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And the Streaming Academy

Awards go to Aditi Rao Hydari,

Rakul Preet and Rana Daggubati

The Streaming Academy Awards, organised as part of SIIMA, feature a total of 48

categories: 24 dedicated to Hindi content and 24 to regional languages

OUR BUREAU

Mumbai
he glittering evening of Sunday saw the
grand spectacle of the Streaming Academy
TAwards, hosted to recognise and celebrate
outstanding original content from streaming plat-
forms across Hindi and regional languages.
Organised as part of SIIMA (South Indian In-
ternational Movie Awards), the event attracted a
constellation of celebrities and industry stalwarts
eager to applaud the best in web series and films
directly streamed on OTT platforms.
Celebrities like Aditi Rao Hydari, Rakul
Preet, Sobhita Dhulipala, Ishan Khattar, and Rana
Daggubati, among others, graced the event, each
adding to the star-studded affair with their pres-
ence and accolades.
Aditi Rao Hydari, resplendent in black design-
er attire, was awarded Best Popular Actress for her
role in ‘Taj: Divided by Blood’.
Expressing her gratitude, she spoke to ANI
and said, “I always believe that we are an Indian
film industry, and we are stronger together. So it’s
wonderful to be here. I’m very grateful for this.
And I want to thank the Nexa Streaming Academy
Awards for honouring me.” Rakul Preet who won Best Actress, Web Original Female Hindi for her film ‘Chhatriwali,’
Rakul Preet who won Best Actress, Web Orig-
inal Female Hindi for her film ‘Chhatriwali,’ high- highlighted the film’s message on sex education
lighted the film’s message on sex education, shar-
ing her joy, “I’m very happy that our film got so “It was a collective win for Pippa and I’m very The Streaming Academy Awards, organised as
much love.” proud of it. I’m very happy to be here representing part of SIIMA, feature a total of 48 categories: 24 ded-
Sobhita Dhulipala, who received the NEXA the film. and representing the Indian Armoured icated to Hindi content and 24 to regional languages.
Streaming Academy Awards for Best Actor, Series Corps, because of whom we were able to make According to a statement, Brinda Prasad Adu-
Female Critics Hindi, for her role in Zoya Akhtar’s this film. They had a big hand in making this film sumilli, Chairperson of SIIMA, emphasised the
‘Made in Heaven 2,’ expressed her encourage- successful. So, thank you very much. Jai Hind,” he event’s role in recognising excellence across di-
ment and motivation, attributing her success to said in a conversation with ANI. verse linguistic streams on digital platforms.
the well-written character and talented creators Rana Daggubati, who received NEXA She stated, “Post-pandemic, digital has be-
behind the series. Streaming Academy Awards for Best Actor, series come the primary source of content consumption,
“It feels very encouraging, it feels supportive (male) Hindi for his Netflix series ‘Rana Naidu,’ and content consumption on streaming platforms
and I feel motivated because the truth is that, as an expressed heartfelt gratitude towards the organ- has become language-agnostic. We at SIIMA be-
actor, I got lucky with such an amazingly written isers and his team for their support in his maiden lieve in building an event celebrating the best of
character, so the credits go to the filmmakers and series role. streaming platforms, irrespective of the language
writers of this show,” she said in a conversation “It’s my first series and the first award for the in which the content is produced. We are happy to
with ANI. first role I played. I’m always very, very grateful to partner with NEXA in this new initiative, as NEXA
Ishan Khatter, honoured for ‘Pippa,’ ac- Nexa. to Saima, to everyone who’s brought this to- strongly believes in celebrating excellence.”
knowledged the collaborative effort that led to the gether. So thank you. Thank you to Netflix. Thank The awards ceremony took place in Mumbai,
film’s success, particularly thanking the Indian Ar- you to Karan and everyone who believed in me. marking a significant occasion for the streaming
moured Corps for their contribution. Thank you,” he said. industry and its contributors.

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