The concept of a regional digital awards was conceived during the COVID-19 pandemic which began during the summer of 2020, forcing both artists and audiences into isolation, hence the entire award show was shot indoors by either the artists themselves or by the FAFDA crew.
[2] Since the mid of June 2020 however, tensions started escalating between India and China at the border between the two nations.
[3][4] Following this development, Films and Frames with immediate effect terminated its partnership with Helo.
On the 12th of June 2020, actress Srabanti Chatterjee[5] launched the logo of FAFDA 2020.
[6] To make the content social media appropriate and viewable on a smartphone, for the first time an entire award show was shot in a vertical 9:16 format and aired as episodic content, over a period of 10 days.