Hansal
Mehta-directed
Scam
1992:
The
Harshad
Mehta
Story
is
leading
the
nominations
for
Filmfare
OTT
Awards
2021,
which
were
announced
on
Wednesday,
December
1.
The
awards
will
recognise
the
best
of
Hindi
web
original
shows
or
films
released
across
Indian
OTT
platforms
between
August
2020
and
July
2021.
Scam
1992
bagged
14
nominations
across
categories,
followed
by
Mirzapur
and
The
Family
Man
as
the
second
season
of
both
thrillers
earned
13
and
12
nominations,
respectively.
Manoj
Bajpayee
is
the
only
actor
to
have
bagged
a
nomination
in
both,
the
film
and
series
categories.
“The
last
couple
of
years
have
been
the
most
interesting
times
of
my
journey
and
most
of
the
credit
goes
to
my
recent
OTT
stints.
This
industry
is
truly
transforming
and
I
laud
Filmfare
for
creating
a
special
intervention
to
celebrate
the
best
of
creative
excellence
in
the
OTT
space," the
actor
said.
Named
MyGlamm
Filmfare
OTT
Awards
2021,
the
nominations
were
selected
based
on
audience
votes
across
genres
like
comedy,
drama
and
non-fiction
for
both
web
series
and
web
films.
Filmfare
will
felicitate
the
best
of
talent
and
technique
at
an
exclusive
event
in
Mumbai
on
December
9,
2021.
The
awards
ceremony
will
take
place
in
Mumbai,
ensuring
public
safety
and
in
alignment
with
COVID-19
guidelines
issued
by
the
Government.
Amazon
shows
The
Family
Man,
Mirzapur
and
Sony
LIV's
Scam
1992
are
nominated
alongside
two
Disney+Hotstar
originals
-
Criminal
Justice:
Behind
Closed
Doors
and
Grahan
--
as
well
as
MX
Player's
Ashram
in
the
best
series
(drama).
In
the
best
directors
category,
The
Family
Man
team
of
Raj
Nidimoru,
Krishna
DK
and
Suparn
S
Verma
are
nominated
alongside
Gurmeet
Singh
and
Mihir
Desai
(Mirzapur);
Hansal
Mehta
and
Jai
Mehta
(Scam
1992);
Prakash
Jha
(Ashram);
Rohan
Sippy
and
Arjun
Mukherjee
(Criminal
Justice:
Behind
Closed
Doors);
and
Ranjan
Chandel
(Grahan).
Manoj
Bajpayee,
Bobby
Deol,
Pratik
Gandhi,
Pankaj
Tripathi,
Atul
Kulkarni
and
Anshuman
Pushkar
will
battle
it
out
for
the
best
actor
(drama)
trophy.
Whereas
Samantha
Ruth
Prabhu,
Kriti
Kulhari,
Huma
Qureshi,
Shweta
Tripathi,
Shreya
Dhanwanthary
and
Zoya
Hussain
are
nominated
in
the
best
actress
(drama)
category.
Mirzapur
stars
Pankaj
Tripathi,
Ali
Fazal
and
Divyenddu
Sharma
are
nominated
in
the
best
supporting
actor
(drama)
alongside
Sharib
Hashmi,
Chandan
Roy
Sanyal
and
veteran
actor
Naseeruddin
Shah
for
Bandish
Bandits.
For
the
best
supporting
actress
(drama)
segment,
Amruta
Subhash
and
Shahana
Goswami
of
Bombay
Begums
fame
are
nominated
opposite
Anupriya
Goenka,
Sheeba
Chaddha
and
Anjali
Barot.
In
the
comedy
segments,
Gullak,
Hostel
Daze,
College
Romance,
Masaba
Masaba,
Metro
Park
and
Aalas
Motaapa
Ghabrahat
have
earned
nods
in
the
best
comedy
category.
Vijay
Verma
(Ok
Computer),
Ranvir
Shorey
(Metro
Park),
Adarsh
Gourav
(Hostel
Daze)
are
nominated
for
best
actor
(comedy)
alongside
Jameel
Khan
(Gullak)
and
Naveen
Kasturia
(Runaway
Lugaai).
The
best
actress
category
will
be
a
quadrangular
contest
between
Masaba
Gupta,
Ruhi
Singh,
Geetanjali
Kulkarni
and
Kani
Kusruti.
Nominations
for
the
OTT
films
were
also
revealed
and
it
includes
Netflix
movies
Ajeeb
Daastaans,
Ray
and
Serious
Men
as
well
as
Mee
Raqsam,
State
of
Siege
-
Terror
Attack
and
Kaagaz.
The
best
actor
race
is
between
Pankaj
Tripathi,
Naseeruddin
Shah,
Nawazuddin
Siddiqui,
Bobby
Deol,
Manoj
Bajpayee
and
Manav
Kaul.
Kajol,
Richa
Chadha,
Sanya
Malhotra,
Ratna
Pathak
Shah,
Konkona
Sen
Sharma
and
Aditi
Sharma
are
nominated
in
the
best
actress
category.