Awards
Star adds Bafta Awards to kitty
MUMBAI: The movie awards season is in full swing. Star World will air the British Film and Television Academy (Bafta) awards on 20 February at 10 pm.
Bafta has two awards ceremonies. Next month on 12 February honours films while nominations for the television awards will be announced on 14 March 2005, with the ceremony taking place on 17 April 2005.
Martin Scorcese’s epic The Aviator leads with 14 nominations and the big story doing the rounds is that two of the most critically acclaimed films of the year Sideways and Million Dollar Baby have been shut out. The profile of any awards show is dependent on its ability to predict the Oscar Awards. Bafta has stumbled in a big way on that front.
At another high profile awards show – The Golden Globes, which aired on Star World a couple of days ago, both the above mentioned films won awards. The reason being given by industry observers for Million Dollar Baby not being on the Bafta list is that very few people saw Clint Eastwood’s feminist themed boxing film. The same thing goes for Sideways.
Along with The Aviator the other best picture nominees at the Bafta’s are the British filmVera Drake, the mind bender Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind, The Motorcycle Diaries and the biopic Finding Neverland. The last film deals with how writer J,M. Barrie found inspiration to create Peter Pan.
Vera Drake which deals with a woman performing illegal abortions is also competing for the best British film of the year along with Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban , Finding Neverland and Shaun Of The Dead.
Awards
Ajay Kakar to chair jury for ad:tech Honours Awards 2026
Industry leaders join jury as nominations surge for marketing tech awards
NEW DELHI: The ad:tech Honours Awards 2026 are gearing up for a bigger second edition, with Ajay Kakar, head of corporate branding at Adani Group, set to chair the jury for India’s technology-focused marketing awards.
Organised in partnership with the International Advertising Association India Chapter, the awards celebrate the growing influence of technology in shaping modern advertising and marketing outcomes. This year’s edition has drawn a strong response from across the industry, signalling rising momentum around innovation in marketing technology.
The organisers say the nominations reflect a wide range of ideas and approaches, highlighting how brands and agencies are increasingly leaning on platforms, tools and data to sharpen their campaigns and connect with audiences more effectively.
Leading the evaluation process, Kakar will head a jury made up of senior leaders from across brands, agencies and technology platforms.
The jury panel includes Amaresh Godbole, CEO, digital technology business at Publicis Groupe; Bishwajeet S, head of marketing and PR at Volkswagen India; Carol Goyal, executive director at Rediffusion and CEO of Aesthetic Intelligence Lab; Kushal Sanghvi, director at Komerz; Lara Balsara, executive director at Madison World; Rana Barua, group CEO India, sea and North Asia; Deepak Oram, senior vice president growth marketing and martech; and Priyanka Khaneja Gandhi, head of marketing and creative solutions at Amazon Ads India.
The ad:tech Honours Awards aim to recognise not just creative campaigns but the smart use of technology that delivers measurable impact and business results. Categories this year reflect the rapidly evolving digital landscape, covering areas such as artificial intelligence, data-driven marketing, content ecosystems, automation, martech and adtech integration, and commerce-led marketing.
The winners will be announced on 17 March 2026 at the Yashobhoomi Convention Centre in New Delhi during ad:tech New Delhi 2026. The event is expected to bring together leaders from brands, agencies, platforms, creators and technology partners for an evening celebrating the ideas and innovations shaping the future of marketing.iconductor industries.
