New Delhi: Digital content in India is blossoming with every passing day. Online viewing has witnessed a surged in the last since three months due to the COVID-19 lockdown. The results for the 2020 edition of India’s biggest awards for digital-content, Talentrack Awards, were announced on Wednesday (June 17). Talentrack Awards, which recognise and honour the brands & individuals who have done outstanding work in digital-content ecosystem, were established in 2017.
The likes of Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Jennifer Winget and Ashish Sharma bagged top laurels at the Talenttrack Awards 2020.
Talentrack Awards2020 received entries from over 400 participants across India, including leading OTT platforms, top production houses, filmmakers, ad agencies, content producers and some of the best known faces of Bollywood. The jury comprised of industry leaders and critics of creative work. Some of the names on the Jury panel were Sweta Agnihotri (Reliance Entertainment), Abhishek Banerjee (Casting Bay), Rashi Goel (Nestle), Sidharth Jain (The Story Ink), Ashwin Sanghi (Bestselling Author) and Uday Sodhi (Kurate Digital).
Saif Ali Khan won the ‘Best Actor – Multi-season Performance’ award for his acting in ‘Sacred Games’. Manoj Bajpayee bagged the award for ‘Best Actor Male Drama/Thriller’ for ‘The Family Man’.
Popular TV actress Jennifer Winget was facilitated with ‘Best Actor Female Drama/Thriller’ for ALT Balaji’s ‘Code M’.
Sayani Gupta and Divyenndu won the award for ‘Best Actor Music/Comedy’ in their respective categories. While Sayani received the award for ‘Four More Shots Please’, Divyenndu’ won it for ‘Shukranu’.
Bollywood diva Kareena Kapoor Khan bagged the ‘Digital Icon of the Year’ award for her talk show ‘What Women Want’.
Leading content producers and agencies including ZEE5, ALTBalaji, MX Player also received some of the most coveted awards. Prominent YouTubers Prajakta Koli and Ajey Nagar were presented the ‘Digital Influencer of the Year’ trophy.
“It has been another terrific year in terms of the diversity and richness of digital content production in India. I congratulate all the nominees, and especially the winners, for their astounding work.” Ekta Kapoor, Joint MD, Balaji Telefilms, said, “Winning the prestigious ‘Digital Content Company of the Year’ award is another accolade that adds to ALTBalaji's growing legacy over the past three years of its existence. This award is a testament to the hard work and zeal of our teams who have worked together to create the largest library of Hindi originals." Sharing the credit with the entire team, Manoj Bajpayee said, “I am humbled to hear the news and also I feel that The Family Man belongs to RAJ & DK, and to the entire cast and crew. It's their award and recognition. Thank you Talentrack for the honour!,” , Vineet Bajpai, Founder & CEO of Talentrack said in a statement.
Ashish Sharma, who bagged the ‘Best Actor - Jury Choice’ award for his performance in Modi: Journey of a Common Man, thanked the jury and the team.
“It is my absolute pleasure to receive this acknowledgement of my efforts from Talentrack. I am really humbled and honoured, thanks to the jury and to Vineet for this platform that recognises digital content and its contributors,” Ashish said in a statement.
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