Hum Awards
| Hum Awards | |
|---|---|
 1st Hum Awards | |
 Hum Award Statuette | |
| Awarded for | Excellence in TV, fashion and music achievements. |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Presented by | Hum Television Network and Entertainment Channel |
| First awarded | 2013 |
| Official website | hum.tv/humawards/ |
The Hum Awards, are a set of awards given annually for excellence of achievements in Hum Television Channel Entertainment, Fashion and Music industry of Pakistan. The Hum statuette is a Urdu alphabet symbol called Hum which officially named the Hum Awards of Merit representing its channel name. Organized and overseen by Hum Television Network and Entertainment Channel. The awards are given each year (2013 to onwards) at a formal ceremony of Hum Channel. The Awards are the effort of Channel's CEO Sultana Siddiqui who announced the awards of her own channel dramas and for Fashion and music in late 2012 and Officially announced in front of Media in 12 February 2013.
The awards reputed now as a official ceremony of hum tv to honor fashion, music and its only television performances. Awards has been given in more than a dozen categories, and includes dramas of various types. Hum channel and company present the awards only to its own channel dramas, but in Fashion and music, hum honor all the artists from the country. This is a first kind of its awards in pakistan being of pakistan's highest rated global tv channel, due to its dramas classification and management. The eight spectacular years of hum gained a high popularity in pakistan after representing number of rated Talk shows, Reality programs, Dramas, Sitcoms, Daily soaps and many other.
1st Hum Awards were held on March 12, 2013 but officially telecast on April 28, 2013 at the Expo Center in Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town, Karachi, Pakistan.[1] The awards garnered great attention and viewed by millions of people in Pakistan. Hum Awards officially set this awards its annual event and from 2013 onward the ceremony will be held in between April–March to honor TV Starlets and Hum Channel Media/Entertainment Industry.
History
Hum TV is the biggest and most watched television global medium in Pakistan.[citation needed] Hum Television Network and Entertainment Channel is subsidiary of hum tv that generate from its branch to appreciate its work and artist. Hum TV launches its first broadcasting in 2005 and with in 2 years it became a global TV channel surpassing others in rating and viewership.
It is the first brand of Hum Network Limited (KSE:HUMNL). Being becoming one of leading entertainment media hum channel started its own Awards to honor its tv artist and artist or actors from fashion and music all over the Pakistan. Hum on-aired its first award ceremony on March 12, 2013 and broadcast on 28 April 2013 across the globe. ceremony receive extravagant reception for being of its first type of awards in Pakistan.
Hum Honor artist of its own channel in only one field of TV and rest of two fields fashion and music were panned in artist across the country. 1st Hum Awards awarded artist in 32 categories for three major field Television (Only Hum TV), Music and Fashion, the ceremony garnered viewership of over 5 million people in Pakistan and overseas.
Journey of Hum Awards
HUM Network got the show on the road with a clear mission through the launch of its flagship channel, HUM TV, back in 2005. From its very first year HUM TV was acclaimed for its pristine productions, succeeding not only in becoming an internationally celebrated home-grown entertainment network but also helping to bring back a large segment of viewers that had been lost to Indian soap operas at that point in time. HUM TV became the life-breath of a dying industry, universally hailed for the revival of television drama industry as we once knew it.
Amidst premier blockbusters such as Man-o-Salwa, JhumkaJaan, Manay Na Ye Dil, Khamoshiyan, Mere Pass Pass, Aashti, Qaid-e-Tanhai, Noor Pur Ki Rani, Tair-e-Lahoti, Dastaan, Mere Qatil Mere Dildar, Pani Jaisa Pyar, Maat, Main Abdul Qadir Hoon, and Humsafar Hum TV brought home the fact that Pakistani dramas have not lost their poignancy and appeal, and today, it stands as the undisputed flag-bearer of the local television industry.
Launching of Hum Awards
As a reputed part of Pakistani Media, under immense President Ship of Sultana Siddiqui, on February 12, 2013 here at Hum Network head office, General Manager Public relations and publications Shanaz Ramzi virtuously announced First Hum Awards in a press consultation consisted of selected journalists of Pakistani media industry. Shanaz Ramzi started her words in a very enthusiastic tone and blissful mood, giving crispy comments to late comers. For a very elongated time Hum TV has been noticing that Pakistani talent is getting international sustain so why not giving it acknowledgment and glory all around the globe because Hum believes that awards work like energy drinks for an artist. The sole motive of Hum Awards is to give tribute to artists with them for eight years and especially to hearten and motivate those projects that were on aired from January 2012 to December 2012.[2][3]
Hum statuette
Structure of Hum Statuette and representation
- Official Name: Hum Award® of Merit,
- Height: 11 inches,
- Weight: 6½ pounds,
- Color: Dull Golden,
- Represents: Hum TV logo
- Design: A Urdu Alphabet "ہم", which is also a TV logo of hum channel, describe "WE-NO ONE LIKE US"
- Designer: Hum Channel
- Manufacturing time: 6 weeks for 65 Statuettes
- Number of Awards Presented: 62 (as of 1st ceremony)
Design
Hum award is the representation of Hm channel logo, describing the tagline of channel "We-No One Like Us", also it is the one of the urdu alphabet, design manufacture by hum management. As of first ceremony this is the first style of tropy and hence Mahira Khan and Noman Ejaz become the pioneer and first holder of most important Best actress and Best actor category respectively. Total 62 awards were awarded in 1st ceremony.
Nomination
Voting
The Hum Television Network and Entertainment Channel (HTNEC), a Hum TV sub organization holds the management system of Hum Awards, since 2013, 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 Hum Awards, 7 categories from TV, Music and Fashion were set to open for public voting, and that collective voting for all categories was 10,56,800, rest of awards were completely judges and jury based.
Rules
According to any award rule, a Drama Serial must be acclaimed and should have complete its broadcasting. All the nominees and winner must be from the previous year of the ceremony held, e.g: for ceremony 2014, drama serial must be nominated from 2013. To maintained the equality and balance hum decided not to nominate those drama serials in main categories who will or shall have cult followings, e.g: drama serial Humsafar was nominated in only one category for public as it had a cult following and huge acclaim. the rest of the rules and regulation are regular and trepus.
Ceremony
Telecast
Hum awards ceremony is a recorded show, that held live early in march and on-aired in late April. The Channel recently cannot afford live telecast on some social grounds, Hum TV CEO Sultana Siddiqui shared her thoughts saying that hum will plain live show in coming years. As per trend in such ceremonies, Ceremony holds a 45 Minutes pre-show or more commonly called Red carpet, this show is also recorded and set on aired one day or half an hour prior to ceremony/main event.
Venues
Most of the ceremonies in Pakistan held at Expo Centers of both Karachi and Lahore, Hum Awards held at Expo Center, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. In future it is expected that most of ceremonies will be held in Karachi.
Award Ceremonies
Hum Award has pulled in a bigger haul when TV dramas and programs hits are favoured to win the Best Drama of the year, as of first ceremony, Best Drama Serial Winner is hold by critically acclaimed Hum serial Shehr-e-Zaat, written and playwright-ed by modern age popular fiction writer Umera Ahmad.
Merit categories
Following is the listing of Hum Awards Merit categories since 2013.
Special categories
The Special Hum Awards are voted on by special committees, rather than by the Hum membership as a whole. They are not always presented on a consistent annual basis. Following is the listing of Hum Awards Special categories since 2013.
Current special categories
- Hum Honorary Lifetime Achievement Award
- Special Recognition to Pakistani Television Starlets
- Hum Honorary Music Award
- Hum Honorary Most Challenging Subject Award
- Hum Honorary Phenomenal Serial Award
Associated Events
- Nomination luncheon
- Invitation Event
- Making of Awards
- Awards Pre-Show
- Winners Bash party
See also
- 17th PTV Awards (Tribute to Excellence)
- 11th Lux Style Awards
- 2012 Nigar Awards
- 3rd Pakistan Media Awards
- List of Hum Awards Ceremonies
- Hum Awards pre-show
References
External links
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