# 2023 Filmfare OTT Awards

2023 Filmfare OTT Awards, the fourth edition of awards presented to honour artistic and technical excellence in original programming on over-the-top streaming media in Hindi-language. Web original shows or films released across OTT platforms between 1 August 2022 and 31 July 2023 were eligible for Awards. Nominations were announced by Filmfare on 22 November 2023.
Jubilee led the ceremony with 17 nominations, followed by Gulmohar with 14 nominations, Rocket Boys (Season 2) with 13 nominations, and Darlings with 11 nominations.
Jubilee won 9 awards, including Best Director in a Drama Series (for Vikramaditya Motwane), thus becoming the most-awarded series at the ceremony.

## Winners and nominees

Sources: nominations
Sources: winners
* Winners denoted in boldface

### Popular awards

Drama Series :
| Best Series | Best Director |
| Scoop – Netflix Asur (Season 2) – JioCinema Dahaad – Amazon Prime Video Farzi – Amazon Prime Video Jubilee – Amazon Prime Video Kohrra – Netflix Rocket Boys (Season 2) – SonyLIV School of Lies – Disney+ Hotstar The Night Manager – Disney+ Hotstar Trial by Fire – Netflix | Vikramaditya Motwane – Jubilee Abhay Pannu – Rocket Boys (Season 2) Avinash Arun – School of Lies Hansal Mehta – Scoop Prashant Nair – Trial by Fire Raj & DK – Farzi Randeep Jha – Kohrra Reema Kagti and Ruchika Oberoi – Dahaad Tanuj Chopra – Delhi Crime (Season 2) |
| Best Actor (Male) | Best Actor (Female) |
| Suvinder Vicky – Kohrra Aamir Bashir – School of Lies Abhay Deol – Trial by Fire Aditya Roy Kapur – The Night Manager Anil Kapoor – The Night Manager Aparshakti Khurana – Jubilee Jim Sarbh – Rocket Boys (Season 2) Pankaj Tripathi – Criminal Justice: Adhura Sach Shahid Kapoor – Farzi Sidhant Gupta – Jubilee Vijay Varma – Dahaad | Rajshri Deshpande – Trial by Fire Dimple Kapadia – Saas, Bahu Aur Flamingo Kajol – The Trial Karishma Tanna – Scoop Shefali Shah – Delhi Crime (Season 2) Sonakshi Sinha – Dahaad Wamiqa Gabbi – Jubilee |
| Best Supporting Actor (Male) | Best Supporting Actor (Female) |
| Barun Sobti – Kohrra Bhuvan Arora – Farzi Gulshan Devaiah – Dahaad Harman Baweja – Scoop Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub – Scoop Prathamesh Parab – Taaza Khabar Prosenjit Chatterjee – Jubilee Saswata Chatterjee – The Night Manager | Tillotama Shome – Delhi Crime (Season 2) Harleen Sethi – Kohrra Nimrat Kaur – School of Lies Radhika Madan – Saas, Bahu Aur Flamingo Rasika Duggal – Delhi Crime (Season 2) Shweta Tripathi – Kaalkoot Tillotama Shome – The Night Manager |
| Comedy Series ||
| Best Series / Special ||
| TVF Pitchers (Season 2) – ZEE5 Crushed – Amazon Mini TV Farzi Mushaira – Amazon Prime Video Half Pants Full Pants – Amazon Prime Video Happy Family: Conditions Apply – Amazon Prime Video Hostel Daze (Season 3) – Amazon Prime Video TVF Tripling (Season 3) – ZEE5 ||
| Best Actor (Male) | Best Actor (Female) |
| Abhishek Banerjee – The Great Weddings of Munnes Amol Parashar – TVF Tripling (Season 3) Atul Kulkarni – Happy Family: Conditions Apply Bhuvan Bam – Rafta Rafta Johnny Lever – Pop Kaun? Kunal Khemu – Pop Kaun? | Maanvi Gagroo – TVF Tripling (Season 3) Aadhya Anand – Crushed Juhi Parmar – Yeh Meri Family (Season 2) Ratna Pathak Shah – Happy Family: Conditions Apply Srishti Ganguli – Rafta Rafta |
| Best Supporting Actor (Male) | Best Supporting Actor (Female) |
| Arunabh Kumar – TVF Pitchers (Season 2) Kumud Mishra – TVF Tripling (Season 3) Kunaal Roy Kapur – TVF Tripling (Season 3) Naman Jain – Crushed Purav Jha – Ishq Next Door | Shernaz Patel – TVF Tripling (Season 3) Ahsaas Channa – Hostel Daze (Season 3) Shilpa Shukla – Taaza Khabar Sunita Rajwar – The Great Weddings of Munnes Swati Das – Happy Family: Conditions Apply |
| Web Originals ||
| Best Film | Best Director |
| Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai – ZEE5 Babli Bouncer – Disney+ Hotstar Darlings – Netflix Gulmohar – Disney+ Hotstar Kathal – Netflix Lost – ZEE5 Lust Stories 2 – Netflix Monica, O My Darling – Netflix Qala – Netflix | Apoorv Singh Karki – Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury – Lost Jasmeet K. Reen – Darlings Konkona Sen Sharma – Lust Stories 2 Rahul V. Chittella – Gulmohar Vasan Bala – Monica, O My Darling |
| Best Actor (Male) | Best Actor (Female) |
| Manoj Bajpayee – Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai Diljit Dosanjh – Jogi Manoj Bajpayee – Gulmohar Rajkummar Rao – Monica, O My Darling Shahid Kapoor – Bloody Daddy Varun Dhawan – Bawaal Vijay Varma – Darlings | Alia Bhatt – Darlings Huma Qureshi – Monica, O My Darling Janhvi Kapoor – Bawaal Sanya Malhotra – Kathal Sharmila Tagore – Gulmohar Tamannaah Bhatia – Babli Bouncer Tripti Dimri – Qala Yami Gautam – Lost |
| Best Supporting Actor (Male) | Best Supporting Actor (Female) |
| Suraj Sharma – Gulmohar Ayush Mehra – Kacchey Limbu Gajraj Rao – Maja Ma Pankaj Kapur – Lost Rajat Barmecha – Kacchey Limbu Sharib Hashmi – Tarla | Amruta Subhash – Lust Stories 2 Shefali Shah – Darlings Radhika Apte – Monica, O My Darling Shriya Pilgaonkar – Ishq-e-Nadaan Simran – Gulmohar Swastika Mukherjee – Qala |
| Best Non – Fiction Original (Series) ||
| Cinema Marte Dum Tak – Amazon Prime Video Dancing on the Grave – Amazon Prime Video Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives Mumbai Mafia: Police vs Underworld – Netflix Playground (Season 2) – Amazon miniTV The Romantics – Netflix ||
| Writing Awards ||
| Best Original Story (Series) | Best Original Dialogue (Series) |
| Gunjit Chopra and Diggi Sisodia – Kohrra Atul Sabharwal and Soumik Sen – Jubilee Avinash Arun & Ishani Banerjee – School of Lies Homi Adajania – Saas, Bahu Aur Flamingo Raj & DK – Farzi Reema Kagti, Ritesh Shah and Zoya Akhtar – Dahaad Subhash Kapoor & Singh Nandan – Maharani (Season 2) | Karan Vyas – Scoop Abhay Pannu, Kausar Munir – Rocket Boys (Season 2) Arunabh Kumar, Prashant Kumar, Shubham Sharma, Talha Siddiqui, Garima Kunzru – TVF Pitchers (Season 2) Atul Sabharwal – Jubilee Gaurav Shukla, Abhijeet Khuman, Suraj Gianani – Asur (Season 2) Sumit Arora – Dahaad Uma Shankar Singh Maharani (Season 2) |
| Best Original Screenplay (Series) | Best Adapted Screenplay (Series) |
| Gunjit Chopra, Sudip Sharma and Diggi Sisodia – Kohrra Abhay Pannu – Rocket Boys (Season 2) Arunabh Kumar, Prashant Kumar, Shubham Sharma, Talha Siddiqui – TVF Pitchers (Season 2) Atul Sabharwal – Jubilee Bijesh Jayarajan, Iti Agarwal, Anurag Pandey – Criminal Justice: Adhura Sach Ishani Banerjee & Nishant Agrawal – School of Lies Raj & DK, Sita Menon, Suman Kumar – Farzi Reema Kagti, Ritesh Shah, Sunayana Kumari, Mansi Jain, Chaitanya Chopra, Karan Shah – Dahaad | Mrunmayee Lagoo, Mirat Trivedi and Anu Singh Choudhary – Scoop Abbas Dalal, Hussain Dalal, Siddharth Kumar – The Trial Arshad Syed, Vaibhav Modi, Karan Oberoi – Mukhbir - The Story of a Spy Ishan Trivedi, Sudhir Mishra – Tanaav Karan Shrikant Sharma – Kafas Kersi Khambatta – Class Shridhar Raghavan – The Night Manager |
| Best Original Screenplay (Web Original Film) | Best Dialogue (Web Original Film) |
| Jasmeet K. Reen, Parveej Sheikh – Darlings Rahul V. Chittella, Arpita Mukherjee – Gulmohar Ajitpal Singh – Fire in the Mountains Amit Joshi, Aradhana Sah, Madhur Bhandarkar – Babli Bouncer Nikhil Mehrotra, Shreyas Jain, Piyush Gupta, Nitesh Tiwari – Bawaal Pooja Tolani, Konkona Sen Sharma – Lust Stories 2 Shiv Singh, Akshat Trivedi, Aleya Sen – Trial Period | Deepak Kingrani – Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai Aleya Sen, Akshat Trivedi – Trial Period Ali Abbas Zafar, Aditya Basu – Bloody Daddy Rahul V. Chittella, Arpita Mukherjee – Gulmohar Sudeep Nigam – Ishq-e-Nadaan Vijay Maurya, Jasmeet K Reen, Parveez Sheikh – Darlings |
| Best Story (Web Original Film) ||
| Deepak Kingrani – Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai Amit Joshi, Aradhana Sah, Madhur Bhandarkar, Shakeel Shafi Mohammed – Babli Bouncer Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari – Bawaal Jasmeet K. Reen, Parveej Sheikh – Darlings Pooja Tolani, Konkona Sen Sharma – Lust Stories 2 Rahul V. Chittella, Arpita Mukherjee – Gulmohar Yogesh Chandekar – Monica, O My Darling ||
| Music Awards ||
| Best Background Music (Series) | Best Original Soundtrack (Series) |
| Alokananda Dasgupta – Jubilee Achint Thakkar – Rocket Boys (Season 2) Dharam Bhatt – Asur (Season 2) Gaurav Chatterji, Ashish Zachariah – School of Lies Ketan Sodha – Farzi Sachin Sanghvi, Jigar Saraiya – Jee Karda Tubby – Class | Amit Trivedi – Jubilee Achint Thakkar – Rocket Boys (Season 2) Aditya N., Nayantara Bhatkal, Chakori Dwivedi, Keshav Dhar, Akhilesh Jain – Class Anurag Saikia, Vivek Hariharan, Jonita Gandhi, Neha Karode – Mismatched (Season 2) Sachin Sanghvi, Jigar Saraiya, Rashmeet Kaur, I.P. Singh, Simran Choudhary, Mellow D., Luv – Jee Karda Sachin Sanghvi, Jigar Saraiya, Tanishk Bagchi, Raghav Meattle, Priya Saraiya – Farzi Santhosh Narayanan – Faadu – A Love Story |
| Best Background Music (Web Original Film) ||
| Achint Thakkar – Monica, O My Darling Daniel B. George – Bawaal Julius Packiam – Bloody Daddy Prashant Pillai – Darlings Sagar Desai – Qala Sandeep Chowta – Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai Siddhartha Khosla – Gulmohar ||
| Technical Awards ||
| Best Production Design (Series) | Best Cinematographer (Series) |
| Aparna Sud and Mukund Gupta – Jubilee Abhimanyu Jai – TVF Pitchers (Season 2) Meghna Gandhi – Rocket Boys (Season 2) Parichit Paralkar – Farzi Shailaja Sharma – Dahaad Somanwita Bhattacharya – ImMature (Season 2) Tanvi Leena Patil – Scoop | Pratik Shah – Jubilee Avinash Arun – School of Lies Harshvir Oberai – Rocket Boys (Season 2) Linesh Desai – Saas, Bahu Aur Flamingo Pratham Mehta – Scoop Saurabh Monga – Kohrra |
| Best Costume Design (Series) | Best VFX (Series) |
| Shruti Kapoor – Jubilee Lovedeep Gulyani – Class Maxima Basu – Saas, Bahu Aur Flamingo Nikhat Neerusha – Taj: Divided by Blood Pallavi Patel, Anubha Patnaik – TVF Pitchers (Season 2) Shivangi Shrivastav – Sixer (Season 1) Uma Biju, Biju Antony – Rocket Boys (Season 2) | Arpan Gaglani (Philmcgi) – Jubilee Deepak Bhatia, Prashant Thakur – Trial by Fire Vishwas Savanur – Rocket Boys (Season 2) |
| Best Editing (Series) | Best Sound Design (Series) |
| Aarti Bajaj – Jubilee Amitesh Mukherjee – Scoop Antara Lahiri, Parikshhit Jha, Manas Mittal – Delhi Crime (Season 2) Maahir Zaveri – Rocket Boys (Season 2) Sanyukta Kaza – Kohrra Sumeet Kotian – Farzi Xavier Box, Dániel Hajnal – Trial by Fire | Kunal Sharma, Dhruv Parekh – Jubilee Arka Ghosh – Inspector Avinash Bigyna Dahal – Class Sanjay Maurya, Allwin Rego – Delhi Crime (Season 2) Subash Sahoo – Rocket Boys (Season 2) Sudeepta Sadhukhan, Ateesh Chattopadhyay, Ankita Purkayastha – Sixer (Season 1) |
| Best Production Design (Web Original Film) | Best Cinematographer (Web Original Film) |
| Meenal Agarwal – Qala Aditya Kanwar – Bawaal Mansi Dhruv Mehta – Gulmohar Paul Rowan – Blind Rajnish Hedao, Snigdha Basu, Sumit Basu – Bloody Daddy | Swapnil S. Sonawane – Monica, O My Darling Eeshit Narain – Gulmohar Manoj Kumar Khatoi – Trial Period Marcin Laskawiec – Bloody Daddy Mitesh Mirchandani – Bawaal Siddharth Diwan – Qala |
| Best Editing (Web Original Film) | Best Sound Design (Web Original Film) |
| Nitin Baid – Darlings Charu Shree Roy – Bawaal Steven H. Bernard – Bloody Daddy Sumeet Kotian – Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai Tanupriya Sharma – Gulmohar | Anirban Sengupta – Darlings Dileep Subramaniam – Bloody Daddy Kunal Sharma – Monica, O My Darling P. M. Satheesh, Manoj M. Goswami – Gulmohar Sanjay Maurya, Allwin Rego – Bawaal |

### Critics' Choice Awards

| Best Series | Best Director (Series) |
| Trial by Fire – Netflix | Randeep Jha – Kohrra |
| Best Actor (Male): Drama Series | Best Actor (Female): Drama Series |
| Vijay Varma – Dahaad as Anand Swarnakar | Karishma Tanna – Scoop as Jagruti Pathak Sonakshi Sinha – Dahaad as Sub-inspector Anjali Bhaati |
| Best Web Original Film ||
| Lust Stories 2 – Konkona Sen Sharma Monica, O My Darling – Vasan Bala ||
| Best Actor (Male): Film | Best Actor (Female): Film |
| Rajkummar Rao – Monica, O My Darling as Jayant "Jay" Arkhedkar a.k.a. Johnny | Sanya Malhotra – Kathal as Inspector Mahima Basor Sharmila Tagore – Gulmohar as Kusum Batra |

## Superlatives
### Nominations and wins by program

Nominations by program :
| Nominations | Program | Streaming Media |
| 17 | Jubilee | Amazon Prime Video |
| 14 | Gulmohar | Disney+ Hotstar |
| 13 | Rocket Boys (Season 2) | SonyLIV |
| 11 | Darlings | Netflix |
| 10 | Farzi | Amazon Prime Video |
| 10 | Scoop | Netflix |
| 9 | Bawaal | Amazon Prime Video |
| 9 | Dahaad | Amazon Prime Video |
| 9 | Kohrra | Netflix |
| 9 | Monica, O My Darling | Netflix |
| 8 | School of Lies | Disney+ Hotstar |
| 7 | Bloody Daddy | JioCinema |
| 7 | Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai | ZEE5 |
| 6 | Delhi Crime (Season 2) | Netflix |
| 6 | Qala | Netflix |
| 6 | The Night Manager | Disney+ Hotstar |
| 6 | Trial by Fire | Netflix |
| 6 | TVF Pitchers (Season 2) | ZEE5 |
| 6 | TVF Tripling (Season 3) | ZEE5 |
| 5 | Class | Netflix |
| 5 | Lust Stories 2 | Netflix |
| 5 | Saas, Bahu Aur Flamingo | Disney+ Hotstar |
| 4 | Babli Bouncer | Disney+ Hotstar |
| 4 | Happy Family: Conditions Apply | Amazon Prime Video |
| 4 | Lost | ZEE5 |
| 3 | Crushed | Amazon Mini TV |
| 3 | Trial Period | JioCinema |
| 2 | Criminal Justice: Adhura Sach | Disney+ Hotstar |
| 2 | Hostel Daze (Season 3) | Netflix |
| 2 | Ishq-e-Nadaan | JioCinema |
| 2 | Jee Karda | Amazon Prime Video |
| 2 | Kacchey Limbu | JioCinema |
| 2 | Kathal | Netflix |
| 2 | Maharani (Season 2) | SonyLIV |
| 2 | Pop Kaun? | Disney+ Hotstar |
| 2 | Rafta Rafta | Amazon Mini TV |
| 2 | Sixer (Season 1) | ZEE5 |
| 2 | Taaza Khabar | Disney+ Hotstar |
| 2 | The Great Weddings of Munnes | JioCinema |
Wins by program :
| Wins | Program | Streaming Media |
| 9 | Jubilee | Amazon Prime Video |
| 5 | Darlings | Netflix |
| 5 | Kohrra | Netflix |
| 5 | Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai | ZEE5 |
| 4 | Monica, O My Darling | Netflix |
| 4 | Scoop | Netflix |
| 3 | Gulmohar | Disney+ Hotstar |
| 2 | Dahaad | Amazon Prime Video |
| 2 | Lust Stories 2 | Netflix |
| 2 | Trial by Fire | Netflix |
| 2 | TVF Pitchers (Season 2) | ZEE5 |
| 2 | TVF Tripling (Season 3) | ZEE5 |

### Nominations and wins by streaming media

Nominations by streaming media :
| Nominations | Streaming Media |
| 74 | Netflix |
| 59 | Amazon Prime Video |
| 45 | Disney+ Hotstar |
| 27 | ZEE5 |
| 23 | JioCinema |
| 18 | SonyLIV |
| 7 | Amazon Mini TV |
Wins by Streaming Media :
| Wins | Streaming Media |
| 25 | Netflix |
| 12 | Amazon Prime Video |
| 10 | ZEE5 |
| 3 | Disney+ Hotstar |