1st Hum Awards – Wikipedia

The 1st Servis Hum Awards Ceremony (referred to as Hum Awards), presented by the Hum Television Network and Entertainment Channel (HTNEC) honour the best dramas of 2012 of Hum and to honour achievement in Fashion and Music. The ceremony took place on 12 March, 2013, at the Expo Center in Karachi^[3] and was televised on 28 April 2013. During the ceremony, the Hum Channel presented Awards in 24 regular categories along with in 3 honorary and in 2 special categories. The ceremony was televised in Pakistan by Hum TV.

The events were hosted by Mikaal Zulfiqar, Mahira Khan, Vasay Chaudhry.^[4] During the ceremony, additional Honorary Awards were presented by host Bushra Ansari.^[5]

Shehr-e-Zaat won three awards including Best Drama Serial for Momina Duraid, Abdullah Kadwani & Asad Qureshi. Mere Qatil Mere Dildar won two awards, including Best Supporting Actress for Shagufta Ejaz. Sanjha won two awards including Best Director for Farooq Rind. Humsafar also won two awards. Mahira Khan won the Best Actress award for her role in Shehr-e-Zaat. Noman Ejaz won Best Actor for portraying the promising character in Bari Aapa.^[6]

Winners and nominees[edit]

The nominees for public voting were announced on 20 February, 2013, and the rest of the categories were announced on 12 March 2013, through the official website of HUM TV and by Mikaal Zulfiqar Host of 1st Annual Hum Awards, and actress Mahira Khan. Seven categories were set to be open for voting by viewers.^[7]

Awards[edit]

Winners are listed first. ^[8]

Television[edit]

Music[edit]

Fashion[edit]

Honorary Hum Awards[edit]

Hosted by Bushra Ansari, the honorary awards in TV and Music categories are presented to Pakistani artists.

Lifetime Achievement Award

Hum Honorary Award in Music

Hum Honorary Most Challenging Subject Award

Hum Honorary Award in Television

Hum Honorary Phenomenal Serial Award

Dramas with multiple awards and nominations[edit]

Presenters and performers[edit]

The following individuals were presented awards or performed musical numbers.

Presenters[edit]

Performers[edit]

Ceremony Information[edit]

The 1st Hum Awards were presented by Servis and powered by Telenor, Talk Shawlk and Nokia Lumia. The music was composed by Waqar Ali.
In addition to hosting, the co-host Vasay Chaudry was the script writer, arranger, and writer of the ceremony. The main hosts were nominated for Best Actor in a lead role and Best Actress in a lead role.

Voting Trend and Summary[edit]

Voting Trend for 1st Hum Awards was very genuine and authentic. Awards have both involvement of Jury and Audience. At launching of Hum Awards Shazia Ramzi announces the voting trend and Categories for which the actors were nominated. Out of the 32 categories, seven categories are Viewers’ Choice.^[10][11] Voting for viewers’ choice was did through IVR, SMS & on Hum TV official Website from 20 February – 5 March 2013^[12](Voting and Nominations are closed now)
The other categories will be judged by a specialist jury and includes, Best On-Screen Couple for which Fawad Khan and Mahira Khan are nominees for their appearance in the extremely popular series, Humsafar among others.

Reception[edit]

The show received a mixed reception from media outlets and print publications, generally lauding Mahira Khan as a Host. People praise her much as a host. Mikaal also did a good job being doing a first full-fledged hosting. The whole ceremony was praised and watched by Pakistanis with full zenith, zeal and zest across the Globe.

Ali Pir Gul nomination[edit]

Pakistani comedian turned singer Ali Pir Gul was nominated at Hum awards in Music field but the team and management skips his nomination without knowing him which turned this news to a controversy.^[13][14][15]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

Official websites

News resources

Analysis