The 17th Lux Style Awards was a Lux Style Awards ceremony held in Expo Center in Lahore, Pakistan. It was the first Lux Style Awards ceremony broadcast by Hum TV. The award show not only recognized and acknowledged excellence in Fashion, Film, Music and Pakistani television in 2017 but also created consciousness about various social causes, such as sexual abuse, child abuse and human rights. Unilever Pakistan Marketing Director Raheel Pasha also issued a statement earlier saying that 17th Lux Style Awards show was going to bring focus on ‘social awakening’ and ‘stand in solidarity with the nation’ at this ‘critical time’. The event started off with celebrities and prominent personalities walking down the red carpet. Ali Kazmi, the official Red Carpet host engaged the stars in quick and light hearted conversations after visiting the Social Corner, which was hosted by Ayesha Omer. Punjab Nahi Jaungi remained most awards winning film with four awards while Baaghi remained most awards winning TV series by winning three awards.
The Awards show was directed By Vaneeza Ahmad and the development was said to be occurred because of budget cuts for the show. The opening and closing was executed by Frieha Altaf where she also launched the #MeinBhi campaign which aimed to aimed to cover several human rights violations.
Winners and Nominees The nominees for the 17th Lux Style Awards were announced in January 2018.
Here’s who won at 17th Lux Style Awards. Winners are listed first in boldface
Film +Best Film
Punjab Nahi Jaungi Balu Mahi Chupan Chupai Na Maloom Afraad 2 VernaBest Director
Nadeem Baig - Punjab Nahi Jaungi Haisaam Hussain - Balu Mahi Mohsin Ali - Chupan Chupai Nabeel Qureshi - Na Maloom Afraad 2 Shoaib Mansoor - VernaBest Actor
Humayun Saeed - Punjab Nahi Jaungi Ahsan Khan - Chupan Chupai Fahad Mustafa - Na Maloom Afraad 2 Mohsin Abbas - Na Maloom Afraad 2 Osman Khalid Butt - Balu MahiBest Actress
Mahira Khan - Verna Ainy Jaffri - Balu Mahi Mehwish Hayat - Punjab Nahi Jaungi Uzma Hasan - Arth 2 Neelum Muneer - Chupan ChupaiBest Supporting Actor
Javed Sheikh - Na Maloom Afraad 2 Ali Rizvi - Chupan Chupai Faizan Khawaja - Chupan Chupai Sohail Ahmed - Punjab Nahi Jaungi Gohar Rasheed - RangrezaBest Supporting Actress
Urwa Hocane - Punjab Nahi Jaungi Durdana Butt - Balu Mahi Humaima Mallick - Arth 2 Sadaf Kanwal - Balu Mahi Zhalay Sarhadi - Chalay Thay SaathBest Singer Male
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan - ‘Sawaar De’ from Arth 2 Adnan Dhool - ‘Sadqa’ from Chupan Chupai Haroon Shahid - ‘Sambhal Sambhal’ from Verna Mohsin Haider Abbas - ‘Heeray’ from Na Maloom Afraad 2 Sahir Ali Bagga - ‘Murshid Jee’ of Arth 2Best Singer Female
Aima Baig - ‘Sadqa’ from Chupan Chupai Aima Baig - ‘Kaif O Soroor’ from Na Maloom Afraad 2 Jonita Gandhi - ‘Baqiya’ from Rangreza Nirmal Roy - ‘Raunaq-e- Aashiqui’ from Punjab Nahi Jaungi Sana Zulfiqar - ‘Aadat’ from Arth 2
Music +Album Of The Year
Wajd - Hadiqa Kiani 36 - Sikander ka Mandar 600 Saal - E Sharp Elhaam - Sounds of Kolachi Fanoos - Zohaib KaziSinger Of The Year
Ali Hamza, Ali Sethi and Waqar Ehsan - ‘Tanak Dhin’ Abid Brohi - ‘The Sibbi Song’ Ali Azmat and Qurat ul Ain Baluch - ‘Chal Diye’ Lyari Underground - ‘Players of Lyari’ Riaz Qadri and Zohaib Kazi - ‘Takht Hazar’Best Music Video Director
Raza Shah - ‘The Sibbi Song’ Qamar Anwer - ‘Kasani’ Sana Jaffri - ‘Madam’ Taimoor Salahuddin - ‘Chan Kithan’ Waleed Ahmed - ‘Super CatBest Emerging Talent
Kashmir Abdullah Siddiqui Badnaam Keeray Makoray Roots
Television Best Television Play Best Television Director Baaghi (Urdu 1) Muqabil (ARY Digital) O Rangreza (Hum TV) Sang-e-Mar Mar (Hum TV) Alif Allah Aur Insaan (Hum TV) Saif-e-Hassan - Sang-e-Mar Mar (Hum TV) Farooq Rind - Baaghi (Urdu 1) Saife Hassan - Sammi (Hum TV) Kashif Nisar - O Rangreza (Hum TV) Aehsun Talish - Alif Allah Aur Insaan (Hum TV)Best Television Actor Best Television Actress Ahad Raza Mir – Yaqeen Ka Safar (Hum TV) Adnan Siddiqui – Sammi (Hum TV) Imran Abbas – Khuda Aur Mohabbat (season 2) (Geo TV) Noman Ejaz – Pinjra (A Plus) Mohsin Abbas Haider – Muqabil (ARY Digital) Saba Qamar – Baaghi (Urdu 1) Sajal Aly – Yaqeen Ka Safar (Hum TV) Sajal Aly – O Rangreza (Hum TV) Kubra Khan – Muqabil (ARY Digital) Bushra Ansari-Seeta Bagri (TV One)Best Television WriterBest Television Track Mustafa Afridi - Sang-e-Mar Mar (Hum TV) Noorul Huda Shah - Sammi (Hum TV) Qaisra Hayat - Alif Allah Aur Insaan (Hum TV) Saji Gul - O Rangreza (Hum TV) Zafar Mairaj - Muqabil (ARY Digital) Shuja Haider - Baaghi (Urdu 1) Adnan Dhool & Sana Zulfiqar - Bay Khudi (ARY Digital) Jimmy Khan - Tumhare Hain (ARY Digital) Nabeel Shaukat Ali – Woh Aik Pal (Hum TV) Sahir Ali Bagga – O Rangreza (Hum TV)
Fashion +Model Of The Year - Male
Hasnain Lehri Aimal Khan Champ Imi Omer Shahzad Shahzad NoorModel Of The Year - Female
Amna Babar Anam Malik Hira Shah Sadaf Kanwal Zara AbidAchievement In Fashion Design - Pret
Sana Safinaz Chapter 2 by Khaadi Cross Stitch Generation SapphireAchievement In Fashion Design - Luxury Pret
Sania Maskatiya Elan Mahgul Misha Lakhani Shamaeel AnsariAchievement In Fashion Design - Bridal
Sana Safinaz Ali Xeeshan Elan Faraz Manan MahgulAchievement In Fashion Design - Lawn
Elan Mahgul Sana Safinaz Shehla Chatoor Zara ShahjahanBest Menswear Designer
Republic by Omar Farooq Amir Adnan Deepak and Fahad Deepak Perwani HSYBest Hair & Makeup Artist
Qasim Liaqat Fatima Nasir Hannan Siddique Saima Rashid Shoaib KhanBest Fashion Photographer
Rizwan ul Haq Abdullah Haris Alee Hassan Nadir Firoz Khan Shahbaz ShaziBest Emerging Talent
Saheefa Jabbar Khatak (Model) Fahmeen Ansari (Model) Hussain Rehar (Designer) Javeria Hanif (Model) MHM Photography (Photographer)
Best Dressed Male
Abrar Ul Haq
Best Dressed Female
Nabila
Lifetime Achievement Award
Frieha Altaf received the Lifetime Achievement Award.
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