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  Smriti Zubin Irani, Suniel Shetty
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  Jackie Shroff, Niki Aneja Walia
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  Sonali & Roop Kumar Rathod
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  Ronit Roy and Niki Aneja Walia
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  Jeetendra Kapoor, Shobha Kapoor and Ekta Kapoor
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  Pallavi Joshi
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  Simi Garewal
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  Derek O� Brien
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  Sanjeev Kapoor
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  Farida Jalal
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  Pankaj Kapoor
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  Jackie Shroff, Javed Akhtar and Shilpa Shetty
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  Ramesh Sippy with wife Kiran Juneja and Javed Akhtar
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  Simi Garewal and Mahima Chaudhry
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  Ronit Roy, Shilpa Shetty

The Hero Honda Indian Television Academy Awards, 2003
Year: 2003
Location: Goregoan Sports Club - Mumbai

On the 30th November, 2003 at the Goregoan Sports Club in Mumbai, before a massive gathering of nearly 5000 strong audience comprising luminaries from Television, Films, Arts and Corporate sectors, the Event was, from first note to the last, bang on target - creating a Fraternity Event, whose scale and splendour will long be remembered.

Shashi Ranjan, Convenor, The ITA struck home the truth, when he said in his welcome speech, 'Awards don't get big simply because of writing so in your ad catch-lines. The bigness comes, besides the lavish mounting of the Event, from the Fraternity standing by you'. And it was clearer than crystal that the Fraternity stood by the Academy like a rock in this shining hour as was evident by the presence of nearly who's who of the Industry.

Ekta Kapoor gushed on the stage, 'It is the most honourable Award' and that is how elated everybody else was at receiving the honour. What was even more touching was that even those who did not make it, were full of joy for just being there.

Says Anu Ranjan, President, The ITA, 'These Awards were instituted with only one objective - to create an annual festival of sheer joy for the entire TV Fraternity, where all of them assemble as one cohesive whole to celebrate the glory of Indian Television, under the canopy of the ITA'.

General Jury Awards:

Best Serial Drama - Haqeeqat

Best Director (Drama) - Astitva – Ek Prem Kahani - Ajai Sinha

Best Actor (Drama) - Sanjeevani - Mohnish Bahl

Best Actress (Drama) - Astitva – Ek Prem Kahani - Niki Aneja Walia

Best Serial (Comedy) - Office Office

Best Director (Comedy) - Office Office - Rajiv Mehra

Best Actor (Comedy) - Office Office - Pankaj Kapur

Best Actress (Comedy) - Shararat - Farida Jalal

Best Mythological/Historical Serial - The Great Warrior Chhatrapati Shivaji

Best Thriller/Horror Serial - C.I.D. & Kya Hadsaa Kya Haqeeqat

Best Children’s Programme - Son Pari

Best Anchor Talk/Chat Show - Rendezvous with Simi Garewal

Best Talk/Chat Show - We, the People - NDTV

Best Anchor News & Current Affairs - The Big Fight - Rajdeep Sardesai

Best News & Current Affairs Show - General Musharraf - NDTV

Best Anchor Music & Film Based Show - Antakshari - Annu Kapoor & Pallavi Joshi

Best Music & Film Based Show - Antakshari

Best Anchor Game/Quiz Show - Bournvita Quiz - Derek O’ Brien Contest

Best Game/Quiz Show - Boogie Woogie

Best Anchor/Commentator (Sports) - Harsha Bhogle

Best Mini Series (Fiction) - Kashmeer

Best Mini Series (Non-Fiction) - Pushkar Mela - MTV

Best Television Event - Jai Jawan - NDTV

Best Cookery Show - Khana Khazana

Best Interstitial Filler - Set Max

Best Make-up - The Great Warrior Chhatrapati Shivaji - Anil Pemgirikar

Best Costumes - The Great Warrior Chhatrapati Shivaji - Pradeep Muley

Best Audiography - Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi - Vikas Patil

Best Art Director - Kashmeer - Chokas Bharadwaj

Best Editing - Boogie Woogie - Naved Jafri

Best Videography - Kashmeer - Attar S. Saini

Best Visual Effects - Son Pari

Best Title Music / Song Track - Kashmeer - Pritam Chakraborty

Best Teleplay - Kashmeer - Atul Tiwari

Best Dialogues - Office Office - Ashwni Dhir

The ITA Scroll of Honour, 2003 (Entertainment) - Mr. B. R. Chopra for BR TV

The ITA Scroll of Honour, 2003 (Entertainment) - Jeetendra Kapoor, Shobha Kapoor and Ekta Kapoor for Balaji Telefilms Ltd.

The ITA Scroll of Honour, 2003 (News & Current Affairs) - Mr. Aroon Purie for Aaj Tak.


Popular Awards:

Best Serial - Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi

Best Actor - Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi - Ronit Roy

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

Best Host/Hostess/Anchor - Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai - Farooq Sheikh

Best Host/Hostess/Anchor - Ikke Pe Ikka - Sajid Khan

Best Entertainment Channel - Star Plus

Best Movie Channel - Zee Cinema

Best Music Channel - MTV

Best News Channel - Aaj Tak

Best Sports Channel - ESPN

Best Niche Channel (Specialised) - Discovery Channel