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Colors to telecast 12th Indian Telly Awards on 26 May at 6 pm
MUMBAI: Breathtaking performances, rib-tinkling humour, loads of glitz and glamour and your favourite television stars. Find it all at the starry night that is the 12th annual Indian Telly awards, organised by indiantelevision.com.
indiantelevision.com’s The 12th Indian Telly Awards is all set to entertain one and all and celebrate the best of the Indian television industry only on Colors. One of the most awaited events for those involved in any way in the world of Indian television, the awards promise three things to all its excited viewers- entertainment, entertainment and more entertainment.
“indiantelevision.com’s Telly Awards is the most prestigious property for the Indian television and broadcasting fraternity. Both Colors and indiantelevision.com have planned a wonderful show for our viewers.We are looking forward to the telecast,” says Colors CEO Raj Nayak.
Adds Indiantelevision.com and The Indian Telly Awards founder & CEO Anil Wanvari: “Winning an Indian Telly Award is extremely prestigious moment for actors, producers, technicians, and anyone else associated with TV. While we recognise excellence, we also work on putting in more than a high dose of entertainment to keep audiences at home wanting more. The 12th edition of the show is planned as a mega-spectacular with a never before seen set designed by Oomung Kumar. We designed the show to be full of fun and puns for the audiences and lots of entertainment.”
Be prepared for your television screens to come alive with spectacular performances by the most celebrated talents of the Indian television industry. The very dashing television poster ‘boys’ Ronit Roy and Ram Kapoor will leave the viewers in splits with their quick wit and incredible stage presence as they co-host the evening with panache and bromance. Helping them keep the awards lively as co-hosts are the witty and popular Jay Bhanushali and the child like Rashmi Desai and telly land’s Chautala Kavita Kaushik.
The sexiest yummy mummies of telly world Barkha Bisht, Shweta Tiwari and Urvashi Dholakia will sizzle the screens on the item songs like Fevicol Se, Halkat Jawani, among other songs.
The lovely act by the most romantic off-screen TV couple Aamir Ali and Sanjeeda Sheikh will make one fall in love with love. Watch Jay Soni romance his on-screen partner Shamin Mannan. Watch television’s leading leadies – Sanaya Irani, Suhasi Dhami, Mahi Vij and Simran Kaur – performing in an eyecatching and rivetting prop-heavy act denoting the moods of a woman – right from passion, to envy and sorrow.
What more? Viewers can ogle at television’s hottest hunks – Gurmeet Chaudhary, Manish Raisinghani, Mrunal Jain and Gaurav Chopra – take off their shirts and even their trousers on a foottapping medley of the year’s greatest Bollywood masala hits. Their terrific bare-chested performance is sure to take the breath of female fans away.
The highlight of the evening was the very thoughtful ‘family relations’ act which saw beautiful and engaging performances by actors who are family in real life with segments of bhabi-nanand (Tanaz Irani and Delnaz) , real life maa- betiyan (Savita Joshi, Ketki Dave and Purbi Joshi), real life bhai-bhai (Rohit Roy and Ronit Roy), real life bhai-bahen (Krushna Abhishek-Aarti Singh) and real life shriman shrimati (Apurva Agnihotri and Shilpa Saklani)
indiantelevision.com’s The Indian Telly Awards are one of the oldest and most respectable television honours in the industry and have been successfully lauding excellence in the Indian television and broadcasting industry since the past 12 years. Its popularity is only soaring year after year.
“The response for the 12th Indian Telly Awards has been great,” says Nayak. “While Dabur Glucose D has come on as the title sponsor, Brooke Bond Taj Mahal Tea has taken the powered by status. The associate sponsors include: Aircel, Vasan Eye Care Hospitals, Margo, Pudin Hara, Layer’s Deo, Ponds white beauty and Nycil Gulabjal. It’s great to have them on board, a property we are very pleased to be associated with, as it recognises the very best in our TV industry.”
The show also has some poignant moments like TV’s hottest personality Karan Singh Grover slow dancing with his wife the ever so popular Jennifer Winget.
The winners that took the coveted and prestigious Indian Telly Award trophy home were cock-a-hoop Vivian Dsena and Drashti Dhami were declared the most popular television on-screen jodi as RK and Madhu from popular Colors show Madhubala-Ek Ishq Ek Junoon. Star Plus’s TRP garnering Diya Aur Bati emerged as a hearty winner by bagging the awards for the most popular daily show fiction as well as the popular actress and popular actor in a lead role for Deepika Signh as Sandhya and Anas Rashid as Sooraj. The award for popular actor in a lead role was also bagged by Kunal Karan Kapoor for Mohan Bhtanagar in Colors’s Na Bole Tum Na Maine Kuch Kaha- 2. Hot hunk Mohit Raina bagged the jury award for best actor while Manish Paul walked away with the best anchor trophy.
All in all, the Indian Telly Awards was a spectacular evening to remember with fabulous performances, surprising acts and the shinning television industry at its glamorous and entertaining best. Watch the repeat on Sunday if you are a diehard fan at 6.00 pm.
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Sahara One reports financial results, notes director exit and business realignment
Muted revenues, steady expenses and strategic adjustments shape company’s current phase
MUMBAI: In a tale where the sands seem to be slipping faster than they can be gathered, Sahara One Media and Entertainment Limited has reported another quarter of wafer-thin income and widening losses, even as a boardroom exit adds to the unease.
The company informed the Bombay Stock Exchange that its board, in a meeting held on April 4, approved its unaudited financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2025. The numbers paint a stark picture. Total income for the quarter stood at just Rs 0.13 lakh, unchanged sequentially and sharply down from Rs 0.26 lakh a year earlier.
Losses, meanwhile, deepened. The company posted a net loss of Rs 24.16 lakh for the quarter, compared to Rs 18.81 lakh in the June quarter and Rs 39.69 lakh in the same period last year. For the six months ended September 2025, the cumulative loss stood at Rs 39.69 lakh, while the full-year loss for FY25 was reported at Rs 60.72 lakh.
Expenses continued to outweigh income by a wide margin. Total expenses for the quarter came in at Rs 24.30 lakh, led by employee benefit costs of Rs 6.51 lakh and other expenses of Rs 17.78 lakh. Earnings per share remained in the red at Rs (0.11) for the quarter.
The balance sheet reflects a company with significant assets on paper but limited operational momentum. Total assets stood at Rs 23,065.57 lakh as of September 30, 2025, broadly unchanged from March 2025. Equity share capital remained steady at Rs 2,152.50 lakh, while total equity was reported at Rs 18,004.85 lakh.
Cash and cash equivalents saw a modest uptick to Rs 6.75 lakh from Rs 4.68 lakh earlier, supported by a positive operating cash flow of Rs 180.01 lakh for the period.
Yet, beneath these numbers lies a more complex narrative. The company’s auditors flagged their inability to obtain sufficient evidence to form a conclusion on the financial statements, citing lack of access to records. They also raised concerns over the company’s ability to continue as a going concern, pointing to insufficient funds, delayed recoveries, and stalled content investments.
Adding to the governance overhang, the company disclosed that Rana Zia has resigned as whole-time director, effective October 16, 2025, citing other professional commitments. The resignation, noted and accepted by the board, also brings an end to her role across company committees.
Regulatory pressures continue to loom large. The Securities and Exchange Board of India has already initiated penal actions for non-compliance with listing norms, with trading in the company’s shares remaining suspended. There is also a risk of promoter demat accounts being frozen.
Legacy legal issues remain unresolved. A substantial deposit of Rs 694,027.88 thousand linked to the long-running OFCD dispute involving Sahara group entities is still under the purview of the Supreme Court of India. Restrictions on asset disposal continue to weigh on the company’s financial flexibility.
Operationally, challenges persist across multiple fronts. Advances worth Rs 1,92,916 thousand given for film content remain stuck, with delays in project completion and uncertain recoverability. The company’s YouTube channel, despite being operational, has generated no revenue for over three years due to compliance lapses. In a further twist, management has indicated that revenues may have been fraudulently diverted through unauthorised changes to its AdSense account, with a police complaint in the works.
There are also missed revenue opportunities. Television content rights continue to be used by a related party despite the expiry of the licence agreement, with fresh negotiations still underway.
For now, Sahara One Media and Entertainment Limited appears caught between legacy disputes and present-day operational hurdles. As losses linger and governance questions mount, the road to recovery looks less like a sprint and more like a slow trudge through shifting sands.
