Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story
Sushant Mishra, JL 50

Best Production Design

Payal Ghose and Tarpan Shrivastava, Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story
Rakesh Yadav, High
Saini S Johray, The Family Man (Season 2)
Sonam Singh and Abhijit Gaonkar, Mirzapur (Season 2)
Udai Prakash Singh, Aashram
Wasiq Khan, Grahan

Best Cinematographer (Series)

Cameron Eric Bryson, The Family Man (Season 2)
Chandan Kowli, Aashram
Jayesh Nair, The Last Hour
Kamaljeet Negi, Grahan
Pratham Mehta, Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story
Sanjay Kapoor, Mirzapur (Season 2)

Best VFX (Series)

Imagery Pictures, OK Computer
Nitesh Sharma and Nitesh Kumar, JL 50
Raghav Rai, Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story
Resonance Digital, Chhatrasal