Paatal Lok - Amazon Prime Video

Best Series

The series follows the misadventures of a disillusioned cop who is handed the thankless task of investigating an assassination attempt gone wrong.

Avinash Arun and Prosit Roy (Paatal Lok) - Amazon Prime Video

Best Director, Series

The dark underbelly of policing got exposed in this gritty saga which touched a chord with the audience despite the visceral violence.

Jaideep Ahlawat (Paatal Lok) - Amazon Prime Video

Best Actor, Series (Male) : Drama

Hathiram Chaudhary is a policeman who never caught a good break. The one chance he gets too gets to be false and his disillusionment becomes complete when he succeeds in unravelling the truth.

Sushmita Sen (Aarya) - Hotstar

Best Actor, Series (Female) : Drama

Sushmita Sen played a widow named Aarya Sareen who has to slowly take the place of her dead husband in order to ensure the safety of her loved ones and learns that she has what it takes to be a crime boss.

Jitendra Kumar (Panchayat) - Amazon Prime Video

Best Actor, Series (Male) : Comedy

Abhishek Tripathi's character is the soul of the series. A man with urban roots, he finds himself exploring rural India with each episode and comes to like what he sees.

Mithila Palkar (Little Things Season 3) - Netflix

Best Actor, Series (Female) : Comedy

She loves him, she loves him not...it's the vulnerability of Mithila's character that makes the show so exciting and fun. And her comic timing is second to none

Amit Sadh (Breathe Into The Shadows) - Amazon Prime Video

Best Actor In A Supporting Role, Series (Male) : Drama

Amit Sadh played a dogged policeman who is haunted by his own demons at one hand and is handed an almost impossible case on the other. Amidst all this, he never loses his humanity and manages to get into the bottom of the mystery.

Divya Dutta (Special OPS) - Hotstar

Best Actor In A Supporting Role, Series (Female) : Drama

She played a highly suspenseful character in the series. She was also someone who shows that half the problems of the world can be solved if your heart was in the right place.

Raghubir Yadav (Panchayat) - Amazon Prime Video

Best Actor In A Supporting Role Comedy (Male)

Raghubir Yadav played the 'Pradhan Pati' or the husband of the Sarpanch. He has usurped his wife's place and has been administering the village but towards the end realises his mistake and is shown to be in agreement towards a change.

Neena Gupta (Panchayat) - Amazon Prime Video

Best Actor In A Supporting Role Comedy (Female)

Despite being the Pradhan of the village, Neena Gupta's character is shown to have a secondary place. Later, circumstances prove that she's equal to the post and might take up the post actively in the second season.

Sudip Sharma, Sagar Haveli, Hardik Mehta and Gunjit Chopra (Paatal Lok) - Amazon Prime

Best Original Story, Series

Pataal Lok told the story of how murky our society has become, thanks to corruption running rampant everywhere. It was gutsy storytelling indeed.

Times Of Music - MX Player

Best Unscripted (non-fiction) Original (Series/Special)

The concept of the show was to get Indian Music Directors together and paired to recreate each other's songs, with due credit and acknowledgement. Its unique concept and treatment won it plaudits from both fans and critics.

Panchayat - Amazon Prime Video

Best Comedy (Series/Specials)

The series chronicles the life of an engineering graduate who joins as a Panchayat secretary in a remote village Phulera of Uttar Pradesh due to lack of better job options. It acquainted us to the realities of rural India in a nutshell.

Raat Akeli Hai - Netflix

Best Film, Web Original

Police procedurals are a rarity in Hindi cinema. Following the recommended procedure is never their forte. Hence, Raat Akeli Hai comes as a pleasant surprise as it follows the required parameters of this sub-genre.

Nawazuddin Siddiqui (Raat Akeli Hai) - Netflix

Best Actor, Web Original Film (Male)

Nawaz is the epitome of the dogged detective who becomes obsessed with the truth and is in danger of being consumed by his obsession. It was another bravura performance by the actor.

Tripti Dimri (Bulbbul) - Netflix

Best Actor, Web Original Film (Female)

The film belongs to Tripti, who has imbibed the spirit of Bulbbul. Her silences, her eyes, mocking smile -- all speak volumes.

Rahul Bose (Bulbbul) - Netflix

Best Actor In A Supporting Role, Web Original Film (Male)

Rahul Bose played a double role in the film. Both were grey-shaded and he did justice to both quite convincingly. You empathize with his character, though he was the villain.

Seema Pahwa (Chintu Ka Birthday) - ZEE5

Best Actor In A Supporting Role, Web Original Film (Female)

Seema played the typical mother-in-law who always criticizes her son-in-law day-in-day-out but in the end, appreciates his honesty and courage. The performance looked natural indeed.

The Family Man - Amazon Prime Video

Best series, Critics

Threat Analysis and Surveillance Cell (TASC), a part of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) of India employs men who don't look like spies but are in fact are the sharpest minds in India to counter terrorism.

Krishna D.K. and Raj Nidimoru (The Family Man) - Amazon Prime Video

Best director, Critics

The slick series focussed on creating plausible situations where an ordinary looking protagonist solved international conspiracies against India. Kudos to Raj and Krishna for getting the nuances right.

Sumit Arora, Suman Kumar, Raj Nidimoru, Krishna Dk (The Family Man) - Amazon Prime Video

Best Dialogues

The conversations in The Family Man felt like real conversations and that proved to be one of the biggest assets of the show.

Sudip Sharma, Sagar Haveli, Hardik Mehta and Gunjit Chopra (Paatal Lok) - Amazon Prime Video

Best Screenplay

The series had a multi-layered screenplay. Through small but effective punches, it showed us the corruption both at the micro as well as the macro-level and how as a society we have become fine with such things.

Dhruv Sehgal (Little Things Season 3) - Netflix

Best Actor, Series (Male), Critics: Comedy

He's the chalk to his partner's cheese but somehow, despite being opposites, the couple make it through several ups and downs and that's the beauty of the show.

Manoj Bajpayee (The Family Man) - Amazon Prime Video

Best Actor, Series (Male), Critics: Drama

Manoj Bajpayee played an operative who was somewhat of a henpecked husband at one layer but is a true patriot and a lionheart on the other. He was an odd choice for an actioner but pulled off the role effectively.

Sumukhi Suresh (Pushpavalli Season 2) - Amazon Prime Video

Best Actor, Series (Female), Critics: Comedy

In Season 2 viewers can't decide whether Pushpavalli is a victim or a manipulator. It even feels as if she herself has been fooled by her own con. Her mercurial expressions never fail to garner in the laughs.

Priyamani (The Family Man) - Amazon Prime Video

Best Actor, Series (Female), Critics: Drama

Priyamani played the perfect homemaker who gets tired of domestic bliss and wants to be more adventurous both professionally and personally. It was a multi-layered character full of many surprises.

Sylvester Fonseca and Swapnil Sonavane( Sacred Games Season 2 ) - Netflix

Best Cinematographer, Series

The cinematography of the series brought alive the various conflicts which existed in it and highlighted the drama, making it a delightful watch.

Rajneesh Hedao (The Forgotten Army- Azaadi Ke Liye ) - Amazon Prime Video

Best Art-Direction, Series

Praveen Kathikuloth (Special OPS) - Disney Hotstar

Best Editor, Series

The slick action and the back and forth narration wouldn't have been possible if the editing was faulty. Commendable cutting by Praveen really elevated the series and left the viewers asking for more.

Ayesha Khanna (The Forgotten Army: Azaadi Ke Liye ) - Amazon Prime Video

Best Costume, Series

Ayesha had to rely on archival footage and also hunted down references in libraries to get the looks of the characters right in this period drama.

Alokananda Dasgupta (Sacred Games Season 2) - Netflix

Best Background Music, Series

Alokananda made sure that the music remained discreet yet dramatic and added subtly to the complex plot of the series.

Advait Nemlekar (Special OPS) - Disney Hotstar

Best Original Soundtrack, Series

The OST brought out the nuances of the changing taste in popular music over a period of twenty-odd years and added to the overall appeal of the series.