Shark Tank India takes home best reality show award at OTTplay Awards 2025 in Mumbai

Shark Tank India on Saturday won the best non-scripted show, according to OTTPlay. At the third edition of the OTTplay Awards, held in Mumbai on March 22, the show, Shark Tank India won the Best Reality Show award. Bimal Unnikrishnan and Rahul Hotchandani received the award for their dedicated efforts and hard work in bringing Shark Tank India to life.

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Bimal Unnikrishnan and Rahul Hotchandani received the award for their dedicated efforts and hard work in bringing Shark Tank India to life. Unnikrishnan said, “Thank you HT and OTTplay for giving me this award. Thanks to all the sharks and new entrepreneurs for doing their best and making the show a success.”

Shark Tank India, much like Shark Tank, is about businessmen receiving pitches from start-ups looking for funding. While some ideas end up receiving the green light, many others are left developing their concept better before coming back for another round of pitch. Usually though, it is the first and final opportunity. The concept has picked up in India after ruling across the globe, and continues receiving love.

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OTTplay Awards 2025 is co-presented by Real Juice and Kuhl and powered by Stock Gro. The marquee event, held in partnership with HT City, has Flipkart Spoyl as the exclusive style partner, D Pauls as the travel partner, Amante as the premium lingerie partner, Propshop as the real estate partner, Aussie Lamb and Krishinet Fiber as the special partners, UDigital as the ISP and iPTV partner and Hyperlink as the event partner.

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Back at OTTplay Awards 2025, we witnessed the who’s who of Indian OTT space turn up, celebrating the theme - “One Nation, One Award”. Kajol, Kani Kasruti, Priyamani, Divya Dutta, Manoj Bajpayee, Anupam Kher, and Neeraj Madhav were also honoured at the award function, which had celebs from film industries including Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada.