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Gender sensitivity, web series win big at India’s Critics’ Choice Awards 2020-21

iGlobal Desk

The third edition of Critics' Choice Awards turned out to be a grand celebration of the artists, technicians and content creators from across the entertainment industry.

Emerging as one of the most inclusive award ceremonies, Critics' Choice Awards honoured talent, artists and technicians in feature films, web series and short films across all Indian languages. The winners and nominees of the prestigious award ceremony unanimously lauded Film Critics Guild, Motion Content Group and Vistas Media Capital for joining forces for the one-of-a-kind celebration.

Anupama Chopra, Chairperson, Film Critics Guild said: “I am thrilled that in such a difficult year, we could celebrate storytelling with this much energy and sparkle! A big congrats to all the winners."

Sudip Sanyal, Business Head – Motion Content Group India, added: “We're happy to have successfully lived up to our commitment to honour content creators and talents.

“The response that we got from within the entertainment industry is overwhelming. We hope this positivity refines our quality of entertainment."

Critics’ Choice Awards 2021 Winner’s List

SHORT FILMS

Best Short Film

Bebaak

Best Director

Shazia Iqbal for Bebaak

Best Actor

Adil Hussain for Meal

Best Actress

Amruta Subhash for The Booth

Best Writing

Shazia Iqbal for Bebaak (Dying Wind In Her Hair)

FEATURE FILMS

Best Film

Eeb Allay Ooo

Best Director

Prateek Vats for Eeb Allay Ooo

Best Actor

Manoj Bajpayee for Bhonsle

Best Actress

Tillotama Shome for Sir

Best Supporting Actor

Pankaj Tripathi for Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl

Best Supporting Actress

Sai Pallavi for Paava Kadhaigal

Best Writing

Sachy for Ayyappanum Koshiyum

Best Cinematography

Siddharth Diwan for Bulbbul

Best Editing

Mahesh Narayanan for C U Soon

Gender Sensitivity Award

Thappad

SERIES

Best Series

Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story

Best Actor

Pratik Gandhi for Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story

Best Actress

Sushmita Sen for Aarya

Best Supporting Actor

Abhishek Banerjee for Paatal Lok

Best Supporting Actress

Swastika Mukherjee for Paatal Lok

Best Writing

Sumit Purohit, Saurav Dey, Vaibhav Vishal, Karan Vyas for Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story

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