Indian Telly Award for Best Anchor

Indian Telly Award for Best Anchor
The 2023 recipient: Arjun Bijlani
Country	India
Presented by	IndianTelevision.com
First award	2002
Currently held by	Arjun Bijlani for Ravivaar With Star Parivaar
Website	Indian Telly Awards

Indian Telly Award for Best Anchor is an award given by Indiantelevision.com as part of its annual Indian Telly Awards for TV serials, to recognize a person who has hosted a television reality show and been appreciated by the Indian audience.

Superlatives

Superlative	Best Anchor
Artiste with most awards	Amitabh Bachchan Manish Paul	3
Artiste with most nominations	Amitabh Bachchan Salman Khan Manish Paul	4
Artiste with most nominations (without ever winning)	Aman Verma Karan Johar Jay Bhanushali	3

List of winners (Popular)

2000s

• 2001Not Awarded
• 2002 Amitabh Bachchan – Kaun Banega Crorepati ^{[1] [2]}
  • Annu Kapoor – Closeup Antakshari
  • Harsha Bhogle – Harsha Online
  • Aman Verma – Khullja Sim Sim
  • Jaaved Jaffrey – Boogie Woogie
  • Sonali Bendre – Kya Masti Kya Dhoom
  • Sachin Pilgaonkar – Chalti Ka Naam Antakshari
  • Karan Thapar – Face To Face India
• 2003 Farooque Shaikh – Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai ^{[3] [4]}
  • Aman Verma – Khullja Sim Sim
  • Simi Garewal – Rendezvous with Simi Garewal
  • Annu Kapoor – Antakshari
  • Pallavi Joshi – Antakshari
  • Rajat Sharma – Aaj Ki Baat
• 2004 Shekhar Suman – Carry On Shekhar ^{[5] [6]}
  • Farooque Shaikh – Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai
  • Shaan – Sa Re Ga Ma Pa
  • Karan Thapar – Court Martial
  • Barkha Dutt – Various shows on NDTV 24x7
• 2005 Amitabh Bachchan – Kaun Banega Crorepati 2 ^{[7] [8]}
  • Karan Johar – Koffee with Karan
  • Pooja Bedi – Just Pooja
  • Shaan – Sa Re Ga Ma Pa
  • Aman Verma & Mini Mathur – Indian Idol 1
• 2006 Shaan – Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005 ^{[9] [10]}
  • Lola Kutty – Lola TV
  • Pooja Bedi – Just Pooja
  • Ravi Behl & Naved Jaffery – Boogie Woogie
  • Barkha Dutt – We The People
• 2007 Shahrukh Khan – Kaun Banega Crorepati 3 ^{[11] [12]}
  • Aditya Narayan – Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007
  • Shaan – Amul Star Voice of India
  • Karan Johar – Koffee with Karan 2
  • Lola Kutty – Lola TV
• 2008 Salman Khan – Dus Ka Dum ^{[13] [14]}
  • Shaan – Amul Star Voice of India
  • Ravi Behl & Naved Jaffery – Boogie Woogie
  • Karan Singh Grover & Shweta Gulati – Zara Nachke Dikha
  • Akshay Kumar – Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi
  • Shahrukh Khan – Kya Aap Paanchvi Pass Se Tez Hain?
• 2009 Rajeev Khandelwal – Sacch Ka Saamna ^{[15] [16]}
  • Kiran Bedi – Aap Ki Kachehri
  • Salman Khan – Dus Ka Dum 2
  • Akshay Kumar – Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi
  • Farhan Akhtar – Oye! It's Friday!

2010s

• 2010 Ravi Behl & Naved Jaffery – Boogie Woogie ^[17]
  • Manish Paul – Dance India Dance Li'l Masters
  • Jay Bhanushali & Saumya Tandon – Dance India Dance (season 2)
  • Hussain Kuwajerwala – Indian Idol 5
  • Ronit Roy – Kitchen Champion
• 2011No Award
• 2012 Amitabh Bachchan – Kaun Banega Crorepati 5 ^[18]
  • Ayushman Khurana – Just Dance
  • Jay Bhanushali & Saumya Tandon – Dance India Dance (season 3)
  • Karan Johar – Koffee with Karan 3
  • Priety Zinta – Guinness World Records- Ab India Todega
• 2013 Manish Paul – Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 6 ^[19]
  • Anup Soni – Crime Patrol
  • Salman Khan – Bigg Boss 6
  • Aamir Khan – Satyamev Jayate
  • Amitabh Bachchan – Kaun Banega Crorepati 6
• 2014 Manish Paul & Kapil Sharma – Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa Season 7 ^[20]
  • Jay Bhanushali – Dance India Dance Super Mom
  • Karan Wahi & Gautam Rode – Nach Baliye 6
  • Rannvijay Singh- MTV Roadies X1 – Ride For Respect
  • Salman Khan – Bigg Boss 7
  • Rohit Shetty – Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi (season 5)
• 2019 Manish Paul – Indian Idol ^[21]
  • 2021 Aditya Narayan – Indian Idol 12
  • Rohit Shetty – Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 11
  • Ranveer Singh – The Big Picture
  • Rithvik Dhanjani & Paritosh Tripathi – Super Dancer 4
  • Salman Khan – Bigg Boss 15
  • Raghav Juyal – Dance Deewane 3
  • Raghav Juyal – Dance+6

2020s

• 2023 Arjun Bijlani – Ravivaar With Star Parivaar

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