The Asian Television Awards, founded in 1996, is an appreciation to recognize and reward programming and production excellence in the Asian television industry. Held every December, it comprises 56 categories across news, documentaries and current affairs, kids and animation, entertainment, drama, technical, digital, as well as performances including acting and directing. The Awards draw about 1,400 entries each year from a wide range of broadcasters, including free-to-air TV stations, pay-TV platforms, OTT platforms, as well as many independent production houses in Asia. Every year, a panel of more than 50 judges from more than 10 countries evaluate and select the entries. The winners are then awarded across 3 evenings: a Gala Dinner in Kuching for the technical and creative categories followed by a live telecast the next day for the entertainment and acting categories, also in Kuching. The digital awards are presented separately in another country.
Mohnish Bahl is an Indian actor working in the Indian film industry and on Indian television.
Sahara One is an Indian Hindi general entertainment channel based in New Delhi. It is operated by Sahara India Pariwar.
Rajat Tokas is an Indian television actor, he was born in a Jat family in Munirka Village. He appeared in television series like Dharam Veer, Tere Liye, Naagin and Chandra Nandini. He is widely recognised for playing the titular character of Prithviraj Chauhan in Dharti Ka Veer Yodha Prithviraj Chauhan and the role of Akbar in Jodha Akbar.
Ram Kapoor is an Indian actor who works in films and television serials. He gained popularity portraying Jai Walia in the television series Kasamh Se and the character of Ram Kapoor in Bade Achhe Lagte Hain. He played Triple role as Mamaji Kunwar Amar Nath Singh (KANS), Johnny and Balbir in the Bollywood film Humshakals and hosted the reality show Rakhi Ka Swayamwar, based loosely on The Bachelorette.
Khichdi is a Hindi language sitcom produced by UTV Software Communications in association with Hats Off Productions, which debuted on StarPlus on 10 September 2002. The series has been rerun on StarPlus and its sister channels several times. It served as the first series in the Khichdi franchise. The second series in the franchise was called Instant Khichdi, which aired on Star Plus's sister channel, Star One. The reruns have aired on several channels including Star Utsav and Pogo. A twenty-episode third series also titled Khichdi premiered on 14 April 2018 on StarPlus.
Divyanka Tripathi Dahiya is an Indian television actress. She is known for playing the double roles of Vidya Pratapsingh and Divya Shukla in Zee TV's Banoo Main Teri Dulhann and Dr. Ishita Bhalla in Star Plus's Yeh Hai Mohabbatein. In 2017, participated in the dance reality show Nach Baliye 8 and emerged as the winner. In 2021, she participated at Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 11 as a contestant where she emerged as the runner-up.
Ashwini Kalsekar is an Indian actress who works predominantly in the Marathi and Hindi television and film industry.
Big Synergy Media Limited is a television production company headed by chief executive officer Rajiv Bakshi. It started as one of the country's first few independent television outfits in 1988. BIG Synergy is an acknowledged leader in factual entertainment in India. It has produced some of India's most popular and critically acclaimed factual entertainment shows.
The 2012 Indian Telly Awards, officially the 11th Indian Telly Awards ceremony, presented by the Indiantelevision.com honouring Indian television shows of 2011 took place on 31 May 2012 in Mumbai. The ceremony was televised in India and internationally on Colors TV. Actors Ram Kapoor and Ronit Roy hosted the ceremony for the first time. The ceremony was co-hosted by Manish Paul & Roshni Chopra. The Telly Award Blue Carpet was hosted by Mona Singh & Manish Paul
Prerna Wanvari is an Indian actress. She has acted in TV shows, like Bandini, Koi Aane Ko Hai, Adaalat, Gumrah: End of Innocence, Sapna Babul Ka...Bidaai and Parichay. She presented the Arts Programming Award at the International Emmy Awards Gala which was held at New York's Hilton Hotel on November 2012. She is the daughter of the 22 year old Indiantelevision.com group founder, CEO and editor in chief Anil NM Wanvari and Satya Wanvari - a journalist, film critic, and scriptwriter.
Kiran Karmarkar is an Indian television, film and theatre actor. He is popularly known for his portrayal of the character Om Agarwal in the television saga Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii (2000–2008) that aired on Star Plus.
Savita Prabhune is an Indian show opera actress best known for her role of Aai in Ekta Kapoor's Indian soap opera Kkusum and as Sulochana Karanjkar in Ekta Kapoor's Indian soap opera Pavitra Rishta. She had also played the main role in Jawai Vikat Ghene Aahe and Khulta Kali Khulena.
Indian Telly Award for Best Television Personality of the Year is an award given by Indiantelevision.com as part of its annual Indian Telly Awards for TV serials, to recognize a television anchor/host/actor/presenter/professional who overshadowed all his peers either on the screen or off it leaving an indelible mark/stamp during the year and have consistently topped in terms of impact, visibility, acceptability. He/she could have remarkably improved the viewership of a channel or programme by his/her unique presence.
The Khichdi franchise is a Hindi language franchise of television series and films created by Hats Off Productions and UTV Software Communications, written and directed by Aatish Kapadia. It is one of the earliest franchises on Indian Television to adopt the western model of appearing in seasons and also the first Indian television series to be adapted into a Bollywood film series.
Neela Film Productions Private Limited, formerly called Neela Tele Films, is a production house based in Mumbai, India. It produces fiction and non-fiction shows for various television channels.
Anil NM Wanvari is an Indian media entrepreneur who is the founder, CEO & editor-in-chief of the Indiantelevision.com group, which he set up in 1999. He is a journalist-cum-observer-specialist covering the Indian advertising, marketing, cable TV, satellite TV, terrestrial television and OTT ecosystems.
Abhimanyu Raj Singh is an Indian producer, who mainly produces Hindi-language television shows. He is the founder of production company, Contiloe Entertainment, which he co-founded with his brother, Aditya Narain Singh in 1995.
