TV Guide : Stars Sizzle at Telly Awards

The fifth Indian Telly Awards were held recently in Mumbai to felicitate people from the television industry. It was a star-studded ceremony that saw a lot of entertainment, happiness and tears. Says Anil Wanwari, CEO, Indiantelevision.com, "The Grammies and the Emmies inspired me to start the Indian Telly Awards. The first award show in 2001 was sponsored by all the channels and saw competitors coming together for a cause."

There were about 40 artists who performed this year at the award show. Scintillating performances were given by Rajeev Khandelwal-Aamna Shariff who danced to Aap ki kashish and Main yahan hoon and Eijaz Khan-Shama Sikander who boogied to Nyasa nyasa and Deedar de. The fame jodi of Qazi and Ruprekha also performed on stage.

The stage further sizzled with performances by Neha Bamb, Shweta Tiwari and Narayani Shastri moving to the beats of Main Albeli and San Sanan. Iqbal Khan scorched the stage with Bachna Aye Haseeno. Chaitanya Choudhary with Karishma Tanna and Vikas Sethi with Manasi Verma gave good performances.

And the award goes to...

Best Actor (Popular) – Apoorva Agnihotri (Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin)
Best Actress (Popular) – Mona Singh (Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin)
Best Actor (Critic) – Pawan Shankar (Siddhanth)
Best Actress (Critic) – Juhi Parmar (Kum Kum)
Best Actor in a supporting role – Hiten Tejwani (Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi)
Best Actress in a supporting role – Gauri Pradhan (Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi)
Best Actor in a comic role – Rajesh Kumar as Rosesh (Sarabhai Vs Sarabhai)
Best Actress in a comic role – Supriya Pathak as Hansa (Instant Khichdi)
Best Child Artiste (Male) – Yash Mittal as Jackie (Instant Khichdi)
Best Child Artiste (Female) – Chinky Jaiswal as Bhoomi (Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi)
Best Actor in a negative role – Akashdeep Sehgal (Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi)
Best Actress in a negative role – Shared by Rakshanda Khan (Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin) and Urvashi Dholakia (Kasautii Zindagi Kay)
Best Fresh New Face (Male) – Iqbal Khan (Kaisa Ye Pyaar Hai)
Best Fresh New Face (Female) – Mona Wasu (Miilee)
Best Daily Serial – Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin
Best Weekly Serial – Sarabhai Vs Sarabhai
Best Reality Show – Indian Idol
Best Game Show – Kaun Banega Crorepati – 2
Style Icon (Male) – Shabbir Ahluwalia
Style Icon (Female) – Aamna Shariff
Television Personality of the year – Rajeev Khandelwal
Best Ensemble – Sarrkar
Best Production House – Balaji Telefilms