Filmfare OTT Awards
The Filmfare OTT Awards are annual awards that honour artistic and technical excellence in the Hindi-language original programming over-the-top space. The first edition of the awards were held on 19 December 2020. It included films and web series released between August 1, 2019 and July 31 2020. Award categories As of 2020, Filmfare OTT Awards have 32 categories. Popular awards ;Drama series * Best Series * Best Director (Series) * Best Actor in a Drama Series (Male) * Best Actor in a Drama Series (Female) * Best Actor in A Supporting Role in a Drama Series (Male) * Best Actor in A Supporting Role in a Drama Series (Female) ;Comedy Series * Best Comedy (Series/Specials) * Best Actor in a Comedy Series (Male) * Best Actor in a Comedy Series (Female) * Best Actor in A Supporting Role in a Comedy Series (Male) * Best Actor in A Supporting Role in a Comedy Series (Female) ;Web Original * Best Film (Web Original) * Best Actor in a Web Original Film (Male) * Best Actor in a Web Or ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Filmfare
''Filmfare'' is an Indian English language, English-language fortnightly magazine published by Worldwide Media. Acknowledged as one of Indian most popular entertainment magazines, it publishes pieces involving news, interviews, photos, videos, reviews, events, and style. The magazine also gives annually the Filmfare Awards, the Filmfare Awards South, the Filmfare Awards East, the Filmfare Marathi Awards, the Filmfare Awards Punjabi, the Filmfare OTT Awards, the Filmfare Short Film Awards and the Filmfare Style & Glamour Awards. After the businessman Ramkrishna Dalmia (1893–1978) of Dalmia Group purchased The Times Group, Bennett, Coleman and Company Limited (BCCL) in 1946, J. C. Jain from Bharat Insurance Company was employed to help him to run the company in 1950. In this period, Jain conceived the idea of ''Filmfare'' at the actress Kamini Kaushal's house. The magazine was launched by the industrialist Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain alongside his wife Rama in Bombay on 7 March 1952. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sharib Hashmi
Sharib Hashmi (born 25 January 1976) is an Indian actor, writer, producer and director who works in the Hindi cinema. He is best known for portraying J.K. Talpade in the Amazon Prime Video series ''The Family Man'' (2019-2021) and Sunny in Filmistaan. Early life and education Sharib Hashmi was born in Malad, Mumbai, into a middle-class family. His father, Z. A. Johar, was a noted film journalist. Sharib did his schooling from St. John's Model English High School and graduated from Bhavan's College in Mumbai, India. Personal life Sharib married Nasreen Hashmi on December 27, 2003. The couple have 2 children, a girl and a boy. Career Sharib worked behind the scenes in MTV Roadies Season 2. In 2008, he appeared in ''Slumdog Millionaire'', which became an Oscar-winning movie. In 2012, he obtained a major role in ''Filmistaan'', alongside Inaamulhaq and Kumud Mishra. He played a supporting role in ''Jab Tak Hai Jaan'', which starred Shahrukh Khan, Anushka Sharma and Katrina Kai ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Little Things (TV Series)
''Little Things'' is an Indian romantic comedy streaming television series, created by Dhruv Sehgal, who also starred in the lead role along with Mithila Palkar. The series were directed by Ajay Bhuyan and Ruchir Arun and produced by Aditi Shrivastava, Anirudh Pandita and Ashwin Suresh of Dice Media. Its first season was premiered through the official YouTube channel of Dice Media, from 25 October 2016, to 22 November. Netflix later purchased the franchise and its second season and third, was premiered on 5 October 2018 and 9 November 2019. Its fourth and the final season was released on 15 October 2021. Premise The story revolves around Kavya Kulkarni (Palkar) and Dhruv Vats (Sehgal), a couple in a live-in relationship in Mumbai. The series progresses with everyday life explored through conversation between the couple. The language used is English, with a few sentences in Hindi (used mostly in slang). Cast Main * Mithila Palkar as Kavya Kulkarni * Dhruv Sehgal as Dhruv Vats ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mithila Palkar
Mithila Palkar (born 11 January 1993) is an Indian actress known for her characters in the TV series ''Girl in the City'' and Netflix's '' Little Things''. She rose to prominence in March 2016 with her Marathi version of the " cup song". Palkar made her acting debut in 2014 in the Marathi language short film ''Majha Honeymoon.'' Her first Bollywood film was Nikkhil Advani's ''Katti Batti''. She appeared as a lead in the 2018 film ''Karwaan''. Early life Palkar was born on 11 January 1993 into a Marathi family. She initially lived in Vasai with her parents but she and her sister later moved to live in Dadar with her maternal grandparents due to inconveniences of daily commute. She comes from a family with no actors, and her grandfather initially did not approve of her decision to act. Her sister holds a PhD in Neuroscience and lives in Los Angeles. Palkar first acted while in Class VII in an inter-school drama competition. She admits being a "nerd" but was always active in dramat ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jitendra Kumar
Jitendra Kumar is an Indian actor. He is best known for his role of Jitu in ''TVF Pitchers'', Jeetu Bhaiya in ''Kota Factory'', Aman Tripathi in '' Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan,'' Meenu in ''Jaadugar'', and Abhishek Tripathi in Amazon Prime's ''Panchayat'',. He has received several awards including two ''Filmfare OTT Awards''. Early life and career While studying civil engineering at IIT Kharagpur, Jitendra Kumar started liking acting. Kumar has done many stage plays as the Governor of the Hindi Technology Dramatics Society at the IIT where he met Biswapati Sarkar Executive Creative Director and Writer at The Viral Fever who eventually invited him to join TVF in 2012. Kumar starred in ''Munna Jazbaati: The Q-tiya Intern'' in 2013 which instantly went viral and crossed 3 million views. Since then, he has portrayed several characters in TVF videos which includes ''Tech Conversations With Dad'', ''A Day With'', ''TVF Bachelors'', ''Kota Factory'' and many others. Apart from TV ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Panchayat (TV Series)
''Panchayat'' is an Indian Hindi-language streaming television series created by The Viral Fever for Amazon Prime Video. The series scripted by Chandan Kumar, was directed by Deepak Kumar Mishra, which features Jitendra Kumar, Raghubir Yadav, Neena Gupta, Sanvikaa, Chandan Roy, Durgesh Kumar, Ashok Pathak, Faisal Malik and Sunita Rajwar. It chronicles the life of an engineering graduate who joins as a Panchayat secretary in a remote fictional village Phulera of Uttar Pradesh due to lack of better job options. The series was shot in a real panchayat office located in village Mahodiya of district Sehore Madhya Pradesh. Sehore is about 40 kilometers from Bhopal, the capital city of Madhya pradesh. Mahodiya is about 10 kilometers from Sehore district headquarter. The soundtrack and score of the series is composed by Anurag Saikia, whilst cinematography and editing were performed by Amitabh Singh and Amit Kulkarni respectively. This series is Mishra's full-fledged attempt in direct ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Supriya Pathak
Supriya Pathak (born 7 January 1961) is an Indian actress who works in Gujarati and Hindi films and television. She has received multiple awards including three Filmfare Awards for Best Supporting Actress. She is mostly popular for playing the role of Hansa Parekh in the ''Khichdi'' franchise, and for her vitriolic avatar of "Dhankor Baa" in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's ''Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela''. Early life Supriya was born on 7 January 1961 to Kathiyawadi Gujarati theater artiste, and veteran actor, Dina Pathak and a Punjabi father, Baldev Pathak, dressmaker to the stars Rajesh Khanna and Dilip Kumar. She has one elder sister, Ratna Pathak, also a theatre and film actor. She grew up in Parsi Colony in Dadar, Mumbai, and attended the J. B. Vachha High school. She has a bachelor's degree in Fine art, specialising in Bharatanatyam, from the Nalanda Dance Research Centre, University of Mumbai. Career Pathak's first foray into acting was under her mother's direction with th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Gagan Arora
Gagan Arora is an Indian actor best known for his roles in the shows ''College Romance'' (2018-present), the comedy film, ''Ujda Chaman'' (2019) and the drama series '' Tabbar'' (2021) for which he won Filmfare OTT Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. Personal life Arora completed his graduation in Delhi. After graduation, he moved to Mumbai to pursue a career in acting. In February 2022, Arora tied the knot with his longtime girlfriend Muditaa. Career Before his acting debut, Arora worked as an assistant director on Amar Kaushik's 2018 film '' Stree''. He made his acting debut with The Viral Fever's ''College Romance'' (2018), for which he received praise from critics and the audience. He subsequently starred in The Viral Fever's series ''Girls Hostel'' (2018–2021), ''Basement Company'' (2020) and ''4 Thieves'' (2020). In 2019, he starred in a short film titled ''Padh Le Basanti'', which is directed by Sangram Naiksatam. He made his film debut with ''Ujda Ch ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Aranyak (TV Series)
''Aranyak'' is a 2021 Indian Hindi-language Netflix crime thriller web series created by Charudutt Acharya and Rohan Sippy, directed by Vinay Waikul, and starring Raveena Tandon, Parambrata Chatterjee, Ashutosh Rana, Taneesha Joshi, Anna Ador, Zakir Hussain, and Meghna Malik. Synopsis In the fictional Himachal Pradesh town of Sironah, two morally upright officers, both battling their own inner demons, try to find the person responsible for the alleged rape and murder of a teenage girl who had ostensibly come to spend the holidays with her mother, a foreign national, in the picturesque town. Release ''Aranyak'' was released on Netflix on 10 December 2021. Reception Ronak Kotecha of ''The Times of India'' reviewed the series, stating: "Raveena & Parambrata's nuanced chemistry powers this whodunit" Anuj Kumar of ''The Hindu'' wrote: "Aranyak season one review: Raveena Tandon aces Netflix whodunit, aided by the fantastic writing" Shubham Kulkarni of ''Koimoi'' gave the series tw ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Raveena Tandon
Raveena Tandon (born 26 October 1972) is an Indian actress who works in Hindi films. The daughter of director Ravi Tandon, she made her acting debut in the 1991 action film ''Patthar Ke Phool'', which won her the Filmfare Award for New Face of the Year. Tandon established herself by playing the leading lady in the commercially successful action dramas '' Dilwale'' (1994), ''Mohra'' (1994), ''Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi'' (1996), and ''Ziddi'' (1997). She earned a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the 1994 drama '' Laadla'' and in the late 1990s, she collaborated with Govinda in several successful comedies, including '' Bade Miyan Chote Miyan'' (1998), ''Dulhe Raja'' (1998) and '' Anari No.1'' (1999). She also played against type in the crime dramas ''Ghulam-E-Mustafa'' (1997) and ''Shool'' (1999). In the 2000s, Tandon ventured into arthouse cinema with roles in the 2001 films '' Daman'' and '' Aks'', both of which garnered her critical ac ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tabbar
''Tabbar'' () is an Indian Hindi-Punjabi language thriller streaming television series created by Harman Wadala, directed by Ajitpal Singh and produced by Ajay G. Rai for SonyLIV, and premiered on 15 October 2021. It stars Supriya Pathak, Pavan Malhotra, Gagan Arora, Kanwaljit Singh and Ranvir Shorey in lead role. Cast * Supriya Pathak as Sargun Kaur * Pavan Malhotra as Omkar Singh * Ranvir Shorey as Ajeet Sodhi * Kanwaljit Singh as Inderji * Gagan Arora as Happy * Sahil Mehta as Tegi * Paramvir Singh Cheema as Lucky * Nupur Nagpal as Palak Mahajan * Ali Mughal as Multan, Ajeet's henchman * Seema Kaushal as Tanu Mahajan, Palak's mother Synopsis The story centers around Omkar Singh, a Punjab Police retiree who lives in Jalandhar with his wife and two sons. Upon return from Delhi, the elder son (Happy) accidentally exchanges a similar-looking bag with another passenger's (Maheep Sodhi) at the train station. When Maheep, who is the younger brother of a businessman-turned-poli ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Pavan Malhotra
Pavan Malhotra (born 2 July 1958) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi films and television alongside Punjabi and few Telugu films. He has played lead roles in Buddhadeb Dasgupta's National Film Award-winning '' Bagh Bahadur'' and Saeed Akhtar Mirza's ''Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro'', both released in 1989. He is famous for his role as the cold-blooded mafia don Irfan Khan in the Telugu blockbuster ''Aithe'' (2003) and in his acclaimed role of Tiger Memon in '' Black Friday'' (2004). In 2005, he acted in the Telugu movie ''Anukokunda Oka Roju'' as a Tantrik. Early life and career Born in Delhi into a Punjabi Hindu Khatri family, Malhotra grew up in Nawabganj, Old Delhi, and studied at HAPPY School. Having graduated in arts from Hansraj College, Delhi University. His first hand experience in movies was as an assistant in costume department of ''Gandhi (film)''. Thereafter he was production assistant in ''Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro'', ''Khamosh'' and ''Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho!''. Pavan venture ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |