Producers Guild Film & Television Awards
Awarded forExcellence in Hindi film and television by members of the Producers Guild
CountryIndia
First awarded2004
Last awarded2016
WebsiteProducers Guild Film Awards
Television/radio coverage
NetworkSony TV
Imagine TV
Colors
Star Plus
Produced byWizcraft International Entertainment Pvt.Ltd

The Producers Guild Film Awards, previously known as the Apsara Awards, is an award event hosted by the Producers Guild of India to recognize excellence in Hindi film and television.[1] Originated by filmmaker and scholar Amit Khanna in 2004,[2][3] the Guild Awards were one of the major award events from 2004 till 2016, when the last awards ceremony happened.[4] The 22-karat gold statuette was sculpted and designed by the jewellery brand Tanishq and was "inspired by the rich heritage of one of India's most treasured possessions – the Ajanta and Ellora Caves."[1] Nominations for the awards come from selected members of the guild, with the full membership (around 160) available to vote for the winners.[4] The ballots cast by the guild members are then taken to a common venue for the final counting.[2]

History

The first Star Guild Awards ceremony was held on 28 May 2004 in Mumbai, India to honor outstanding film and television achievements of the 2003–04 film and television season.[5] While the award ceremonies are usually held at the beginning of the subsequent year, the fourth edition of the award ceremony (2008–09) was postponed to the end of the year as a sign of respect to the victims of the 2008 Mumbai attacks.[6]

List of nominees and winners

Hosts

Year Host
2008 Javed Jaffrey
2010 Arjun Rampal, Ayushmann Khurrana and Preity Zinta
2011 Sajid Khan
2012 Karan Johar and Farah Khan
2013 Salman Khan
2014[20][21]
2015 Kapil Sharma and Parineeti Chopra

Film awards

Merit awards

Technical awards

Best Story

Year Name Film
2006 Nagesh Kukunoor Iqbal
2008 Jaideep Sahni Chak De India
2009 Amole Gupte Taare Zameen Par
2010 Imtiaz Ali Love Aaj Kal
2011 Anusha Rizvi Peepli Live
2012 Zoya Akhtar, Reema Kagti Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
2013 Juhi Chaturvedi Vicky Donor
2014 Prasoon Joshi Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
2015 Vikas Bahl, Chaitally Parmar, Parveez Shaikh Queen
2016 V. Vijayendra Prasad Bajrangi Bhaijaan

Best Screenplay

Year Name Film
2004 Rajkumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Lajan Joseph Munnabhai MBBS
2006 Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Prakash Kapadia, Bhavani Ilyer Black
2008 Jaideep Sahni Chak De India
2009 Amole Gupte (tied with) Neeraj Pandey Taare Zameen Par (tied with) A Wednesday!
2010 A. R. Murugadoss Ghajini
2011 Rajat Arora Once Upon a Time in Mumbai
2012 Zoya Akhtar, Reema Kagti Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
2013 Sujoy Ghosh Kahaani
2014 Prasoon Joshi Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
2015 Vikas Bahl, Chaitally Parmar, Parveez Shaikh Queen
2016 Kabir Khan Bajrangi Bhaijaan

Best Dialogues

Year Name Film
2006 Aditya Chopra Veer Zaara
2008 Imtiaz Ali Jab We Met
2009 Neeraj Pandey A Wednesday!
2010 Anurag Kashyap Dev D
2011 Abhinav Kashyap, Dilip Shukla Dabangg
2012 Rajat Arora The Dirty Picture
2013 Juhi Chaturvedi Vicky Donor
2014 Hussain Dalal Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
2015 Rajkumar Hirani, Abhijat Joshi PK
2016 Prakash Kapadia Bajirao Mastani

Best Editing

Year Name Film
2004 Rajkumar Hirani Munnabhai MBBS
2006 Nipun Gupta Sarkar
2008 Amitabh Shukla Chak De India
2009 Shri Narayan Singh A Wednesday!
2011 Namrata Rao Band Baaja Baaraat
2012 Aarti Bajaj No One Killed Jessica
2013 Namrata Rao Kahaani
2014 Chandrashekhar Prajapati Madras Cafe
2015 Anurag Kashyap, Abhijit Kokate Queen

Best Cinematographer

Year Name Film
2004 Anil Mehta Kal Ho Naa Ho
2006 Ravi K. Chandran Black
2008 Rajiv Menon Guru
2009 Kiran Deohans Jodhaa Akbar
2011 Sudeep Chatterjee (tied with) Santosh Sivan & V. Manikandan Guzaarish (tied with) Raavan
2012 Ranjan Palit (tied with) Chirantan Das 7 Khoon Maaf (tied with) Tanu Weds Manu
2013 Rajeev Ravi (tied with) Ravi Varman Gangs of Wasseypur (tied with) Barfi!
2014 Binod Pradhan Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
2015
2015		 Setu (Winner)
Rajiv Jain (Nominated)		 Dedh Ishqiya
Manjhi - The Mountain Man
2016 Sudeep Chatterjee Bajirao Mastani

Best Costume Design

Year Name Film
2004 Muneesh Sappel Pinjar
2006 Subarna Ray Chadhuri Parineeta
2008 Manish Malhotra, Karan Johar, Sanjeev Mulchandani Om Shanti Om
2009 Neeta Lulla Jodhaa Akbar
2011 Niharika Khan Band Baaja Baaraat
2012 Payal Saluja 7 Khoon Maaf
2013 Aki Narula
Shefalina		 Barfi!
2014 Anju Modi, Maxima Basu Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela
2015 Payal Saluja (tied with) Isha Mantry, Rajat K. Tangry Dedh Ishqiya (tied with) Mary Kom
2016 Anju Modi, Maxima Basu Bajirao Mastani

Best Art Direction

Year Name Film
2004 Muneesh Sappel Pinjar
2006 Omung Kumar Black
2009 Nitin Chandrakant Desai Jodhaa Akbar
2011 Sonal Chaudhary
T. B. Abid		 Band Baaja Baaraat
2012 Subrata Chakravarthy
Punita Grover		 7 Khoon Maaf
2013 Sharmishta Roy Talaash: The Answer Lies Within
2014 Rashid Khan Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela
2015 Amit Ray
Subrata Chakravarthy		 Dedh Ishqiya
2016 Sujeet Sawant
Shriram Iyengar
Saloni Dhatrak		 Bajirao Mastani

Best Choreography

Year Name Song Film
2006 Vaibhavi Merchant "Kajra Re" Bunty Aur Babli
2008 Farah Khan "Dhoom Tara" Om Shanti Om
2009 Chinni Prakash
Rekha Prakash		 "Azeem us Shaan" Jodhaa Akbar
2010 Shiamak Davar "Dance Pe Chance" Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
2011 Farah Khan "Sheila Ki Jawani" Tees Maar Khan
2012 Bosco-Caesar "Senorita" Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
2013 Ganesh Acharya "Chikni Chameli" Agneepath
2014 Remo D'Souza "Badtameez Dil"
"Balam Pichkari"		 Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
2015 Bosco-Caesar "Tu Meri" Bang Bang!
2016 Remo D'Souza "Pinga" Bajirao Mastani

Best Special Effects

Year Name Film
2004 Bimmini Special Effects Studio
Digital Art Media		 Koi Mil Gaya
2006 V G Samant Hanuman
2008 Red Chillies VFX Om Shanti Om
2011 Prime Focus Guzaarish
2012 Red Chillies VFX RA. One
2013 Tata Elxsi Ek Tha Tiger
2014 Tata Elxsi (tied with) Red Chillies VFX Dhoom 3 (tied with) Krrish 3
2015 Red Chillies VFX Happy New Year
2016 Viral Thakkar Bajirao Mastani

Best Sound Recording

Year Name Film
2004 Dwarak Warrier Bhoot
2006 Resul Pookutty Black
2009 Baylon Fonensca Rock On!!
2011 Pritam Das Love Sex Aur Dhokha

Special awards

Lifetime Achievement

Year Winners Film
2004 Dilip Kumar All of his/her Film
2006 B. R. Chopra
Dev Anand
2008 Yash Chopra
2010 Amitabh Bachchan
2011 Dharmendra
2013 Manoj Kumar
2014 Salim Khan
Tanuja
2015 Rakesh Roshan
2016 Jeetendra
2021 Tanuja

Entertainer of the Year

Year Name Film
2008 Akshay Kumar Namastey London
Heyy Babyy
Bhool Bhulaiyaa
Welcome
2010 Ranbir Kapoor Wake Up Sid
Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani
Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year
2011 Shahrukh Khan
Katrina Kaif		 My Name Is Khan
Raajneeti
Tees Maar Khan
2012 Shahrukh Khan
Priyanka Chopra		 Ra.One
Don 2
7 Khoon Maaf
2013 Priyanka Chopra Agneepath
Barfi!
2014 Shahrukh Khan
Irrfan Khan		 Chennai Express
The Lunch Box
2015 Deepika Padukone
Shraddha Kapoor		 Finding Fanny
Happy New Year
Ek Villain
Haider
Ungli
2021 Shraddha Kapoor
Ayushmann Khurrana		 Chhichhore
Bala
Dream Girl
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Jodi of the Year

Television

Merit awards

Best Drama Series – Fiction

Year Series Producers/Production
2004 Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahin DJ's a Creative Unit
2006 Astitva...Ek Prem Kahani Ananda Films & Telecommunications Pvt Ltd.
2010 Balika Vadhu Sphere Origins
2011 Mann Kee Awaaz Pratigya Pearl Grey
2012 Saath Nibhana Saathiya (tied with) Bade Achhe Lagte Hain Rashmi Sharma
(tied with) Balaji Telefilms
2013 Diya Aur Baati Hum
(tied with) Madhubala Ek Ishq Ek Junoon		 Shashi Sumeet Productions
(tied with) Abhinav Shukla

Best Director – Fiction

Year Name Series
2004 Rohit Khanna Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahin
2006 Deven Bhojani Sarabhai vs Sarabhai
2010 Nandita Mehra Uttaran
2012 Sangeeta Rao Bade Acche Lagte Hain
2013 Romesh Kolra Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai
2014 Santram Varma Jodha Akbar
2015 Rohit Jugraj Ek Hasina Thi

Best Ongoing Drama Series

Year Series Producers/Production
2013 Bade Acche Lagte Hain Balaji Telefilms
2014 Balika Vadhu Sphere Origins
2015 Diya Aur Baati Hum (tied with) Jodha Akbar (tied with) Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai Shashi Sumeet Productions (tied with) Balaji Telefilms (tied with) Director's Kut Productions
2016 Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai Director's Kut Productions

Best Non-Fiction Series

Year Series Producers/ Productions
2004 Big Story: Afghanistan NDTV
2006 Kaun Banega Crorepati 2 Big Synergy
2010 10 Ka Dum
2011 Entertainment Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega Wizcraft International Entertainment PVT.LTD
2012 Kaun Banega Crorepati 5 Big Synergy
2013 Crime Patrol Optimystix Entertainment
2014 Bigg Boss 7 Endemol India
2015 Comedy Nights with Kapil Kapil Sharma
Sol Production

Best Comedy Series

Year Series Producers/Production
2004 Office Office Eagle Video Films
2006 The Great Indian Laughter Challenge Endemol India
2012 Lapataganj Ashwini Dher
2013 Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah Neela Telefilms
2014 Comedy Nights with Kapil Kapil Sharma
Sol Production
2015 Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah Neela Telefilms

Best Mythological Series

Year Series Production
2013 Devon Ke Dev...Mahadev Triangle Film Company
2014 Mahabharat Swastik Pictures

Best Ensemble Cast

Year Series Producers/Production
2006 Sarabhai vs Sarabhai Hats Off Productions
2011 Uttaran Film Farm India
2012 Sasural Genda Phool Ravi Ojha Productions
2013 Balika Vadhu Sphere Origins
2014 Mahabharat Swastik Pictures
2015 Everest Ashutosh Gowarikar

Best Writer

Year Name Series
2011 Purnendu Shekhar
Gajra Kotheri
Rajesh Dubey		 Balika Vadhu
2012 Mitali Uttaran
2013 Sonali Jaffer
Harneet		 Bade Acche Lagte Hain
2015 Bhavna Vyas
Munisha Rajpal		 Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai
2016 Purnendu Shekhar
Gajra Kotheri		 Balika Vadhu

Special awards

See also

References

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