MUMBAI:
The first stage of the judging process for The Indian Telly
Awards 2002 was completed yesterday at Mumbai's Holiday Inn
Hotel.
The
jury, which was in deliberations for three days, included noted
film maker Ashutosh Gowariker, writer, producer and director
Lekh Tandon, former Sony programming head and writer Rekha Nigam,
columnist Anil Dharker, media personality Dolly Thakore, documentary
filmmaker and former Star Plus programming head Rakesh Sharma,
scriptwriter Vinod Ranganathan, cinematographer Kiran Deohans,
Rajtaru Videosonic CMD Ramesh Aggarwal, Crest Communications
production head Charles Jacob and BusinessWorld media editor
Vanita Kohli.

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THOSE IN FAVOUR SAY AYE: The jury in lively debate during
the course of vetting nominations for the Indian Telly
Awards 2002 at Mumbai's Holiday Inn Hotel. |
Depending
on the category, the jury has shortlisted between three and
seven nominations in the programming, technical and personality
categories:-
1)PR-2 Best Continuing TV Show
2)PR-3 Best Current Affairs Programme
3)PR-11 Best Non-Fiction show of the year
4)PR-4 Business Show Of The Year
5)PR-6 Best Sports Programme
6)PR-13 Best Game show of the year
7)PR-1 TV Sitcom/Comedy show of the year
8)PR-14 Comedy Shorts of the year
9)PR-12 Best Kids show of the year
10)PR-10 Best Thriller/Horror Show of the year
11)PR-9 Best Background music of the year
12)PR-8 Best Promo for a TV show

PHOTO-CALL:
The jury together at the end of a hectic judging session
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Technical:
13)TC-1 Best Special/Visual Effects for the television
14)TC-2 Best Art Direction (Set designing)
15)TC-3 Best Videography (YV cameraman of the year)
16)TC-4 Best Costumes for a TV Show
17)TC-7 Best TV Picture Editor of the year
The Jury also shorlisted three personality based nominations:
18) PE-8 TV Personality of the year
19)PE-9 Best TV Anchor of the year
20)PE-14 TV News Anchor of the year
21)PE-4 TV Director of the year
22)PE-2 TV Music Director of the year
23)PE-1 TV Lyricist of the year
24)PE-3 Best Title singer for a TV show
The jury vetted entries sent in by more than 70 production houses
and television channels which were screened for them. A large
part of the award categories are to be decided by the jury while
some of them will be put up for public polling in the coming
weeks.

SERIOUS
BUSINESS: Acclaimed director Ashutosh Gowariker makes
his point. |
The
Indian Telly Awards were instituted by television services company
Indian Television Dot Com (which runs this portal). The Indian
Telly Awards are into their second edition and cover more than
50 television categories classified under the Trade, Technical
and Popular heads.
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