The Family Man, Little Things season 2, Manoj Bajpayee, Shefali Shah win top honours at Critics' Choice Shorts and Series Awards

The Critics' Choice Shorts and Series Awards (CCSSA) 2019 took place in Mumbai on Wednesday. The awards recognise talent featured in short films and web series of various languages and genres.

The ceremony was hosted by actress Neha Dhupia. Jackie Shroff, Zoya Akhtar, Tisca Chopra, Rasika Dugal, Sohum Shah, Konkona Sensharma, Arjun Mathur, Shefali Shah, and Vivek Oberoi were among the attendees.

Raj and DK and Amazon Prime Video's The Family Man won the award for Best Drama Series and a Best Actor in a Drama Series honour for Manoj Bajpayee. Vikrant Massey and Dhruv Sehgal won the Best Actor in a Comedy/Romance series for Broken But Beautiful (ALTBalaji) and Little Things season 2 (Netflix) respectively. Shefali Shah bagged the Best Actress award for her role in Netflix drama series Delhi Crime, while Mithila Palkar won the same award for a comedy series in Little Things season 2. Little Things season 2 won the award for Best Series - Comedy.

Akhtar and Reema Kagti's Made in Heaven, which premiered on Amazon Prime Video, also won the inaugural special award for inclusivity and diversity.

Below is the list of the winners.

Short films

Best Film (Fiction) - Siblings

The last Award in our SHORT FILM section, we have the winner for BEST FILM (FICTION) - SIBLINGS! 👏
#CCSSA@theFCGofficial @motion_content @VMC_sg @pocketfilmsin @iFilmProject @Dell_in @itsmajja @TwitterIndia pic.twitter.com/uwVPw8MqH8

— CCSSA (@CCSSAwards) December 11, 2019

Best Director (Fiction) - Sheetal Menon for Siblings 

The ones that tie together every element of the filmmaking process to produce a work of art, announcing the winner for BEST DIRECTOR (FICTION) SHORT FILM #SheetalMenon for SIBLINGS! 👏 #CCSSA@theFCGofficial @motion_content @VMC_sg @pocketfilmsin @iFilmProject @Dell_in @itsmajja pic.twitter.com/00mpZNnncF — CCSSA (@CCSSAwards) December 11, 2019

Best Actor - Naseeruddin Shah for Rogan Josh Best Actress - Shivani Tanksale for Siblings 

Our next award, for a performance that brings a film to life... BEST ACTRESS in a SHORT FILM goes to SHIVANI TANKSALE @shivziit for SIBLINGS! 👏 #CCSSA @theFCGofficial @motion_content @VMC_sg @pocketfilmsin @iFilmProject @Dell_in @itsmajja @TwitterIndia pic.twitter.com/mle6Cyq0mx — CCSSA (@CCSSAwards) December 11, 2019

Best Writing (Drama) - Sheetal, Bejoy Nambiar, Arpita Chatterjee for Siblings 

Best Editing - Rachit Mehta for Suno 

The wait is finally over. We have the winners for the Critics' Choice Shorts and Series Awards 2019! First up: RACHIT MEHTA wins for BEST EDITING (SHORT FILM) for SUNO! #CCSSA 👏@theFCGofficial @motion_content @VMC_sg @pocketfilmsin @iFilmProject @Dell_in @Majja @TwitterIndia pic.twitter.com/MFq7BsZnLx

— CCSSA (@CCSSAwards) December 11, 2019

Best Cinematography - Ayan Saxena for The East Wind 

The next one is for those that make shorts such a visually arresting medium. Give it up for AYAN SAXENA of THE EAST WIND for BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY in a SHORT FILM Award!👏#CCSSA@theFCGofficial@motion_content@VMC_sg@pocketfilmsin@iFilmProject@Dell_in@itsmajja@TwitterIndiapic.twitter.com/iJFfoIWm7t

— CCSSA (@CCSSAwards) December 11, 2019

Series

Best Series (Drama) - The Family Man

And the last Award for the night, the much anticipated BEST SERIES (DRAMA), goes to #TheFamilyMan!@rajndk@BajpayeeManoj #CCSSA 👏
@theFCGofficial @motion_content @VMC_sg @pocketfilmsin @iFilmProject @Dell_in @itsmajja @TwitterIndia pic.twitter.com/PZ61lum80A

— CCSSA (@CCSSAwards) December 11, 2019

Best Actor (Drama) -  Manoj Bajpayee for The Family Man

Best Actor (Drama) winner @BajpayeeManoj shares his thoughts on winning the Critics' Choice Award for his performance in #TheFamilyMan (4/4) #CCSSA @rajndk@sumank @sharibhashmi @theFCGofficial @motion_content @VMC_sg @pocketfilmsin @iFilmProject @Dell_in @itsmajja @TwitterIndia pic.twitter.com/VxlRS9eRcg — CCSSA (@CCSSAwards) December 12, 2019

Best Actress (Drama) - Shefali Shah for Delhi Crime

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Best Writing (Drama) - Richie Mehta for Delhi Crime

Let's give it up for BEST WRITING (DRAMA) in a web-series... RICHIE MEHTA for #DELHICRIME! #CCSSA 👏@theFCGofficial @motion_content @VMC_sg @pocketfilmsin @iFilmProject @Dell_in @itsmajja @TwitterIndia pic.twitter.com/ApUzAvUyG9 — CCSSA (@CCSSAwards) December 11, 2019

Best Series (Comedy/Romance) - Little Things Season 2 Best Actor (Comedy/Romance) - Dhruv Sehgal for Little Things Season 2 and Vikrant Massey for Broken But Beautiful 

We have a tie now because both of them were so good, we just had to! BEST ACTORS (COMEDY/ROMANCE) - #DhruvSehgal #LittleThings S02 & @masseysahib #BrokenButBeautiful ! #CCSSA 👏@theFCGofficial @motion_content @VMC_sg @pocketfilmsin @iFilmProject @Dell_in @itsmajja @TwitterIndia pic.twitter.com/kBvnIt2TEW — CCSSA (@CCSSAwards) December 11, 2019

Best Actress (Comedy/Romance) - Mithila Palkar for Little Things Season 2

We have a tie now because both of them were so good, we just had to! BEST ACTORS (COMEDY/ROMANCE) - #DhruvSehgal #LittleThings S02 & @masseysahib #BrokenButBeautiful ! #CCSSA 👏@theFCGofficial @motion_content @VMC_sg @pocketfilmsin @iFilmProject @Dell_in @itsmajja @TwitterIndia pic.twitter.com/kBvnIt2TEW

— CCSSA (@CCSSAwards) December 11, 2019

Best Writing (Comedy/Romance) - Dhruv Sehgal for Little Things Season 2

Kicking off our series winners with the award for BEST WRITING (COMEDY/ROMANCE) #DhruvSehgal for #LittleThings S02! #CCSSA 👏@theFCGofficial @motion_content @VMC_sg @pocketfilmsin @iFilmProject @Dell_in @itsmajja @TwitterIndia pic.twitter.com/cePkXAZGnA

— CCSSA (@CCSSAwards) December 11, 2019

Best Series (Unscripted) - This is My Hood

Best Cinematography - Swapnil S Sonawane and Sylvester Fonseca for Sacred Games Season 2

Best Music - Gaurav Raina for Made in Heaven

The Critics' Choice Award for BEST MUSIC in a series goes to GAURAV RAINA for MADE IN HEAVEN! 👏 #CCSSA@theFCGofficial @motion_content @VMC_sg @pocketfilmsin @iFilmProject @Dell_in @itsmajja @TwitterIndia pic.twitter.com/QjbTjYzXfJ

— CCSSA (@CCSSAwards) December 11, 2019