Khauf beats Paatal Lok 2, Black Warrant to win most Filmfare OTT Awards 2025

Filmfare OTT Awards 2025 took place on December 15 and it honoured the excellence of Indian web series and movies on streaming platforms. Just like Filmfare Award i.e. The Black Lady was given to actors, directors, makers, producers, etc. Notably, Khauf, a horror-thriller, that was released on April 18, 2025 on Amazon Prime Video won most number of Filmfare OTT Awards 2025.

Khauf that did not feature a big star cast but it went onto win 7 Filmfare Awards surpassing series like Paatal Lok Season 2 and Black Warrant.

Khauf dominates Filmfare OTT Awards 2025

Among the 7 Filmfare Awards that Khauf won-

1. Best Actor, Series (Female): Drama – Monika Panwar

2. Best Story, Series – Smita Singh (joint)

3. Best Cinematographer, Series

4. Best Editing, Series

5. Best Background Music, Series

6. Best VFX, Series

7. Best Sound Design, Series

On the other hand, Black Warrant is number 2 with 6 awards, while Paatal Lok Season 2 is at number 3 with 5 awards.

For the unversed, Khauf is an 8-episode series on Prime Video that revolves around a woman named Madhu, played by Monika Panwar, who has fled to Delhi in order to become an independent woman, but all things came crashing down when she starts living in a haunted hostel in the national capital.

Filmfare Awards 2025 winners list

Best Series- Black Warrant

BEST DIRECTOR, SERIES- Vikramaditya Motwane, Satyanshu Singh, Arkesh Ajay, Ambiecka Pandit and Rohin Raveendran (Black Warrant)

BEST SERIES (CRITICS)- Pataal Lok Season 2

BEST DIRECTOR: SERIES (CRITICS)- Anubhav Sinha (IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack)

Nagesh Kukunoor (The Hunt: The Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case)

BEST ACTOR, SERIES (MALE): DRAMA- Jaideep Ahlawat (Paatal Lok Season 2)

BEST ACTOR (MALE), SERIES, CRITICS: DRAMA- Zahan Kapoor (Black Warrant)

BEST ACTOR, SERIES (FEMALE): DRAMA- Monika Panwar (Khauf)

BEST ACTOR (FEMALE), SERIES, CRITICS: DRAMA- Rasika Dugal (Shekhar Home)

BEST COMEDY (SERIES/SPECIALS)- Raat Jawaan Hai (Sumeet Vyas)

BEST ACTOR, SERIES (MALE): COMEDY- Barun Sobti (Raat Jawaan Hai)

Sparsh Shrivastava (Dupahiya)

BEST ACTOR, SERIES (FEMALE): COMEDY- Ananya Panday (Call Me Bae)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR, SERIES (MALE): DRAMA- Rahul Bhat (Black Warrant)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR, SERIES (FEMALE ): DRAMA- Tillotama Shome (Paatal Lok- Season 2)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR, SERIES (MALE): COMEDY- Vinay Pathak (Gram Chikitsalay)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR, SERIES (FEMALE): COMEDY- Renuka Shahane (Dupahiya)

BEST (NON FICTION) ORIGINAL (SERIES/ SPECIAL)- Angry Young Men (Namrata Rao)

BEST FILM, WEB ORIGINAL- Girls Will Be Girls

BEST DIRECTOR, WEB ORIGINAL FILM- Shuchi Talati (Girls Will Be Girls)

BEST WEB ORIGINAL FILM: CRITICS- Boman Irani (The Mehta Boys)

BEST ACTOR, WEB ORIGINAL FILM (MALE)- Abhishek Banerjee (Stolen)

BEST ACTOR, WEB ORIGINAL FILM (FEMALE)- Sanya malhotra (Mrs)

BEST ACTOR (MALE) CRITICS WEB ORIGINAL FILM- Vikrant Massey (Sector 36)

BEST ACTOR (FEMALE) CRITICS WEB ORIGINAL FILM- Preeti Panigrahi (Girls Will Be Girls)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR, WEB ORIGINAL FILM (MALE)- Deepak Dobriyal (Sector 36)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR, WEB ORIGINAL FILM (FEMALE)-Kani Kusruti (Girls Will Be Girls)

BEST STORY, SERIES- Smita Singh (Khauf)

Sudip Sharma (Paatal Lok Season 2)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY, SERIES- Sudip Sharma, Abhishek Banerjee, Rahul Kanojia, Tamal Sen (Paatal Lok Season 2)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY, SERIES- Satyanshu Singh & Arkesh Ajay (Black Warrant)

BEST DIALOGUE, SERIES- Anubhav Sinha & Trishant Srivastava (IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER, SERIES- PANKAJ KUMAR (KHAUF)

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN, SERIES- PRIYA SUHAAS, SURABHI VERMA (FREEDOM AT MIDNIGHT)

BEST EDITING, SERIES- TANYA CHHABRIA (KHAUF)

BEST COSTUME DESIGN, SERIES- AYESHA DASGUPTA (FREEDOM AT MIDNIGHT)

BEST BACKGROUND MUSIC, SERIES- ALOKANANDA DASGUPTA (KHAUF)

BEST VFX, SERIES- PHANTOM FX (KHAUF)

BEST SOUND DESIGN, SERIES-BIGYNA DAHAL (KHAUF)

BEST MUSIC ALBUM, SERIES- AKASHDEEP SENGUPTA (BANDISH BANDITS SEASON 2)

BEST STORY (WEB ORIGINAL FILM)- KARAN TEJPAL, GAURAV DHINGRA, SWAPNIL SALKAR (STOLEN)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (WEB ORIGINAL FILM)- AVINASH SAMPATH & VIKRAMADITYA MOTWANE (CTRL)

BEST DIALOGUE (WEB ORIGINAL FILM)- VIJAY MAURYA (AGNI)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER (WEB ORIGINAL FILM)- ISSHAAN GHOSH (STOLEN)

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN (WEB ORIGINAL FILM)- ACROPOLIS, SUMIT BASU, SNIGDHA BASU & RAJNISH HEDAO (AGNI)

BEST EDITING (WEB ORIGINAL FILM)- JAHAAN NOBLE (CTRL)

BEST BACKGROUND MUSIC (WEB ORIGINAL FILM)- SNEHA KHANWALKAR (CTRL)

BEST SOUND DESIGN (WEB ORIGINAL FILM)- SUSMIT BOB NATH (STOLEN)

BEST MUSIC ALBUM (WEB ORIGINAL FILM)- JUSTIN PRABHAKARAN & ROCHAK KOHLI (AAP JAISA KOI)

BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR, SERIES- PUSHKAR SUNIL MAHABAL (BLACK, WHITE & GRAY- LOVE KILLS)

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE BY A NEWCOMER (MALE), SERIES- ANURAG THAKUR (BLACK WARRANT )

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE BY A NEWCOMER (FEMALE), SERIES- LISA MISHRA (CALL ME BAE)

BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR, WEB ORIGINAL FILM- KARAN TEJPAL (STOLEN)

ADITYA NIMBALKAR (SECTOR 36)

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE BY NEWCOMER (MALE), WEB ORIGINAL FILM- SHUBHAM VARDHAN (STOLEN)

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE BY NEWCOMER (FEMALE), WEB ORIGINAL FILM- ARRCHITA AGARWAL (DESPATCH)

BEST SHORT FILM (PEOPLE'S CHOICE)- DIVORCE

DIRECTOR: RAAGHAV KANSAL

BEST ACTOR (FEMALE), SHORT FILM

FATIMA SANA SHAIKH

FILM: AYESHA

BEST ACTOR (MALE), SHORT FILM- AYAN KHAN FILM: CHASHMA