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03rd March, 2014
13th Annual Transmedia Screen & Stage Awards 2013

1st of March opened to the long awaited award ceremony by the Gujarati entertainment industry fraternities. It was here that the Gujarati community felicitated around 55 Gujarati Film, TV and Stage Artists.  This year the 13th Annual Transmedia Screen and Stage Award was organized at The Pool side of Tulip Star, Juhu, Mumbai. The evening of dark amavasya was glittering with grandeur and glamour of the event.

In addition to all the leading Gujarati industry artists and technicians, the presence of Bollywood director Satish Kaushik was present to celebrate the felicitation of Bollywood Mr. Jayantilal Gada of Pen India Pvt Ltd with prestigious Dhirubhai Ambani memorial award.  Impressed by the event, Satish Kaushik  said, “ This is the first time I have ever attended a Gujarati Award ceremony and seen such a huge presence of Gujarati artists. I am sure no one can now stop progress of Gujarati entertainment industry.” Bollywood director – writer Sanjay Chhel was present to receive the prestigious ‘Maharathi’ award and Bollywood writer-director Niraj Vora was also present.  Life Time Achievement awards were presented to  the only International award winner heroine of Gujarati Film ‘Kanku’, Smt. Pallavi Mehta and  senior actor of Gujarati and Hindi Film, TV, Stage Shri Devendra Pandit. 

As every year, both the Life Time Achievement Awardee were also presented the case Prize of Rs. 51,000/- by NRI Shri Rashmikant Kamdar and Mrs. Bhavna Kamdar. Hindi serial ‘Baalveer’ fame Dev Joshi, young speaker  Radha Mehta, famous Gujarati anchor and poet  Ankit Trivedi was presented Young Gujarati Literature Talent Award.  Also Yogesh Lakhani of Bright outdoor, Jahnvi Preadeep Vakil of Gem Events and Naresh Shah for ‘Dost Hu Gujarat Chhu’ were awarded with Transmedia special Award.  Gujarati pop-singer sisters Preety- Pinky were awarded ‘Music Director Mahesh-Naresh’ award and Leading Businessman, Chairman of ‘JITO’ and Social worker Shri Narendrakumar Baldota was awarded the prestigious Jain Ratna Award. 

Along with the Transmedia MD Shri Jasmin Shah and Shri Manohar Kanungo, the dais was full of dignitaries like Shri Bharat Shah, Shri Pravin Kotak, Shri Rashmikant Kamdar, Shri Jayanti Barot, Smt. Jayavantiben Mehta, Shri Bhavanbhai Bharwad, Shri Manish Shah (Matunga), Shri Atul Shah (ex-MLA) and  Shri Raju Savla. Also leading dignitaries like shri Aanad Pandit, Shri Pranav Amin, Shri Bhargav Patel were present to give away few awards.

In his speech, Shri Jasmin Shah said “Gujaratis are leading and progressive in almost all fields including Bollywood and Tollywood, but they are far lagging behind in Gujarati Film Industry. When we are entering to Teen age in this 13th year, every Gujarati should be serious and sincere about the upliftment of Gujarati Film industry and should try to attract more and more youngsters to take interest, love and pride for their mother tongue. Also we should think of Unity and a responsible strong Gujarati leader in Mumbai. Gujarat CM Shri Narendra Modi was present on the Stage of Second Annual Awards and From this stage of 12th Annual, I had declared my wish to have Shri Narendra Modi as our Prime Minister candidate , and it has come true now. I wish next year Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi will remain present on this stage to encourage Unity of Gujaratis.”

Aishwarya Majmudar, Chandan Rathod and Preety-Pinky presented dhmaka performances that left the audiences spellbound.

This year there was competition between 39 Mumbai Dramas, 7 Gujarat Dramas, 6 Gujarati TV Serials and around 45 Gujarati Films.  Mumbai Drama ‘Hello Pakistani Hu Gujarati’ was declared Best Play and the Director of the same Vupul Mehta was declared Best Director Award winner.  Manoj Joshi was declared winner of Best Actor award for his play ‘Man male tya Melo’ and Dhruma Mehta was declared winner of Best Actress award for her play ‘ Garvi Guaratane Rang Rakhyo’. Gujarat Drama ‘Kasturbaa’ and ‘Akupaar’ directed by Aditi Desai had remained lead winners in Gujarat Drama categories. TV Serial ‘Matha Bhare Manjula’ of Dharmesh Mehta and ‘Swapna Aakash’ of Doordarshan won major awards. In Gujartai Films, 3 urban films ‘Happy Family Pvt Ltd.’ , ‘koi ne Kahesho Nahi’ and ‘The Advocate’ were leader in major categories, while  Haresh Patel’s Gujarati film ‘Patan thi Pakistan’ was declared the Best film and also Pranjal Bhatt was declared Best Actress for the same film and Rajiv Mehta was declared Best Actor for the film ‘Happy Family’.

One and all had praised the Team Transmedia efforts for the best organized event.

The awards are as follows:

BEST WRITER – GUJARAT DRAMA - NARAYAN DESAI - KASTURBA

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - GUJARAT DRAMA - RAKSHA NAYAK - AKUPAR

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – GUJARAT DRAMA - NISHITH BRAHMBHATT - PITRU DEVO BHAVA

BEST ACTRESS – GUJARAT DRAMA - BHAVINI JANI - MARRIAGE PACHHI NU MANAGEMENT

BEST ACTOR – GUJARAT DRAMA - ABHINAY BANKER - KASTURBA

BEST DIRECTOR – GUJARAT DRAMA - ADITI DESAI - KASTURBA

BEST DRAMA – GUJARAT - AKUPAR - JASHWANT THAKER MEMORIAL THEATER

BEST SCRIPT WRITER – TELEVISION SERIAL - RAFIQUE PATHAN - SWAPNA AAKASH

BEST   SUPPORTING ACTRESS - TELEVISION SERIAL - LEELI PATEL - MATHA BHARE MANJULA

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – TELEVISION SERIAL - SACHIN BRAHMBHATT - SWAPNA AAKASH

BEST ACTRESS – TELEVISION SERIAL - DIPANGI RAWAL - SWAPNA AAKASH

BEST ACTOR – TELEVISION SERIAL - NISARG TRIVEDI - SWAPNA AAKASH

BEST DIRECTOR – TELEVISION SERIAL - SAMEER BAXI - SWAPNA AAKASH

BEST TELEVISION SERIAL - MATHA BHARE MANJULA - NAMANRAJ PRODUCTIONS

BEST WRITER – MUMBAI DRAMA - SNEHA DESAI - KAMAL KARE CHHE, AA PATEL KEVI DHAMAL KARE CHHE

BEST SET DESIGN – MUMBAI DRAMA - CHHEL PARESH - HELLO PAKISTANI, HU GUJARATI

BEST LIGHT DESIGN – MUMBAI DRAMA - ROHIT CHIPLUNKAR - HELLO PAKISTANI, HU GUJARATI

BEST MUSIC DIRECTOR – MUMBAI DRAMA - UDAY MAZUMDAR - BAHUT NACHYO GOPAL

BEST ARTIST IN COMIC ROLE - MUMBAI DRAMA - KAJAL SHAH - AA NA.MO. BAHU NADE CHHE

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - MUMBAI DRAMA - CHARUL BHAVSAR - HELLO PAKISTANI, HU GUJARATI

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - MUMBAI DRAMA - KAMLESH MOTA - MAN MALE TYAN MELO

BEST ACTRESS - MUMBAI DRAMA - DHRUMA MEHTA - GARVI GUJRATANE RANG RAKHYO

BEST ACTOR – MUMBAI DRAMA - MANOJ JOSHI - MAN MALE TYAN MELO

BEST DIRECTOR – MUMBAI DRAMA - VIPUL MEHTA - HELLO PAKISTANI, HU GUJARATI

BEST DRAMA – MUMBAI - HELLO PAKISTANI, HU GUJARATI - SANJAY GORADIA / KAUSTUBH TRIVEDI

BEST SCRIPT WRITER – FILM - SHRAVANKUMAR - THE ADVOCATE

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER – FILM - RAVJI SONDARVA - THE ADVOCATE

BEST EDITOR – FILM - SHRAVANKUMAR - THE ADVOCATE

BEST CHOREOGRAPHER - FILM - RAJU NAYDU - PATAN THI PAKISTAN

BEST MUSIC DIRECTOR – FILM - ADVAIT NAMLEKAR - HAPPY FAMILY

BEST LYRICS WRITER – FILM - LAKHUBHA SARVAIYA - SUHAAG

BEST FEMALE SINGER – FILM - AISHWARYA MAZUMDAR - KOI NE KAHESHO NAHI

BEST MALE SINGER – FILM - JAY CHAVDA - VER NI VASULAT

BEST ACTOR IN NEGATIVE ROLE – FILM - VRAJESH HIRJEE - HAPPY FAMILY

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – FILM - KALYANI THAKER - KOI NE KAHESHO NAHI

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – FILM - TIKU TALSANIYA - KOI NE KAHESHO NAHI

BEST ACTRESS CRITIC – FILM - SONIYA SHAH - HAPPY FAMILY

BEST ACTOR CRITIC – FILM - SOHAN MASTER - KOI NE KAHESHO NAHI

BEST ACTRESS - FILM - PRANJAL BHATT - PATAN THI PAKISTAN

BEST ACTOR - FILM - RAJIV MEHTA - HAPPY FAMILY

BEST DIRECTOR – FILM - RAGHUVIR JOSHI - HAPPY FAMILY

BEST FILM 2013 - PATAN THI PAKISTAN - H. G. PICTURES – HARESH PATEL

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD – MALE - Devendra Pandit

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD – FEMALE - Pallavi Mehta

MAHARATHI AWARD - Sanjay Chhel

TRANSMEDIA SPECIAL AWARD - Radha Mehta

TRANSMEDIA SPECIAL AWARD - Dev Joshi

TRANSMEDIA SPECIAL AWARD - JAHNAVI PRADEEP VAKIL

TRANSMEDIA SPECIAL AWARD - DOST HU GUJARAT CHU

DHIRUBHAI AMBANI MEMORIAL AWARD - SHRI JAYANTI GADA

MAHESH - NARESH SPECIAL AWARD - Priti - Pinky

TRANSMEDIA JAIN RATNA AWARD - SHRI NARENDRAKUMAR BALDOTA

TRANSMEDIA SURPRISE AWARD - RAJKUMAR JANI

TRANSMEDIA GUJARATI YUVA SAHITYA PRATIBHA AWARD - Ankit Trivedi

TRANSMEDIA SPECIAL AWARD - YOGESH LAKHANI


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