2020 has been an exhausting year for the most part due to a global pandemic that crippled every avenue of business and entertainment. Keeping up with the current times, Unilever decided to cancel an in-person award ceremony of the 19th annual Lux Style Awards and went for a digital show. The Lux Style Awards office have announced the winners for this year in the arenas of fashion, films, music and television in Karachi today. The recorded ceremony will be shown online next week.
Let’s have a look on the list of award winners.
Fashion
1.Model of the Year – Male
Hasnain Lehri
2.Model of the Year – Female
Zara Abid (posthumous)
3.Achievement in Fashion Design – Pret
Generation
4.Achievement in Fashion Design – Luxury Pret
Sana Safinaz
5.Achievement in Fashion Design – Bridal Couture
Sana Safinaz
6.Best Menswear Designer
Ismail Farid
7.Best Fashion Photographer
Shahbaz Shazi
8.Best Makeup and Hair Artist
Saima Bargfrede
9.Best Emerging Talent – Fashion
Sachal Afzal for Male Model
Film
1.Best Film
Laal Kabootar
2.Best Director Film
Kamal Khan for Laal Kabootar
3.Best Film Actor – Viewer’s Choice
Ahmed Ali Akbar for Laal Kabootar
4.Best Film Actress – Viewer’s Choice
Mahira Khan for Superstar
5.Best Film Actor Critics
Rashid Farooqui for Laal Kabootar
6.Best Film Actress Critics
Mahira Khan for Superstar
Music
1.Best Song
Raavi by Sajjad Ali from Raavi
2.Singer of the Year
Hadia Hashmi – Bol Hu
3.Best Emerging Talent
Big Foot Music – Hamad Khan, Sohaib Lari
4.Best Playback Singer
Ali Tariq for Behka Na from Parey Hut Love
5.Best Original Soundtrack
Ranjha Ranjha Kardi by JB Sisters/Rahma Ali Composed and Produced by Sami Khan
Television
1.Best TV Play
Meray Paas Tum Ho
2.Best Play Director
Kashif Nisar for Ranjha Ranjha Kardi
3.Best Play Writer
Faiza Iftikhar for Ranjha Ranjha Kardi
4.Best TV Actor – Critics
Zahid Ahmed for Ishq Zah e Naseeb
5.Best TV Actress – Critics
Iqra Aziz for Ranjha Ranjha Kardi
6.Best TV Actor – Viewer’s Choice
Imran Ashraf for Ranjha Ranjha Kardi
7.Best TV Actress – Viewer’s Choice
Yumna Zaidi for Inkaar
8.Best Emerging Talent TV
Shees Gul for Meray Paas Tum Ho
Other than honoring winners in the above mentioned 28 categories, Two Lifetime Achievement Awards were announced as well. Revered compere, writer and host par-excellence, Anwar Maqsood will be conferred the Unilever Chairman’s Lifetime Achievement Award. The Lifetime Achievement Award in Fashion was awarded to photo journalist and photographer, Tapu Javeri.