 "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! 👏
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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
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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...
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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
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
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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 @TwitterIndia pic.twitter.com/iJFfoIWm7t
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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 👏
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Best Actor (Drama) - Manoj Bajpayee for The Family Man
Best Actress (Drama) - Shefali Shah for Delhi Crime
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
— Critics' Choice Awards India (@CriticsChoiceIn) December 11, 2019
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