A still from 12th Fail . (courtesy: YouTube)
Vidhu Vinod Chopra's 12th Fail ruled the 6th Edition of Critics' Choice Awards, hosted in Mumbai this year. The Critics' Choice Award winners for 24 categories including feature films, short films, and web series from India were announced. In addition to acting and film, web-series awards, two special awards for Gender Sensitivity and Extraordinary Contribution to Cinema Award were handed out. 12th Fail won Best Feature Film along with a big acting award for Vikrant Massey. Shefali Shah won the Best Actress Award for her performance in Three Of Us. Jaideep Ahlawat took home the Best Supporting Actor trophy for Jaane Jaan and Deepti Naval's performance in Goldfish won her the Best Supporting Actress trophy.
In the web-series category, Kohrra won big (Best Web-Series). Jubilee's Vikramaditya Motwane won Best Director and an acting award for Sidhant Gupta in the Best Supporting Actor (Web-Series) category. Karan Johar's chat show Koffee With Karan 8 won Best Unscripted Show and Disney+Hotstar won the Best OTT Platform Of The Year.
Here is the list of winners across categories:
Feature films category
Best Feature Film: 12th Fail
Best Director: PS Vinothraj for Koozhangal (Pebbles)
Best Actor: Vikrant Massey for 12th Fail
Best Actress: Shefali Shah for Three Of Us
Best Supporting Actor: Jaideep Ahlawat for Jaane Jaan
Best Supporting Actress: Deepti Naval for Goldfish
Best Writing: Devashish Makhija for Joram
Best Editing: Abhro Banerjee for Joram
Best Cinematography: Avinash Arun Dhaware for Three Of Us
Web series category
Best Web Series: Kohrra
Best OTT Platform Of The Year: Disney+Hotstar
Best Director: Vikramaditya Motwane for Jubilee
Best Actor: Suvinder Vicky for Kohrra
Best Actress: Rajshri Deshpande for Trial By Fire
Best Supporting Actor: Sidhant Gupta for Jubilee
Best Supporting Actress: Amruta Subhash for Lust Stories S2: The Mirror
Best Writing: Gunjit Chopra, Diggi Sisodia and Sudip Sharma for Kohrra
Short film category
Best Short Film: Nocturnal Burger
Best Director: Reema Maya for Nocturnal Burger
Best Actor: Sanjay Mishra for Giddh (The Scavenger)
Best Actress: Millo Sunka for Nocturnal Burger
Best Writing: Ashok Sankhla and Manish Saini for Giddh (The Scavenger)
Best Cinematography: Jigmet Wangchuk for Last Days of Summer
Best Unscripted Show: Koffee With Karan 8
Special Category
Gender Sensitivity Award: Fire In The Mountains
Extraordinary Contribution to Cinema Award: Usha Khanna
Critic Choice Awards 2024 will stream exclusively soon on streaming giant Disney+ Hotstar. Film Critics Guild and Group M Motion Entertainment, in collaboration with Vistas Media Capital, organised the Critics' Choice Awards, which aim to celebrate excellence in the Indian cinema and web.