OTT Play Awards 2025: From ‘Gajagamini’ Aditi Rao Hydari to Chamkila director Imtiaz Ali, meet the winners

This year’s edition of the OTTplay Awards, in association with HT City, was hosted today in Mumbai. The ceremony honoured the hard work and talent of a varied crop of actors, filmmakers public personalities, who have lucratively expanded their careers beyond just the silver screen. The complete l of winners from the OTTPlay Awards 2025 in association with HT City(Photos: HT City) So here’s a look at the winners l, featuring stars who truly shine brightest of them all: Versatile Performer of the Year (Female): Kani Kusruti for Girls Will Be Girls, Poacher, Thalaimai Seyalagam, Killer Soup and Nagendran’s Honeymoons Trailblazer of the Year (Male): Sri Murali for Bagheera Versatile Performer of the Year (Male): Sidhant Gupta for Freedom at Midnight and Black Warrant Trailblazer of the Year (Female): Divya Dutta for Bandish Bandits 2 and Sharmaji Ki Beti Best Actor (Male) – Popular (Movie): Manoj Bajpayee for Despatch Best Actor Female – Popular (Movie): Kajol for Do Patti Best Talk Show Host: Rana Daggubati for The Rana Daggubati Show Best Documentary Series: The Roshans Best Showrunner: Sooraj Bharjatya for Bada Naam Karenge Best Reality Show: The Fabulous Lives Vs Bollywood Wives Best Non-Scripted Show: Bimal Unnikrishnan for Shark Tank Rising Star: Avneet Kaur for Luv Ki Arrange Marriage Best OTT Debut (Series): Vedhika for Yakshini Pioneering contributions to new-wave cinema: Ashwini Puneeth Rajkumar Best Actor in a Negative Role (Movie): Sunny Kaushal for Phir Aayi Haseen Dillruba Best Actor in a Comedy (Movie): Priya Mani for Bhaamakalapam 2 Breakthrough Performance Male (Movie): Avinash Tiwary for The Mehta Boys Breakthrough Performance Female (Movie): Shalini Pandey for Maharaj Best Supporting Actor Male (Series): Rahul Bhatt for Black Warrant Best Supporting Actor Female (Series): Jyotika for Dabba Cartel Best Actor in a Comedy (Series): Neeraj Madhav for Love Under Construction Breakthrough Performance Male (Series): Abhishek Kumar for Thalaivettiyan Palayam Breakthrough Performance Female (Series): Patralekha for IC814 Promising Actor (Male): Aparshakti Khurana for Berlin Promising Actor (Female): Hina Khan for Griha Laxmi Best Director (Series): Nikkhil Advani for Freedom at Midnight and Pradeep Maddali for Vikkatakavi Best Actor Male – Critics (Series): Jaideep Ahlawat for Paatal Lok Season 2 Best Actor Female – Critics (Series): Nimisha Sajayan for Poacher Best Actor Male – Popular (Series): Raghav Juyal for Gyaraah Gyaraah Best Actor Female – Popular (Series): Aditi Rao Hydari for Heeramandi Best Series: Panchayat Season 3 Best Director (Movie): Imtiaz Ali for Amar Singh Chamkila Best Actor Male – Critics (Movie): Anupam Kher for Vijay 69 and The Signature Best Actor Female – Critics (Movie): Parvathy Thiruvothu for Manorathangal and Her Best Movie: Ali Fazal and Richa Chadha for Girls Will Be Girls Which of these trailblazers were your personal favourite?