Hum Awards Explained

Hum Awards
Current Awards:8th Hum Awards
Awarded For:Excellence in television, film and music achievements
Presenter:Hum Network Limited
Country:Pakistan
Year:2013
Network:Hum TV

Hum Awards are annual Pakistani accolades bestowed by the Hum Network Limited in recognition of excellence in programming of television, fashion and music industry of Pakistan. Winners are awarded the Hum Award of Merit. The awards were first presented in 2013 at a ceremony held at the Karachi Expo Centre.[1]

History

The award was first presented in 2013.[2] [3]

Ceremony

Venues

Most of the ceremonies in Pakistan held at Expo Centres of both Karachi and Lahore, Hum Awards held at Expo Center, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. 3rd Hum Awards ceremony took place on 9 April 2015, at Dubai World Trade Centre, Dubai, UAE, and will be televised after a month.[4] For the first time and it is the country's only second entertainment media awarding event after Lux Style Awards which will be held in Dubai. The reason to hold the ceremony in Dubai was Hum Network's completion of a 10 years and global success.[5]

Award ceremonies

See main article: List of Hum Awards Ceremonies.

Awards of Merit categories

Following is the listing of Hum Awards Merit categories since 2013.

Current categories

Television

Jury Awards
Popular Awards

As of 2nd ceremony, criteria of awards has been changed by management, Television Category has been split into two portions one is Viewers Choice Category and other is Jury's Choice Category. In first ceremony Viewers and Jury both were awarded but didn't mention visibly and awarded. As of third-year ceremony Best Onscreen Couple Popular awards is not awarded also its discontinuation is yet be confirmed.

Music

At 3rd Hum Awards, Best Music band and Best Solo Artist were not awarded, however, a new category called Best Music Single was introduced. Also similar to the TV categories, the discontinuation of music band and solo artist category is yet to be confirmed.

Fashion

After second year ceremony, neither the Best Designer Menswear nor Best Designer Womenswear awards were presented. Also their discontinuation is yet to be confirmed.

Discontinued categories

Special categories

The Special Hum Awards are voted on by special committees, rather than by the Hum membership as a whole. They are not always presented on a consistent annual basis. Following is the listing of Hum Awards Special categories since 2012.

Current special categories

Discontinued special categories

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ist Hum Awards . 18 June 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130609113425/http://www.secretcloset.pk/HUM-Network-held-its-Service-1st-HUM-Awards-in-Karachi/spotted/44.html . 9 June 2013 . live . dmy-all .
  2. Web site: Launching of Hum Awards. Hum TV Blog. 9 August 2014. 20 June 2013. https://archive.today/20130620121731/http://hum.tv/hum_blog/?p=198. dead.
  3. Web site: Another Award Night. Unique Pakistan. 25 April 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20140812205009/http://news.uniquepakistan.com.pk/hum-awards-2013-another-awards-night/. 12 August 2014. dead.
  4. Web site: Service 3rd HUM AWARDS 2015 set to take place in DUBAI. Style 360. 24 March 2015. 26 March 2015.
  5. Web site: Hum TV, 3rd Awards and its successful 10 years!. E-trends. 24 March 2015. 26 March 2015.