Pakistan Media Awards
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The Pakistan Media Awards, commonly known as The PMA, are a set of awards given annually for radio, TV, film and theatre achievements. The award is a statuette representing a knight with a star on the chest. Its official named is a Pakistan Media Award of Merit.
| Pakistan Media Awards | |
|---|---|
| Current: 5th Pakistan Media Awards | |
| Awarded for | Excellence in Radio, TV, film and theatre achievements |
| Country | Pakistan |
| First awarded | 2010 |
| Website | pakistanmediaaward |
The awards were first given in 2010. PMA focuses on media achievements including all the occupations comes under media. In television category awards are awarded in talk shows, news channels, reality programs, dramas, sitcoms, daily soaps, and the fashion industry, while awards also acknowledged the efforts of artist in films, radio and specially PMA endeavor to revive theatre industry through this platform.
The 3rd Pakistan Media Awards were held on 30 November 2012 at Expo Centre in Karachi, Sindh. Previously the 4th Pakistan Media Awards were scheduled on 28 December 2013 but due to overwhelming amounts of online votings and on persistent requests of voters, the ceremony was rescheduled for 11 January 2014 at Expo Center, Karachi.[1][2]
History
The first formal ceremony was held on 7th April 2010 at Karachi Carlton Hotel. Awards were presented in four categories: TV, Film, Radio and Theatre. Organizer and C.E.O of PMA Arshad Siddiqui said that the purpose behind the event was to re-live the Pakistani film industry. He said though he and other private sector were trying to play their level best the cold behavior of government was quite illogical.[3]
The 1st Pakistan Media Awards was held in 2010.[4]2nd Pakistan Media Awards was held on 7 May 2011 at Carlton Hotel, Karachi. Awards hosts were Faisal Qureshi and Aijaz Aslam.,[5] The 3rd Pakistan Media Awards was held on 30 November 2012 in Karachi.[6]
PMA Statuette
Structure of PMA Statuette
- Official name: Pakistan Media Award of Merit,
- Height: 12½ inches [CONVERT]
- Weight: 8 pounds [CONVERT]
- Color: Dull Shiny Golden,
- Represents: Pakistan Media Achievements
- Design: A knight having star on his chest, standing on a reel of film.
- Manufacturing time: 9 weeks for 85 Statuettes
- Number of Awards Presented: 90 (as of 1st ceremony)
Design
Pakistan Media Award representing a knight having Star on chest standing on a film reel, it is designed and manufacture by, Triple-E PVT. Limited. PMA statuette has a resemblance with American film award named as Oscar or Academy Award, which also represents a knight holding a sword standing on film reel. The PMA statuette having stars represents the excellent achievements of winners and artist awarded that year.
Nomination
Voters
Since 2010, every year voting generates into two types:
- Viewers Choice Awards
- Jury Choice Awards
in viewer's choices award some popular categories set to open for public voting and awarded that categories upon highest votes by public but the others is opposite and completely voted and viewed by Jury panel. as of 1st Pakistan Media Awards, multiple categories from Film, TV, Radio and theatre were set to open for public voting, for 2nd Pakistan Media Awards collective voting for all categories was 100,000 in history of Pakistan and rest of awards were completely judges and jury based.
The 3rd and upcoming 4th Pakistan Media Awards, rescheduled due to high demand of voting time for the categories open for public, more than of deadline date of votings, Triple-E receives thousands request for extending the date of voting.
Rules
According to Rules of PMA, in film category, a film must open in the previous calendar year from 1 January to 31 December, in Pakistan to qualify, e.g.; if a movie released in 2010 and did not play its PMA-qualifying run in Pakistan will not be qualify for 2010 awards until its completes its screening to qualify for next ceremony. Film must be feature-length, defined as a minimum of 40 minutes, except for short subject awards, and it must exist either on a 35 mm film or 70 mm film print or in 24 frame/s or 48 frame/s progressive scan digital cinema format with native resolution not less than 1280x720.
For Television category, a Drama, soap, telefilm, teleserial, play or sitcom must be from previous year of the ceremony and must have its qualify run, for TV category it is not must that a Drama should have completed its running a drama, soap etc. can be nominated every year till it completes it finale season or final episode.
Radio and Theatre category are awarded according to the year-to-year achievements of the artist and personalities.
Ceremony
Telecast
Pakistan Media Awards telecast recorded, mostly the ceremony held in late months of year, but as of current ceremony for the first time, ceremony was scheduled in last month of the year to honour the dramas and media achievements of 2012, but due to extension of public poll nominations date it is scheduled in early Jan 2014. For 4th Pakistan Media Awards the ceremony will be honoured the cinematic year of 2012 and 2013 both.
Awards also hold a 45-minute pre-show or notoriously called red carpet, special host(s) interviewed VIPs or Celebrities who are nominated for that ceremony, this is also televised show, and telecast half an hour earlier from the show or one day prior to the show.
Award ceremonies
Pakistan Media Awards has pulled in a bigger haul when box-office hits are favoured to win the Best Picture trophy, Best Television Serial trophy and in others respected categories, ceremony gained a huge attention in 2nd Award Ceremony when Triple-E provide an exceptionally wide range of categories to be awarded.
| Ceremony | Date | Host(s) | Awarded for the cinematic year | Length of ceremony | Rating | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Pakistan Media Awards | 7 April 2010 | Javeria Saud Sahir Lodhi | 2009 in film 2009 in television | 1 hours, 45 minutes | 11.1 | Karachi Carlton Hotel |
| 2nd Pakistan Media Awards | 7 May 2011 | Faisal Qureshi Aijaz Aslam | 2010 in film 2010 in television | 2 hours, 10 minutes | 15.1 | |
| 3rd Pakistan Media Awards | 30 November 2012 | Urooj Nasir Ahsan Khan | 2011 in film 2011 in television | 2 hours, 30 minutes | 8.1 | Karachi Expo Centre |
| 4th Pakistan Media Awards | 28 December 2013 (previous) 11 January 2014 (current) | Shamoon Abbasi | 2012 & 2013 in film 2012 & 2013 television | 2 hours, 45 minutes | 6.8 |
Notes:
- Due to city fragile and unarmed circumstances, Triple-E on security grounds rescheduled and extend the 3rd award ceremony date.
- Due to Overwhelming response from the public on online votings for the public poll of selected online nominations, Triple-E shift the date of Ceremony in year 2014, as per the high demand of public to extend the voting days for nominations, but, awards will be awarded for cinematic or media year of 2012.
Venue
For the first and second ceremony PMA were presented at Karachi Carlton Hotel in 2010 and 2011 respectively. For the third ceremony awards were held at Expo Centre Karachi, where most of the country events held, expo center is the also scheduled venue for the upcoming 4th Pakistan Media Awards.
Pakistan Media Award for Best Film
| Year | Winners |
|---|---|
| 2009 | Ramchand Pakistani |
| 2010 | Channa Sachi Muchi |
| 2011 | Bol |
| 2012/2013 | Main Hoon Shahid Afridi |
Pakistan Media Award for Best Film Director
| Year | Winners |
|---|---|
| 2009 | Sangeeta |
| 2010 | Syed Noor-Wohti Lay Kay Jani Aai |
| 2011 | Shoaib Mansoor-Bol |
| 2012/2013 | Syed Ali Raza Usama-Main Hoon Shahid Afridi |
Pakistan Media Award for Best Film Actor
| Year | Winners |
|---|---|
| 2009 | Moammar Rana |
| 2010 | Shaan Shahid-Wohti Lay Kay Jani Aai |
| 2011 | Moammar Rana-Love Mein Ghum |
| 2012/2013 | Mohib Mirza-Seedlings |
Pakistan Media Award for Best Film Actress
| Year | Winners |
|---|---|
| 2009 | Meera |
| 2010 | Saima Noor-Wohti Lay Kay Jani Aai |
| 2011 | Humaima Malick-Bol |
| 2012/2013 | Aamina Sheikh-Josh: Independence Through Unity |
Pakistan Media Award for Best TV Serial
Pakistan Media Award for Best TV Director
| Year | Winners |
|---|---|
| 2009 | Babar Javed-Ishq Junoon Deewangi (Hum TV) |
| 2010 | Haissam Hussain-Dastaan (Hum TV) |
| 2011 | Sarmad Khoosat-Humsafar (Hum TV) |
| 2012/2013 | Sultana Siddiqui-Zindagi Gulzar Hai (Hum TV) |
Pakistan Media Award for Best TV Actor
| Year | Winners |
|---|---|
| 2009 | Faysal Quraishi-Meri Unsuni Kahani (Hum TV) |
| 2010 | Fawad Khan-Dastaan (Hum TV) |
| 2011 | Faysal Quraishi-Roag (ARY Digital) |
| 2012/2013 | Faysal Quraishi-Adhoori Aurat (Geo TV) |
Pakistan Media Award for Best TV Actress
| Year | Winners |
|---|---|
| 2009 | Ayesha Khan-Haroon To Piya Teri (TV One) |
| 2010 | Sanam Baloch-Dastaan (Hum TV) |
| 2011 | Mahira Khan-Humsafar (Hum TV) |
| 2012/2013 | Mahira Khan-Shehr-e-Zaat (Hum TV) |
Pakistan Media Award for Best TV Supporting Actor
| Year | Winners |
|---|---|
| 2009 | Adnan Siddiqui-Ishq Junoon Deewangi (Hum TV) |
| 2010 | Ahsan Khan-Dastaan (Hum TV) |
| 2011 | Mohib Mirza-Roag (ARY Digital) |
| 2012/2013 | Shamoon Abbasi-Ghayal (A Plus) |
Pakistan Media Award for Best TV Supporting Actress
| Year | Winners |
|---|---|
| 2009 | Juggan Kazim-Meri Unsuni Kahani (Hum TV) |
| 2010 | Saba Qamar-Dastaan (Hum TV) |
| 2011 | Naveen Waqar-Humsafar (Hum TV) |
| 2013 | Sabreen Hisbani-Aunn Zara (A Plus) |
Pakistan Media Award for Best TV Writer
| Year | Winnera |
|---|---|
| 2009 | Umera Ahmed-Malaal (Hum TV) |
| 2010 | Attiya Daud-Husn Ara Kaun (TV One) |
| 2011 | ?? |
| 2012/2013 | Umera Ahmed-Zindagi Gulzar Hai (Hum TV) |
Pakistan Media Award for Best TV Original Soundtrack
| Year | Winners |
|---|---|
| 2011 | ?? |
| 2012/2013 | Aasmanon Pay Likha-Sohail Haider (Geo TV) |
Pakistan Media Award for Best Telefilm
Pakistan Media Award for Best TV Soap
| Year | Winners |
|---|---|
| 2009 | Tujh Pe Qurban (ARY Digital) |
| 2010 | Samdhan (Hum TV) |
| 2011 | ?? |
| 2012/2013 | Not Awarded |
Pakistan Media Award for Best Sitcom
| Year | Winners |
|---|---|
| 2009 | Bulbulay (ARY Digital) |
| 2010 | Bulbulay (ARY Digital) |
| 2011 | Bulbulay (ARY Digital) |
| 2012/2013 | Kis Din Mera Viyah Howay Ga (Geo TV) |
Pakistan Media Award for Best Morning Show
| Year | Winners |
|---|---|
| 2009 | She's on One with Sahir (TV One) |
| 2010 | Muskurati Morning (TV One) |
| 2011 | ?? |
| 2012/2013 | Satellite: Muskurati Morning (TV One) |
| Terrestrial: Morning with Farah (ATV) |
Pakistan Media Award for Best Morning Show Anchor
| Year | Winners |
|---|---|
| 2009 | Sahir Lodhi-She's on One with Sahir (TV One) |
| 2010 | Faysal Quraishi-Muskurati Morning (TV One) |
| 2011 | ?? |
| 2012/2013 | Not Awarded |
Pakistan Media Award for Best Male Singer
| Year | Winners |
|---|---|
| 2010 | Rahat Fateh Ali Khan |
| 2011 | ?? |
| 2012/2013 | Rahat Fateh Ali Khan |
Pakistan Media Award for Best Female Singer
| Year | Winners |
|---|---|
| 2010 | Fariha Pervez |
| 2011 | ?? |
| 2012/2013 | Fariha Pervez |
Pakistan Media Award for Best Theatre
| Year | Winners |
|---|---|
| 2010 | Napa Repertory Theatre (Napa) |
| 2011 | ?? |
| 2012/2013 | Panway 14 August-Dawar Mehmood |
Pakistan Media Award for Best Male Model
| Year | Winners |
|---|---|
| 2010 | Harib |
| 2011 | ?? |
| 2012/2013 | Omer Shahzad |
Pakistan Media Award for Best Female Model
| Year | Winners |
|---|---|
| 2010 | Nadia Hussain |
| 2011 | Ayyan |
| 2012/2013 | Ayyan |
Pakistan Media Award for Best Fashion Designer
| Year | Winners |
|---|---|
| 2010 | Amir Adnan |
| 2011 | ?? |
| 2012/2013 | Zainab Chottani |
Pakistan Media Award for Best Makeup Artist
| Year | Winners |
|---|---|
| 2010 | Saba Ansari-Sabs The Salon |
| 2011 | ?? |
| 2012/2013 | Angie Marshall-Angie's Salon and Institute |
PMA News Categories
| Year | Category | Winners |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Best Newscaster (Male) | Salman Hassan (Samaa TV) |
| Best Newscaster (Female) | Kiran Rizvi (Aaj News) | |
| Best Current Affairs Anchor (Male) | Kashif Abbasi (ARY News) | |
| Best Current Affairs Anchor (Female) | Asma Chaudhry (Dunya News) | |
| 2011 | ?? | ?? |
| 2012/2013 | Best Newscaster (Male) | Syed Ali Haider (Express News) |
| Best Newscaster (Female) | Ayesha Bakhsh (Geo News) | |
| Best Current Affairs Program | Mumkin-Asma Chaudhry (Duniya News) |
PMA Radio Categories
| Year | Category | Winners |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Best Radio Jockey | Sahir Lodhi |
| Best Radio Late Night Program | Aakhir-E-Shab | |
| Best Radio Morning Program | Half Fry | |
| Best Radio Program | Sahir Lodhi Show | |
| 2010 | Best Radio Jockey (Male) | Dr. Ejaz Waris |
| Best Radio Jockey (Female) | Naveen Waqar | |
| 2011 | ?? | ?? |
| 2012/2013 | Best Radio Jockey (Male) | Adeel Azhar |
| Best Radio Jockey (Female) | Sulmeen Ansari |
Special categories
The Special Pakistan Media Awards are voted on by special committees, rather than by the Triple-E membership as a whole. They are not always presented on a consistent annual basis. Following is the listing of Pakistan Media Awards Special categories since 2010.
Life Time Achievement Award
| Year | Winners |
|---|---|
| 2009 | Moin Akhtar |
| 2010 | Mehdi Hassan |
| Lehri | |
| 2011 | ?? |
| 2012/2013 | Anwar Maqsood |
- Special Recognition Award
Associated events
- Nomination luncheon
- Invitation Event
- Making of Awards
- Awards Pre-Show
- Winners Bash party
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See also
References
- ^ "PMA to be held in Karachi". admin work. events in Karachi. 19 December 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
- ^ . admin work. cybotainment. 1 December 2013. Archived from the original on 5 December 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
- ^ "2nd PMA". Asad Farooq. 9 May 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
- ^ "The PMA 2010". Retrieved 19 December 2013.
- ^ "Second Pakistan Media Awards held in vivid ceremony". Daily Times. 9 May 2011. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
- ^ "3rd Pakistan Media Awards". pakistantoday.com. 12 October 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
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External links
- Official Website
- PMA official website