Indian Telly Awards

Indian Telly Awards
Indian Telly Awards
Awarded for	Excellence in Hindi Television
Country	India
First award	2001; 24 years ago
Website	Indian Telly Awards
Television/radio coverage
Network	Star Plus (2001–04); Sony TV (2005–09); Colors TV (2010–14); &TV (2015–18); ZEE5 (2019–present)

The Indian Telly Awards is an annual awards ceremony that honors excellence of Hindi-language television. It was conceptualised and created by Anil Wanvari.^[1]

History

For the first three years, The Indian Telly Awards were aired on Indian Hindi general entertainment channel Star Plus (2001–2003). From 2004 to 2009, Sony Entertainment Television was the home of The Indian Telly Awards with the channel commissioning Indiantelevision.com to produce it and acquiring the content to air on its channel Sony. Since its 10th edition, the awards ceremony moved to Viacom 18 Hindi general entertainment channel Colors TV. &TV took over the broadcasting rights, starting the fourteenth edition.^[2]

The Indian Telly Awards were first presented on 6 July 2001.^[3]

TV and film actor Alyy Khan hosted the first awards, held at the Oberoi Trident hotel in Mumbai. Actors Bhakti Barve and Jatin Kanakia received posthumous awards.^[4] In 2001 and 2003, the awards were hosted by television Actor Ram Kapoor & his wife Gautami Kapoor.^[5]

Television actors Ram Kapoor and Roshni Chopra hosted the 2007 awards. In 2008 the awards were anchored by Cyrus Broacha and Mini Mathur. The 2009 awards were hosted by Vishal Malhotra and Mona Singh. In 2010, the Awards were hosted by Ronit Roy and Meghna Malik. The 11th Indian Telly Awards, held in the year 2012, were hosted by Ronit Roy & Ram Kapoor and co-hosted by Manish Paul & Roshni Chopra. In the year 2013, 12th Indian Telly Awards were once again hosted by Ronit Roy and Ram Kapoor and co-hosted by Rashmi Desai, Kavita Kaushik.

Popular awards

Jury awards

Technical awards

These awards are given for specific skills which help enhance – or set new standards of technical quality of a TV programme, be it in the area of cinematography, editing, costume or what have you. An individual or team from a production house/post production house which has excelled in this specific aspect during the specific period can be nominated.

TC 1 -Special/Visual Effects for Television
TC 2 – Art Direction (Fiction)
TC 3 – Art Direction (Non-Fiction)
TC 4 – Videography (Best TV Cameraman – Fiction)
TC 5 – Videography (Best TV Cameraman – Non – Fiction)
TC 6 – Costumes for a TV Programme
TC 7 – Make Up Artist
TC 8 – Stylist
TC 9 – TV Show Packaging (Fiction)
TC 10 – TV Show Packaging (Non-Fiction) On an Entertainment Channel
TC 11 – TV Channel Packaging (Including Channel Ids & Generic Promos)
TC 12 – Editor (Fiction)
TC 13 – Editor (Non-Fiction)
TC 14 – Background Music for a TV Programme (Fiction)
TC 15 – TV Lyricist
TC 16 – Music Director
TC 17 – Title Singer for a TV Show
TC 18 – Director (Soap & Drama)
TC 19 – Director (Sitcom)
TC 20 – Director (Thriller)
TC 21 – Director (Non- Fiction)
TC 22 – Screenplay Writer (Drama Series & Soap)
TC 23 – Dialogue Writer (Drama Series & Soap)
TC 24 – Sitcom/Comedy Writer
TC 25 – Story Writer
TC 26 – Scriptwriter (Non Fiction)
TC 27 – Choreographer

Programming awards

Programming awards will be presented to television software producers and channel executives for programmes of various genres.

PR 1 -Edutainment / Science / Knowledge Based Show
PR 2 -Entertainment News Show on an Entertainment Channel
PR 3 -Public Service Programme
PR 4 -Lifestyle & Fashion Show
PR 5 -Talk Show on an Entertainment Channel
PR 6 -Cookery show
PR 7 -Sports Show
PR 8 -Travel Show
PR 9 -Health & Fitness Show

References

^ "An interview with Anil Wanvari". Mid-Day.
^ Team, DNA Web. "Hina Khan bags Best Actor award in negative role for Komolika at ZEE5 Indian Telly Awards 2019- Watch her winning speech". DNA India. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
^ "TV entertainment proves bigger than Bollywood". Business Line.
^ "The Indian Telly Awards". Rediff.com.
^ "Rupali Ganguly to Harshad Chopra, celebs win big at Indian Telly Awards 2023. See pics". India Today. 26 April 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2025.

External links

[1] "An interview with Anil Wanvari". Mid-Day.

[2] Team, DNA Web. "Hina Khan bags Best Actor award in negative role for Komolika at ZEE5 Indian Telly Awards 2019- Watch her winning speech". DNA India. Retrieved 18 July 2025.

[3] "TV entertainment proves bigger than Bollywood". Business Line.

[4] "The Indian Telly Awards". Rediff.com.

[5] "Rupali Ganguly to Harshad Chopra, celebs win big at Indian Telly Awards 2023. See pics". India Today. 26 April 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2025.

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