IDEA ITA 7th Annual Indian Television Academy Awards 2007 Announced..

Finally the much awaited “Idea ITA 7th Annual Acedemy Awards” have been announced in a gala show held on Sunday 9th December, 2007 at Bhavan’s ground, Andheri. It was a Grand event with the who’s who of the television industry attending, and a wide range of stars performing for the live audience.

The Convenor, ITA while commenting on the transparent nature of judging said, “An eminent jury comprising of stalwarts like Lekh Tandon, Johnny Bakshi, Shrabani deodhar, Javed Sayyed, Vinod Ganatra, S.C. Sehgal, Dharam Gulati, Umesh Gupta, Uday Shanker Pani, Achut Vaze and Dhananjay Kulkarni were part of a two-tier jury system. Their choices were then sent to EIKONA (an independent agency) to choose the eventual winners, which were revealed only on the day of the awards.”

Anu Ranjan, President – ITA, Mr.Jayyant Bhokare, Vice President – Business Development & NTR Sales Head, BIG Reach and Mr. Sanjeev Agha, Managing Director – Idea Cellular, all showed their delight to be celebrating and witnessing Television’s one of the biggest event.

The awards were punctuated by brilliant performances by TV-stars with rare razzle-dazzle. The show saw the who’s who of the television industry attending with a wide range of stars performing for the live audience. Some of the television stars performing at the event were Arjun Bijlani, Vikas Manaktala, Priyanka Bassi, Suhasi Parakh Madan, Kushal Punjabi, Chaitanya, Jennifer Winglet, Manish Raisinghania, Sumeet Raghvan, Aashka Goradia , Pulkit Samrat, Sarah Khan, Parul Chauhan, Kashmira Shah & Krishna. There were special performances by the singing stars including Ishmeet (Voice Of India), Meiyang Chang, Parleen Gill, Abhishek Kumar & Suhit Gosain (Indian Idol). The other performers included Bharti Achrekar & Anjan Shrivastav(Wagle Ki duniya), Bhavana Balsavar, Ashiesh Roy, Sooraj Thapar, Amit Mistry, Jumma Shivani & Krishna who regaled the audiences with their comic acts.

Apart from the performances and the winners, was the star-studded array of Anchors including Big 92.7 FM RJ Rohit with Shonali Nagrani, Sunil Grover with Manini De, Aman Verma & Big RJ 92.7 FM Archana Jani. The entire television industry was present in full attendance at the biggest awards of the small screen.

Here's THe Winners' List..

1. Best Serial – Drama (Jury)  Baa Bahoo aur baby    Hats off Prodn

(JD Majethia & Aatish Kapadia)

1. Idea Champion Popular Show of the Year Banoo Mein Teri Dulhan  Shakuntalam Telefilms
2. Best Serial – Comdey (Jury)   Naya Office Office  Eagle Films Pvt Ltd
3. Best Actor – Drama (Jury)   Darshan Dave   Ghar Ek Sapna
4. Best Actress – Drama (Jury)   Sarita Joshi   Baa Bahoo aur Baby
5. BEST ACTOR (POPULAR)  RAJAT TOKAS  Dharti Ka Veer Prithiviraj Chauhan
6. BEST ACTRESS (POPULAR)  DIVYANKA TRIPATHI  BANOO MEIN TERI DULHAN
7. Best Actor (Comedy)   Pankaj Kapoor   Naya Office Office
8. Best Actress (Comedy)   Sucheta Trivedi   Baa Bahoo aur Baby
9. Best Thriller / Horror Serial (Jury) SSSHH… Phir Koi Hai  Contiloe Films (Abhimanyu Singh)
10. Best Historical / Mythological (Jury)  Dharti ka veer Prithiviraj Chauhan  Moti Sagar
11. Best Director – Drama (Jury)  Santam Verma   Virrrudh
12. Best Director – Comedy (Jury)  Rajiv Mehra   Naya Office Office
13. Best Actor in supporting role (Jury)  Paresh Ganatra   Baa Bahoo Aur Baby
14. Best Actress in supporting role (Jury) Achint Kaur   Virrudh
15. Best Actor in negative role (Jury)  Rajesh Khattar   Kumkum – Pyara sa bandhan
16. Best Actress in negative role (Jury)  Ashwini Kalsekar   Kasamh Se
17. Idea Glamour Star of the Year – Male Aditya Narayan   
18. Idea Glamour Star of the Year – Female Priyanka Bassi
19. Best Talk / Chat Show (Jury)  Koffee with Karan  SOL
20. Best Anchor – Talk / Chat Show (Jury) Karan Johar   Koffee with Karan
21. Best Music & Film Based Show (Jury) Hero Honda Sare Ga Ma Pa 2007 Zee Telefilms pvt ltd
22. Best Anchor Music / Film Based Show (Jury) Javed & Naved Jafferi Boogie Woogie
23. Best News / Current Affaris Show (Jury)  Nithari Special   NDTV
24. Best Anchor News / Current Affaris Show (Jury) Cyrus Broacha   The week that wasn’t
25. Best Game Show / Quiz Show (Jury) Close Up Music Masti aur Dhoom High Definition TV
26. Best Anchor Game / Quiz Show (Jury) Arshad Warsi    BIG Boss
27. Best Anchor – Popular Male  Rajdeep Sardesai   CNN IBN
28. Best Anchor – Popular Female  Barkha Dutt   NDTV
29. Best Entertainment Channel (Popular) Star Plus  
30. Best Hindi News Channel (Popular) Aaj Tak
31. Best English News Channel (Popular) CNN IBN
32. Best Business News Channel (Popular) CNBC TV 18
33. Best Reality Show (Jury)   BIG BOSS   Endemol India
34. Best Children’s Programme (Jury)  MAD   Turner Intl India PVt Ltd (POGO)
35. BEST CHILD ARTISTE (JURY)   SWINI KHARA  BAA BAHOO AUR BABY
36. Best Cookery Show (Jury)   Khana Khazana  Khana Khazana

Reporter: Piyush Rathi
Pictures: Piyush Rathi
Slideshow by: Barnali