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Indian television business witnessed its second awards ceremony
for this year yesterday - The Hero Honda-Indian Television
Academy Awards. (Indiantelevision Dot Com Pvt Ltd, which
runs indiantelevision.com and is in no way connected with
the Indian Television Academy, actually organised the first
set of television awards on 6 July 2001 this year - The
Indian Telly Awards 2001.)
The Hero Honda-ITA awards ceremony held at the Renaissance
Hotel & Convention Canter, Powai, Mumbai was attended by
the leading lights of the television and film industry.
(Estimates put the attendance figure at about 1,000-1,500).
Among the film stars who attended the show were Madhuri
Dixit, Raveena Tandon, Sanjay Dutt, David Dhawan and Subhash
Ghai. Among the TV stars who attended were Siddharth Kak,
Renuka Shahane, Tabssum, Saakshi Tanwar, Ram Kapoor and
Gautami Gadgil.
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& Broadcasting minister Sushma Swaraj, member of Parliament
Shatrughan Sinha, Prasar Bharati CEO Anil Baijal were among
the government representatives who turned up.
The awards were split up into 44 categories: 12 popular,
24 jury awards, and eight technical awards. The show started
with the technical awards. The winners:
| Sub-category |
Winner |
Serial/show/channel |
|
Best
make-up
|
Ashok
Pangam
|
The
Great Warrior Chhatrapati Shivaji
|
|
Best
costumes
|
Pradeep
Muley
|
The
Great Warrior-Chhatrapati Shivaji
|
|
Best
Audiography
|
Suhas
Kulkarni/Ramesh Rathod
|
Maa
Shakti
|
|
Best
Art Direction
|
Nitin
Desai
|
The
Great Warrior Chhatrapati Shivaji
|
|
Best
Editing
|
NDTV
|
IT
India Tomorrow
|
|
Best
visual effects
|
Cinevista
Communications
|
Sshhh..Kohi
Hai-Vidhyut Electricity
|
|
Best
cinematography
|
Sudeep
Chatterjee
|
Ankahee
|
|
Best
Live coverage sports
|
TransWorld
International
|
Four
Square Challenge & Rafter Cross
|
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was followed by the Jury Awards. The winners are as below:
| Sub-category |
Winner
|
Serial/show/channel/interstitials |
| Best
children's programme |
Rila
O'Brien/R.P. Chatterjee
|
Bournvita
Quiz Contest |
| Best
cookery show |
Sanjeev
& Alyona Kapoor |
Khana
Khazana |
| Best
interstitials/fillers |
Sahara
India |
Global
refugees |
| Best
Title music/song track |
Khayyam/Naqsh
Lyallpuri |
Milan |
| Best
dialogues |
Ashwani
Dhir |
Office
Office |
| Best
mini-series |
Deepak
Tijori |
Thriller
At 10-Fareb/X-Zone Milan |
| Best
director -comedy |
Rajiv
Mehra |
Office
Office |
| Best
director-drama |
Ajai
Sinha |
Justujoo |
| Best
show packaging |
NDTV |
Reality
Bites in Pakistan |
| Best
Teleplay |
Chaula
Shah/Ashok Patole/Ishaan Trivedi |
Justujoo |
| Best
Talk/Chat show |
Rachna
Prasad |
We
the People |
| Best
Music & film based show |
Moving
Pictures |
Ek
Kalakar Ki Kahani |
| Best
Game/Quiz Show |
Siddhartha
Basu |
Kaun
Banega Crorepati |
| Best
Mythological/Historical serial |
Vinay
Apte |
The
Great Warrior -Chhatrapati Shivaji |
| Best
Serial comedy |
Smita
Chakravarty |
Ji
Mantriji |
| Best
serial -drama |
Sangita
Sinha/Saurabh Agarwal |
Justujoo |
| Best
Anchor-Sports |
Sonali
Chander |
Sports
Tonight |
| Best
Anchor-News & Current Affairs |
Rajat
Sharma |
Janta
Ki Adalat |
| Best
Anchor-(Music & Films) |
Shekhar
Suman |
Movers
& Shakers |
| Best
anchor-game quiz |
Amitabh
Bachchan |
Kaun
Banega Crorepati |
| Best
Actress -Comedy |
Archana
Puran Singh |
Aasmaan
Say Tapki |
| Best
Actor-Comeday |
Farooque
Sheikh |
Ji
Mantriji |
| Best
Actress-Drama |
Pallavi
Joshi |
Justujoo |
| Best
Actor -Drama |
Kanwaljeet
Singh |
Saans |
The Popular Awards were won by the following:
| Sub-category |
Winner
|
Serial/show/channel |
| Best
Music Channel |
MTV |
MTV |
| Best
sports presenter/commentator |
Harsha
Bhogle |
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| Best
anchor-based show |
Siddhartha
Basu |
Kaun
Banega Crorepati |
| Best
Star Cast |
Shobha
& Ektaa Kapoor |
Kyunki
Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi |
| Best
Sports channel |
Star
Sports |
Star
Sports |
| Best
News Channel |
Aaj
Tak |
Aaj
Tak |
| Best
Host/Hostess |
Amitabh
Bachchan |
Kaun
Banega Crorepati |
| Best
Actress |
Smriti
Malhotra Irani |
Kyunki
Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi |
| Best
Actor |
Amar
Upadhyay |
Kyunki
Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi |
| Best
Entertainment Channel |
Star
Plus |
Star
Plus |
| Best
Actor/actress in a comic role |
Pankaj
Kapur |
Office
Office |
| Best
Serial |
Shobha
& Ektaa Kapoor |
Kyunki
Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi |
The
other notable awards given away were the milestones awards
which sought to honour serials of yesteryear.
|
Milestone
Awards
|
| Hum
Log |
| Buniyaad |
| Ramayan |
| Mahabharat |
| 1983
Cricket World Cup |
| Phool
Khile Hai Gulshan Gulshan |
| Yeh
Jo Hai Zindagi |
| Karamchand |
| Surabhi |
| Tara |
The show, which began nearly two hours later
than the scheduled 7:30 pm, began with a Russian ballet.
Veteran actor Kabir Bedi was the first of the show's several
anchors, who hosted the seven segments of the awards. Archana
Puran Singh and Parmeet Sethi, Mandira Bedi, Niki Aneja
and Rohit Roy, Ranjeet and Sandhya Mridul, Shekhar Suman,
Aly Khan (who also hosted The Indian Telly 2001 Awards in
July 2001) were the other sub-anchors roped in to host the
other segments.
Take offs on the TRP ratings, Doordarshan's programming
and spoofs on TV talk shows peppered the show, in between
segments. Current hit Adnan Sami stole the show with his
brilliant vocals and lightning fingers.
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