What’s Bollywood without a grand year-end award show celebrating the best stories and performances loved by audiences?
The 5th edition of the highly anticipated Filmfare OTT Awards – the Danube Properties Filmfare OTT Awards 2024, is around the corner. This year, the prestigious event will honour the finest artists, directors, showrunners, and technical experts, recognizing their excellence across 44 categories.
2024 has been a year of varied content—some truly remarkable, some less so. We all had shows that thrilled us and others that left us disappointed.
This year fan-favourite films and shows from Indian OTTs are all up against each other and the competition is neck to neck.
Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar has the highest number of nominations -16, followed closely by Raj and DK’s Guns & Gulaabs with 12, and Kaala Paani with 8. Other shows like Kota Factory Season 3, Made in Heaven Season 2, and Mumbai Diaries Season 2 each have seven nominations.
The awards don’t just celebrate the content itself—they also recognize the people who bring these stories to life, with categories like Best Cinematographer, Best Production Design, Best VFX, Best Sound Design, and more.
Fans are truly excited to find out which of their favourite shows and performances will win and take home trophies this year!
Check out the nomination list for 2024 here-
Best Series
Guns & Gulaabs
Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar
Kaala Paani
Kota Factory (Season 3)
Made In Heaven (Season 2)
Mumbai Diaries (Season 2)
The Railway Men
Best Director Series
Abhishek Chaubey (Killer Soup)
Nikkhil Advani (Mumbai Diaries Season 2)
Pratish Mehta (Kota Factory Season 3)
Raj And Dk (Guns And Gulaabs)
Sameer Saxena, Amit Golani (Kaala Paani)
Sanjay Leela Bhansali (Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar)
Shiv Rawail (The Railway Men)
Best Actor, Series (Male): Drama
Arjun Mathur (Made In Heaven Season 2)
Gagan Dev Riar (Scam 2003: The Telgi Story)
Kay Kay Menon (Bambai Meri Jaan)
Priyanshu Painyuli (Shehar Lakhot)
Riteish Deshmukh (Pill)
Surya Sharma (Undekhi Season3)
Best Actor, Series (Female): Drama
Huma Qureshi (Maharani Season 3)
Konkona Sen Sharma (Mumbai Diaries Season 2)
Manisha Koirala (Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar)
Sobhita Dhulipala (Made In Heaven Season 2)
Sonakshi Sinha (Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar)
Sushmita Sen (Taali)
Best Actor, Series (Male): Comedy
Jameel Khan (Gullak Season 4)
Jitendra Kumar (Panchayat Season 3)
Manav Kaul (Tribhuvan Mishra Ca Topper)
Manoj Bajpayee (Killer Soup)
Rajkummar Rao (Guns And Gulaabs)
Ravi Kishan (Maamla Legal Hai)
Best Actor, Series (Female): Comedy
Geetanjali Kulkarni (Gullak 4)
Maanvi Gagroo (Half Love Half Arranged)
Neena Gupta (Panchayat Season 3)
Rasika Dugal (Humorously Yours Season 3)
Tillotama Shome (Tribhuvandas Mishra Ca Topper)
Best Supporting Actor, Series (Male): Drama
Babil Khan (The Railway Men)
Chandan Roy Sanyal (Shehar Lakhot)
Gulshan Devaiah (Guns And Gulaabs)
R Madhavan (The Railway Men)
Shashank Arora (Made In Heaven Season 2)
Sukant Goel (Kaala Paani)
Best Supporting Actor, Series (Female): Drama
Kubbra Sait (Shehar Lakhot)
Lara Dutta (Ranneeti: Balakot & Beyond)
Mona Singh (Made In Heaven Season 2)
Richa Chadha (Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar)
Sanjeeda Sheikh (Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar)
Tillotama Shome (Kota Factory Season 3)
Best Supporting Actor, Series (Male): Comedy
Durgesh Kumar (Panchayat Season 3)
Faisal Malik (Panchayat Season 3)
Girish Kulkarni (Sunflower Season 2)
Raghubir Yadav (Panchayat Season 3)
Shubhrajyoti Barat (Tribhuvan Mishra Ca Topper)
Vaibhav Raj Gupta (Gullak Season 4)
Best Supporting Actor, Series (Female): Comedy
Ahsaas Channa (Hostel Daze Season 4)
Nidhi Bisht (Maamla Legal Hai)
Sheeba Chaddha (Permanent Roommates) Season 3)
Shweta Basu Prasad (Tribhuvan Mishra Ca Topper)
Sunita Rajwar (Gullak Season 4)
Sunita Rajwar (Panchayat Season 3)
Best Original Story, Series
Biswapati Sarkar (Kaala Paani)
Chandan Kumar (Panchayat Season 3)
Moin Beg (Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar)
Puneet Batra, Arunabh Kumar (Kota Factory Season 3)
Puneet Krishna (Tribhuvan Mishra Ca Topper)
Shreyansh Pandey & Vidit Tripathi (Gullak S4)
Best Dialogue, Series
Chandan Kumar (Panchayat Season 3)
Divya Nidhi And Vibhu Puri (Heermandi: The Diamond Bazaar)
Puneet Batra, Pravin Yadav, Manish Chandwani, Nikita Lalwani (Kota Factory 3)
Puneet Krishna (Tribhuvan Mishra Ca Topper)
Sumit Arora (Guns And Gulaabs)
Vidit Tripathi (Gullak Season 4)
Best Original Screenplay, Series
Biswapati Sarkar (Kaala Paani)
Chandan Kumar (Panchayat Season 3)
Puneet Krishna, Arati Raval, Sumit Purohit & Karan Vyas (Tribhuvan Mishra Ca Topper)
Raj & Dk, Suman Kumar (Guns And Gulaabs)
Sanjay Leela Bhansali And Vibhu Puri (Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar)
Vidit Tripathi (Gullak Season 4)
Best Comedy (Series/Specials)
Gullak Season 4
Hostel Daze Season 4
Maamla Legal Hai
Panchayat Season 3
Sunflower Season 2
Tribhuvan Mishra Ca Topper
Best Non-Fiction Original, Series/Special
Curry And Cyanide: The Jolly Joseph Case
Love Storiyaan
Rainbow Rishta
Selvamani Selvaraj: The Hunt For Veerappan
The Great Indian Kapil Show
Wedding.Con
Best Film, Web Original
Amar Singh Chamkila
Bhakshak
Jaane Jaan
Kadak Singh
Kho Gaye Hum Kahan
Mast Mein Rehne Ka
Best Director, Web Original Film
Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury (Kadak Singh)
Arjun Varain Singh (Kho Gaye Hum Kahan)
Imtiaz Ali (Amar Singh Chamkila)
Pulkit (Bhakshak)
Sujoy Ghosh (Jaane Jaan)
Vijay Maurya (Mast Mein Rehne Ka)
Best Actor, Web Original Film (Male)
Adarsh Gourav (Kho Gaye Hum Kahan)
Diljit Dosanjh (Amar Singh Chamkila)
Jackie Shroff (Mast Mein Rehne Ka)
Jaideep Ahlawat (Jaane Jaan)
Nawazuddin Siddiqui (Haddi)
Pankaj Tripathi (Kadak Singh)
Siddhant Chaturvedi (Kho Gaye Hum Kahan)
Best Actor, Web Original Film (Female)
Ananya Panday (Kho Gaye Hum Kahan)
Bhumi Pednekar (Bhakshak)
Divya Dutta (Sharmajee Ki Beti)
Kareena Kapoor Khan (Jaane Jaan)
Neena Gupta (Mast Main Rehne Ka)
Parineeti Chopra (Amar Singh Chamkila)
Tabu (Khufiya)
Best Supporting Actor, Web Original Film (Male)
Abhishek Banerjee (Apurva)
Abhishek Chauhan (Mast Mein Rehne Ka)
Ali Fazal (Khufiya)
Jaideep Ahlawat (Maharaj)
Sparsh Shrivastava (Ae Watan Mere Watan)
Vijay Varma (Jaane Jaan)
Best Supporting Actor, Web Original Film (Female)
Dimple Kapadia (Murder Mubarak)
Karisma Kapoor (Murder Mubarak)
Monika Panwar (Mast Mein Rehne Ka)
Parvathy Thiruvothu (Kadak Singh)
Sharvari Wagh (Maharaj)
Wamiqa Gabbi (Khufiya)
Best Adapted Screenplay, Series
Aayush Gupta (The Railway Men)
Amitabh Singh, Ishan Bajpai (Dehati Ladke)
Kiran Yadnyopavit, Kedar Patankar, Karan Vyas (Scam 2003 – The Telgi Story)
Mustafa Neemuchwala & Udai Singh Pawar (Murder In Mahim)
Best Cinematographer, Series
Amitabh Singh (Panchayat Season 3)
Ewan Mulligan, Bay Crocker, Dhananjay Navagrah (Kaala Paani)
Malay Prakash (Mumbai Diaries Season 2)
Pankaj Kumar (Guns And Gulaabs)
Rubais (The Railway Men)
Sudeep Chatterjee (Isc), Mahesh Limaye (Isc), Huenstang Mohpatra, Ragul Herian Dharuman (Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar)
Best Production Design, Series
Durgaprasad Mahapatra (Karmma Calling)
Parichit A Paralkar (Guns And Gulaabs)
Priya Suhass (Mumbai Diaries Season 2)
Rajat Poddar (The Railway Men)
Sally White (Made In Heaven Season 2)
Subrata Chakraborty And Amit Roy (Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar)
Best Editing, Series
Amit Kulkai (Panchayat Season 3)
Dev Rao Jadhav (Kaala Paani)
Prashanth Ramachandran (Aspirants S2)
Sanjay Leela Bhansali (Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar)
Sumeet Kotian (Guns And Gulaabs)
Yasha Jaidev Ramchandani (The Railway Men)
Best Costume Design, Series
Bhawna Sharma (Made In Heaven Season 2)
Bibi Zeeba Miraie (Bambai Meri Jaan)
Karishma Vyas (Panchayat Season 3)
Neha R Bajaj (Guns And Gulaabs)
Rimple, Harpreet Narula And Chandrakant Sonawane (Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar)
Best Background Music, Series
Aman Pant (Guns And Gulaabs)
Anurag Saikia (Panchayat Season 3)
Arabinda Neog (Gullak Season 4)
Arpit Mehta, Simran Hora (Kota Factory 3)
Benedict Taylor, Naren Chandavarkar (Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar)
Sam Slater (The Railway Men)
Best Original Soundtrack, Series
Amit Trivedi (Big Girls Don’t Cry)
Anurag Saikia (Panchayat Season 3)
Ikka, Sarthak Nakul (Jamnapaar)
Ram Sampath (Tribhuvan Mishra: Ca Topper)
Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Raja Hasan, Sharmistha Chatterjee (Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar)
Supriya Pathak (The Railway Men)
Best Vfx, Series
Filmgate Ab & Hive Studios (The Railway Men)
Variate Studios (Mumbai Diaries Season 2)
Vinay Singh Chuphal (Futureworks) (Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar)
White Turtle Studios Llp, Hive Fx Studio And Black And White Vfx Studios Private Limited (Ranneeti: Balakot & Beyond)
Best Sound Design (Series)
Allwin Rego & Sanjay Maurya (Kaala Paani)
Ankita Purkayastha, Sudeepta Sadhukhan (Kota Factory 3)
Manoj Sikka (Mumbai Diaries Season 2)
Sudeepta Sadhukhan & Ateesh Chattopadhyay (Panchayat Season 3)
Sanal George (Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar)
Sanjay & Allwin (Guns And Gulaabs)
Best Dialogue (Web Original Film)
Imtiaz Ali And Sajid Ali (Amar Singh Chamkila)
Sneha Desai (Maharaj)
Tahira Kashyap Khurrana(Sharmajee Ki Beti)
Vijay Maurya (Mast Mein Rehne Ka)
Yash Sahai (Kho Gaye Hum Kahan)
Best Original Screenplay (Web Original Film)
Imtiaz Ali And Sajid Ali (Amar Singh Chamkila)
Ritesh Shah (Kadak Singh)
Tahira Kashyap Khurrana (Sharmajee Ki Beti)
Vijay Maurya (Mast Mein Rehne Ka)
Zoya Akhtar, Arjun Varain Singh, Reema Kagti (Kho Gaye Hum Kahan)
Best Cinematographer (Web Original Film)
Avik Mukhopadhyay (Jaane Jaan)
Avik Mukhopadhyay (Kadak Singh)
Nagraj Ashokan Rathinam (Mast Mein Rehne Ka)
Nikos Anaritsakis (The Archies)
Sylvester Fonseca (Amar Singh Chamkila)
Tanay Satam (Kho Gaye Hum Kahan)
Best Production Design (Web Original Film)
Natasha Gauba (Kadak Singh)
Prashant Rane, Ashok Lokare And Boishali Sinha (Haddi)
Sally White (Kho Gaye Hum Kahan)
Suman Roy Mahapatra (Amar Singh Chamkila)
Suzanne Caplan Merwanji (The Archies)
Best Editing (Web Original Film)
Aarti Bajaj (Amar Singh Chamkila)
Arghyakamal Mitra (Kadak Singh)
Nitin Baid (Kho Gaye Hum Kahan)
Urvashi Saxena (Jaane Jaan)
Zubin Sheikh (Bhakshak)
Best Background Music (Web Original Film)
A R Rahman (Amar Singh Chamkila)
Anurag Saikia (Mast Mein Rehne Ka)
Shankar Ehsaan Loy And Jim Satya (The Archies)
Shantanu Moitra (Kadak Singh)
Sid Shirodkar (Kho Gaye Hum Kahan)
Best Music Album
A R Rahman (Amar Singh Chamkila)
Oaff & Savera, Ankur Tewari, Sachin- Jigar (Kho Gaye Hum Kahan)
Shankar Ehsaan Loy And Jim Satya (The Archies)
Shantanu Moitra (Kadak Singh)
Best Sound Design (Web Original Film)
Anirban Sengupta (Jaane Jaan)
Dhiman Karmakar (Amar Singh Chamkila)
Manav Shrotriya M.P.S.E (Haddi)
Pranav Shukla (Kho Gaye Hum Kahan)
Pranav Shukla (The Archies)
Best Story (Web Original Film)
Adamya Bhalla And Akshat Ajay Sharma (Haddi)
Payal Arora, Vijay Maurya (Mast Mein Rehne Ka)
Tahira Kashyap Khurrana(Sharmajee Ki Beti)
Viraf Sarkari, Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury & Ritesh Shah (Kadak Singh)
Zoya Akhtar, Arjun Varain Singh, Reema Kagti (Kho Gaye Hum Kahan)
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