MUMBAI: For the first time Zee Telugu Announces ‘Zee Telugu Kutumbam Awards 2011‘ to felicitate its most loved TV characters.

Zee Telugu Kutumbam Awards 2011, will felicitate the various nominees from its variety of fiction and nonfiction shows and finally the winner will be decided through viewer‘s voting and a panel of Jury.

The jury consists of esteemed people from the Cine Industry which includes A Kodanda Rami Reddy (Famous Cine Producer and Director), Chandrabose (Famous Cine Lyricist), K M Radha Krishna (Famous Cine Music Director), V Sagar (Famous Cine Producer and Director) to name a few.

With enthralling content Zee Telugu has always strived to offer a wide range of programs from Fiction to Nonfiction. Shows like Chinna Kodalu, Muddu Bidda, Aata, SaReGaMaPa, Bhakti Samacharam have struck the right cord with the audience and have been highly successful.

To excite the audience many such successful shows like popular fiction serials - Chinna Kodalu, Pasupu Kumkuma, Muddu Bidda, Radha Kalyanam and new entrants Kalavari Kodallu, Kanyadama will compete with one another. In nonfiction category, Saregamapa, Teenmaar, Gadasari Atta Sogasari Kodalu, and Batuku Jatka Bandi will compete.

With total 23 categories such as Best Characters, Best Show, Best Pair, Best Family etc. besides 13 Special Jury Awards to be won.

Zee Telugu Kutumbam Awards 2011 - a family festival will commence on Oct 18 2011, at Annapurna Studios (7 Acres, Floor no. 2) Hyderabad and will be soon aired on Zee Telugu for the viewers to watch.