KARACHI: Lights...camera...shine! Its that time of the year again when Pakistan holds its most celebrated awards ceremony, The Lux Style Awards (LSAs) 2012.
The awards are being held in Karachi at the Expo center tonight.
The LSAs 2012 wrapped up late Tuesday night, with some of the highlights of the show being superstar Ali Zafar's soulful tribute to the late King of Ghazal Mehdi Hassan, Shoaib Mansoor's second directorial venture Bol taking home three awards. This year also saw models Abbas Jafri and Cybil Chaudhry taking home top honours in their respective categories.
Oscar winning documentary maker Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy was acknowledged with a Lux Style Achievement award.
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2:25am
Sarmad Khoosat, son of veteran actor Irfan Khoosat, wins Best Director (All Channels) for his directorial venture for Hum TV 'Paani Jaisa Pyar'.
2:15am
ARY's Mera Saeein wins top honours in Best TV Serial (Satellite) category.
2:10am
Veteran television actor, Faisal Qureshi wins Best Actor (Satellite) second time in a row for his role in ARY's Roag, while Best Actress (Satellite) goes to Savera Nadeem for her performance in Hum TV's Qaid-e-Tanhai.
1:50am
The award for Best TV Writer (All Channels) goes to Sameera Fazal for Hum TV's 'Mera Naseeb'.
1:30am
One of the much awaited highlights of the evening, Ali Zafar is paying a soulful tribute to the late King of Ghazal Mehdi Hassan, who passed away this year on June 13.
He sang 'Mujhe tum nazr se girah tou rahay ho..'.
1:20am
Model of the Year (Female) award goes to the gorgeous Cybil Chaudhry.
1:10am
The award for Best Menswear Designer goes to Republic by Omar Farooq.
Model of the Year (Male) is awarded to the handsome and bearded Abbas Jafri.
1:05am
Designer label Khaadi wins top honours in the category of Best High Street Brand.
12:55am
Sania Maskatiya wins Achievement in Fashion Design (Luxury Pret) award.
12:45am
Achievement in Fashion Design (Lawn) awarded to designer duo Sana Safinaz. A consecutive win for the designers, whose lawn collection was one of the most sought after in the past year.
Kamiar Rokni wins award for Achievement in Fashion Design (Pret).
12:40am
One of the most prominent salons in the country, Creative Team at Nabila wins Best Hair and Makeup Artist award. They won the award at the LSAs 2011 too.
Photographer Tapu Javeri and designer Deepak Perwani presented the award.
12:35am
Best Fashion Photographer award goes to Rizwanul Haq, his second in a row.
12:30am
Best Dressed (Female) award goes to designer Sanam Chaudhri, while Best Dressed (Male) award goes to Umair Tabani.
Actors Sadia Imam and Faisal Qureshi present award for Best Emerging Talent (Fashion) to Zaheer Abbas.
12:00am
QB's 'Woh Humsafar Tha' bags another award, for being Best Song of the Year.
Ali Zafar's album Jhoom wins Best Album award.
11:55pm
Mera Bichra Yaar awarded Best Music Video of the year, directed by Adnan Malik, ace director Saquib Malik's younger brother.
The winning director thanks the band Strings, Zoe Viccaji and Lux.
11:45pm
Bumbu Sauce wins in the Best Emerging Talent (Music) category.
11:40pm
The award for Best Original Soundtrack goes to 'Woh Humsafar Tha', sung by Qurat-ul-Ain Baloch (QB), from Hum TV's superhit serial 'Humsafar'.
11:30pm
PTV's Tera Pyar Nahi Bhoolay wins Best TV Serial (Terrestrial).
A few celebrities, including Ahmed Butt, Humaima Malik, film star Meera and Ali Zafar indulged in a game of Antakshari in the front row, during the show.
Malik and Meera sang a bollywood classic, 'Yeh dosti hum nahi choraingay', while Zafar sang 'Nahi nahi abhi nahi'.
11:05pm
Sanam Baloch wins Best TV Actress (Terrestrial) for her role in PTV's Sehra Teri Pyaas.
Actors Savera Nadeem and Ali Safina presented the award.
Best TV Actor (Terrestrial) award goes to Noman Ejaz for his role in PTV's Aao Kahani Buntay Hain. Humaima Malik and Fahad Mustafa presented the award.
10:45pm
Mathira and former singer of the band 'Call', Junaid Khan pay tribute to the late legendary singer Ahmed Rushdi by dancing on one of his songs, sung by Amanat Ali and Ahmed Jahanzeb.
A very graceful performance.
10:25pm
Javed Shiekh and Bindya present Lux Style Achievement award to Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy for her Oscar winning documentary ‘Saving Face’.
"It's great to be honored in my own country, this award means more to me than the Academy Award because this is Pakistani," says Chinoy.
10:20pm
Shoaib Mansoor's 'Bol' wins Best Film award. Once again Mahira Khan receives the award on his behalf.
Ali Zafar, looking dapper in a black suit and tie, presented the award.
10:15pm
Best Film Actor award goes to Manzar Sehbhai, for his powerful performance in 'Bol'. Actress/model Mahira Khan, who also starred in the film, receives the award on his behalf.
Mahira is looking ethereal in a blue Feeha Jamshed dress.
10:10pm
The first award of the event has been given out, Humaima Malik as Best Film Actress for her stellar performance in Shoaib Mansoor's 'Bol'.
"Thank you Lux, I feel super!" says Malik.
Women painted as golden statues are swaying on the green carpet.
10:00pm
The event has started with Ahmed Butt, of Entity Paradigm fame, rapping his own urdu version of ‘Smack That’.
The rap goes, "Saari actresses pyaari lag rahi hain, andar se ek doosre se jal rahi hain."
He leaves the audience in splits as he cracks a joke about those who have not been nominated, asking the audience to observe a moment of silence for them.
9:50pm
Filmstar Sana has arrived wearing a rust color Zaheer Abbas gown. She said she will be paying a tribute to legendary Pakistani singer Ahmed Rushdi, by dancing on his songs.
Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy arrived at the event wearing a Sania Maskatiya outfit, accessorising it with jewellery around the neck and earrings from Mandarin.
Veteran actress Bushra Ansari, wearing her own light green and yellow sari, said that regardless of whether she was nominated or not, she attends such award ceremonies.
9:35pm
Supermodel Ayaan Ali is wearing a black and purple Deepak Perwani fishtail gown.
People are complaining about the event being too congested, with very few seats and a lot of people.
9:20pm
Television actor Faisal Qureshi, who has been a regular nominee at the LSAs over the years, is wearing a white Muneeb Nawaz outfit accessorised with shades. Talking about his nomination in the Best TV Actor (Satellite) category and chances of winning this year, he said that he was not sure since it was the viewer's who decide the winners. He added that he was looking forward to a great show.
9:10pm
Model Konain is wearing a green emerald gown by Zeeshan Bariwala, accessorising it with jewellery from Anum Yazdani.
9:00pm
Actors Aamina Sheikh and her husband Mohib Mirza came together. Sheikh is wearing a Maheen Karim gold outfit accessorised with jewellery from Sherezad Rahimtoola. Mirza is wearing a three piece black suit from Zara.
Designer Kamiar Rokni is looking debonair in a cotton suit from Republic by Omar Farooq along with a beautifully knitted tie. Talking to The Express Tribune, he called the LSAs ‘a decade of glamour and style’ adding that he had been attending the awards for ten years now.
8:45pm
Model/actor Ali Safina came with his industry colleague Hira Tareen. Safina is looking handsome in a three piece Arsalan Yahsir suit and Giorgio Armani shoes, while Hira Tareen looking gorgeous in a Sanam Chaudhry jumpsuit. Her hair and makeup has been done by Natasha salon.
8:40pm
Unilever Brand and External Communications Head Fareshteh Aslam came in a blue Shehla Chatoor outfit. Talking about the show, she said that over the past 11 years, mistakes were made but they do not plan to repeat them and were trying to do their best.
8:25pm
Prominent guests, including actors, models and designers have started pouring in for the show, including actor Irfan Khoosat, model/designer ZQ and designer Kamiar Rokni, amongst a few.
ZQ is dressed in a navy blue eastern Sana Shahnawaz dress, who is also the designer for the model's lawn brand.
8:15pm
Pakistan television’s controversial girl, Mathira has arrived, looking 'hot' in an Ali Xeeshan floral print long dress with butterfly shaped broaches at the top in the front.
According to some reports, she was expected to wear a Prada but since she was one of the presenters at the show, she had to wear a local designer’s dress.
7:57pm
The awards will be a Green Carpet event, going with an environment friendly theme. Moomal Sheikh, actor Javed Sheikh’s daughter will be hosting the Green Carpet.
Moomal is dressed in a beautiful turquoise long dress with white at the top.
One of the first celebrities spotted is film actress of yesteryears, Bindya, draped in a Leena Jamali green and red sari. The actress plans to release her music album this year.
7:45pm
This year too, the LSAs will be vying to replicate the success of the event, held over the past decade in different countries, including Malaysia and United Arab Emirates. Unilever, the show's organiser, will also be live streaming the show.
Boasting a record 26 categories this year, compared to last year's 11, the show will celebrate Pakistan's best in television, fashion, music and film.
Pakistani singer and actor Ali Zafar will be performing at the show, including a tribute to the late Ghazal maestro, Mehdi Hassan.
Follow the hashtags #LSA and Lux Style Awards on Twitter for more.
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yes the potential of exposing skin to maximum extent
Get over the dressing and focus on the talent please. This country has too much potential but so many woman and people in general HOLD back because they are afraid of the close minded response - similar to what is portrayed above.
@Everyone above.... relax!. its an award show. u dont like it, dont watch it or read about it. and it is news, so they will publish about it... time to take a chill pill...
I love saba qamar and happy a award for herrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
Another debate of religious aspects, modesty, nudity etc etc. We guys are always complaining.. Of such events are not held, then we say that we are living in too tight and narrow minded culture. If such events are happening then we see labels of modesty and liberalization..
@All I am like too these types of ceremonies where people express theirs self through “Bold Dresses like Glamour”, “Open Speeches”, or what ever, but in Pakistan very lesser or fix groups of people we saw on that of functions, quest mark is that what our normal status girls / woman wear that types of dresses into common society like our Domestic functions (Marriages etc) if “Yes” than where, yes on that types of functions where no any common people participate, and I must say this is “Crudity” which shown only specific arenas.
I must say again I like that types of ceremonies but we can’t prevail this with full “Autonomy” into society. In-fact this called “Discrimination” between “Common People” vs. which people join that of functions.
Please check all who “Nations” where gives equal opportunities either Man/Woman or Black/White or High Profile vs. Low Profile always getting success.
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Very well written Saadia . wow i am Proud that we Pakistanis can also have a great award show we just need abit more hard work & co operation from other fellow citizens & we will be next to IIFA awards India . we have talent too & we have hard working people here too so bravo Lux Style Awards & keep it up We Should make our country Proud too
@Brainsucker:Mr BrainSucker that guy commented that Lux Style awards are promoting Nudity. Can you see any Picture above where there is Nudity???. I am not advocating Nudity but i am actually coming to the level of Pakistan as for Pakistani Anything skimpy is Pure Nudity and that is why I answered that Guy in that manner. Also I am not a Liberal at all. I belong from a Village and I am conservative But strangely in my view the people of Villages are more tolerant than the people of the cities who are extremists and intolerant to the core. I want to end this thinking in Pakistan that every time when Some Girl is raped our Soceity Blame the Woman not the Rapist as according to Our Soceity a Women with no Proper dressing have a right to get Raped. This same thinking is in British Pakistanis and Now British Pakistanis are the biggest Perverts in Britian and Majority of them are involved in Sex offensives based on that same thinking and Women CLothing and Morality criteria is now making White Women Easy Meat for Pakistanis.
@Awan: Next, Yeah sure, you don't have time to discuss how pakistani's are so obsessed with women's clothing, but strangely you have all the time in the world to advocate nudity, bravo bravo you double faced fake liberals..
@Hairaan: Mr. there are much more serious things happening against the Creator's law in the land of the pure!!! Do you know about that too?? like no value of human life?? Agreeing with the celebrities way of life and how they dress is not my concern. My concern is there is something peaceful happening in Pakistan which at least does not send a wrong message. But you people see the length of the clothes women wear and that's all you think. Everything is not white or black Mr. Learn to promote culture, art and tolerance in the society and this does not mean we want to see our women nude, LUX awards is at least not a negative thing and similar things should happen more with women modestly dressed to respect the feelings of the masses (who probably secretly want to see them like that, less covered!, admit it!!)
Most western countries including the US allow skimpy dressing in the public but complete nudity is prohibited. The majority of Americans thinks complete nudity is not appropriate for their culture and is not good for the society. We Indians and Pakistanis living in the US learn and respect their culture. We don't demand complete nudity.
The majority of Pakistanis does not like skimpy dressing or complete nudity in the public. The majority thinks both skimpy dressing and nudity are not appropriate for their culture and is not good for the society. Why can't people respect that?
It is one thing to demand freedom of religion and security to the minorities, but demanding the right to dress inappropriately (to their culture) is crossing the line.
@Atheist, India: Frankly i dont give a damn that you "dont give a damn" about lux style awards? Why did you even bothered to open article and even more bothered to comment on it?
@salman kk: Why did you comment then?
@Awans: Its sad that ET doesn't publish my comments which have no foul language.
I replied that there is a difference between Technological advancement & Immorality/Imodesty.
I ll take any technology from west which is good for me but won't take everything crap from them. It seems that inferiority complex is rampant among Pakistanis.
If one has a "dirty" mind, one sees vulgarity everywhere. For such people, even a woman's ankle who is wearing abaya is arousing. Those who equate fashion with nudity fall in this sad category of people, whose forced piousness is the ultimate expression of their frustration.
@Hairaan: Well you prove yourself a real idiot. Pakistani people are obsessed with Clothing of the women and for them Talking about women's clothing is everything. I am out of here but all i want to say that Pakistan is destined to be doomed by the people like you who are just obsessed with one thing while for you nothing else matters. I think women can think and they could decide what they should wear and I am a guy and i have not any concern by dictating women what to wear and I have more important things in my life rather than to discuss the topic endeared by pakistanis the most.
I don't come here to read the post, But to watch the two types of different crowds that "whine" everyday in the comments system.
Do you even know you are using almost 30kb-1MB in SQL Database?
th best thing is the ET front page top news is LSA but not PPP or PTI or PML (a-Z0 :D
Simply superb..............
@Awans: So summing what you have said in 100 words means that the more flesh our women show to the people more civilized we are. Right?
@Concerned:
Unfortunately brother you are not living in the west. Better go there if you really want to enjoy nudity.
@Faraz:
What's your definition of POSITIVE THINGS. Anything disobeying the Creator's laws?
well i dont blame veena malik after this..........
@what's wrong it is like banging against the wall when debating with these so called pseudo liberals.. it is good they are a very tiny minority in pakistan..
@Whats_wrong: Sir Civilization is not made by Clothing but it is based on a way of life that is based on Mutual Respect and Harmony and based on Values of Freedom, Arts and Sciences development they lay the foundation of modern World or a Civilized World. Europe is in front of you. For Europeans Speaking Truth, Doing justice, treating every one as equal and using Technology for the benefit of mankind is a part of Civilization and they are least interested in what someone is wearing. So please correct yourself that it is your state of mind that makes you a civilized not what you wear. Pakistan is considered an un civilized world as so far they are unable to understand the word Civilization and their civilization start and end on clothing while they have nothing to do with Sciene, Tech, Culture or Equality at all.
glad to see something positive around, i wish i could go, pakistan needs more of these
@Concerned: So your just proving that lux style awards is promoting nothing but western standards and culture rite? I exactly meant the same thing. 10 years ago this was not the case.
@Whats_wrong: These people aren't 'nude', they're just wearing less 'covering' clothes than you're used to, which makes you uncomfortable and probably gives you a hard on (secretly, of course). Get over it. By Western standards, this is quite modest.
@Whats_wrong: Well I am not interested in Lux style awards at all but Can you give me a Single Answer that how it is promoting Nudity when you were Born then you were Born Naked and you have no clothes at all. You promoted Nudity in front of your family members, Nurses and Doctors when you arrived in this World and you promoted Nudity in front of them. So shame on you what you did at the start of the inception and you have no right to talk about Nudity at all.
There are many types of Pakistans within Pakistan and this is happening in one peculiar type of Pakistan that do exist in Generalized Pakistan.
promote nudity...wat else??? 10years ago lux style awards were much mode modest and decent.
To sum up my feelings: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6Pbc8SQwV8
Event such as like Lux Style Awards are the ones which proves that life is going and for few hours people forget as what is happening in Karachi in respect with the law and order situation.
I congratulate the organizers and participants of LSA and wish them a very beautiful evening.
lol...
happy to find out tribune giving full coverage to pakistani celebrities and entertainment, way to go!
I am not too interested, personally. But having said that, its a positive thing happening in Pakistan and should be supported. I am glad we have one such major event at least that makes it to the headlines. We need more of this.
frankly i dont't care ...