Anupam Kher on his win at OTTPlay Awards 2025: I am doing my best work in the last five-six years

Actor Anupam Kher shone at the OTTPlay Awards 2025, with a humorous acceptance speech and a heartfelt performance from Saaransh.

Published on: Mar 23, 2025, 17:05:29 IST

By Rishabh Suri

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Actor Anupam Kher was in his element at the OTTPlay Awards 2025, in partnership with HT City, held in Mumbai. Lifting the trophy for Best Actor (Male) - Critics for his performance in the films Vijay 69 and Signature, he arrived on stage, and delivered a cracker of an opening, taking a dig at himself.

"You had to choose people with different hairstyles to give me an award," he said as everyone burst into laughter, "I just want to let these gentlemen know- there are only two kinds of men... baldies and future baldies!" Presenting the award to him were producer Kumar Taurani and Avinash Mudaliar, CEO and co-founder of OTTPlay.

The 70-year-old, whose latest release is Tumko Meri Kasam, further added, "It is always wonderful to get an award, especially when you work hard. Both my films- Vijay 69 and Signature were poles apart. I am doing my best work in the last five-six years now. Till this point, you are always wanting to do the best...then you discover you are doing this for yourself. I make my boundaries different."

Not just this, Anupam again went on stage a second time, and gave a mini masterclass, enacting an emotional scene from his film Saaransh (1984)

OTTPlay awards had brought the best of talent from across India, and is one of it's kind. The third edition this time saw stars such as Kajol, Parvathy, Rajkummar Rao, Patralekhaa, Manoj Bajpayee, Jaideep Ahlawat, Jyothika and many more in attendance.

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Rishabh Suri
Rishabh Suri is an Assistant Editor, film critic, and professional overthinker of plot points. He writes for HT City, keeping pace with an industry where news cycles expire long before the popcorn gets cold. He completed his graduation in English Honours from Kirori Mal College, followed by a Master’s degree in English Literature-effectively training his brain to over-analyse classic texts before applying those exact same skills to 3-hour Bollywood blockbusters. He got into the profession when he had barely graduated from college and has been at HT ever since. At HT, Rishabh reviews films with a simple rule: skip the dense academic jargon and get straight to the point. Beyond reviews, as Assistant Editor, he helps navigate the broader circus of showbiz, tracking everything from OTT shifts to sudden box office panics. In a beat driven by loud PR machinery and carefully scripted answers, Rishabh prefers cutting through the noise to focus on how stories get made and why trends shift. When he isn’t writing against a deadline, he is usually sitting in a dark theater, compulsively memorising dialogues. For Rishabh, analysing movies isn't just a day job- it’s a habit he couldn't turn off even if he tried.Read More

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