It was a night to remember as web entertainment industry’s biggest faces walked the red carpet at India’s biggest digital awards: IWM Digital Awards 2018. For the first time ever, content creators for the web, OTT networks and individual Youtubers, gathered under one roof to experience a gala evening replete with glitz and glamour, honouring the best in the business.
Hosts Siddharth Kannan and Gunjan Utreja kept the audience in splits. The attendees had a gala time enjoying performances by Gaurav Gera aka Chutki, Ssumier Pasricha aka Pammi Aunty, Chhavi Mittal and Shubhangi Litoria (SIT), Madhyam band, Stebin Ben, Simar Singh, Bad Salsa Kids, Shalini Samuel, RJ Suren among others.
Now, talking about the winners who took the beautiful Golden Flying Jaguar trophy home, here’s the list:
Popular:
Best Actor in a web series: Rajkummar Rao, Bose: Dead/Alive
Best Actress in a web series: (Joint): Nimrat Kaur: The Test Case and Maanvi Gagroo : TVF Tripling
Best Supporting Role in a web series – Male: (Joint) Vatsal Sheth: Gehraiyaan Uncut and Rohan Shah : Class of 2017
Best Supporting Role in a web series – Female: Dipannita Sharma, Bewafaa Si Wafaa
Best Negative Role in a web series: Raghu Ram, A.I.SHA My Virtual Girlfriend Season 2
Best Comedian in a web series: Ssumier Pasricha, Pammi Aunty
Best Couple/Jodi in a web series: Sumeet Vyas, Nidhi Singh, TVF Permanent Roommates Season 2
Best Web Series: Bose: Dead/Alive
Best Music in a web series: Amar Mangrulkar, TVF Tripling
Best Talk Show on web: Siddharth Kannan on web
Best Cookery Show on web: Varun’s Getaway
Best Travel Show on web: The Real High
Best Health & Fitness Show on web: Child And You by Dr. Pankaj and Dr. Nihar Parekh
Best Spiritual/Motivational Show on web: Gaur Gopal Das
Best Educational & Tutorial Show on web: The Dr. Binocs Show
Best Parody/Spoof Show on web: Dangal Movie Spoof | Aamir Khan
Best Animated Show on web: The Adventures Of Jack Shukla – Episode 1 – Navratri Special
Best Comedy Show on web: Yo Ke Hua Bro
Best Singer in a web series: Shilpa Surroch for Aye Ajnabi
Best Personality in web entertainment – Male: Vivek Oberoi
Best Personality in web entertainment – Female: Maanvi Gagroo
Best Host/Anchor on web: Sumeet Vyas
Best Short Film on the web: (Joint): Mukti (Sony LIV) and Sinhas Vs Sinha (SIT)
Viral King of The Year: Ashish Chanchlani
Viral Queen of the Year: Prajakta Koli
Best Web Film on a Social Cause: SOS – (Survivors of Suicide) (2017)
Best Viral Video of the Year: Eating in classroom, Ashish Chanchlani vines
Best Short Clip Maker: Gaurav Gera
Best Regional Web Series: Pilla
Best Children’s Show on the web: Slime Squad
Best Music on Web: Sanam Band
Technical
Best Director in a web series: Pulkit, Bose: Dead/Alive
Best Cinematography in a web series: Kumar Saurabh, Bose: Dead/Alive
Best Costumes for a web series: Shivank Vikram Kapoor, Bose: Dead/Alive
Best Art Direction in a web series: Neil Choudhury, Bose: Dead/Alive
Best Dialogues for a web series: Reshu Nath, Bose: Dead/Alive
Best Screenplay for a web series: Joint: Charudutt Acharya, It’s Not That Simple, and team Class of 2017
Best Background Score for a web series: Andrew T. Mackay, Bose: Dead/Alive
Best Editing for a web series: Kuldip Mehan & Sudhir Mehan, Twisted
Best Casting for a web series: Shubham Gaur Trishaan CSA, Bose: Dead/Alive
Best Story for a web series: Sumeet Vyas, Akarsh Khurana, TVF Tripling
Best Sound Design for a web series: Anmol Bhave, TVF’s Humorously Yours
Best Production House for web series: Loneranger Productions Pvt.Ltd
Best Lyrics in a web series: Vikram Bhatt for Aye Ajnabi
Trade
Best Show with Integrated Branded Content: TVF Tripling
Best Marketing Campaign – OTT Platform: Atkoing Latkoing, Voot
Best Marketing Campaign of Digital Show/ Web Series: TVF Tripling
Best OTT Platform: AltBalaji
Best Digital Brand Film: We LIV to Entertain, Sony LIV
Special
Web Person of the Year: Ekta Kapoor
Coolest Web Icon of the Year: Jackie Shroff
Web Entertainer of the Year: Sanket Bhosale
Buzz Creator of The Year: Team Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety
Most Inspiring Web Entrepreneur: Miss Malini
Most Popular Web Series (Facebook poll): Inside Edge