THE INDIAN TELEVISION ACADEMY AWARDS, 2004
The Hero Honda Indian Television Academy Awards
Year: 2004
Location: Mumbai - Bhavans Cultural College Ground, Andheri
A huge set was erected and the most sought after television stars like Shakti Anand, Urvashi Dholakia, Smita Jaykar, Deepak Qazir, Anang Desai, Eijaz Khan Shabbir, Shweta Tiwari, Mouli Ganguly, Jaswir Kaur & Shweta Keswani participated.
A Qawali was specially recorded, spoofing the various situations of Television industry, was one of the high point. Its penned by Vierendra Bhargav and was performed by famous Qawal Ehsan Bharati along with TV stars like Romanchak Arora, Shraddha Nigam, Manav Gohil, Narayani Shastri, Asawari Joshi & Ved Thapar as well as a spoof on the industry by noted television writer Ashwani Dheer acted by Ali Asgar, Ashiesh Roy Basu, Sooraj Thapar, Sushmita Mukherjee, Delnaz Irani, Manini De, Bhavana Balsaver & Rupali Ganguli performed in various entertaining acts.
The sensation Tata Young and stunning Yana Gupta set the stage on fire with their performances.
Various television stars including the ever-popular Jassi from Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahin, Shruti Ulfat, Gauhar Khan, Shweta Kawaatra, Gaurav Gera, Gaurav Chopraa, Jas Arora, Arjun Punj, Keith and Gurdeep Kohli co-hosted the show. A recorded number of 6000 people from television and film industry are invited to attend the annual Gala.
General Jury Awards:
Best Actor- Comedy - Office Office - Pankaj Kapur
Best Actor-Drama - Astitva -Ek Prem Kahani - Harsh Chhaya
Best Actress-Comedy - Khichdi - Supriya Pathak
Best Actress-Drama - Haqeeqat - Geeta Nair
Best Anchor - Music /Film Based Show - Ikke Pe Ikka - Sajid Khan
Best Anchor - Talk/Chat Show - We The People - Barkha Dutt
Best Anchor /Commentator-Sports - Asia Cup - Ravi Shastri
Best Anchor -Game/Quiz Show - Sansui Antakshari - Annu Kapoor
Best Anchor-News/Current Affairs Show - X-Factor/Election Watch - Rajdeep Sardesai
Best Children's Programme - Say Na Something To Anupam Uncle - SAB TV
Best Cookery Show - Khana Khazana - Sanjeev Kapoor
Best Director -Comedy - Office Office - Rajiv Mehra
Best Director -Drama - CID (Comatose Victim) - B P Singh
Best Game Show/Quiz Show - Boogie Woogie - Ravi Behl & Naved Jafri
Best Interstitial /fillers - Gustakhi Maaf - NDTV
Best Mini Series (Non-Fiction) - Love Ke Liye - MTV
Best Mini Series - Fiction - Haqeeqat - BAG Films
Best Music & Film-Based Show - Ikke Pe Ikka - Zee Telefilms
Best Mythological/Historical Serials - Hatim - Jyoti Sagar
Best News/Current Affairs Show - Big Story - Barkha Dutt
Best Serial -Comedy - Office Office SAB Tnl/Eagle Films
Best Serial-Drama - Jassi Jaisi Kohi Nahi - Tony/Deeya Singh & Rohit Khanna
Best Talk/Chat Show - The Big Fight - NDTV
Best Television "Event" - Jai Jawan - NDTV
Best Thriller/Horror Serial - CID - Sony India Pvt. Ltd
Jury Technical Awards:
Best Art Direction - The Brian Silas Show - Arup Adhikari
Best Audiography - Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki - Suresh Saboo
Best Costumes - Hatim - Nikhat Marriam Neerusha
Best Dialogues - Office Office - Ashwni Dhir
Best Editing - Hatim - Papu Trivedi
Best Make-up - Hatim - Sagar Ent
Best Teleplay - CID (Comatose Victim) - Rajat Arora
Best Title Music/Song Track - Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki - Lalit Sen
Best Videography - CID - B.P.Singh, Hatim - Nikhil Sinha
Best Visual Effects - Hatim - Jyoti Sagar
Popular Awards:
Best Actor - Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi - Ronit Roy
Best Actress - Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi - Smriti. Z. Irani, Jassi Jaisi Kohi Nahin - Mona Singh
Best Serial - Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi
Best Entertainment Channel - Star Plus
Best News Channel - Aaj Tak
Best Anchor - Khulja Sim Sim - Aman Verma
Best Music Channel - MTV
Best Sports Channel - ESPN
Best Niche Channel - Discovery Channel
Best Movie Channel - Zee Cinema
GR8! Best New Comer Female - Shama Sikander
GR8! Best New Comer Male - Chetan Hansraj