Produced by Naseer Saeed Janjua Best Drama Serial
(Jury) Shehr-e-Zaat | Directed by Nadeem J. | |
Date 12 March 2013 (2013-03-12)
28 April 2013 (2013-04-28) (televised) Site Expo Center, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Hosted by Mikaal Zulfiqar (main)
Mahira Khan (main)
Vasay Chaudhry (co-host) | ||
The 1st Servis Hum Awards Ceremony (referred to as Hum Awards) presented by the Hum Television Network and Entertainment Channel (HTNEC), sponsored by Servis, Telenor and co-sponsored by Nokia Lumia, to honored the best dramas of 2012 of its own Channel Hum and to Fashion, Music. Ceremony took place on March 12, 2013 at the Expo Center in Karachi, Sindh beginning at PM/IST 8:00 p.m. and was televised on 28 April 2013. During the ceremony, the Hum Channel presented Awards in 24 regular categories along with in 3 honorary and in 2 special categories. The ceremony, televised in the Pakistan by Hum TV.
Contents
- Winners and nominees
- Awards
- Honorary Hum Awards
- Presenters and performers
- Ceremony Information
- Voting Trend and Summary
- Reception
- Ali Pir Gul nomination
- References
Hosts Mikaal Zulfiqar, Mahira Khan and co-host Vasay Chaudhry became the first ever hosts of ceremony. During the ceremony Hum held its annual Honorary Awards, which were presented by host Bushra Ansari.
Shehr-e-Zaat won three awards including Best Drama Serial for Momina Duraid, Abdullah Kadwani & Asad Qureshi. Mere Qatil Mere Dildar won two awards, including Best Supporting Actress for Shagufta Ejaz. Sanjha won two awards including Best Director for Farooq Rind. Humsafar also won two awards. Other winners were Bari Aapa, Raju Rocket, Nikhar Gaye Gulab Sare, Fun Khana, Extras (The Mango People), Mujhay Roothnay Na Daina, Kitni Girhain Baqi Hain, Maat, Dastaan with one award each. Mahira Khan won the Best Actress award for her role in Shehr-e-Zaat. Noman Ejaz won Best Actor for portraying the promising character in Bari Aapa.
Winners and nominees
The nominees for the public voting were announced on February 20, 2013, and rest of the categories were announced on 12 March 2013, through the official website of HUM TV and by Mikaal Zulfiqar Host of 1st Annual Hum Awards, and actress Mahira Khan.In addition, Mikaal and Mahira were in the uncommon position of co-hosting the event as they themselves were nominated for an Hum Award (For Best Actor and Best Actress). Seven categories were set to be open for voting by viewers. Show is sponsored by Servis. The drama receiving the most nomination was Meray Qatil Meray Dildar followed by Maat, Roshan Sitara and Shehr-e-Zaat.
The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on March 12, 2013. Shehr-e-Zaat become the first winner of Drama Serial category. Momina Duraid Won two Awards for producing dramas/soaps/sitcoms. Farooq Rind won Best Director Drama Serial, while Sanjha was one of the drama series which was not included in Best Drama Serial category. Noman Ejaz and Mahira Khan bags the Awards for Best Actor & Best Actress respectively and become the pioneer of these categories. As of first ceremony Best Supporting Actress category marked the first occurrence of a tie, ultimately Shagufta Ejaz for Mere Qatil Mere Dildaar and Samina Peerzada for Roshan Sitara.
Awards
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
Honorary Hum Awards
Hosted by Bushra Ansari, Hum Presents its honorary awards in TV and Music categories to Pakistani artist relevant to their category.
Presenters and performers
The following individuals presented awards or performed musical numbers.
Ceremony Information
The 1st Hum awards was presented By Servis and powered by Telenor Talk Shawlk and Nokia Lumia. The music of Hum awards was composed by Waqar Ali. In addition to hosting, the co-host Vasay Chaudry was the script writer, arranger, and writer of the ceremony. Main Host's themselves were nominated for Best Actor in a lead role and Best Actress in a lead role.
Voting Trend and Summary
Voting Trend for 1st Hum Awards was very genuine and authentic. Awards have both involvement of Jury and Audience. At launching of Hum Awards Shazia Ramzi announces the voting trend and Categories for which the actors were nominated. Out of the 32 categories, seven categories are Viewers’ Choice. Voting for viewers’ choice was did through IVR, SMS & on Hum TV official Website from 20 February – 5 March 2013 (Voting and Nominations are closed now) The other categories will be judged by a specialist jury and includes, Best On-Screen Couple for which Fawad Khan and Mahira Khan are nominees for their appearance in the extremely popular series, Humsafar among others.
Reception
The show received a mixed reception from media outlets and print publications, generally lauding Mahira Khan as a Host. People praise her much as a host. Mikaal also did a good job being doing a first full-fledged hosting. The whole ceremony was praised and watched by Pakistanis with full zenith, zeal and zest across the Globe.
Ali Pir Gul nomination
Pakistani comedian turned singer Ali Pir Gul was nominated at Hum awards in Music field but the team and management skips his nomination without knowing him which turned this news to a controversy.