Critics' Choice Awards noms out; Scam 1992, Paatal Lok to contend for best series prize

What became very clear in 2020 is that the need for entertainment has suffered no setback. With this fervour to celebrate quality content, Critics' Choice Awards announces the list of nominations for its third edition, to honour talent, artists and technicians in feature films, web series and short films across all Indian languages. The unique bit is that the award is determined to honour all mediums of storytelling.Sharing her views on the nominations, Anupama Chopra, Chairperson, Film Critics Guild says, “It’s been a watershed year for entertainment but 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 shared, “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.”Here's the list of nominations for the upcoming award ceremony.Best Short Film:Bebaak (Dying Wind In Her Hair)The BoothMealB Selvi & DaughtersDhummasBest Director:Shazia Iqbal for Bebaak (Dying Wind In Her Hair)Rohin Raveendran Nair for The BoothAbhiroop Basu for MealArun Fulara for SundayDrishya for B Selvi & DaughtersBest Actor:Shrikant Mohan Yadav for SundayVipin Sharma for NaapSanjay Mishra for AdheenAdil Hussain for MealRaja Chakravorty for Termites (Ghunn)Best Actress:Kalairaani for B Selvi & DaughtersSarah Hashmi for BebaakAmruta Subhash for The BoothSeema Pahwa for Everything is FinePramodini Nanavati for DhummasBest Writing:Shazia Iqbal for BebaakRohin Raveendran Nair for The BoothK.R. Meera, Nainisha Dedhia for DhummasBikramjit Gupta for BridgeAbhiroop Basu for MealBest Series:Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta StoryPaatal LokAaryaSpecial OpsPanchayatBest ActorPratik Gandhi for Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta StoryJaideep Ahlawat for Paatal LokKay Kay Menon for Special OPSDivyenndu Sharma for Mirzapur Season 2Bobby Deol for AashramBest ActressRasika Dugal for Mirzapur Season 2Sushmita Sen for AaryaShreya Dhanwanthary for Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta StorySumukhi Suresh for Pushpavalli Season 2Shweta Tripathi for Mirzapur Season 2Best Supporting ActorChandan Roy for PanchayatAbhishek Banerjee for Paatal LokHemant Kher for Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta StoryIshwak Singh for Paatal LokChandan Roy Sanyal for AashramBest Supporting ActressNeena Gupta for PanchayatSheeba Chaddha for Bandish BanditsSwastika Mukherjee for Paatal LokDivya Dutta for Hostages Season 2Best WritingSumit Purohit, Saurav Dey, Vaibhav Vishal, Karan Vyas for Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta StorySudip Sharma, Sagar Haveli, Hardik Mehta, Gunjit Chopra for Paatal LokChandan Kumar for PanchayatNaveen Richard, Ayesha Nair, Sumaira Shaikh, Kumar Shivam, Sumukhi Suresh for Pushpavalli Season 2Anu Singh Choudhary, Sandeep Shrivastava for AaryaThe dates of the award ceremony will be announced soon.