Indian Streaming Academy Awards 2025 winners list: Samantha Ruth Prabhu wins big; Amar Singh Chamkila, Poacher dominate

Indian Streaming Academy Awards 2025: Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Sonali Bendre, Diljit Dosanjh, and Varun Dhawan won acting awards at the ceremony.

Updated on: Sep 29, 2025, 14:23:53 IST

By Abhimanyu Mathur

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The 2025 edition of the Indian Streaming Academy was held at the Jio World Convention Centre, Mumbai, on Saturday night. The second edition of the awards honoured the best performers of India’s dynamic OTT ecosystem, ranging from storytelling and performances to sound design, editing, and cinematography. Amar Singh Chamkila and Poacher swept most awards in their respective categories, while big stars like Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Varun Dhawan, and Parineeti Chopra won the popular awards for their performances.

Indian Streaming Academy Awards 2025: Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Sonali Bendre won Best Actress awards.

Here's the full list of winners:

Hindi Awards

Best Series: Panchayat

Best Director (Series): Jai Mehta (Lootere)

Best Actor - Popular (Series): Varun Dhawan (Citadel Honey Bunny)

Best Actor - Critics (Series): Jitendra Kumar (Panchayat)

Best Actress - Popular (Series): Samantha Ruth Prabhu (Citadel Honey Bunny)

Best Actress - Critics (Series): Sonali Bendre (The Broken News)

Best Supporting Actor (Series): Sikandar Kher (Aarya)

Best Supporting Actress (Series): Saanvika (Panchayat)

Best Non-fiction Original, Series/Special: The Great Indian Kapil Show, Fabulous Lives vs Bollywood Wives

Best Web Original Film: Amar Singh Chamkila

Best Director (Film): Siddharth P Malhotra (Maharaj)

Best Actor - Popular (Film): Vikrant Massey (Sector 36)

Best Actor - Critics (Film): Diljit Dosanjh (Amar Singh Chamkila)

Best Actress - Popular (Film): Parineeti Chopra (Amar Singh Chamkila)

Best Actress - Critics (Film): Divya Dutta (Sharmajee Ki Beti)

Best Documentary: Yo Yo Honey Singh: Famous

Best Original Story (Series): Chandan Kumar (Panchayat)

Best Cinematographer (Series): Jall Cowasji (Lootere)

Best Production Design (Series): Amit Ray, Subrata Chakravarti (Heeramandi)

Best Costume Design (Series): Rimple and Harpreet Narula (Heeramandi)

Best Original Soundtrack (Series): Ana Rehman (Bandish Bandits)

Best Original Story (Film): Imtiaz Ali (Amar Singh Chamkila)

Best Cinematographer (Film): Sylvester Fonseca (Amar Singh Chamkila)

Best Production Design (Film): Amit Ray, Subrata Chakravarti (Maharaj)

Best Costume Design (Film): Maxima Basu (Maharaj)

Best Original Soundtrack (Film): AR Rahman (Amar Singh Chamkila)

Non-Hindi Awards

Best Series: Poacher

Best Director (Series): G Vasanthabalan (Thalaimai Seyalagam)

Best Actor - Popular (Series): Roshan Mathew (Poacher)

Best Actor - Critics (Series): Ashutosh Gowariker (Manvat Murders)

Best Actress - (Series): Sriya Reddy (Thalaimai Seyalagam)

Best Supporting Actor (Series): Dibyendu Bhattacharya (Poacher)

Best Supporting Actress (Series): Sonali Kulkarni (Manvat Murders)

Best Non-fiction Original, Series/Special: Telugu Indian Idol

Best Web Original Film: Chaalchitra Ekhon

Best Director (Film): Anjan Dutt (Chaalchitra Ekhon)

Best Actor - (Film): Saawon Chakraborty (Chaalchitra Ekhon)

Best Actress - (Film): Poornima Ravi (Sevappi)

Best Supporting Actor (Film): Meghla Dasgupta (Chaalchitra Ekhon)

Best Original Story (Series): Suresh Jai (Harikatha)

Best Cinematographer (Series): Johan Heurlin Aidt (Poacher)

Best Production Design (Series): Mandar Nagaonkar (Poacher)

Best Original Soundtrack (Series): Yuvan Shankar Raja (Parachute)

Speaking on the occasion, Raj Nayak, Vice President of the Streaming Academy Awards, shared, “When we started the Indian Streaming Academy Awards last year, it was just a thought—that the OTT industry in India deserves its own platform, one that celebrates talent across all languages and regions. To see the response grow threefold in our second year is humbling. It tells us we’re building something real, something credible, that belongs to the entire industry. For me, that’s the most rewarding part of this journey.”

The star-studded night saw the presence of some of the most acclaimed names in the industry, including Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Sonali Bendre, Ashutosh Gowariker, Divya Dutta, Sonali Kulkarni, Raj & DK, Guneet Monga, Roshan Mathew, and Nimisha Sajayan, among many others.

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Abhimanyu Mathur
Abhimanyu Mathur is Deputy Editor, Entertainment at Hindustan Times. With almost 15 years of experience in writing about everything from films and TV shows to cricket matches and elections, he inhales and exhales pop culture and news. Currently, he watches movies and TV shows and talks to celebrities for a living, while occasionally writing about them as well. A journalism graduate of Delhi College of Arts and Commerce, Delhi University, Abhimanyu began his career with Hindustan Times at the age of 20, swapping classrooms for newsrooms at an early age. He began his journey in the early days of digital journalism, later switching to the madness of print journalism. Work has led him to far off places like Japan and Jordan, as well as to the interiors of Haryana and the Indo-Pak border. He dabbled in city reporting in places like Meerut, Gurgaon, and Delhi, covered the Olympics and Cricket World Cups, before finding his calling in entertainment and lifestyle during the pandemic. A Rotten Tomatoes Certified Film Critic, he is equally at home covering stories on ground as he is interviewing celebrities and studios, and sometimes prefers to shepherd teams in delivering traffic through the day. Even as his role has evolved from reporter to supervisor over the years, his first love remains writing (and of late, talking on camera). With a good understanding of cinema and its trends, and a keen eye for detail, he continues to spark conversations around showbiz for readers around the world.Read More

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