The Lux Style Awards is an award ceremony held annually in

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since 2002. The awards celebrate "style" in the Pakistani entertainment industry, and it is the oldest event dedicated to cinema,

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fashion Fashion is a form of self-expression and autonomy at a particular period and place and in a specific context, of clothing, footwear, lifestyle, accessories, makeup, hairstyle, and body posture. The term implies a look defined by the fash ...

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and

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in Pakistan. Categories have changed over the years, but most are awarded by panels of judges who are experts in the respective industries, with some "people's choice" awards in the film and TV categories. The ceremonies, which are televised, have usually been held in

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, but in some years have taken place in

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and

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History

The Lux Style Awards were created and developed in 2002 by Naheed Chowdhry, the female executive who headed the

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Lux team at the time, in collaboration with Frieha Altaf, TV and event producer and former model. It is the largest annual awards ceremony held in Pakistan as well as the oldest. "I wanted to ensure that there was a sustainable legacy created that impartially assessed contributors and gave back to society through scholarships in the arts and culture arena", says Chowdhry."One that would go on to be recognized as the 'Oscars' of Pakistan." The first awards were presented in 2002 at the

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due to heightened security and high-profile attendance. The Awards Ceremony was preceded by seven days of exhibitions and fashion shows at different smaller venues throughout Karachi and on Manora Island, as a build-up to the final show. Since 2002, the event has been condensed to three days, hosting various events and activities relating to the Pakistan film industry. The ceremony was postponed in 2008 owing to security concerns and economic conditions, and in the same year, it was decided to provide annual scholarships to students of the National College of Arts (TV and Film), National Academy of Performing Arts (Music), and to two fashion schools. Viewer's Choice Awards for best male and female actors had originally been added to engage audiences viewing the show. In 2019, it was decided to add critics' choice awards for these categories as well. The Lux Awards have been televised in most years.

Ceremonies

The following is a listing of all Lux Style Awards ceremonies since 2002.

Controversies

Aminah Haq's Best TV Actress Win for Mehndi

Aminah Haq won Best TV Actress at 3rd Lux Style Awards for her performance in

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. Many thought that Sania Saeed gave a better performance in Thori Si Mohabat that year, and the only reason she lost was that her play was broadcast by a private TV channel ( Geo Entertainment). On the other hand, Mehndi was aired on PTV that was widely available all over the country and was more accessible for audiences. So, for 4th Lux Style Awards it was decided that there would be separate acting and play categories for terrestrial and satellite TV channels.

Snub of Zindagi Gulzar Hai in Best TV Play (Satellite) Category

Zindagi Gulzar Hai was nominated in all TV categories at 13th Lux Style Awards except for the Best TV Play-Satellite, eventually winning for Best TV Actor-Satellite ( Fawad Khan) and Best TV Actress-Satellite (

Sanam Saeed Sanam Saeed (born 2 February 1985) is a Pakistani actress, singer and former model who predominantly works in Urdu cinema and television. She is best known for portraying the role of Kashaf Murtaza in Momina Duraid's ''Zindagi Gulzar Hai'' for ...

). Many were disappointed with the omission of the most popular drama of the year in the biggest TV category. In response, next year

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did not submit it's TV plays to

14th Lux Style Awards 14th Lux Style Awards ---- Official Poster September 30, 2015 ---- Host: Fawad Khan Mahira Khan Yasir Hussain ---- Venue: Expo Center, Karachi ---- Film ''Na Maloom Afraad'' ---- Television Play: ''Pyaray Afzal'' ---- Album: '' Dareec ...

Mahira Khan's Best Film Actress Win for Verna

Mahira Khan was awarded Best Film Actress for Verna at

17th Lux Style Awards The 17th Lux Style Awards ceremony was held in Expo Center in Lahore, Pakistan. The award show not only recognized and acknowledged excellence in Fashion, Film, Music and TV but also created consciousness about various social causes, such as sexu ...

. Verna was considered a box office flop and it received mediocre reviews from critics. Many accused LSAs of being rigged as Mahira was the "Lux Girl" at that time. Punjab Nahi Jaungi was released the same year and became highest grossing Pakistani film of all the time. It also received glowing reviews from critics. Many were disappointed when the presumed front-runner Mehwish Hayat lost the award for her phenomenal performance in Punjab Nahi Jaungi to Mahira. In response, a statement was released by LSA stating that the Best Film Actress was a audience voted category and Mahira got the most votes that year as she had the biggest social media presence. Next year, LSA introduced critics choice' acting categories for the 18th edition.

Ali Zafar's Nominations at 18th Lux Style Awards

Many celebrities pulled out their nominations from 18th Lux Style Awards in the wake of

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movement.

Ali Zafar Ali Zafar ( pa, ; born 18 May 1980) is a Pakistani singer-songwriter, model, actor, producer, screenwriter and painter. Zafar started out on Pakistani television before becoming a popular musician. He later also established a career in Bo ...

was nominated for Best Film and Best Film Actor that year, many celebrities took to social media to give their support towards Meesha Shafi who previously made sexual harassment allegations against Ali. They urged LSA jury to pull out his nominations. When the jury denied their request many decided not to be a part of the ceremony, celebrities that pulled out their nominations from entertainment categories included: *

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, who were nominated for Best Playback (for "Meri Duniya" from ''

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''), Best TV Track (for '' Naulakha''), Best Song (for "Raat"), and Best Singer (for "Raat") * Faris Shafi (Meesha's brother) nominated for Best Song (for Clap) * Meesha herself pulled out her Best Singer nomination for Mein

Multiple Solo Acting Wins in a Single Year

Lux Style Award for Best Film

Introduction

Until 2011, this was chosen by public voting. From 2012 onwards, the winner has been chosen by an LSA jury.

Tere Pyaar Mein ''Tere Pyar Mein'' (Urdu: تیرے پیار میں) (lit: In Your Love) is a Pakistani film which was released in December 2000. It launched the career of Zara Sheikh in Lollywood. Plot The story is about a young Indian Sikh girl Preety playe ...

was the first winner. Every year, LSA jury short lists number of films between 1 and 10. Only those short listed films are nominated in the ceremony. Usually, five films are nominated for Best Film. In 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009 and 2011, no nominations were announced due to lack of films releases. In 2010 and 2012, no award was given because jury did not find any film worth winning. Three films were nominated in 2001, 2002 and 2008. In 2013, four films were nominated for the award.

Best Film and Best Director

Best Film and Best Director are closely linked. Only one film (

) has been able to win Best Film without winning Best Director.

Winners and nominees

Multiple Wins

Fizza Ali Meerza Fizza Ali Meerza is a Pakistani film producer, and screenwriter best known for making films that tackle socio economic issues. She became known in Pakistani cinema with her debut film, ''Na Maloom Afraad'' (2014). Career Ali Meerza started her ...

-3 *

Shoaib Mansoor Shoaib Mansoor (Full name, Shoaib Mansoor), ( ur, ; born 4 February 1951 Karachi) is a Pakistani television and film director, writer, producer, lyricist and musician of Muhajir origin. Active in the television industry since 1980, he first ...

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Lux Style Award for Best Film Director

Multiple Wins

* Nabeel Qureshi-2 * Syed Noor-2

Lux Style Award for Best Film Actor (Viewers' Choice)

Multiple Wins (Viewers' Choice + Critics' Choice + Supporting)

Shaan Shahid Armaghan Shahid PP ( ur, ; born 27 April 1971), better known by his stage names Shaan Shahid ( ur, ) or Shaan, is a Pakistani actor, producer, model, writer and director. Shaan has established himself as one of the most popular leading acto ...

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Javed Sheikh Jawed Sheikh (also spelled Javaid and Javed; born 8 October 1954) is a Pakistani actor, film director and producer who works in Lollywood and Bollywood. He is best known for working in the Hindi films '' Om Shanti Om'', '' My Name Is Anthony Go ...

-3 * Humayun Saeed-2 * Moammar Rana-2 *

Fahad Mustafa Fahad Salahuddin ( ur, فہد صلاح الدین) commonly known as Fahad Mustafa ( ur, فہد مصطفٰی, label=none), is a Pakistani film and television actor and producer who is best known for hosting '' Jeeto Pakistan'', a game show tha ...

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Lux Style Award for Best Film Actor (Critics' Choice)

Lux Style Award for Best Film Actress (Viewers' Choice)

Multiple Wins (Viewers' Choice + Critics' Choice + Supporting)

* Mahira Khan-5 * Saima Noor-2 *

Zara Sheikh Zara Sheikh ( Punjabi, ur, ) is a Pakistani model and actress. Sheikh has acted in films such as ''Tere Pyar Mein'' (2000), ''Salakhain'' (2004) and '' Laaj'' (2003). She won the Nigar Award for Best Actress for her performance in film ''Tere ...

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Lux Style Award for Best Film Actress (Critics' Choice)

Lux Style Award for Best Film Playback

Multiple Wins

* Rahat Fateh Ali Khan-2 * Aima Baig-2 * Atif Aslam-2

Records by films

Most Awards * Majajan-4 * Khuda Kay Liye-4 *

Na Maloom Afraad ''Na Maloom Afraad'' (lit. ''Unidentified People''), is a 2014 Pakistani action comedy film co-written and directed by Nabeel Qureshi in his directorial debut. It stars Javed Sheikh, Fahad Mustafa, Mohsin Abbas Haider with supporting cast of ...

-4 * Punjab Nahi Jaungi-4 *

Actor in Law ''Actor in Law'' is a 2016 Pakistani socio-comedy film directed by Nabeel Qureshi, co-written and produced by Fizza Ali Meerza along with Mehdi Ali. The film was released on Eid-ul-Adha 2016. by Urdu 1 Pictures. The film stars Fahad Mustaf ...

-4 * Laal Kabootar-4 * Khel Khel Mein-4 Most Nominations *

-9 * Jawani Phir Nahi Ani-9 * Ho Mann Jahaan-9 * Moor-9 Most Nominations without Winning * Manto-7 Big Four (Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Actress) Winners * Majajan-4

Lux Style Award for Best TV Play

Lux Style Award for Best TV Long Play

Criticism

Due to category being audience voted many of the groundbreaking dramas like Udaari,

Sang-e-Mar Mar ''Sang-e-Mar Mar'' ( ur, , ), previously titled ''Daasi'', is a Pakistani drama serial that aired on Hum TV from 1 September 2016 to 9 March 2017. It stars Nauman Ijaz, Sania Saeed, Mikaal Zulfiqar, Kubra Khan in leading roles with Omair R ...

and Dar Si Jaati Hai Sila failed to win Best TV Play despite winning in other major categories like Best TV Director and Best TV Writer. As of 2021 nominations were voted by public, some of the most critically acclaimed plays like Raqeeb Se and Dil Na Umeed To Nahi were not even nominated for the award despite dominating other major categories.

Multiple Wins

* PTV-12 *

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-5 * Geo Entertainment-4

Lux Style Award for Best TV Director

Multiple Wins

* Kashif Nisar-3 *

Anjum Shahzad Anjum Shahzad is a Pakistani TV and film director, producer, writer, actor and a philanthropist. Shahzad rose to fame and is best known for his role as Bobby in the critically acclaimed and madly-followed comedy series '' Family Front'' in the 90 ...

-3 * Sarmad Khoosat-2 * Babar Javed-2

Lux Style Award for Best TV Actor (Viewers' Choice)

Multiple Wins (Viewers' Choice + Critics' Choice + Satellite + Terrestrial)

* Noman Ijaz-10 * Humayun Saeed-5 * Faisal Qureshi-4 * Talat Hussain-2 * Fawad Khan-2 *

Feroze Khan Feroze Khan ( ur, فیروز خان; born 11 July 1990) is a Pakistani actor, model and video jockey. who works in Urdu television. He made his acting debut with '' Bikhra Mera Naseeb'' as Harib and later on played various roles. Khan got h ...

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Lux Style Award for Best TV Actor (Critics' Choice)

Lux Style Award for Best TV Actress (Viewers' Choice)

Multiple Wins (Viewers' Choice + Critics' Choice + Satellite + Terrestrial)

* Sania Saeed-4 *

Bushra Ansari Bushra Iqbal Ansari is a Pakistani actress, comedian, singer and playwright who started her career as a child performer in the 1950s. Ansari won numerous awards during her career, including the Presidential Pride of Performance Award in 1989 f ...

-3 * Yumna Zaidi-3 * Iqra Aziz-3 * Mahira Khan-2 * Sadia Imam-2 * Aiza Khan-2

Lux Style Award for Best TV Actress (Critics' Choice)

Lux Style Award for Best TV Writer

Multiple Wins

* Khalil-ur-Rehman Qamar-3 *

Umera Ahmad Umera Ahmed (Punjabi, ur, ) is a Pakistani writer, author and screenwriter. She is best known for her novels and plays '' Shehr-e-Zaat'', '' Pir-e-Kamil'', '' Zindagi Gulzar Hai'', ''Alif'', '' Durr-e-Shehwar'', '' Daam'', '' Man-o-Salwa'', ' ...

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Lux Style Award for Best TV Ensemble Play

Lux Style Award for Best Emerging Talent in TV

Lux Style Award for Best TV Track

Multiple Wins

* Qurat-ul-Ain Balouch-2 * Rahat Fateh Ali Khan-2

Records in Television

Most Award Won by a TV Play

Humsafar ''Humsafar'' ( ur, , lit=Companion or Life Partner) is a 2011 Pakistani drama telenovela based on the novel of the same name by Farhat Ishtiaq (who also wrote the screenplay), and directed by Sarmad Sultan Khoosat. It stars Fawad Khan, Mahira ...

-6 * Pyarey Afzal-5 *

Ranjha Ranjha Kardi ''Ranjha Ranjha Kardi'' (She keeps on saying Beloved) is a 2018 Pakistani drama serial that aired on Hum TV. It is directed by Kashif Nisar and written by Faiza Iftikhar, starring Iqra Aziz, Imran Ashraf and Syed Jibran. It emerged as one of ...

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Lux Style Award for Best Song of the Year

Multiple Wins

* Quratulain Balouch-2 *

Sajjad Ali Sajjad Ali (born 1962) is a Pakistani semi-classical, pop and rock singer, poet, actor, film director as well as a film producer from Karachi, Pakistan.

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Lux Style Award for Best Singer of the Year

Lux Style Award for Best Music Youth Icon

Lux Style Award for Best Music Producer

Lux Style Award for Best Live Performance

Lux Style Award for Best Video Director

Multiple Wins

* Ahsan Rahim-2 *

Bilal Lashari Bilal Lashari is a Pakistani filmmaker, cinematographer, screenwriter and occasional actor. He made his directorial debut with '' Waar'' (2013), which at the time of release became Pakistan's highest-grossing film (currently 11th highest). His ...

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Directors that went on to be nominated for Best Film Director

* 2007-

for Khuda Kay Liye-Won (Best Film) * 2011-

for Bol-Won (Best Film) * 2013-

for Waar-Nominated * 2014-Jami for O21-Nominated * 2015-Jami for Moor-Won * 2016-Asim Raza for Ho Mann Jahaan-Nominated * 2017-

for Verna-Nominated * 2018-Ahsan Rahim for

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-Won * 2019-Kamal Khan for Laal Kabootar-Won * 2019-Saqib Malik for

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-Nominated * 2019- Asim Raza for Parey Hut Love-Nominated

Lux Style Award for Best Fashion Model of the Year

Multiple Wins

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-4 *

Shahzad Noor Shahzad Noor ( ur, ; born 21 June 1989) is a Pakistani fashion model and actor. Personal life Noor was born into a Pashtun family in Karachi, Pakistan, and he explains that, for his acting career, he had to rectify his Urdu accent. Career He ...

-3 *Ameer Zeb Khan-3 * Abbas Jafri-2 *Iftikhar Zafar-2 * Vaneeza Ahmed-2 *

Sadaf Kanwal Sadaf Sabzwari, Kanwal ( ur, ), is a Pakistani actress and model. She has played the role of Sharmeen Mukhtiyar in 2017 movie ''Balu Mahi''. As a model, Kanwal has established a career and has been nominated for several awards including Lux Sty ...

-2 * Rabia Butt-2 *Neha Ahmed-2

Lux Style Award for Best Fashion Forward Brand

Multiple Wins

Khaadi Khaadi (Urdu: کھادی, romanized: Khādī; pronounced ʰaːd̪iː is a Pakistani fashion and lifestyle brand, founded in December 1998.It is headquartered in Karachi. As of 2015, it operates 46 stores in 17 cities across Pakistan, and 1 ...

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Lux Style Award for Best Fashion Makeup & Hair Artist

Multiple Wins

*Nabila-10 *Saima Rashid Bargfrede-2 *Qasim Liaqat-2 *Sunil Nawab-2 ''Note: Nabila is always credited with her Creative Team''

Lux Style Award for Best Fashion Photographer/Videographer

Multiple Wins

*Rizwan-ul-Haq-6 *Ather Shahzad-3 *Shahbaz Shazi-2 *Guddu Shani-2 *Khawar Riaz-2

Lux Style Award for Best Fashion Style Icon

Lux Style Award for Best Fashion Stylist

Chairperson's Lifetime Achievement Award

References

External links

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History

Ceremonies

Categories

Films

Television

Music

Fashion (Jury Voted)

Honorary

Defunct

Controversies

Aminah Haq's Best TV Actress Win for Mehndi

Snub of Zindagi Gulzar Hai in Best TV Play (Satellite) Category

Mahira Khan's Best Film Actress Win for Verna

Ali Zafar's Nominations at 18th Lux Style Awards

Multiple Solo Acting Wins in a Single Year

Lux Style Award for Best Film

Introduction

Best Film and Best Director

Winners and nominees

Multiple Wins

Lux Style Award for Best Film Director

Multiple Wins

Lux Style Award for Best Film Actor (Viewers' Choice)

Multiple Wins (Viewers' Choice + Critics' Choice + Supporting)

Lux Style Award for Best Film Actor (Critics' Choice)

Lux Style Award for Best Film Actress (Viewers' Choice)

Multiple Wins (Viewers' Choice + Critics' Choice + Supporting)

Lux Style Award for Best Film Actress (Critics' Choice)

Lux Style Award for Best Film Playback

Multiple Wins

Records by films

Lux Style Award for Best TV Play

Lux Style Award for Best TV Long Play

Criticism

Multiple Wins

Lux Style Award for Best TV Director

Multiple Wins

Lux Style Award for Best TV Actor (Viewers' Choice)

Multiple Wins (Viewers' Choice + Critics' Choice + Satellite + Terrestrial)

Lux Style Award for Best TV Actor (Critics' Choice)

Lux Style Award for Best TV Actress (Viewers' Choice)

Multiple Wins (Viewers' Choice + Critics' Choice + Satellite + Terrestrial)

Lux Style Award for Best TV Actress (Critics' Choice)

Lux Style Award for Best TV Writer

Multiple Wins

Lux Style Award for Best TV Ensemble Play

Lux Style Award for Best Emerging Talent in TV

Lux Style Award for Best TV Track

Multiple Wins

Records in Television

Most Award Won by a TV Play

Lux Style Award for Best Song of the Year

Multiple Wins

Lux Style Award for Best Singer of the Year

Lux Style Award for Best Music Youth Icon

Lux Style Award for Best Music Producer

Lux Style Award for Best Live Performance

Lux Style Award for Best Video Director

Multiple Wins

Directors that went on to be nominated for Best Film Director

Lux Style Award for Best Fashion Model of the Year

Multiple Wins

Lux Style Award for Best Fashion Forward Brand

Multiple Wins

Lux Style Award for Best Fashion Makeup & Hair Artist

Multiple Wins

Lux Style Award for Best Fashion Photographer/Videographer

Multiple Wins

Lux Style Award for Best Fashion Style Icon

Lux Style Award for Best Fashion Stylist

Chairperson's Lifetime Achievement Award

See also

References

External links