The web-series Tabbar, The Family Man (Season 2), Aarya (Season 2) and the feature film The White Tiger have been nominated for the Hitlist OTT Awards.
The second season of the Amazon Prime Video show The Family Man has received seven nominations — Best Season, Best Actor (Male): Series, Best Actor (Female): Series, Best Supporting Actor (Male): Series, Best Supporting Actress (Female), Best Ensemble Cat and Best Showrunner/Creator.
The critically acclaimed SonyLIV series Tabbar earned five nominations, including Best Show, Best Actor (Male): Series and Best Supporting Actress (Female).
The awards were first launched in 2020; public voting began on 18 February and will end on 18 March. Film critic and Mid-Day entertainment editor Mayank Shekhar is part of the in-house jury, which includes Radio City RJ Salil Acharya. Other known online critics will also be part of the process as judges.
The public can cast their vote here or on Mid-Day’s social media channels. The winners will be announced at a ceremony on 29 March in Mumbai.
Speaking about the nominations, Ashit Kukian, chief executive officer at Radio City, said, “It gives us great joy to witness the ongoing enthusiasm for the third season of the Hitlist OTT Awards. The last two award seasons were successful in truly transforming the OTT awards landscape. These awards have gained popularity among audiences pan India and have consequently raised the bar for OTT players to produce quality content that resonates with the viewers’ expectations.”
“As the OTT market is predicted to grow at 22 to 25% CAGR [compound annual growth rate], recognitions such as the Hitlist OTT Awards will continue to build a legacy that celebrates the diligence of creators and artists to bring quality entertainment to the audiences. We are excited to witness the battle unfold to crown these creative and talented performances in the OTT space,” he added.
The nominees:
Best Show
Aranyak (Netflix)
Bombay Begums (Netflix)
Grahan (Disney+ Hotstar)
Maharani (SonyLIV)
Potluck (SonyLIV)
Tabbar (SonyLIV)
Best Season
Aarya (Season 2, Disney+ Hotstar)
Gullak (Season 2, Sony LIV)
Kota Factory (Season 2, Netflix)
Little Things (Season 4, Netflix)
Special Ops 1.5 (Disney+ Hotstar)
The Family Man (Season 2, Amazon Prime Video)
Best Web Film (Hindi)
Bob Biswas (Zee5)
Pagglait (Netflix)
Sardar Udham (Amazon Prime Video)
Sherni (Amazon Prime Video)
Shershaah (Amazon Prime Video)
The White Tiger (Netflix)
Best Web Film (Non-Hindi)
Jai Bhim (Amazon Prime Video)
Joji (Amazon Prime Video)
Minnal Murali (Netflix)
Sarpatta Parambarai (Amazon Prime Video)
The Disciple (Netflix)
The Great Indian Kitchen (Amazon Prime Video)
Best Non-Fiction
1232 Kms (Disney+ Hotstar)
Break Point (Zee5)
Gaurav Gupta: Market Down Hai (Amazon Prime Video)
House of Secrets: The Burari Deaths (Netflix)
One Mic Stand S02 (Amazon Prime Video)
Alma Matters: Inside The IIT Dream (Netflix)
Best Online Sensation
Anupam Tripathi (Squid Game, Netflix)
Bhuvan Bam (Dhindora, YouTube)
Sahdev Dirdo (Bachpan Ka Pyaar, YouTube)
Sunny Hinduja (Aspirants, YouTube)
Vir Das (Two Indias, social media)
Kubbra Sait (Foundation, Apple TV)
Best Actor (Male): Series
Ali Fazal (Forget Me Not, Ray)
Anshumaan Pushkar (Grahan)
Dhruv Sehgal (Little Things)
Kay Kay Menon (Special Ops 1.5)
Manoj Bajpayee (Hungama Hai Kyon Barpa, Ray)
Manoj Bajpayee (The Family Man)
Mayur More (Kota Factory)
Pavan Malhotra (Tabbar)
Best Actor (Female): Series
Huma Qureshi (Maharani)
Mithila Palkar (Little Things)
Pooja Bhatt (Bombay Begums)
Ridhi Dogra (The Married Woman)
Samantha Prabhu (The Family Man)
Surveen Chawla (Decoupled)
Sushmita Sen (Aarya)
Zoya Hussain (Grahan)
Best Supporting Actor (Male): Series
Aftab Shivdasani (Special Ops 1.5)
Amit Sial (Maharani)
Dino Morea (The Empire)
Gajraj Rao (Hungama Hai Kyon Barpa, Ray)
Pavan Malhotra (Grahan)
Sharib Hashmi (The Family Man)
Sunil Grover (Tandav)
Vaibhav Raj Gupta (Gullak)
Best Supporting Actor (Female): Series
Amruta Subhash (Bombay Begums)
Ashlesha Thakur (The Family Man)
Geetanjali Kulkarni (Gullak)
Ira Dubey (Potluck)
Kani Kusruti (OK Computer)
Konkona Sensharma (Mumbai Diaries 26/11)
Shabana Azmi (The Empire)
Supriya Pathak (Tabbar)
Best Actor (Male): Film
Abhishek Bachchan (Bob Biswas)
Adarsh Gourav (The White Tiger)
Dhanush (Atrangi Re)
Farhan Akhtar (Toofaan)
Sidharth Malhotra (Shershaah)
Vicky Kaushal (Sardar Udham)
Best Actor (Female): Film
Kiara Advani (Shershaah)
Konkona Sensharma (Geeli Pucchi, Ajeeb Daastaans)
Mrunal Thakur (Toofaan)
Sanya Malhotra (Pagglait)
Taapsee Pannu (Rashmi Rocket)
Vidya Balan (Sherni)
Best Supporting Actor (Male): Film
Ashutosh Rana (Pagglait)
Pankaj Tripathi (Mimi)
Paran Bandopadhyay (Bob Biswas)
Paresh Rawal (Toofaan)
Sharat Saxena (Sherni)
Stephen Hogan (Sardar Udham)
Best Supporting Actor (Female): Film
Aditi Rao Hydari (Sardar Ka Grandson)
Chitrangda Singh (Bob Biswas)
Ileana D`Cruz (The Big Bull)
Priyanka Chopra (The White Tiger)
Ratna Pathak Shah (Hum Do Hamare Do)
Sheeba Chaddha (Pagglait)
Best Ensemble Cast
Bombay Begums (Shruti Mahajan)
Dil Bekaraar (Kavish Sinha)
Gullak (Anmol Ahuja)
Kota Factory (Shiv Chauhan)
Maharani (Mukesh Chhabra)
Potluck (Mohit Khowal, Hitul Suri and Ravi Ahuja)
Tabbar (Mukesh Chhabra)
The Family Man (Mukesh Chhabra)
Best Showrunner/Creator
Aranyak (Rohan Sippy)
Gullak (Shreyansh Pandey)
Maharani (Subhash Kapoor)
Special Ops 1.5 (Neeraj Pandey)
Tabbar (Harman Wadala)
The Family Man (Raj & DK)