Telly Award... revisited!

The Fifth Indian Telly Awards was an event that brought back a lot of memories for all of us working behind the scenes. But it was a time when the biggest stars on television came together to make the show a success. While most artistes who performed at the awards missed out on the actual airing on Sony on 3 December, we decided to ask them how they felt about being part of the show, in retrospect.

Chaitanya Chaudhry
I saw the award's telecast on 3 December, and I feel it was over all a great event but when it comes to my performance, I am extremely critical about it. I actually expect a lot from my end and feel that it could have been better. Of course, I got very less time to rehearse because of my schedule and may be that was the reason why I could not give my very best. Apart from all this, I have already received numerous compliments on my act.

Karishma Tanna
Unfortunately, I could not catch up with the awards. I can't say much about my group performance as I haven't seen it but my part was great fun and I've got rocking compliments.

Mansi Verma
The overall package of the awards was damn creative and awesome. Everything was so well organised and planned and all this showed on the day of telecast when I could enjoy the whole show. Oh! I never knew I would hear things like, 'you sizzle and your body is like a liquid and can take any form', it actually was a surprise. And now after doing a number of performances I have been offered quite a few stage shows in January and then later in March I'm going to the U.S. for the same.

Rajeev Khandelwal
No, I could not see the awards because I was in Rishikesh holidaying and there was no electricity there. Anyways, I am really happy with the kind of compliments I get in spite of my average performance. It's that people love me anyways. What about the response you'll have got via net on my performance?

Shama Sikandar
I did watch the telecast, but you know I am very critical about my performances. Actually, I found every body else's performance better than mine. I think I could do much better that what I really did. Though I got a number of compliments from all but somehow I am unhappy. Things at the time of rehearsals were great and comfortable. Anyways, I have been getting quite a few offers for stage performances and I want to do something very different from Ye Meri Life Hai.