THE INDIAN TELEVISION ACADEMY AWARDS, 2005
The Hero Honda Indian Television Academy Awards 2005
Location: Bhavan's Ground, Andheri - Mumbai
Each year a new history is being created in terms of entries from the Industry in the Jury segment of the Awards. This time, the number has reached a staggering 2017 Nominations from 340 TV shows, representing the entire spectrum of the medium, be it Soaps, Comedies, Telefilms, Documentaries, Musicals, News & Current Affairs, Lifestyle-shows and what have you. As many as 46 channels have been featured this time… In short, you name it and it was there.
General Jury Awards:
Best Actor- Comedy - Sarabhai v/s Sarabhai - Satish Shah
Best Actor-Drama - Astitva - Ek Prem Kahani - Varun Badola
Best Actress-Comedy - Sarabhai v/s Sarabhai - Ratna Pathak Shah
Best Actress-Drama - Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahi - Mona Singh
Best Anchor - Music /Film Based Show - Sab Kuch Ho Sakta Hai - Sajid Khan
Best Anchor - Talk/Chat Show - Seedhi Baat - Prabhu Chawla
Best Anchor -Game/Quiz Show - Kaun Banega Crorepati 2 - Amitabh Bachchan
Best Anchor-News/Current Affairs Show - We the People - Barkha Dutt
Best Children Programme - Hatim - Subhash & Prem Sagar
Best Cookery Show - Khana Khazana
Best Director –Comedy - Sarabhai v/s Sarabhai - Deven Bhojani
Best Director –Drama - Special Squad - Nand Kumar Kale
Best Game Show/Quiz Show - Kaun Banega Crorepati 2 – Siddhartha Basu
Best Interstitial /fillers - Kiran - Umesh Aggarwal
Best Mini Series - Time Bomb - Deepa Sahi & Ketan Mehta
Best Music & Film-Based Show - Indian Idol - Miditech Pvt. Ltd.
Best News/Current Affairs Show - Poll Khol - Bag Films Ltd.
Best Serial –Comedy - Sarabhai v/s Sarabhai - Jamnadas Majethia
Best Serial-Drama - Siddhanth - Bag Films Ltd.
Best Talk/Chat Show - The Big Fight - Vikram Chandra
Best Television "Event" - Jai Jawan - Aishwarya Rai In Siachen - NDTV
Best Thriller/Horror Serial - Special Squad - UTV
BEST SINGER - MIILEE - Sonu Nigam
BEST LIFESTYLE SHOW - Men Mange More - (Via Earth Film)
BEST TV DOCUMENTARY - Skeleton Lake - (Miditech Pvt. Ltd.)
BEST TELEFILM - Bali - Genesis Film Productions
BEST ACTRESS IN A NEGATIVE ROLE - Prratima - Sudha Chandran
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE - Kahiin To Hoga - Shabbir Ahluwalia
BEST ACTOR IN A NEGATIVE ROLE - CID (Man Eater) - Makarand Deshpande
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE - Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi - Shilpa Saklani
BEST CHILD ARTISTE - The Chosen One - Pasheen Sajdeh
BEST REALITY SHOW - FAME GURUKUL - (SONY TV)
Jury Technical Awards:
Best Art Direction - Hatim - Mukesh Kalola
Best Audiography - Hatim - Sagar Entertainment
Best Costumes - Hatim - Nikhat Mariyam
Best Dialogues - Sarabhai V/S Sarabhai - Aatish Kapadia
Best Editing - Time Bomb - Pratik Chitalia & Raj Singh
Best Make-up - Hatim - Hari Nawar
Best Teleplay -Astitva - Ek Prem Kahani - Gajra Kottary & Purnendu Shekhar
Best Title Music/Song Track - Remix - Pritam Chakraborty
Best Videography - Time Bomb - Madhusudan Shi & Manoj Mundayat
Best Visual Effects - Hatim - Jyoti Sagar
Popular Awards:
Best Actor - Hiten Tejwani - Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi
Best Actress - Smriti. Z. Irani - Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi
Best Serial - Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi
Best Entertainment Channel - Star Plus
Best Music Channel - MTV
Best News Channel - Aaj Tak
Best Sports Channel - ESPN
BEST CHILDREN’S CHANNEL - Cartoon Network
Best Movie Channel - Zee Cinema
BEST FOREIGN CHANNEL (POPULAR) - BBC