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MUMBAI:
In an evening of glitz and glamour, the Eighth Indian Telly
Awards 2008 honoured the shining stars of the Indian television
industry. Banoo Mein Teri Dulhann's Sharad Malhotra
was adjudged the best actor while Bidaai's sisters
Parul Chauhan and Sara Khan walked away with the best actress
award.
Network18
founder and managing director Raghav Bahl was conferred with
Lifetime Achievement award. Starting his career as a journalist,
Bahl has created a media empire spread across TV channels,
internet properties, filmed entertainment, wire services and
cable TV.
Alva
Brothers founding trio Nikhil, Niret and Nivedith were inducted
into the Hall of Fame.
Said
Nikhil Alva, "We have had a fantastic ride since we started
operations from the garage 15 years back."
Star
Plus was awarded the best entertainment channel while the
best Hindi movie channel went to Max.
Times
Now walked away with the best English news channel while Aaj
Tak bagged the Hindi news channel of the year. CNBC TV18 won
the best business news channel of the year.
Salman
Khan was awarded for best anchor of Dus Ka Dum. Siddarth Basu
of Synergy Adlabs accepted the award on behalf of Khan. Basu
even danced on stage with Mini Mathur.
Surekha
Sikri was awarded the best actor in a negative role (female)
for playing the character Kalyani Devi in Balika Vadhu (Colors).
Sphere
Origins bagged the best production house.
The
Eighth edition introduced a new award, Garry Bhinder Promising
Director, in fond memory of the director. The award went to
Binder posthumously.
Hosted
at the Chitrakoot Grounds in Andheri, Mumbai, the Indian Telly
Popular Awards had 40 categories. These included: Best Actor
(Male and Female), Best Supporting Actor (Male and Female),
Best TV Daily, Best TV Weekly, Best Continuing TV show, Best
TV Anchor, Best Hindi Channel, Best Production House, Best
Reality Show, Best Talent Show, Best News Channel (English
and Hindi), Best Hindi Movie Channel, Best Business News Channel,
The Hall of Fame Award and Contribution to Television Award.
The
evening also saw the felicitation of Prachi 'Rock On' Desai
and Rajeev 'Aamir' Khandelwal for scaling the television wall
and leaping into the world of cinema successfully.
The
hosts for the evening were the inimitable Cyrus Broacha and
Mini Mathur.
For those who missed it all, The Tellys will be premiered
only on Sony TV on 31 December.
| Sr.No |
Category |
Winner |
Channel
|
Production
House |
| 1 |
Best Kid's Programme |
Boogie
Woogie |
Sony
Entertainment Television
|
R
& N Productions |
| 2 |
Best
Thriller Programme |
Ssshhh
Phir Koi Hai
|
Star
One
|
Contiloe
films |
| 3 |
Best
Sitcom/Comedy Programme
|
Yes
Boss
|
Sab
|
Shri
Adhikari Brothers |
| 4 |
Best
Game Show
|
Dus
Ka Dum |
Sony
Entertainment Television |
Synergy
Adlabs |
| 5 |
Best
Comedy Talent Show |
Comedy
Circus 2 |
Sony
Entertainment Television
|
Optimystix |
| 6 |
Best
Dance Talent Show |
Jhalak
Dikhhlaa Jaa |
Sony
Entertainment Television
|
Synergy
Adlabs |
| 7 |
Best
Singing Talent Show
|
Sa
Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge |
Zee
TV |
-
|
| 8 |
Best
Reality Show
|
Bigg
Boss 2
|
Colors |
Endemol
India |
| 9 |
Best
Mythological Series |
Jai
Shri Krishna |
Colors |
Sagar
Pictures |
| 10 |
Hall
of Fame |
Alva
Brothers |
-
|
-
|
| 11 |
Best
Hindi Movie Channel of the year |
Max |
-
|
-
|
| 12 |
Best
Hindi Entertainment Channel of the year
|
Star
Plus |
-
|
-
|
| 13 |
News
Channel of the year - English
|
Times
Now
|
-
|
-
|
| 14 |
News
Channel of the year - Hindi
|
Aaj
Tak |
-
|
-
|
| 15 |
Business
News Channel Of The Year
|
CNBC
TV18
|
-
|
-
|
| 16 |
Best
Anchor
|
Salman
Khan
|
Dus
Ka Dum |
-
|
| 17 |
Best
Child Artist (Male)
|
Krish
Karnavat as Sachin (Main Teri Parchhain Hoon)
|
-
|
-
|
| 18 |
Best
Child Artist (Female)
|
Avika
Gor as Anandi (Balika Vadhu)
|
-
|
-
|
| 19 |
Best
Actor in a supporting Role (Male)
|
Jai
Bhanushali as Neev (Kayamath)
|
-
|
-
|
| 20 |
Best
Actor in a Supporting Role (Female)
|
Smita
Bansal as Sumitra (Balika Vadhu) |
-
|
-
|
| 21 |
Actor
in a Comic Role (Female)
|
Sucheta
Trivedi as Meenakashi
|
-
|
Baa
Bahoo Aur Baby |
| 22 |
Actor
in a Comic Role (Male) |
Deven
Bhojani as Gopal Thakkar |
-
|
Baa
Bahoo Aur Baby |
| 23 |
Best
Actor in a Negative Role (Male)
|
Jatin
Shah as Ronak
|
-
|
Kasturi |
| 24 |
Best
Actor in a Negative Role (Female) |
Surekha
Sikri as
Kalyani
Devi
|
-
|
Balika
Vadhu |
| 25 |
Best
Fresh New Face - Male |
Angad
Hasija as Alekh |
-
|
Sapna
Babul Ka Bidaai |
| 26 |
Best
Fresh New Face - Female |
Avika
Gor as Anandis |
-
|
Balika
Vadhu |
| 27 |
Best
Programme with a social message
|
Balika
Vadhu
|
Colors |
Sphere
Origins |
| 28 |
Best
Daily Serial |
Sapna
Babul Ka Bidaai |
Star
Plus |
Director's
Kut |
| 29 |
Best
Weekly Programme |
Ek
Packet Umeed |
NDTV
Imagine |
Hats
Off Productions |
| 30 |
Best
Continuing TV programme |
Kasamh
Se |
Zee
TV |
Balaji
Telefilms |
| 31 |
Best
Programme with a social message |
Balika
Vadhu |
Colors |
Sphere
Origins |
| 32 |
Best
Daily Serial
|
Sapna
Babul Ka Bidaai |
Star
Plus |
Director's
Kut |
| 33 |
Best
Weekly Programme |
Ek
Packet Umeed |
NDTV
Imagine |
Hats
Off Productions |
| 34 |
Best
Continuing TV programme |
Kasamh
Se |
Zee
TV |
Balaji
Telefilms |
| 35 |
Best
Ensemble Cast
|
Sapna
Babul Ka Bidaai
|
Star
Plus
|
Director's
Kut |
| 36 |
Production
House of the year |
Sphere
Origin
|
-
|
-
|
| 37 |
Lifetime
Achievement Award
|
Raghav
Bahl - Network Eighteen |
-
|
-
|
| 38 |
Best
Television Personality
|
Akshay
Kumar |
-
|
-
|
| 39 |
Best
Actor Male (Popular)
|
Sharad
Malhotra as Sagar (Banoo Mein Teri Dulhann)
|
-
|
-
|
| 40 |
Best
Actor Female (Popular)
|
Parul
Chauhan as Ragini & Sara Khan as Sadhana (Sapna Babul
Ka Bidaai)
|
-
|
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