Hum Award for Best Drama Serial

The Hum Award for Best Drama Serial is one of the Hum Awards of Merit presented annually by the Hum Television Network and Entertainment Channel (HTNEC) to producers working in the drama industry and is the only category in which every member is eligible to nominate for. Best Drama Serial is considered the most important of the Hum Awards, as it represents all the directing, acting, music composing, writing, editing and other efforts put forth into a drama. Consequently, Best Drama is the final award and the conclusion of the annual Hum Awards ceremony. Hum Award for Best Drama Serial at 1st Hum Awards seremony is won by acclaimed serial Shehr-e-Zaat held on 28 April 2013.^[1]

History

The best drama category originates with the 1st Hum Awards ceremony since 2013. This category has been given to the best drama of previous year to the ceremony held. Since Hum Awards has been just started, this category has not a brief history. The name of the category officially termed by the channel is:

• 2013 → present: Hum Award for Best Drama Serial

Winners and nominees

In the list below, winners are listed first in the colored row, followed by the other nominees. The year shown is the one in which the drama serial first telecast; normally this is also the year before the ceremony at which the award is given; for example, a drama serial exhibited telecast during 2005 then this will be eligible for consideration for the 2005 Best Drama Serial Hum Awards, awarded in 2006. The number of the ceremony (1st, 2nd, etc.) appears in parentheses after the awards year, linked to the article on that ceremony. Each individual entry shows the title followed by the production company, and the producer. Till from 2013, the Best Drama Serial award has given to producer rather than to Production company.

As of the first ceremony, six dramas were nominated for the award. For the following years, five to six dramas will be nominated for the award. In first ceremony six dramas nominated for category while all of the six nominee were also included for best director category with additional four extra nominees which were not included in best drama serial category.

For the first ceremony, the eligibility period spanned full calendar years. For example, the 1st Hum Awards presented on April 28, 2013, to recognized dramas that were released between January, 2012, and December, 2012, the period of eligibility is the full previous calendar year from January 1 to December 31.

Date and the award ceremony shows that the 2010 is the period from 2010-2020 (10 years-decade), while the year above winners and nominees shows that the dramas year in which they were telecast, and the figure in bracket shows the ceremony number, for example; an award ceremony is held for the dramas of its previous year.

2010s

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2013 Hum Awards.

Official websites

• Hum Awards official website

Other resources

• Hum Award for Best Drama Serial on Facebook