The 1st ARY Film Awards or AFA'14 ceremony, presented by ARY Digital Network and Entertainment Channel, sponsored by Nokia, powered by ZONG and L'Oréal and took place on 27 April 2014 at the Golf Club, DHA Phase VIII, Karachi. The ceremony was held recorded and televised on 24 May 2014. During the ceremony ARY Digital Network and Entertainment Channel presented ARY Film Awards (commonly referred to as AFA's) in 29 categories and 4 special awards honoring the actors, technical achievements and films of 2013. The ceremony, televised in Pakistan by ARY Digital and was produced by ARY Digital Network chairman Salman Iqbal. ARY Film Awards became the most expensive event held in Pakistan.
Actor Shaan Shahid hosted the ceremony, while different segments were co-hosted by Ayesha Omer, Fahad Mustafa, Sarwat Gilani and Hamza Ali Abbasi. During the ceremony ARY presented its honorary lifetime achievement award and special honorary recognition to media and entertainment personalities.
Waar won the most awards with thirteen including Best Director - Viewers, Best Director - Jury and Best Film - Viewers. Other winners include Main Hoon Shahid Afridi with seven, Zinda Bhaag with five awards including Best Film - Jury and Josh, Chambaili, Ishq Khuda, Siyaah with one. The telecast garnered more than 15 million viewers in Pakistan.
Winner and nominees The nominees of 1st ARY Film Awards were announced on 9 April 2014 in Viewers Choice Categories for public voting's till 24 April 2014 at official website, While rest of the categories were announced on 25 April 2014. Main Hoon Shahid Afridi and Zinda Bhaag tied for the most nominations with nineteen each.
Winners were announced during the awards ceremony on 27 April 2014, televised on 24 May 2014. Only three films won multiple awards with Waar became the highest awarded film of the night with thirteen trophies out of it sixteen nominations, Main Hoon Shahid Afridi with seven including Best Actor Jury for Humayun Saeed and Best Star Debut Male for Hamza Ali Abbasi. Zinda Bhaag was the third and last multiple winner film with five trophies including Best Actress Jury for Amna Ilyas and Best Film Jury for Mazhar Zaidi. Hamza Ali Abbasi and Aeysha Khan became the first AFAs acting winner to win for a debut film. Waar became the first film to win both leading Male and Female acting awards in addition with Both Jury Choice and Viewers Choice in directing. All the Film and Acting nominations were the highlights of awards. Bilal Lashari and Hassan Waqas Rana were the highest awarded individuals with four and three trophies respectively, while Shaan, Hamza, Ayesha and Humayun with two trophies each.
Awards Winners are listed first and indicated with a double-dagger .
Jury Choice Categories Best Film Jury Best Director Jury Zinda Bhaag – Mazhar Zaidi Bilal Lashari –Waar Best Actor Jury Best Actress Jury Humayun Saeed –Main Hoon Shahid Afridi Amna Ilyas –Zinda Bhaag Viewers Choice Categories Best Film Best Director Waar – Hassan Waqas Rana Chambaili – Abdullah Kadwani and Shahzad Nawaz Ishq Khuda – Shafqat Chaudhry Main Hoon Shahid Afridi – Humayun Saeed and Shazad Nasib. Zinda Bhaag – Mazhar Zaidi Bilal Lashari – Waar Ismail Jilani – Chambaili Shahzad Rafique –Ishq Khuda Syed Ali Raza Usama – Main Hoon Shahid Afridi Azfar Jafri – Siyaah Meenu Gaur and Farjad Nabi – Zinda Bhaag Best Actor Best Actress Shaan Shahid – Waar Humayun Saeed – Main Hoon Shahid Afridi Mohib Mirza – Lamha Ahsan Khan – Ishq Khuda Khurram Patras – Zinda Bhaag Adnan Shah Tipu – Josh Ayesha Khan – Waar Mahnoor Baloch – Main Hoon Shahid Afridi Aamina Sheikh – Lamha Amna Ilyas – Zinda Bhaag Hareem Farooq – Siyaah Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Hamza Ali Abbasi – Waar Noman Habib – Main Hoon Shahid Afridi Mohammed Ehteshamuddin – Chambaili Gohar Rasheed – Lamha Salman Ahmad – Zinda Bhaag Misha Shafi – Waar Ainy Jaffri – Main Hoon Shahid Afridi Nyla Jafri – Josh Naghma Beghum – Zinda Bhaag Mahnoor Usman – Siyaah Best Star Debut Male Best Star Debut Female Hamza Ali Abbasi – Main Hoon Shahid Afridi Ali Azmat – Waar Mohammed Ehteshamuddin – Chambaili Khurram Patras – Zinda Bhaag Noman Habib – Main Hoon Shahid Afridi Ayesha Khan – Waar Ainy Jaffri – Main Hoon Shahid Afridi Aamina Sheikh – Lamha Amna Ilyas – Zinda Bhaag Maira Khan – Chambaili Best Actor in a Comic Role Best Actor in a Negative Role Ismail Tara – Main Hoon Shahid Afridi Zohaib Asghar – Zinda Bhaag Shamoon Abbasi – Waar Javed Sheikh – Main Hoon Shahid Afridi Shafqat Cheema – Chambaili Naseeruddin Shah – Zinda Bhaag Mahnoor Usman – Siyaah Best Independent Film Best Original Music Lamha – Meher Jaffri, Summer Nicks and Craig Peter Jones Siyaah – Imran Raza Kazmi Shani and Kami – Main Hoon Shahid Afridi Sahir Ali Bagga – Zinda Bhaag Najam Sheraz – Chambaili Amir Munawar – Waar Wajahat Attre – Ishq Khuda Best Male Playback Singer Best Female Playback Singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan – "Pata Yaar Da" from Zinda Bhaag Abrar-ul-Haq – "Pani Da Bulbula" from Zinda Bhaag Umair Jaswal – "Khayal" from Waar Shafqat Amanat Ali – "Jera Vi Hai Aanday" from Main Hoon Shahid Afridi Rahat Fateh Ali Khan – "Malal" from Main Hoon Shahid Afridi Abida Parveen – "Ishq Khuda" from Ishq Khuda Sanam Marvi – "Sauf Supari wala paan" from Ishq Khuda Zoe Viccaji – "Jab Koi" from Lamha Iqra Ali – "Kuri Yes A" from Zinda Bhaag Neeti Wagh – "Masti Mein Doobi" from Main Hoon Shahid Afridi Technical Awards Best Story Best Screenplay Zinda Bhaag – Meenu Gaur and Farjad Nabi Siyaah – Osman Khalid Butt Best Dialogue Best Action Main Hoon Shahid Afridi – Vasay Chaudhry Waar – Hassan Waqas Rana Best Background Score Best Cinematography Zinda Bhaag – Sahir Ali Bagga Waar – Bilal Lashari Best Makeup and Hairstyling Best Costume Design Main Hoon Shahid Afridi – Nabila Chambaili – Sarah Gandapur Best Special Effects Best Editing Waar – Hassan Waqas Rana Waar – Bilal Lashari Best Choreography Main Hoon Shahid Afridi – Pappu Samrat
Honorary ARY Film Awards The ARY Group presented Special Awards during the ceremony, that usually are not a part of specific category, but, a special honor for artists related to cinema.
Lifetime Achievement Award
Nadeem Baig
International Icon of the Year Ali Zafar
Special Contribution to Pakistani Cinema
Shaan Shahid
Special Contributing to film industry via theaters Asif Razaq – Capri Cinema Jamil Baig – Nueplex Cinemas Nadeem H. Mandviwalla - Atrium Cinemas Hashim Raza – Cinepax Hammad Chaudhry – Cinestar
Films with multiple nominations and awards
+ Films with multiple nominations Nominations Film 19 Main Hoon Shahid Afridi Zinda Bhaag Waar Chambaili 6 Ishq Khuda Siyaah Lamha Josh
+ Films with multiple awards Awards Film Waar Main Hoon Shahid Afridi Zinda Bhaag
Presenters and performers The following individuals and groups, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers.
Presenters Name(s) Role Mustafa QureshiSangeeta Presenters of the awards for Best Editing, Best Special Effects and Best Cinematography Waqar Ali KhanSabeena Pasha Presenters of the awards for Best Action, Best Background Score and Best Choreography Anwar Maqsood Sanam Baloch Presenters of the awards for Best Dialogue, Best Screenplay and Best Story Tapu JaveriMaheen Khan Presenters of the awards for Best Costume Design and Best Makeup Junaid MurtazaMawra Hocane Presenters of the awards for Best Actor Jury Sajjad Laghari Cybil Chaudhry Presenters of the award for Best Actress Jury Ayesha Khan Arif Raffique Presenters of the award for Best Director Jury Burhanuddin QureshiUrwa Tul Wusqa Presenters of the award for Best Film Jury Jerjees Seja Aamina Sheikh Presenters of the award for International Icon Ejaz AslamNoor Bukhari Presenter of Best Independent Film Imran MominaMeesha Shafi Presenter of the award for Best Female Playback Singer Nida Yasir Presenter of the award for Best Male Playback Singer Mehboob Abd-ul-Rauf Presenter of the award for Honorary Token for Special Contribution through Cinema Salman Iqbal Presenter of the award of Lifetime Achievement Award and Honorary Award for Contribution to Cinema Adnan SiddiquiSanam Saeed Presenters of the award for Best Supporting Actress Nomi AnsariSana Bucha Presenters of the award of Best Supporting Actor Asad ul HaqZeba Bakhtiar Presenters of the award for Best Actor in a Negative Role Hassan Sheheryar YasinSabeeka Presenters of the award for of Best Star Debut Female Vasay ChaudhryBushra Ansari Presenters of the award for of Best Star Debut Male Hina Dilpazeer Presenter of the awards for Best Actor in a Comic Role Sakina SamoMohib Mirza Presenters of the award for Best Music Syed NoorHaji Jaan Muhammad Presenters of the award for Best Director Asim RazaMahira Khan Presenter of the award for Best Film Humayun Saeed Presenter of the award for Best Actress Javed SheikhBabra Sharif Presenters of the award for Best Actor
Performers
Name(s)RolePerformedShehzad and it Group LED Act Professional LED dress wearing dancers to open the ceremony. Amna IlyasKhurrum Patras Performer on a musical numbers of their nominated film Zinda Bhaag. Ahsan KhanUrwa Tul WusqaUshna Shah Performers on a musical numbers of singer Sajjad Ali in order to pay tribute to his contributions. Mariyum Ali Hussain Performers classical dance on a musical number of her upcoming film Mah-e-Meer. Fahad MustafaHina Dilpazeer Comic act comedy act by Hina in her fame-character Momo, supported by Fahad. MathiraNoman HabibGohar RasheedHumayun Saeed Performer on a musical numbers of their nominated film Main Hoon Shahid Afridi. Sohai Ali AbroShehryar Munawar SiddiquiHamza Ali Abbasi Performer on a musical number of their upcoming film Kambakht. Noor BukhariSaima Noor Performer on several Punjabi musical hits numbers of 90s and 10s. Babra Sharif Performer on musical hits of her own films of 80s and 90s.
Ceremony information
ARY Film Awards marked the inception of celebration of New Pakistani cinema by recognizing industry artist and technicians, ARY Films and ARY Group chairman Salman Iqbaal and CEO Jerjees Seja announced the Film Awards in early 2014, looking at the super-hit 2013 cinematic year and collaboration of ARY Films with other productions. Award ceremony was produced by Salman Iqbal with the cost of Rs 80 million, which made this event one of the most expensive ceremonies ever held.
Producer Slaman Iqbal and Jerjees Seja, centered the show around the theme. They asperse the show with a theme of celebrating the New Face of Pakistani Cinema commenting "Another milestone is going to be achieved by the Pakistan’s film industry with ARY Film Awards. It is a matter of pride for us that we are creating another platform to appreciate the talent of Pakistan and motivate the young and creative to make more films next year and keep the ball rolling". To coincide with the themes ARY Digital Network and Entertainment Channel presented a foray of special arrival by exhibiting dozens of sixty's hits movie banners, photographs, and artifacts.
Several other people were involved with the telecast and its promotion including show main sponsor Nokia's managing director Burhandun Qurreshi, while ZONG and L'Oréal served as a secondary sponsors. ARY team and crew designed 200-high feet stage in an open air at Golf club, while ARY Group spend Rs 80 million for the event. Winners with the ARY Trophy were awarded with Nokia mobile set. Television personality and actress Mawra Hocane hosted the Red carpet of ceremony.
Broadcasting 1st ARY Film Awards were broadcast by ceremony presenter ARY Digital Network and Entertainment Channel's ARY Digital. Ceremony was held live on 27 April while airs on 24 May after completion of editing and censorship process of Pakistan.
Voting trend and summary