It's award season in Pakistan!
The country's biggest award show Lux Style Awards has released its nominations for its 16th edition — and the competition... boy, it looks tough!
According to a press release, the final votes will be decided with Viewer’s Choice for Best TV Play, Best TV Actor, Best TV Actress, Best Original Sound Track; Best Film Actor, Best Film Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Playback Singer Male/Female; Album of the Year and Song of the Year. All the remaining categories and all of Fashion will be decided by Jury votes.
We can also expect to see two Lifetime Achievements in Fashion and Entertainment and eight Scholarship Awards to AIFD & PIFD, NCA and NAPA announced at the 16th Lux Style Awards.
Here are the noms:
FILM
Best Film
Actor in Law
Dobara Phir Se
Ho Mann Jahaan
Janaan
Mah-e-Mir
Best Film Actress
Mahira Khan for Ho Mann Jahaan
Mehwish Hayat for Actor in Law
Sabar Qamar for Lahore Se Aagey
Sajal Ali for Zindagi Kitni Haseen Hai
Sanam Saeed for Bachaana
Best Film Actor
Ashar Azeem for Maalik
Fahad Mustafa for Actor in Law
Fahad Mustafa for Mah-e-Mir
Mohib Mirza for Bachaana
Yasir Hussain for Lahore Se Aagey
Best Film Director
Anjum Shehzad for Mah-e-Mir
Asim Raza for Ho Mann Jahaan
Azfar Jafri for Janaan
Mehreen Jabbar for Dobara Phir Se
Nabeel Qureshi for Actor in Law
Wajahat Rauf for Lahore Se Aagey
Best Supporting Actress
Hania Aamir for Janaan
Saboor Ali for Actor in Law
Sanam Saeed for Dobara Phir Se
Sonya Jehan for Ho Mann Jahaan
Tooba Siddiqui for Dobara Phir Se
Best Supporting Actor
Ali Kazmi for Dobara Phir Se
Ali Rehman Khan for Janaan
Manzar Sehbhai for Mah-e-Mir
Om Puri for Actor in Law
Shehryar Munawar for Ho Mann Jahaan
Best Singer (Male) - Film
Arman Malik for Janaan Title Track (Janaan)
Asrar for Funkaran (Actor in Law)
Atif Aslam for Dil Dancer (Actor in Law)
Rajab Ali for Yeh Dhuan (Mah-e-Mir)
Shafqat Amanat Ali for Piya Dekhan Ko (Mah-e-Mir)
Best Singer (Female) - Film
Aima Baig for Kalabaaz Dil (Lahore se Aagey)
Haniya Aslam for Lar Gaiyyan (Dobara Phir Se)
Masooma Anwer for Naina Roye (Maalik)
Shreya Ghoshal for Janaan Title Track (Janaan)
Zeb Bangash for Dil Pagal (Ho Maan Jahaan)
TELEVISION
Best TV Play
Besharam on ARY Digital
Dillagi on ARY Digital
Mann Mayal on Hum TV
Mein Sitara on TV One
Udaari on Hum TV
Best TV Actor
Ahsan Khan for Udaari
Faisal Qureshi for Bheegi Palkien
Humayun Saeed for Dillagi
Noman Ejaz for Dampukth
Zahid Ahmed for Besharam
Best TV Actress
Maya Ali for Mann Mayal
Mehwish Hayat for Dillagi
Saba Qamar for Besharam
Saba Qamar for Mein Sitara
Sajal Ali for Gul-e-Rana
Best TV Director
Ehtishaamuddin for Udaari
Farooq Rind for Besharam
Haseeb Hasan for Mann Mayal
Kashif Nisar for Dampukth
Nadeem Baig for Dillagi
Best TV Writer
Faiza Iftikhar for Dillagi
Farhat Ishtiaq for Udaari
Sameera Fazal for Man Mayal
Sarwat Nazeer for Besharam
Zafar Mairai for Dampukth
Best Original Sound Track
Sun Yara by Damia Farooq (ARY Digital) (Producer: Six Sigma Productions)
Udaari by Hadiqa Kiyani (HUM TV) (Producer: Momina Duraid, Haisaam Hussain and Shahzad Kashmiri)
Hatheli by Nabeel Shaukat (HUM TV) (Producer: Moomal Shunaid, Moomal Entertainment)
Mann Mayal by Quratulain Baloch (HUM TV) (Producer: Momina Duraid, Samina Humayun Saeed, Tariq Shah, Sana Shahnawaz)
Yeh Ishq by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan (ARY Digital) (Producer: Big Bang Productions)
FASHION
Model of the Year (Female)
Amna Babar
Anam Malik
Rabia Butt
Sadaf Kanwal
Zara Abid
Model of the Year (Male)
Aimal Khan
Hasnain Lehri
Jahan-e-Khalid
Shahzad Noor
Waleed Khalid
Best Fashion Photographer
Abdullah Haris
Ali Hasan
Guddu Shani
Nadir Feroz Khan & Maha Burney at NFK Photography
Shahbaz Shazi
Best Hair and Make-up Artist
Natasha Khalid
Omayr Waqar
Saima Rashid Bargfred
Shammal Qureshi
Shazia Rashid
Achievement in Fashion Design - Pret
Coco by Zara Shahjahan
Generation
Khaadi
Sana Safinaz
Sapphire
Achievement in Fashion Design - Luxury Pret
Mahgul
Sana Safinaz
Sania Maskatiya
Shamaeel Ansari
Shehla Chatoor
Achievement in Fashion Design - Bridal
Ali Xeeshan
Elan
Faraz Manan
Mahgul
The House of Kamiar Rokni
Achievement in Fashion Design - Lawn
Elan
Faraz Manan
Sana Safinaz
Shehla Chatoor
Zara Shahjahan
Best Menswear Designer
Ahmed Bham
Amir Adnan
Hassan Sheheryar Yasin
Ismail Farid
Nauman Arfeen
Best Emerging Talent
Aashna Khan - Photographer
Giti Ara – Model
Hira Shah - Model
Imaan Madani – Model
The Pink Tree Company - Designer
MUSIC
Album of the Year
Book of Sibt by Sibti
Indus Raag 2 by Shareef Awan
Na Bhulana by Uzair Jaswal
Peheli by Mooro
You by The Sketches
Song of the Year
Baarish by Tonight Us and Jimmy Khan
Haiyyah from The Book of Sibt by Sibti
Khak Nasheen by Chand Tara Orchestra
Khaki Banda by Umair Jaswal and Ahmed Jahanzeb
Saaiyan by Quratulain Baloch
Best Music Video Director
Abdullah Haris for Sag-e-Ali by Asrar
Aisha Linea Akhtar & Shahbaz Shigri for Le chaloon by Salman Shaukat
Kamal Khan for Ho Jao Azad by Zoe Viccaji
Kamal Khan for The Desert Journey by D/A Method
Shahab Qamar for Hero by Naseer & Shahab
Best Emerging Talent
Basit Ali for Vocals in Anokha Ladla
Bilal Nasir Khan (Rudoh) for Tales for Scrap
Hamza Akram Qawwal for Khuddi
Natasha Baig for Janaan
Shehroz Hussain for Sitaar in Anokha Ladla
Actor In Law Was one Good Movie I watched It On Youtube though, Wish I was there to watch it on BIG Screen. But It was a Great show. Fahad Did well really well there. So Hope he gets the award.
Janaan should be awarded as best film
MAHIRA KHAN ;)
The fact that a drama live Mann Mayal has even been nominated for Best Drama, Best Writer, Best Director and Best TV Actress renders these awards bogus.
I recommend Best TV writer Farhat Ishrat for Udaari,best TV actress Sajal Ali for Gul-e-Rana,best TV actor Ahsan Khan for Udaari,best TV play Udaari,best singer female Masooma Anwar for Maalick,best film Janaan.
Mann mayal got award? See reviews on youtube episodes . Bogus awards. Indeed!
Udaari was the best drama and Ahson Khan the best actor.
Sorry to say but awards are a joke in PK. It's always the same people winning and not based on merit. It's merely a popularity contest.
Mahira Khan over rated .....
As Saba Qamar received 3 nominations; 1 for film and 2 for television, so i'm damn sure that she will win atleat one. Om Puri late also nominated perceived as an honor from Pakistan to Bollywood Legend along with Sherya Ghosal and Arman Malik. Serials from Urdu 1 Channels, whcih having highest TRP these days are observed ignored in nomination even Aisha Khan as Jeena, who made her historical performance in Man Mayal also ignored. fb.com/TheKamranJawaid
Last year every one is witnessed the blockbuster treatment to music by Coke Studio 9 but we found no appreciation to Strings or to compiled album, except the few songs in nominations. Even Meesha Shafi and Naeem Abbas Rufi also ignored for Aya Lariyeen for the biggest hit of the year. Urdu1 had Tum Kaun Piya titled serial last year feat. Aiza Khan and Imran Abbas also not counted in a single nominations. While banned serial Udaari is appreciated and we support this serial too. Fahad Mustafa also has highest chances to win best actor award coz of his two nominations. It's all my verdict, no harsh feelings. fb.com/TheKamranJawaid
if mann mayal is in the nomination list, i lost hope in lux style awards, all style no substance #bogus. its like if you got trolls on social media, you will be nominated. who select the nominations by the way? if they ever see mann mayal? i am afraid to say yasir hussain is a real pain in that film, no comic timing, some gigs only, that film will be much more funny if yasir is not in it. how can anyone nominate him. adeel hussain is jem of an actor, why he is not nominated? he is way better than that irritating yasir.
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yeah Kamran Jawed is right about ayesha khan, only she deserve a nomination from mann mayal.
Instead of Mann Mayal they should have nominated Zara Yad Kar. the acting was so good. Actor In Law was the best. Fahad and Mahwish Hayat deserve to win. Om Puri was good too. Sanam Saeed did a great job in Dobar Phir Say and Bachana. Film industry has been great in the past 2 years. So much Competition. Its a shame Armina Rana is not nominated for anything.
if udaari doesn't win every award its nominated for, it will be clear that the award show is fake. the drama was on everyone's tv, actors proved themselves, OST was in everyone's cars and minds. so ahsan khan for udaari, hadiqa kiani for udaari, director for udaari and best drama udaari. please.
Always thought LSA are real reflection and acknowledgement for talent but, seeing Mun mayal in the nominations.... it's a shame:( and even worse , maya Ali for best actress
Udaari had 4 strong female roles - none of them got nominated for best actress!
@nhuda Bushra Ansari has given the performance of her life.
Hamxa Ali abbasi is not nominated for male actor ? Why that Maya Ali? Even that drama was not even of that standard to be nominated... Udaari; a desrving one !