The Times of India Film Awards
OTT Edition​ - 2023

Celebrating excellence in Acting, Content Creation & Technical aspect of Films & Web series on OTT.​

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ANNOUNCEMENT

TOIFA 2023: The Inaugural OTT Edition

  • TOIFA is back in a renewed format with our very first OTT edition.
  • The awards will recognize and honour the talent par excellence in acting and content creation of films and series in Hindi language first released across online video streaming platforms in India, within the period of January 01, 2023, to December 31, 2023.
  • The inaugural TOIFA – OTT Edition, will be a “Black Tie” Event scheduled for July 2024 in Mumbai.
THE TOIFA ACADEMY

The Producers Guild of India has come on board to form ‘The TOIFA Academy’. All members of the Producers Guild of India shall vote, and this will determine the winners for 28 award categories.

The TOIFA Inaugural OTT Edition – 2023 will have 28 winners chosen across categories exclusively by members of ‘The TOIFA Academy’. The Academy comprises esteemed personalities from the fraternity who will have the veto to decide the winners of these categories.

Madhureeta Mukherjee
Editor, Bombay Times
Nikkhil Advani
National Award-winning Director, Producer and Screenwriter, & Co-Founder, Emmay Entertainment and Motion Pictures
Shoojit Sircar
Critically - acclaimed National Award Winner, Writer-Filmmaker & Founder of Rising Sun Films
Sameer Nair
Managing Director, Applause Entertainment
Siddharth Roy Kapur
Producer & Founder, Roy Kapur Films
Guneet Monga Kapoor
Producer, Academy Award Winner & Founder, Sikhya Entertainment
Aanand L. Rai
Director, Producer & Founder, Colour Yellow Productions
Raveena Tandon
Actress
Rajkumar Hirani
Director, Producer & Writer

ADVISORY COUNCIL

The Advisory Council will be instrumental to the awards show, providing mentorship and guidance throughout the entire process.

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Neeraj Joshi
Head of Marketing, Zee Studios
Saurabh Varma
Filmmaker & Founder of Hitflik
Rohini Bhandari
Supervising Producer, Luv Films
Vitthal Patil
National Award Winner, Actor & Choreographer
Sejal Shah
Director, Producer & Co-Founder of Bombay Fables
Hardik Mehta
National Award and Filmfare Award Winning Filmmaker
Vikramjit Roy
Executive Producer
Panchami Ghavri
Casting Director
Arjun Singgh Baran
Producer & Co-Founder of GSEAMS
Tanuj Garg
Managing Partner - Ellipsis Entertainment, Former CEO - Balaji Motion Pictures
Suman Adhikary
Screenplay Writer, Badhaai Do
Gauri Sathe
Producer
Rudrarup Datta
Founder, Salt Marketing , Ex Viacom18 Studios
Yusuf Shaikh
Founder & CEO, Janta Cinema & Artinii India (A Division of Yen Movie Studios Pvt Ltd)
Faruk Kabir
Director, Producer & Writer
Sagar Ballary
Director, Producer & Writer
Pavan Kirpalani
Director & Writer
Ishita Moitra
Screenwriter, Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahanii
Meena Iyer
Public Relations
Shalini Sharma
Editor of Films, Fashion & Lifestyle at The Times of India & Economic Times
Shweta Basu Prasad
Actress & Filmmaker
Amit Rai
Director, OMG2
Vishal Furia
Director
Elahe Hiptoola
Producer
Renuka Vyavahare
Film Critic
Addinath Kothare
Actor, Director & Producer
Viral Shah
Filmmaker & Screenwriter
Anmol Ahuja
Casting Director
Abhra Das
Film Curator
Aneesh Mohan
Freelance Producer & Marketeer
Snehil Dixit Mehra
Actress, Director & Writer
Rohan Mapuskar
Director & Casting Director

SCREENING JURY

The acumen and industry expertise of the Screening Jury shall lay the foundation of the nominations across categories.

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AWARD CATEGORIES

The TOIFA Inaugural OTT Edition-2023 awards are segregated into 4 broad segments and 32 awards categories:

  • TOIFA Academy led – Web Films with Exceptional Talent (9 Awards)
  • TOIFA Academy led – Web Series with Exceptional Talent (12 Awards)
  • TOIFA Academy led - Technical Awards (7 Awards)
  • People’s Choice Awards (4 Awards)

WEB FILMS WITH EXCEPTIONAL TALENT​​

Acting Excellence (Female)

Acting Excellence (Male)

Acting Excellence in a Supporting Role (Female)

Acting Excellence in a Supporting Role (Male)

Acting Excellence in a Negative Role

Acting Excellence in a Comedy Role

Film of the Year

Debut Actor of the year

Director Award for Film

WEB SERIES WITH EXCEPTIONAL TALENT​

Acting Excellence (Female)

Acting Excellence (Male)​

Acting Excellence In A Supporting Role (Female)

Acting Excellence In A Supporting Role (Male)

Acting Excellence In A Negative Role

Acting Excellence In A Comedy Role

Comedy Series of the Year

Crime/Thriller/ Horror Series of the Year

Drama Series of the Year

Reality Show of the Year

Debut Actor of the year

Showrunner for OTT

TECHNICAL AWARDS​

Excellence in Background Score

Excellence in Costume Design

Excellence in Casting Ensemble: Web series

Excellence in Cinematography

Excellence in Visual Effects

Excellence in Writing

Excellence in Editing

PEOPLE’S CHOICE​

Female Actor – Web Film

Male Actor – Web Film

Female Actor – Web Series

Male Actor – Web Series

The TOIFA Inaugural OTT Edition – 2023

The awards will recognize and honour the talent par excellence in acting and content creation of films and series in Hindi language first released across online video streaming platforms in India, within the period of January 01, 2023, to December 31, 2023.

The awards are segregated into 4 broad segments and 32 awards categories:

  • TOIFA Academy led – Web films with Exceptional Talent (9 awards)
  • TOIFA Academy led – Web series with Exceptional Talent (12 awards)
  • TOIFA Academy led – Technical Awards (7 awards)
  • People’s choice awards (4 awards)

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