Indian Television Academy Awards

Not to be confused with Indian Telly Awards.

The Indian Television Academy Awards, also known as the ITA Awards, is an annual award ceremony organised by the Indian Television Academy to honour excellence in Hindi-language television, films and web content.^[1]

The Indian Television Academy Awards
Current: Indian Television Academy Awards 2025
Awarded for	Excellence in Hindi entertainment
Country	India
Presented by	Indian Television Academy
First award	2001 (2001)
Website	Website
Television/radio coverage
Network	Star Plus Hotstar Sony TV Zee TV Colors TV

Most recent winners

← 2023 Best of ITV in 2024 2025 →

Award Popular Actor Drama Popular Actress Drama Winner Harshad Chopda for Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai Pranali Rathod for Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai Award Best Show Popular Drama Winner Anupamaa

The Indian Television Academy was launched in July 2001 by Anu Ranjan and the first ITA Awards were held in November 2001.^[2]

Editions

Year	Ceremony	Channel	Host	Ref
2001	1st ITA Awards	Star Plus	Kabir Bedi	[3]
2002	2nd ITA Awards			[4]
2003	3rd ITA Awards			[5]
2004	4th ITA Awards			[6]
2005	5th ITA Awards		Smriti Irani Ronit Roy	[7]
2006	6th ITA Awards		Roshan Abbas Manini De	[8]
2007	7th ITA Awards	Star Plus		[9]
2008	8th ITA Awards
2009	9th ITA Awards
2010	10th ITA Awards
2011	11th ITA Awards		Gautam Rode Karishma Tanna
2012	12th ITA Awards	Star Plus	Karan Grover	[10]
2013	13th ITA Awards		Kapil Sharma Ragini Khanna Karan Grover	[11]
2014	14th ITA Awards	Colors TV	Rithvik Dhanjani Nakuul Mehta
2015	15th ITA Awards		Manish Paul Bharti Singh	[citation needed]
2016	16th ITA Awards	Colors TV	Manish Paul Sugandha Mishra Karishma Tanna	[12]
2017	17th ITA Awards		Manish Paul Ali Asgar	[13]
2018	18th ITA Awards	Star Plus	Manish Paul	[14]
2019	19th ITA Awards	Sony TV	Aditya Narayan
2020	20th ITA Awards	Held in 2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021		Star Plus	Manish Paul
2022	21st ITA Awards	Star Plus	Rithvik Dhanjani	[15]
2022	22nd ITA Awards		Manish Paul	[16]
2023	23rd ITA Awards		Nakuul Mehta Paritosh Tripathi	[17]
2024	24th ITA Awards		Gaurav Khanna
2025	25th ITA Awards		TBA

Popular awards

• ITA Award for Best Actor Popular Drama
• ITA Award for Best Actress Popular Drama
• ITA Award for Best Show Popular Drama

Jury awards

General

Drama

• ITA Award for Best Actor in a Drama - Jury
• ITA Award for Best Actress in a Drama - Jury
• ITA Award for Best Drama - Jury
• ITA Award for Best Director Drama
• ITA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
• ITA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
• ITA Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role
• ITA Award for Best Actress in a Negative Role
• ITA Award for Best Child Artist

Comedy

• ITA Award for Best Actor - Comedy
• ITA Award for Best Actress - Comedy
• ITA Award for Best Director Comedy
• ITA Award for Best Show - Comedy

Best Reality Show

Year	Show	Channel
1999	Mickers	Colors TV
2006	Shabaash India	Zee TV
2007	Bigg Boss	Sony TV
2008	Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi	Colors TV
2009	Aap Ki Kachehri	Star Plus
2010	Stunt Mania
2011	Just dance	Star Plus
2012	Survivor India – The Ultimate Battle	Star Plus
2013	DID Supermoms	Zee TV
2014	Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 5	Colors TV
2015	Bigg Boss 8	Colors TV
2016	Dance Plus (season 2)	Star Plus
2017	Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 8	Colors TV
2020	Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi – Made in India	Colors TV

Best Anchor - Music/Film Based Show

Year	Actor	Show	Channel
1999	Sidharth Shukla	Naachange Saari Raat	Colors TV
2003	Nikhil Chinappa Annu Kapoor & Pallavi Joshi	MTV Fresh! Antakshari – The Great Challenge	MTV India Zee TV
2004	Sajid Khan	Ikke Pe Ikka	Zee TV
2005	Sajid Khan	Sab Kuch Ho Sakta Hai	SAB TV
2006	Sangeeta Ghosh & Shabbir Ahluwalia	Nach Baliye	Star One
2007	Javed Jaffrey & Naved Jaffrey	Boogie Woogie	Sony TV
2008	Ali Asgar (actor)	Say Shava Shava	NDTV Imagine
2009	Meiyang Chang	Indian Idol 4	Sony TV
2010	Shahid Kapoor	Screen Awards	Star Plus
2011	Ayushmann Khurana	Just Dance	Star Plus
2012	Manish Paul	Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa	Colors TV
2013	Beverly Kim White	Thank God It's Friday
2014	Manish Paul	Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa	Colors TV
2015	Manish Paul	Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa	Colors TV
2020	Shahid Kapoor	Star Screen Awards	Star Plus

Best Music/Film Based Show

Year	Show
2001	Biographies - Ek Kalakar Ki Kahani
2002	Kuch Yaadein Kuch Baatein
2003	Antakshari
2004	Ikke Pe Ikka
2005	Indian Idol
2006	Nach Baliye
2007	Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge
2008	Boogie-woogie
2009	Indian Idol 4
2010	Indian Idol 5
2011	Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs
2012	Dance India Dance Li'l Masters 2
2013	An Affair To Remember — Shyam Talkies
2014	Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa
2015
2016	The Voice India Kids
2017	Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs
2020	Indian Idol 12

Best Talk Show Anchor

Year	Actor	Show
2003	Simi Garewal	Rendezvous with Simi Garewal
2004	Barkha Dutt	We the People
2005	Prabhu Chawla	Seedhi Baat
2006	Lola Kutty Barkha Dutt	Lola TV We the People
2007	Karan Johar	Koffee with Karan
2008	Vikram Chandra	The Big Fight
2009	Rajdeep Sardesai Kiran Bedi	Battle For India Aap Ki Kachehri
2010	Amitabh Bachchan	Bigg Boss 3
2011	Koel Purie	On the Couch with Koel
2012	Sumeet Raghavan	Jay Hind!
2020	Amitabh Bachchan	Kaun Banega Crorepati

Best Game Show Host

Year	Anchor	Show	Channel
2001	Amitabh Bachchan	Kaun Banega Crorepati	Star Plus
2002	Naseeruddin Shah	Super Selector
2003	Derek O'Brien	Bournvita Quiz Contest
2004	Annu Kapoor	Sansui Antakshri
2005	Amitabh Bachchan	Kaun Banega Crorepati	Star Plus
2006	Amitabh Bachchan	Kaun Banega Crorepati	Star Plus
2007	Arshad Warsi	Bigg Boss 1
2008	Shahrukh Khan	Kya Aap Paanchvi Pass Se Tez Hain?
2009	Salman Khan	10 Ka Dum	Sony TV
2010	Rajeev Khandelwal	Sacch Ka Saamna
2011	Amitabh Bachchan	Kaun Banega Crorepati	Sony TV
2012	Rajiv Makhni	Tech Grand Masters 2
2020	Salman Khan	Bigg Boss 13	Colors TV

Best Game Show

Year	Show	Channel
1999	Cadbury Sabse International Khiladi Kaun?	Sony SET
2002	Super Selector	ESPN (India)
2003	Bournvita Quiz Contest	Zee TV
2020	Bigg Boss 13	Colors TV

Best News Anchor

Year	Anchor	Show	Channel
2001	Rajat Sharma	Aap Ki Adalat	Zee TV
2002	Barkha Dutt	Reality Bites	NDTV
2003	Rajdeep Sardesai	The Big Fight	NDTV
2004	Rajdeep Sardesai	X-Factor/Election Watch	NDTV
2005	Barkha Dutt	We the People	NDTV 24x7
2006	Sreenivasan Jain	Witness	NDTV
2007	Cyrus Broacha	The Week That Wasn't	CNN-News18
2008	Rajdeep Sardesai	Weekend Edition with Rajdeep Sardesai	CNN-News18
2009	Prabhu Chawla	Seedhi Baat	Aaj Tak
2010	Rajdeep Sardesai	Ground Zero Bhopal	CNN-News18
2011	Rajdeep Sardesai	Indian at 9 & Election Counting Day Coverage	CNN-News18
2012	Rajdeep Sardesai	Ground Zero	CNN-News18
2013	Rahul Kanwal	Centrestage - Inside Lanka's museum of horrors
2014	Anjana Om Kashyap	Rail Budget	Aaj Tak
2015
2016
2017	Rajdeep Sardesai	5 state Polls Day verdict	CNN-News18
2018	Anjana Om Kashyap		Aaj Tak
2020	Rahul Kanwal		India Today

Best News Show

Year	Show	Channel
2020	Viral Punch	ABP News

Best Television Event

Year	Show	Channel
1999	Zee Cine Awards	Zee Cinema
2003	Jai Jawan	NDTV
2004	Jai Jawan	NDTV
2005	Jai Jawan	NDTV
2006	MTV Immies	MTV
2007	IIFA Awards	Star Plus
2008	IIFA Awards	Star Plus
2009	IIFA Awards
2010	Not Awarded
2011	Star Parivaar Awards	Star Plus
2020	Zee Cine Awards	Zee Cinema

Best Interstitial/Filler

Year	Show	Channel
2013	Gustakhi Maaf Angry Appa	NDTV Bindass

Best Mini Series

Year	Show	Channel
2013	Bemisaal 100 saal	News Nation Network Pvt Ltd

Best TV Documentary

Year	Show	Channel
2013	Ballot Trail Karanataka…… Mangalore
2017	JANNAT- NEWS18 INDIA- ASHISH PANDEY

Others

• ITA Award for Best Thriller/Horror Serial
• ITA Award for Popular Serial -Special Recognition
• Milestone Achievement Award - Crime Patrol (2021)

Technical

Best Art Direction

Year	Name	Show
2001	Nitin Chandrakant Desai	The Great Warrior Chhatrapati Shivaji
2002	Jayant Deshmukh	Amrapali (DD National)
2003	Chokas Bharadwaj	Kashmeer
2004	Saurabh Tiwari	Kasautii Zindagii Kay
2005	Mukesh Kalola	Hatim
2006	Omung Kumar	Dharti Ka Veer Yodha Prithviraj Chauhan
2007	Saurabh Tiwari	Kasautii Zindagii Kay
2008	Chokas Bharadwaj	Jai Shri Krishna
2009	Nitin Chandrakant Desai	Chittod Ki Rani Padmini Ka Johur
2010	Samir Chanda	Bigg Boss 3
2011	Akshay Vayeda	Mukti Bandhan
2012	Omung Kumar	MasterChef India
2013	Sandesh & Vishwanath	Bharat Ka Veer Putra – Maharana Pratap
2014	Omung Kumar	Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 7
2015	??
2016	Omung Kumar	Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 8
2017	Chandravadan More	Peshwa Bajirao

Best Costumes

Year	Name	Show
2001	Pradeep Muley	The Great Warrior Chhatrapati Shivaji
2002	Manohar Sawant	Kasautii Zindagii Kay
2003	Manohar Sawant	Kasautii Zindagii Kay
2004	Nikhat Mariyam Neerushaa	Hatim
2005	Nikhat Mariyam Neerushaa	Hatim
2006	Tara Desai, Nisha Sagar, Nikhat Mariyam Neerushaa	Dharti Ka Veer Yodha Prithviraj Chauhan
2007	Sheela Sagar and Nikhat Mariyam Neerushaa	Dharti Ka Veer Yodha Prithviraj Chauhan
2008	Sheela Sagar	Jai Shri Krishna
2009	Neeta Lulla	Chittod Ki Rani Padmini Ka Johur
2010	Winnie Malhotra & Neelu Shroff	Balika Vadhu
2011	Nidhi Yasha	Shobha Somnath Ki
2012	Winnie Malhotra & Neelu Shroff	Balika Vadhu
2013	Nikhat Mariyam Neerushaa	Bharat Ka Veer Putra – Maharana Pratap
2014	Jerry D'souza	Nach Baliye 6
2015
2016	Nikhat Mariyam Neerushaa	Siya Ke Ram
2017	Nikhat Mariyam Neerushaa	Prem Ya Paheli – Chandrakanta
2018	Ketki Dalal	Porus
2021	Sheetal Sharma	The Empire (TV series)
2023	Tara Desai	Pandya Store

Best Dialogues

Year	Name	Show
2001	Ashwni Dhir	Office Office
2002	Rekkha Modi	Kasautii Zindagii Kay
2003	Ashwni Dhir	Office Office
2004	Ashwni Dhir	Office Office
2005	Aatish Kapadia	Sarabhai vs Sarabhai
2006	Ashwni Dhir	Naya Office Office
2007	Kamlesh Pandey	Virrudh
2008	Raghuvir Shekhawat	Balika Vadhu
2009	Usha Dixit	Balika Vadhu
2010	Usha Dixit	Balika Vadhu
2011	Mihir Bhuta	Mukti Bandhan
2012	Usha Dixit	Balika Vadhu
2013	Raghuvir Shekhawat	Diya Aur Baati Hum
2014	B. M. Vyas	Bharat Ka Veer Putra – Maharana Pratap
	Amit Aaryan	F.I.R.
2016	Manoj Santoshi	Bhabhi Ji Ghar Par Hai!
2017	Manoj Santoshi	Bhabi Ji Ghar Par Hai!
2018	Manoj Santoshi	Jijaji Chhat Per Hain

Best Editing

Year	Name	Show
2001		IT India Tomorrow
2002	Aparna Roy and Anand Kumar	The Year that Shook the World (International Year ender)
2003	Naved Jaffrey	Boogie Woogie
2004	Papu Trivedi	Hatim
2005	Pratik Chitalia & Raj Singh	Time Bomb
2006	Koteswara Rao	The Last Goodbye-Missing in Action
2007		SPL REPORT - TRAIN TO TIBET
2008	Koteswara Rao	Scaling New Heights
2009	Vikas Singh, Tarique Ahmed & Devang Kakkad	Ladies Special
2010	Sanjeev Naag	Inside: Mumbai Terror Attacks
2011	Paresh Shah	Shobha Somnath Ki
2012	Amit Kalra	Making of Foodistan
2013	K. Rajgopal	Bharat Ka Veer Putra – Maharana Pratap
2014	Bhakti Mayaloo	24
2015
2016	Bhakti Mayaloo	24
2017	Gaurav Khera	Defender Of India
2023	Janak Chauhan	Pandya Store

Edutainment/Science/Knowledge Based Show

Year	Name	Show	Channel
2002	Pulse Media	Turning Point	DD National

Best TV Picture Editor

Year	Name	Show	Channel
2002	Awadh Singh	Kudrat	DD National

Best Public Service Shorts

Year	Name	Show	Channel
2004	BBC World Services Trust, Naco & Prasar Bharti	HIV/Aids Spots	DD National

Best Lyricist

Year	Name	Show	Channel
2003	Naksh Lyalpuri	Shikwah	DD National
2005	Nawab Arzoo	Kasautii Zindagii Kay	Star Plus
2013	Vibha Tewari	Madhubala - Ek Ishq Ek Junoon	Colors TV
2014	Abhishek Kumar Shashank Kunwar	Rangrasiya	Colors TV

Best Singer

Year	Name	Show	Channel
2004	Shreya Ghoshal	Ye Meri Life Hai	Sony TV
2006	Shreya Ghoshal & Sonu Nigam	Haath Se Haath Mila	DD National
2013	Harshdeep Kaur	Bani - Ishq Da Kalma	Colors TV
2014	Mika Singh	Mission Sapne	Colors TV
2019	Shivangi Bhayana	Kahaan Hum Kahaan Tum	Star Plus
2024	Harshit Saxena	Shrimad Ramayan	Sony TV

Best Story

Year	Name	Show	Channel
2013		Lapataganj	SAB TV
2014	Purnendu Shekhar Gajra Kottary	Balika Vadhu	Colors TV
2018		Ishq Subhan Allah	Zee TV

Best Teleplay

Year	Name	Show	Channel
2004	Rajat Arora	CID	Sony TV
2013	Seema Mantri	Diya Aur Baati Hum	Star Plus
2014	Rensil D'Silva Bhavani Iyer Priya Pinto	Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai	Star Plus
2023	Bhavna Vyas	Anupamaa	Star Plus

Best Title Music/Song Track

Year	Name	Show	Channel
2002	Lalit Sen	Kasautii Zindagii Kay	Star Plus
2013	Karthik Shah	Bharat Ka Veer Putra –Maharana Pratap	Sony TV
2014	Saurabh Kalsi	Rangrasiya	Colors TV

Best Videography

Year	Name	Show	Channel
2004	B. P. Singh[18]	CID	Sony TV
2013	Sanjay Agrawal	Everest: Indian Army Women's Expedition	Discovery Channel (India)
2014	Jay Oza Tanay Satam	24	Colors TV

Best Visual Effects

Year	Name	Show	Channel
2013	Hardik Gajjar	Devon Ke Dev...Mahadev	Life OK
2014		The Adventures of Hatim Mahabharat	Life OK Star Plus

Special awards

The ITA Honorary Award, is given by the Indian Television Academy as part of its annual ITA Awards. The award is usually given to television series, events or personalities that have acquired legendary status through Indian television.

Channel awards

Best Entertainment Channel

• 2001 - DD Metro
• 2002 - Star Plus
• 2003 - Star Plus
• 2004 - Star Plus
• 2005 - Star Plus
• 2006 - Star Plus
• 2007 - Star Plus
• 2008 - Star Plus
• 2009 - Colors TV
• 2010 - Star Plus
• 2011 - Star Plus
• 2012 - Star Plus
• 2013 - Star Plus
• 2014 - Star Plus
• 2015 - Star Plus
• 2016 - Star Plus
• 2017 - Star Plus
• 2018 - Colors TV
• 2019 - Star Plus
• 2020 - Star Plus

Best Hindi News Channel

• 2001 - Aaj Tak
• 2002 - Aaj Tak
• 2003 - Aaj Tak
• 2004 - Aaj Tak
• 2005 - Aaj Tak
• 2006 - Aaj Tak
• 2007 - Aaj Tak
• 2008 - Aaj Tak
• 2009 - Aaj Tak
• 2010 - Aaj Tak
• 2011 - Aaj Tak
• 2012 - Aaj Tak
• 2013 - Aaj Tak
• 2014 - Aaj Tak
• 2015 - Aaj Tak
• 2016 - India TV
• 2017 - Aaj Tak
• 2018 - Aaj Tak
• 2019 - Aaj Tak
• 2020 - Aaj Tak

Best English News Channel

• 2006 - CNN-News18
• 2007 - CNN-News18
• 2008 - CNN-News18
• 2009 - NDTV 24x7
• 2010 - CNN-News18
• 2011 - CNN-News18
• 2012 - CNN-News18
• 2013 - CNN-News18
• 2014 - Times Now
• 2015 - CNN-News18
• 2016 - CNN-News18
• 2017 - India Today
• 2018 - India Today
• 2019 - India Today
• 2020 - India Today

See also

• List of Asian television awards