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  Sunil Dutt, Pankaj Kapoor
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  Aman Verma and Kamalika Guha with friend
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  Honourable Minister for I & B, Smt. Sushma Swaraj
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  Honourable Minister for I & B, Smt. Sushma Swaraj giving Award
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  Shatrughan Sinha with Honourable Minister for I & B, Smt. Sushma Swaraj
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THE INDIAN TELEVISION ACADEMY AWARDS 2001
(Big Event of the Small Screen)
Year: 2001
Location: Renaissance Hotel Powai - Mumbai

It was a never before night. It was a Night that was Star - Spangled… a Night that Scintillated, Sparkled and Shimmered… a Night that was the Dawn of Television with an identity of its own. It gave the Small Screen an individuality that was hitherto unknown.

This Big Night of the Small Screen was the Hero Honda- ITA Awards Night... where the Television Industry received its first ever Honours and recognition.

These Honours were totally TV- Centric and to bless the event was present, the Honourable Minister for I & B, Smt. Sushma Swaraj. Besides her, there were the entire who is who of Television and to be one with them in their most shining hour, were the members of the Film Fraternity.

Awards:

General Jury Awards:

Best Teleplay - Justujoo - Chaula Shah/Ashok Patole/Ishaan Trivedi

Best Dialogues - Office Office - Ashwni Dhir

Best Show Packaging - Reality Bites in Pakistan - NDTV

Best Title Music - Milan - Khayyam/Naqsh Lyallpuri

Best Serial (Drama) - Justujoo - Sangeeta Sinha/Saurav Aggrawal

Best Serial (Comedy) - Ji Mantriji - Smeeta Chakrabarti

Best Game Quiz Show - Kuan Banega Crorepati - Siddhartha Basu

Best Mythological/Historical Serial- Warrior, The Great-Chhatrapati Shivrai - Vinay Apte

Best Actor (Drama) - Saans – Kanwaljeet Singh

Best Actress (Drama) - Justujoo - Pallavi Joshi

Best Actor (Comedy) - Ji Mantijri - Farooq Sheikh

Best Actress (Comedy) - Aasman Se Tapki - Archana Puran Singh

Best Anchor (Game/Quiz Show) - Kaun Banega Crorepati - Amitabh Bachchan

Best Anchor (Music/Films Show) - Movers and Shakers - Shekhar Suman

Best Anchor (News/Current Affairs) - Janta Ki Adalat - Rajat Sharma

Best Anchor (Sports Show) - Sports Tonight - Sonali Chander

Best Cookery Show - Khana Khazana - Sanjeev/Alyona Kapoor

Best Children’s Programme - Bournvita Quiz Contest - Rila O'Brien/ R.P. Chatterjee

Best Mini Series - Thriller at 10 - Fareb - Deepak Tijori

Best Director (Drama) - Justujoo - Ajai Sinha

Best Director (Comedy) - Office Office - Rajeev Mehra

Best Talk/Chat Show - We The People - Rachna Prasad

Best Music & Film Based Show - Biographies - Ek Kalakar Ki Kahani - Moving Pictures

Best Interstitials/Fillers - Global Refugee - Sahara

Jury Technical Awards:

Best Live Coverage for Sports - Four Square Challenge & Rafter Cross - Trans World International

Best Art Direction - The Great Warrior - Chhatrapati Shivrai - Nitin Desai

Best Visual Effects Cinevistaas Communications Ltd - SSSHHHH... Koi Hai - Vidhyut (Electricity) - Cinevistaas Communications Ltd.

Best Costumes - The Great Warrior - Chhatrapati Shivrai - Pradeep Muley

Best Make Up - The Great Warrior - Chhatrapati Shivrai - Ashok Pangam

Best Audiography - Maa Shakti - Suhas Kulkarni/Ramesh Rathod

Best Editing - IT India Tomorrow - NDTV

Best Cinematography/Videography - Ankahee - Sudeep Chatterjee

Popular Awards

Best Actor - Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi - Amar Upadhyay

Best Actress - Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi - Smriti Malhotra Irani

Best Actor /Actress in a Comic Role - Office Office - Pankaj Kapoor

Best News Channel - Aaj Tak

Best Music Channel - MTV

Best Sports Channel - Star Sports

Best Anchor - Based Show - Kaun Banega Crorepati - Siddhartha Basu

Best Sports Presenter/Commentator - Harsha Bhogle

Best Host/Hostess - Kaun Banega Crorepati - Amitabh Bachchan

Best Serial - Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi - Shobha Kapoor/Ekta Kapoor

Best Star Cast - Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi - Shobha Kapoor/Ekta Kapoor

Best Entertainment Channel - Star Plus