# Gold Awards

The Gold Awards is an annual awards show that honours the best performers in the Hindi-language television industry.
The awards are presented in various areas of excellence, such as popular programming, including music programmes, news, entertainment programmes, sports, travel, lifestyle and fashion; best television channel in a particular category including news, sports and entertainment; technical awards and popular awards. The event is managed and founded by Vikaas Kalantari.

## History

It is an annual Hindi television award show with many categories, including categories for Indian soap opera. The awards are presented for outstanding achievements, both in popular as well as technical branches such as television software and crafts. Initially the award show represented the best achievements of the year in the opinion of the TV industry. The voting was by industry workers right from the spot boys to actors, directors, writers and producers. Later, however, the voting system changed to an audience vote.
In the year 2007 and 2008, more than 300 TV and film personalities attended the event held in Mauritius and Dubai respectively.

## Editions

| Year | Ceremony | Channel | Host |
| 2007 | 1st Gold Awards | Zee TV | Aman Verma Mandira Bedi |
| 2008 | 2nd Gold Awards | Zee TV | |
| 2010 | 3rd Gold Awards | Zee TV | |
| 2011 | 4th Gold Awards | Zee TV | Ali Asgar Suresh Menon Disha Vakani Dilip Joshi |
| 2012 | 5th Gold Awards | Zee TV | |
| 2013 | 6th Gold Awards | Zee TV | Karan Grover Jayati Bhatia Bharti Singh |
| 2014 | 7th Gold Awards | Zee TV | Maniesh Paul Surbhi Jyoti |
| 2015 | 8th Gold Awards | Zee TV | |
| 2016 | 9th Gold Awards | Zee TV | Jay Bhanushali Gauahar Khan |
| 2017 | 10th Gold Awards | Zee TV | Jay Bhanushali Bharti Singh |
| 2018 | 11th Gold Awards | Zee TV | Nakuul Mehta Ali Asgar |
| 2019 | 12th Gold Awards | Zee TV | Nakuul Mehta Barkha Bisht Sengupta Paritosh Tripathi |

## Categories
### Popular Awards

* Best Actor in a Leading Role
* Best Actress in a Leading Role
* Best Actor in a Comic Role
* Best Actress in a Comic Role
* Best Actor in a Negative Role
* Best Actress in a Negative Role
* Best Actor in a Supporting Role
* Best Actress in a Supporting Role
* Gold Debut in a Lead Role (Male)
* Gold Debut in a Lead Role (Female)
* Best Child Artiste (Male)
* Best Child Artiste (Female)
* Most Stylish Actor of the Year
* Most Stylish Actress of the Year
* Most Fit Actor of the Year
* Most Fit Actress of the Year
* Gold Best Onscreen Jodi
* Best Fiction Show of the Year

### Critics Awards

* Best Actor in a Lead Role
* Best Actress in a Lead Role
* Best Actor in a Comic Role
* Best Actress in a Comic Role
* Best Actor in a Negative Role
* Best Actress in a Negative Role
* Best Actor in a Supporting Role
* Best Actress in a Supporting Role
* Stellar Performer of the Year (Male)
* Stellar Performer of the Year (Female)
* Boroplus Face of the Year
* Best Anchor
* Best Director
* Best Youth Show of the Year
* Best Comedy Show of the Year
* Best Crime/Thriller Show of the Year
* Best Dance Talent Show of the Year

### Special Awards

* Gold Producer's Honor For Completing 1000 episodes
* Hall of Fame
* Scintillating Comeback on Indian Television
* Most Celebrated Standup Comedian on Indian Television
* Rising Film Stars from Indian Television
* Most Consistent TRP Gainer Show of The Year
* OTT Icon Of The Year