Critics' Choice Shorts & Series Awards to celebrate India’s lockdown shows
The nominations for short films and series for the 2021 edition of India’s Critics' Choice Shorts & Series Awards (CCSSA) covers a wide range of subjects and talents.
Now in its third year, the Film Critics Guild and Motion Content Group in collaboration with Vistas Media Capital unite once again for the highly-anticipated awards to honour artistes and technicians behind feature films, web series and short films across all Indian languages. The unique aspect of the awards is that it has been created to honour all mediums of storytelling in India.
Film critic Anupama Chopra, Chairperson of the Film Critics Guild, said: “It’s been a watershed year for entertainment. Despite the gargantuan odds of 2020, great stories have survived and thrived. The upcoming awards ceremony is a celebration of these stories that have sustained us!"
Sudip Sanyal, Business Head – Motion Content Group India, added: “In such a period of unprecedented unpredictability, the one thing which has been consistently outstanding is content available in our country.
“This year has seen the audience enjoy some fantastic content across the country and languages at home across devices. It is only natural for us then to applaud the nominees, as chosen by the Film Critics Guild, and congratulate the eventual winners of 2020.”
While the date of the awards ceremony is yet to be announced, the shortlist is as follows:
IN THE SHORT FILM CATEGORY
Best Short Film
Bebaak (Dying Wind In Her Hair)
The Booth
Meal
B Selvi & Daughters
Dhummas
Best Director
Shazia Iqbal for Bebaak (Dying Wind In Her Hair)
Rohin Raveendran Nair for The Booth
Abhiroop Basu for Meal
Arun Fulara for Sunday
Drishya for B Selvi & Daughters
Best Actor
Shrikant Mohan Yadav for Sunday
Vipin Sharma for Naap
Sanjay Mishra for Adheen
Adil Hussain for Meal
Raja Chakravorty for Termites (Ghunn)
Best Actress
Kalairaani for B Selvi & Daughters
Sarah Hashmi for Bebaak
Amruta Subhash for The Booth
Seema Pahwa for Everything is Fine
Pramodini Nanavati for Dhummas
Best Writing
Shazia Iqbal for Bebaak
Rohin Raveendran Nair for The Booth
K.R. Meera, Nainisha Dedhia for Dhummas
Bikramjit Gupta for Bridge
Abhiroop Basu for Meal
IN THE SERIES CATEGORY
Best Series
Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story
Paatal Lok
Aarya
Special Ops
Panchayat
Best Actor
Pratik Gandhi for Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story
Jaideep Ahlawat for Paatal Lok
Kay Kay Menon for Special OPS
Divyenndu Sharma for Mirzapur Season 2
Bobby Deol for Aashram
Best Actress
Rasika Dugal for Mirzapur Season 2
Sushmita Sen for Aarya
Shreya Dhanwanthary for Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story
Sumukhi Suresh for Pushpavalli Season 2
Shweta Tripathi for Mirzapur Season 2
Best Supporting Actor
Chandan Roy for Panchayat
Abhishek Banerjee for Paatal Lok
Hemant Kher for Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story
Ishwak Singh for Paatal Lok
Chandan Roy Sanyal for Aashram
Best Supporting Actress
Neena Gupta for Panchayat
Sheeba Chaddha for Bandish Bandits
Swastika Mukherjee for Paatal Lok
Divya Dutta for Hostages Season 2
Best Writing
Sumit Purohit, Saurav Dey, Vaibhav Vishal, Karan Vyas for Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story
Sudip Sharma, Sagar Haveli, Hardik Mehta, Gunjit Chopra for Paatal Lok
Chandan Kumar for Panchayat
Naveen Richard, Ayesha Nair, Sumaira Shaikh , Kumar Shivam, Sumukhi Suresh for Pushpavalli Season 2
Anu Singh Choudhary, Sandeep Shrivastava for Aarya