OTTplay Awards 2025: Voting open for Popular Choice categories, help your favourites take home the trophy

OTTplay, India’s super OTT app and premier AI-based recommendation engine platform, is back with the third edition of the OTTplay Awards, which is set to take place on March 22, 2025, in Mumbai. True to its tagline - "One Nation, One Award", the prestigious event celebrates outstanding films and series across all Indian languages in the OTT entertainment space, thereby creating a fair and equal platform for diverse content.

This year, public voting empowers fans to decide the winners in several Popular Choice categories. Audiences can now cast their votes at www.ottplay.com/awards and make their favourite actors, films and series shine at the grand event.

Popular Choice categories open for voting

Selecting the top five nominees in each popular vote category proved to be challenging due to the abundance of exceptional content released last year. The jury had a tough time narrowing the nominations to the best of the best, as there were so many top performances and series to pick from, ranging from creative comedies to compelling social storylines and intriguing criminal thrillers. Fans can vote for the following five categories to ensure their favourites take home the coveted trophy:

Best Series

#90s

Freedom at Midnight

Heeramandi

Panchayat Season 3

Paatal Lok Season 2

Breakthrough Performance in a Film (Male)

Avinash Tiwary (The Mehta Boys)

Ishwak Singh (Berlin)

Junaid Khan (Maharaj)

Rag Mayur (Veeranjaneyulu Vihara Yatra)

Shaheer Sheikh (Do Patti)

Breakthrough Performance in a Film (Female)

Kani Kusruti (Girls Will Be Girls)

Parineeti Chopra (Amar Singh Chamkila)

Preeti Panigrahi (Girls Will Be Girls)

Sharvari (Maharaj)

Shalini Pandey (Maharaj)

Breakthrough Performance in a Series (Male)

Abhishek Kumar (Thalaivettiyan Palayam)

Raghav Juyal (Gyaarah Gyaarah)

Ritwik Bhowmik (Bandish Bandits Season 2)

Varun Dhawan (Citadel: Honey Bunny)

Zahaan Kapoor (Black Warrant)

Breakthrough Performance in a Series (Female)

Anjali (Bahishkarana)

Anjali Anand (Dabba Cartel/Raat Jawan Hai)

Ananya Panday (Call Me Bae)

Patralekha (IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack)

Shreya Chaudhary (Bandish Bandits Season 2)

How to vote

Fans can head to www.ottplay.com/awards, to vote for their favourites. This inclusive and democratic voting process ensures that viewers’ preferences directly influence the final winners at the grand show on March 22. 

The OTTplay Awards 2025 will celebrate the finest performances, filmmakers and creative talents driving India’s streaming landscape. With 30+ categories including Best Actor, Best Movie, Best Talk Show Host, Best Non-scripted Show and more, the event will recognise achievements in acting, directing, writing and more.

Celebrating past winners

Over the past two editions, the OTTPlay Awards have honoured some of the greatest talent and content in the OTT space. Previous winners include Anil Kapoor, Kajol, Arya, Manoj Bajpayee, Raveena Tandon, Kartik Aaryan, Vidya Balan, Sara Ali Khan, Taapsee Pannu, Sobhita Dhulipala, among many others. Films and series like Darlings, Kohrra, Jai Bhim, Jubilee, Shershaah and Suzhal: The Vortex, among others, have also been celebrated, making the OTTplay Awards a prestigious platform for recognising digital excellence.

Fans, it’s time to show your support! Cast your votes now and help your favourites claim the coveted trophy among the best at the 2025 OTTPlay Awards.

OTTplay Awards 2025 is co-presented by Real Juice and Kuhl and powered by Stock Gro. The marquee event, held in partnership with HT City, has Flipkart Spoyl as the exclusive style partner, D Pauls as the travel partner, Amante as the premium lingerie partner, Propshop as the real estate partner, Aussie Lamb and Krishinet Fiber as the special partners, UDigital as the ISP and iPTV partner and Hyperlink as the event partner.