Zee actors absent from Telly Awards --Article

Zee TV is going to have their Zee Rishtey Awards two days after it and they apparently want their actors to solely focus on their awards. This is quite surprising as attending an award function is matter of two or three hours and actors don't mind scooping out that much time from their hectic schedule to get noticed.

An actor requesting anonymity says, "Yes, we have been categorically asked not to attend Telly Awards as we have our own Zee Rishtey Awards two days after Tellies. We have our own awards two days after it and they want us to prepare for it. I don't know if it's anything to do with the rivalry they share with each other."

A creative of a renowned production house whose show is on-air on Zee TV says, "We have been asked to instruct all our actors to not attend the Telly Awards. I think the actors are going to abide by it."

Another source states, "Almost all the actors of Zee TV are performing at Zee Rishtey Awards which will take place on the 4th of December. They will be busy with the technical rehearsals of the awards along with the shoot of their daily soaps which practically leaves them with no time to attend any other award. They are shooting the whole day for the awards and their shows."

We sent a text message to both Anil Wanvari, CEO Indian Television Dot Com and Sukesh Motwani, fiction head Zee TV, but they didn't revert.

Only time will tell if the absence of the likes of Manav-Archana, Laali-Shekhar and Gauri-Rudra will affect the ratings of the show. Telly Awards that used to air on Sony Entertainment Television will air on COLORS this year.