1st Indus Drama Awards

The 1st Indus Drama Awards
Indus Drama Awards Statue and Logo
Awarded for	Excellence in drama achievements.
Sponsor	Dulux
Date	September 23, 2005 October 01, 2005 (televised in Pakistan and UAE)
Location	PAF Museum
Country	Pakistan
Presented by	Indus TV Network
First awarded	2005
Official website	Indus Media Group

External video

Trailer of The 1st Indus Drama Awards

The 1st Indus Drama Awards ceremony, presented by Indus TV Network, sponsored by Dulux, took place on September 23, 2005 at PAF Museum, Karachi. The ceremony was recorded, and was scheduled to be televised in Pakistan and UAE on October 1, 2005 by Indus TV. It was produced by chairman Ghazanfar Ali.

The awards were hosted by actor Shahood Alvi and co-hosted by Sehar Imran.

Ceremony information

Winners, losers, lights, sound, stage, and whole lot more. There were winners, who brought their mothers with them to receive their trophies, and then there were the losers, and there were many of them. The awards were held to honour the industry and its leading people – those who are still alive and those who are no more.

The guests were TV alas, hierarchy of the film world, and technocrats who were called to the stage to hand at the trophies. The drama awards were a follow-up of the IM Music awards, art of the INDUS NETWORK, which were held at the D.H.A Golf Club. The guest list consisted of glitterati that had especially flown in from Lahore. The stage was set majestically against a giant plasma screen and for the first time a live orchestra had been arranged the awards ended up as a race between a select group of drama for which were two categories: The series and the serials. Series consist of the same four plays for each nomination and the same went for the serials, which consist of three players for every nomination.

The four series fighting for the top honours were 'Maa Aur Mamta', 'Ambulance', 'Mera Naam Hai Mohabbat' and 'Karachi law'. Kamran Qureshi’s drama series Maa Aur Mamta was a clear winner with seven awards and it was a touching moment when he brought his mother Shagufta Yousuf to receive it on his behalf. The guests turned up to the nines Natasha D’souza gave the audience a bit of a shock when she descended from the stage in backless Black blouse after she received her trophy for the best supporting actress in 'Ambulance". Shafi Mohammad won the best supporting actor for his role in 'Maa aur Mamta'. The best actress in drama series was Shehla Qureshi for her role in "Mehak" while Humayun Saeed won the equivalent for Mujrim.

While Humayun entertained as part of a dancing troupe it was Sonu who rocked the stage, Sonu performed some nifty footwork to Atif Aslam's remix song 'Woh Lamhe'. Maa and Mamta also won an extra title when Sohail Asghar was conferred a special award for his role of a eunuch called Saima in Murad.

The most moving tribute of all was that of Najam-uz-Zaman, who died a couple of months ago in Canada. Najam was Indus Music's main man and was also one of the few who had started the Indus TV network with Ghazanfar, the current owner.

The best serial writer award went to Umera Ahmed for Wajood-e-Laraib’. The best actress in a drama serial went to Afreen for role in Azal, for which the male counterpart was Faisal Rehman for his contributions in 'Azal' and the best serial was "Wajood-e-Laraib." Adnan Siddiqui, Faisal Qureshi and Fahad Mustafa received the trophy. Adnan dedicated the trophy to his newborn baby, while the rest thanked the crowd for their involvement.

Qavi Khan received a standing ovation for his contributions to the TV world with the late Shahzad Khalil. Ghazanfar himself presented this award to Khalil’s wife Badar Khalil.^[1][2][3]

Awards

Winners are listed first followed by nominees.

Best TV Series Categories
Best TV Series	Best Director Series
Winner: Maa Aur Mamta - Iram Qureshi & Kamran Qureshi[4] Ambulance - Angeline Malik Mera Naam Hai Mohabbat - Ghazanfar Ali Karachi law - Ghazanfar Ali	Winner: Kamran Qureshi - Maa Aur Mamta[5] Angeline Malik - Ambulance Kashif Jaffri - Mera Naam Hai Mohabbat (Teray Kochay Me) Owais Khan - Karachi law (Anjaam)
Best Actor Series	Best Actress Series
Winner: Humayun Saeed - Maa Aur Mamta (Mujrim) Tauqeer Nasir - Maa Aur Mamta (Mazloom)[6] Imran Abbas - Mera Naam Hai Mohabbat (Teray Kochay Me) Talat Hussain - Karachi law (Anjaam)	Winner: Shehla Qureshi –Maa Aur Mamta (Mehak) Ghazal Salam - Maa Aur Mamta (Mazloom)[7] Rubina Ashraf - Maa Aur Mamta (Masoom) Javeria Saud - Mera Naam Hai Mohabbat (Teray Kochay Me)
Best Supporting Actor Series	Best Supporting Actress Series
Winner: Shafi Muhammad Shah - Maa Aur Mamta (Mannat)[8] Shakeel - Mera Naam Hai Mohabbat (Teray Kochay Me) Sohail Asghar - Karachi law (Anjaam) Adnan Shah (Tipu) - Ambulance (Naya Rang)	Winner: Natasha D’souza –Ambulance (Naya Rang)[9] Sara Loren - Mera Naam Hai Mohabbat (Teray Kochay Me) Tehreem Zuberi - Maa Aur Mamta (Mujrim) Ayesha Sana - Karachi law (Anjaam)
Best TV Series Writer	Special Award
Winner: Zafar Mairaj - Maa Aur Mamta (Masoom) Dr. Waseem - Ambulance (Naya Rang)[10] Zoha Hassan - Mera Naam Hai Mohabbat (Teray Kochay Mein) Pervaiz Watto - Karachi law (Anjaam)	Winner: Sohail Asghar - Special Award for outstanding performance in Murad (Maa Aur Mamta)[11]
Best Serial Categories
Best Serial	Best Director Serial
Winner: Wujood-e-Laraib - Sakina Samo Bheegi Palkain - Ghazanfar Ali[12] Azal - Owais Khan	Winner: Sakina Samo- Wujood-e-Laraib Irfan Ahmad - Bheegi Palkain[13] Owais Khan - Azal
Best Actor Serial	Best Actress Serial
Winner: Faisal Rehman - Azal[14] Adnan Siddiqui - Wujood-e-Laraib Fahad Mustafa - Bheegi Palkain	Winner: Afreen - Azal[15] Faiza Hassan - Wujood-e-Laraib Fiza Ali - Bheegi Palkain
Best Supporting Actor Serial	Best Supporting Actress Serial
Winner: Faisal Qureshi - Wujood-e-Laraib Farhan Ali Agha - Bheegi Palkain[16] Hameed Sheikh - Azal	Winner: Sonia Khan - Bheegi Palkain[17] Madiha Gohar - Azal Zeba Ali - Wujood-e-Laraib
Best TV Serial Writer
Winner: Umera Ahmed - Wujood-e-Laraib[18] Tahira Wasti - Bheegi Palkain Owais Khan - Azal
Best Sitcom Categories
Best Sitcom Writer	Best Director Sitcom
Winner: Sajid Hasan Vasay Chaudhry Syed Nabeel	Winner: Ahmed Zain Sajid Hasan Fawad Wyne
Best Actor Sitcom	Best Actress Sitcom
Winner: Behroze Sabzwari Ismail Tara Ahmad Ali Butt	Winner: Samina Ahmad Mehak Ali Farah Tufail
Best Magazine Show
Winner: Rizwan Jaffar

Honorary Indus Drama Awards

The Indus Media Group presented Special Awards during the ceremony, that usually are not a part of specific category, but a special honor for artists related to drama.

Special Contribution for Script Writing

• Ashfaq Ahmed

Special Contribution for Comedy

• Moin Akhtar

Special Award for Outstanding Contribution to TV

• Shahzad Khalil^[19]

Special Contributing to Drama

• Qavi Khan^[20]

Special Award for Direction of Fifty Fifty

• Shoaib Mansoor

Special Award for outstanding performance in Murad

• Sohail Asghar^[21]

Special Award for Tribute

• Najam-uz-Zaman (Award received by Najam-uz-Zaman's Mother)^[22]

Special Award for performance in Fifty Fifty

• Zeba Shahnaz^[23]

Multiple Awards and Nominations

Series with multiple nominations The following 4 series received multiple nominations: Nominations Series 11 Maa Aur Mamta 5 Ambulance 7 Mera Naam Hai Mohabbat 6 Karachi law

Series with multiple awards The following four series received multiple awards: Awards Series 7 Maa Aur Mamta 1 Ambulance 0 Mera Naam Hai Mohabbat 0 Karachi law

Serial with multiple nominations The following 4 series received multiple nominations: Nominations Series 7 Wujood-e-Laraib 7 Bheegi Palkain 7 Azal

Serial with multiple awards The following four series received multiple awards: Awards Series 4 Wujood-e-Laraib Bheegi Palkain 2 Azal

Presenters and performers

The following individuals and groups, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers.

Presenters

Name(s)	Role
Moin Akhter Mahnoor Baloch	Presenters of the awards for Best Director Drama Series
Rubina Ashraf Shakeel	Presenters of the award for Best Writer Drama Series
Fariha Pervez Faisal Qureshi	Presenter of the award for Best Drama Series Award
Firdous Jamal Sonia Rehman	Presenters of the award for Best Actress Drama Series in a Leading Role
Aijaz Aslam Badar Khalil	Presenters of the award for Best Actress Drama Series in a Supporting Role
Saba Hameed Faisal Rehman	Presenters of the award for Best Actor Drama Series in a Leading Role
Arjumand Rahim Adnan Siddiqui	Presenters of the award for Best Actor Drama Series in a Supporting Role
Irfan Khoosat	Presenters of the award for Best Director Drama Serial
Shamil Khan Sania Saeed	Presenter of the award for Best Writer Serial
Ali Azmat Saira Kazmi	Presenters of the award for Best TV Serial
Sohail Ansar Qavi Khan	Presenters of the awards for Best Actress Drama Serial in a Leading Role
Ayesha Omer Ather Ansari	Presenters of the award for Best Actress Drama Serial in a Supporting Role
Vaneeza Ahmad Bilal Jaudet	Presenters of the awards for Best Actor Drama Serial in a Leading Role
Sohail Asghar Arjumand Rahim	Presenters of the awards for Best Actor Drama Serial in a Supporting Role
Maria Wasti	Presenters of the award for of Best Director for Sitcom
Sadaf Pervaiz	Presenters of the award for of Best Magazine Show
Humayun Saeed	Presenter of Special Award for performance in Comedy Series Fifty Fifty
Irfan Khoosat Sania Saeed	Presenter of Special Award for Director of Comedy Series Fifty Fifty
Sultana Siddiqui	Presenter of Special Award for Outstanding Performance in Acting for Murad
Saira Kazmi	Presenter of the award for Special Award for Comedy
Atiqa Odho	Presenters of the award for Special Award for Tribute (After Death)
Nadeem Saeed Babra Sharif	Presenter of the award for Special Award for Contribution in Drama
Shakeel	Presenter of the award for Special Award for Script Writing
Ghazanfar Ali Agha Nasir	Presenters of the awards for Special Award for Outstanding Contribution to TV

Performers

Name(s)	Role	Performed
Humayun Saeed with Dance Group[24]	Performer	on a musical numbers 'O Baby Dance with me' 'Sali to Mani nahi' by Shehzad Roy & 'Us ke Ankhon me Jado'.
Fariha Pervez with Sonu Dangerous[25]	Performer	on a musical number 'Dil Ko Na Rokna'.
Sara Loren with Dance Group	Performer	on a musical number 'Kajraray'.
Aijaz Aslam with Dance Group	Performer	on a musical number 'Kajraray'.
Faisal Qureshi with Dance Group	Performer	on a musical number 'Kajraray'.
Sonu Dangerous with Dance Group	Performer	on a musical numbers 'Meri Ankheyan' 'Ap Ke Kashish' 'Woh Lamhay'.
Nad-e-Ali with Dance Group	Performer	on a musical number 'If You Wanna Live your Life' 'Man Oma Deyam'.

See also

• Indus Telefilm Festival
• Lux Style Awards
• Hum Awards

References

1. "Indus Drama Awards". Indus Entertainment. Indus Media Group. Retrieved 30 March 2006.
2. "The 1st Indus Drama Awards". IMDb. Internet movie database. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
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21. "Special Awards for outstanding performance in Murad". dailymotions. Indus TV Network. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
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25. "Performances: Fariha Pervaiz, Nad-e-Ali". dailymotion. Indus TV Network. Retrieved 1 July 2015.

External links

• 1st Indus Drama Awards at the Internet Movie Database
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