MUMBAI: The Popular Nite of India's premier awards for excellence in television, The Sixth Indian Telly Awards 2006 brought to you by Sony Entertainment Television, were held in Mumbai's Chitrakut ground on 24th November with star-studded performances and attendance from the television and film fraternity.
| document.write("< marginheight=0 marginwidth=0 width=440 height="+linescenterfirstht+" border=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"/templates/itv/line_center_first.htm\"></>") < marginWidth=0 marginHeight=0 src="https://www.india-forums.com/templates/itv/line_center_first.htm" Border=0 width=440 scrolling=no height=75></> | The best actress award was bagged by Aamna Sharif for her performance as Kashish in Kahin To Hoga on Star Plus, while the best actor went to Ram Kapoor for his essaying of the role of Jai Walia in the Zee TV TRP topping drama Kasamh Se… Ram and his co-star Prachi Desai (Bani) also won the couple of the year award for their on screen chemistry in the show. Prachi also shared the Fresh New Face of the Year (Female) Award with the Zee TV's Saat Phere lead Rajashree Thakur. | document.write("< marginheight=0 marginwidth=0 width=440 height="+linescentersecondht+" border=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"/templates/itv/line_center_second.htm\"></>") < marginWidth=0 marginHeight=0 src="https://www.india-forums.com/templates/itv/line_center_second.htm" Border=0 width=440 scrolling=no height=75></> | | | Sun Network chairman Kalanithi Maran receives the award for Contribution to Television from Sony Entertainment Television India CEO Kunal Dasgupta while Indiantelevision.com CEO & founder Anil Wanvari looks on. (Picture by Satej Shinde) | Sun Network chairman Kalanithi Maran was conferred with the Contribution to Television award at the hands of Sony Entertainment Television CEO Kunal Dasgupta for driving and growing the southern Indian cable and satellite
television market through his Sun Network, India's second largest television broadcasting group. Balaji Telefilms creative head Ekta Kapoor was inducted into the Hall of Fame. Ekta has been the creative brains behind the runaway success that Balaji Telefilms has achieved. Young professionals in television who have contributed a lot to the industry are inducted.... The evening was marked by energetic dance performances from Sangeeta Ghosh, Eijaz Khan and Akashdeep Saigal, Mona Singh, the Left Right Left cast (Arjun Bijlani(Alekh), Gazal Rai (Pooja), Vikas Manattala (Huda), Priyanka Bhassin (Naina), Harshad Chopra(Ali), Kunal Kapoor(Yudi), a stand up comic act from Great Indian Laughter Challenge runner up Naveen Prabhakar, a performance by debutantes of last year and this year - Barkha Bisht, Sanjeeda, Daljit Kaur - and by television couples - Surveen Chawla and Manish Goel (together on a Sony show), Mouni Roy and Pulkit Samrat (the hot new couple on Kyunkii's new generation) , Divyanka Trivedi and Sharad Malhotra (the couple from Dulhan on Zee TV).
The awards evening was anchored by the leading face of television - Kiran Karmakar, Juhi Parmar, Anuj Saxena, Mona Singh and Manav Gohil, Shweta Kawatra, Ayub Khan, Renuka Shahane, Karishma Tanna and Gaurav Chopra.
Billed as the Indian equivalent of the Emmys, the Indian Tellys are the brainchild of founder Anil Wanvari, who is also a board member of the International Emmy Academy in New York, one of the few Indians to make it there. Says Wanvari, "Television is evolving and the awards will also evolve. Our sincere effort is to make The Indian Telly Awards the industry's benchmark because the awards have been created for the industry to recognise the excellence in the creative, business and technical spheres." The Sixth Indian Telly Awards were brought to you by Sony Entertainment Television, with the show slated to be telecast on 3 December at 8 pm on the channel. The ground sponsors for the event were CNN Ibn, Ibn7, Zee Cinema and Times Now; the Radio partner Radio City 91.Fm; Outdoor Partner Bright Advertising; Multiplex Partner Fun Cinema; Print Partner Rajasthan Patrika and Mid-Day; Party Venue Partner Some Place Else; and Pr Partner CMCG. Coming in January will be the he Technical Nite of the Indian Telly Awards http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k6/nov/no v295.htm Also Read:
| Winners at The Indian Telly Awards 2006 | | | | Indiantelevision.com Team | | (24 November 2006 6:00 pm) | | | | The Indian Telly Awards 2006
Winners List | | Category | Finalist | Production House | Channel | Best Hindi Movie Channel
| Zee Cinema
| - | - | Best News Channel (Hindi)
| Aaj Tak
| - | - | Best News Channel (English)
| NDTV 24x7 | - | - | | Best Weekly Serial | CID | Fireworks Productions
| Sony Entertainment | | Best Daily Serial | Kasamh Se… | Balaji Telefilms
| Zee TV | | Best Reality Show | Fame Gurukul | Miditech | Sony Entertainment Television |
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| (MAD) Music Art Dance
| Pogo
| Miditech | | Hall of Fame | Ekta Kapoor
| - | - | | Contribution to Television Award | Kalanithi Maran | - | Sun Network | | Best Dance-Based Show | Nach Baliye | SOL
| Star One | | Best TV Production House | Balaji Telefilms
| - | - | | Best anchor | Shaan | Sa Re Gama | Zee TV | | Best Child Artiste (Male) | Dhruv as Pratik Kaise | Kaise Ye Pyaar Hai | Sony Entertainment
| | Best child Artiste (Female) | Swini Garg as Chaitali Thakkar | Baa Bahoo aur Babay
| Star Plus | | document.write("< marginheight=0 marginwidth=0 width=440 height="+linescentersecondht+" border=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"/templates/itv/line_center_second.htm\"></>") < marginWidth=0 marginHeight=0 src="https://www.india-forums.com/templates/itv/line_center_second.htm" Border=0 width=440 scrolling=no height=75></> | | Category | Finalist | Production House | Channel | | Best Continuing TV Programme | Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi | Balaji Telefilms | Star Plus | | Best Sitcom/Comedy Programme | Naya Office Office | Eagle Films Pvt Ltd |
Star One
| | Best Thriller Programme | Mano Ya Na Mano | Cinema Vision India | Star One | | Best Game Show | Deal Ya No Deal | Sony Entertainment Television
| Miditech | | Best Actor in a Negative Role (Male) | Mohnish Behl as Veer | Ek Ladki Anjaani Si | Sony entertainment | | Best Actor in a Negative Role (Female) | Ashwini Kalsekar as Jigyasa in | Kasamh Se | Zee TV
| | Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male) | Hiten Tejwani as Karan in Kyunkii Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu thi | Balaji Telefilms
| Star Plus | | Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female) | Tina Parakh as Mukti in Kasautii Zindagi Kay | Balaji Telefilms
| Star Plus | | Best Actor (Male) | Ram Kapoor as Jai Walia in Kasamh Se
| Balaji Telefilms | Zee Tv | Best Actor Male Ciritics
| NA | - | - | | Best Actor (Female) | Aamna Sharif as Kashish in Kahin To Hoga | Balaji Telefilms | Star Plus | | Best Actor Female Ciritics | NA
| - | - | Best ensemble
| Thodi Khushi Thodi Gham
| Shobhna Desai Productions
| Sony Entertainment Television | | Couple of The Year | Jai Walia & Bani | Kasamh Se
| - | | Best Actor in a Comic Role (Male) | Satish Shah as Indravardhan in Sarabhai vs Sarabhai | Hats off productions | Star One | | Best Actor in a Comic Role (Female) | Suchita Trivedi as Meenaxi Thakker in Baa Bahoo Aur Baby | Hats off productions
| - | Style Icon of the year
| Shabbir Ahluwalia
| - | - | Style Icon of the year Female
| Amna Sharif | - | - | Best Fresh New face of the year ( (Female)
| Prachi Desai and Rajshree Thakur | - | - | Best Fresh New Face (Male)
| Pulkit Samart
| - | - | Best News Anchor
| Rajdeep Sardesai | - | - | Best TV Personality
| Ronit Roy | - | - | Best Public Service Programme
| Jasoos Vijay | BBC worldwide Trust
| DD 1
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