Watch out the winners of 'Kya Drama Hai' 1st Drama Icon Awards 2023

January 2, 2024 07:07 PM

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The popular Pakistani drama review show ‘Kya Drama Hai’ hosted by Mukarram Kaleem has organized the 1st Drama Icon Awards 2023 ceremony for the very first time on Pakistan's electronic media.

The 1st Drama Icon Awards ceremony was organized by the whole team of ‘Kya Drama Hai’ including the panel of judges of the four seasons of the show and the host Mukarram Kaleem.

The judges of season one were Faisal Qureshi, Atiqa Odhu, and Rubina Ashraf.

The season two judges were Rubina Ashraf, Maria Wasti, and Nadia Khan.

The judges of seasons three and four were Marina Khan, Rubina Ashraf, and Nadia Khan.

The foundation of the awards has been laid under the fact that in the drama industry, the award will now be given only to those who truly deserve it.

The ceremony was held at the National Academy of Performing Arts, Karachi (NAPA), the symbol of art and drama.

During the span of the mesmerizing event, the judges and charming hosts celebrated the achievements of talented Pakistani actors and actresses who performed wholeheartedly in their assigned projects.

The versatile Pakistani showbiz personalities graced the occasion with their presence including Bushra Ansari, Mohib Mirza, Hina Dilpazeer, Sabeena Farooq, Usman Pirzada, Shamoon Abbasi, Farhan Ally Agha, Saqib Sameer, Fifi Haroon, Shaheera Jalil Albasit, Tapu Javeri, Nadeem Baig, Saqib Malik, Saim Sadiq, Mohsin Ali, Saira Ghulam Nabi and many other.

The host Mukarram Kaleem as well as the gorgeous ladies Nadia Khan, Rubina Ashraf, Marina Khan, and Maria Wasti started the awards ceremony by unveiling the trophy.

The most interesting thing to be noticed was that the awards for the best Director of Photography (DOP) and the best Assistant Director (AD) were also announced.

A total of 26 awards were honored in different categories of Mini-series Critics choice and Popular choice.

Actor Mohammed Ehteshamuddin won the Best Actor Critic Award. In contrast, rising starlet Sabeena Farooq won the Best Actress Critics Award for the blockbuster Pakistani Green Entertainment drama serial ‘Kabli Pulao’ while ‘Kabli Pulao’ itself won the Best Drama Critics Award.

The heartthrob Wahaj Ali won the Best Actor Popular Award whereas stunning Yumna Zaidi won the Best Actress Popular Award for another blockbuster Pakistani drama serial ‘Tere Bin’ while ‘Tere Bin’ itself won the Best Drama Popular Award.

On the other hand, Mahira Khan, Faysal Quraishi, Ahsan Khan, Muneeb Butt, Mohib Mirza, Farhan Ally Agha, Huma Nawab, Nadia Afghan, Saqib Sameer, Abdullah Farhatullah and Shaheera Jalil Albasit also received the titles.

Here we have a complete list of winners announced at the 1st Drama Icon Awards 2023:

Best Writer (Mini-Series)

Mohsin Ali for ‘Razia’

Best Writer (Critics Choice)

Zafar Mairaj for ‘Kabli Pulao’

Best Writer (Popular Choice)

Nadia Akhtar for ‘Bakhtawar’

Best Director (Mini-Series)

Mohsin Ali for ‘Razia’

Best Director (Critics Choice)

Kashif Nisar for ‘Kabli Pulao’

Best Director (Popular Choice)

Siraj Ul Haq for ‘Tere Bin’

Best Performance in a Negative Role (Mini-Series)

Mohib Mirza for ‘Razia’

Best Performance in a Negative Role (Critics Choice)

Saqib Sameer for ‘Kabli Pulao’

Best Performance in a Negative Role (Popular Choice)

Ahsan Khan for ‘Fraud’

Best Supporting Actor (Mini-Series)

Faysal Quraishi for ‘Aik Thi Laila’

Best Supporting Actor (Critics Choice)

Abdullah Farhatullah for ‘Kabli Pulao’

Best Supporting Actor (Popular Choice)

Farhan Ally Agha for ‘Tere Bin’

Best Supporting Actress (Mini-Series)

Mahira Khan for ‘Razia’

Best Supporting Actress (Critics Choice)

Nadia Afghan for ‘Kabli Pulao’

Best Supporting Actress (Popular Choice)

Huma Nawab for ‘Bakhtawar’

Best Actor (Mini-Series)

Muneeb Butt for ‘Sar-e-Rah’

Best Actor (Critics Choice)

Mohammed Ehteshamuddin for ‘Kabli Pulao’

Best Actor (Popular Choice)

Wahaj Ali for ‘Tere Bin’

Best Actress (Mini-Series)

Shaheera Jalil Albasit for ‘Razia’

Best Actress (Critics Choice)

Sabeena Farooq for ‘Kabli Pulao’

Best Actress (Popular Choice)

Yumna Zaidi for ‘Tere Bin’

Best Drama (Mini-Series)

Razia by ‘Express Entertainment’

Best Drama (Critics Choice)

Kabli Pulao by ‘Green Entertainment’

Best Drama (Popular Choice)

Tere Bin by ‘Geo Entertainment’

Best Director of Photography (DOP)

Asrad Khan for ‘Razia’

Best Assistant Director (AD)

Kashaf Ahmed for ‘Razia’

Here we have some of the glimpses of the eye-catching event: