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The jury for the programming awards category included distinguished
names from the industry - Dharam Gulati, Lekh Tandon, Rathikant
Basu, Rakesh Sharma, Mona Kapoor, Ruby Bhatia Suchitra Pillai, B.M.Vyas,
Mahabanoo Mody Kotwal, Ishan Trivedi, Goldie Bhel and Priya Singh
Paul.
The jury for the Technical Awards consisted of Yunus Bukhari, Hansal
Metha, Dharam Gulati and Gayatri Rao.
Members attending the jury meet offered mixed reaction. Jury member
Dharam Gulati was rather disappointed about the lack of innovations
in ideas and concepts on TV.
"It is disheartening to see that, despite room for improvement,
there is hardly any visibility of change in ideas, concept and format
on tube in comparison to last year. TV programmes haven't kept up
to the improvement today's films have recorded," he says.
Gulati however pins his hopes on the churning happening on the
television front with more channels planning their entry.
Ruby Bhatia on the other hand added: "I insist that channels
and producers should send in more entries and also take care about
what they send in as we are compelled to see and judge what has
been sent. It is worth taking the pains to win the honour and recognition."
Kiran Joneja however had a fun time judging the entries, "As
there is no pre-selection process, it does make our work very taxing.
But that however gives a fair chance for everybody. Certain categories
are mundane, while several other categories echo attempts of excellence
and hard work," she said.
Mahabanoo Mody Kotwal expressed her concern about the sub-standard
programmes. However she considers the awards as a medium of inspiration
for TV professionals: "Awards are mainly for recognition of
quality work, it is mainly to encourage creative professionals to
propel their ideas and bring the best work on screen."
By the end of the week, the judges seemed all exhausted but satisifed
about of a job well done!
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