The Eastern Eye Arts, Culture & Theatre Awards (ACTAs) is the first Awards Ceremony in its kind in Britain showcasing the very best of Asian talent in the creative arts across Britain. It celebrates and recognises talent who have contributed to the arts and culture sector from Britain’s South Asian communities.
Created by the Asian Media & Marketing Group (AMG), publishers of the Britain’s biggest selling Eastern Eye title, the awards honour talented artists from a wide range of disciplines, including literature, film, television, theatre, poetry, music, photography, dance and the visual arts.
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Eastern Eye were hosting this inaugural event on Sunday 22nd May at the Southbank Centre in London, UK.
A who’s who of British Asian celebrities and talent attended including Sanjeev Bhaskar, Meera Syal, Nish Kumar, Nikesh Patel, Naughty Boy, Preeya Khalidas, Nihal Arthanayake, Shazia Mirza, Shanti Panchal, Ram Shergill, Sonia Sabri and more.
Ed Vaizey MP, Minister of State at the Department for Culture, Media & Sport attended the inaugural awards and delivered the key note speech. The awards were presented by BBC Radio & TV presenter Nihal Arthanayake and championed creative diversity in the arts and culture sectors.
The Eastern Eye Arts, Culture and Theatre Awards honoured individuals and organisations in 21 categories, ranging from theatre to music, literature, the visual arts, film, and television to theatre. There was an overall award for an outstanding individual whose work has contributed to changing the creative landscape of Britain. The range and breadth of nominees reflected the wonderful array of artistic talent in all of the award categories. This includes producer Naughty Boy; photographer Ram Shergill; and painter Shanti Panchal, artists who are redefining the mainstream space.
Women also featured strongly in this pool of talent, and nominees included artists Zarina Bhimji and Chila Kumari Burman; authors Anita Anand and Bidisha; and radio presenters Ritula Shah and Manveen Rana.
The ceremony took place during the Alchemy Festival at London’s Southbank Centre. Alchemy is the country’s largest South Asian Arts festival attracting thousands of visitors each year. Alchemy is a festival that explores the creative influences of the relationship between the UK and the Indian subcontinent, now in its sixth year. Showcasing the best innovative music, dance, literature, comedy, fashion, art and design from the UK and South Asia, Alchemy embodies Southbank Centre’s festival feel.
ACTA Categories and Winners 2016
Eastern Eye Award for the Arts
Awarded to an individual, curator or exhibition, working through the medium of painting, photography, multimedia or any media that focuses on or is influenced by South Asian traditions.
Winner: Shanti Panchal for his remarkable watercolours
Awarded to an individual, curator or exhibition, working through the medium of painting, photography, multimedia or any media that focuses on or is influenced by South Asian traditions.
Winner: Shanti Panchal for his remarkable watercolours
Eastern Eye Award for Dance
Awarded to an outstanding dancer or choreographer whose work is concerned with or influenced by South Asian dance traditions.
Winner: Sonia Sabri for her solo kathak
Awarded to an outstanding dancer or choreographer whose work is concerned with or influenced by South Asian dance traditions.
Winner: Sonia Sabri for her solo kathak
Eastern Eye Awards for Music
Presented to an individual, team, group or organisation for their contribution to enriching the musical heritage of the UK through promoting, performing, composing music or songs inspired by a South Asian cultural heritage.
Winner: Naughty Boy for shattering the glass ceiling with his music and collaborations
Presented to an individual, team, group or organisation for their contribution to enriching the musical heritage of the UK through promoting, performing, composing music or songs inspired by a South Asian cultural heritage.
Winner: Naughty Boy for shattering the glass ceiling with his music and collaborations
Eastern Eye Award for Photography
Presented to an outstanding photographer for exceptional work highlighting South Asia or produced by someone of a South Asian heritage.
Winner: Ram Shergill for his fashion photography
Presented to an outstanding photographer for exceptional work highlighting South Asia or produced by someone of a South Asian heritage.
Winner: Ram Shergill for his fashion photography
Eastern Eye Award for Radio
Awarded to an individual or team for their contribution to a radio programme, audio documentary, series or drama that deals with aspects of South Asian lifestyle, heritage, news, current affairs and entertainment through the medium of radio or audio blogs.
Winner: Ritula Shah, presenter of the World Tonight
Awarded to an individual or team for their contribution to a radio programme, audio documentary, series or drama that deals with aspects of South Asian lifestyle, heritage, news, current affairs and entertainment through the medium of radio or audio blogs.
Winner: Ritula Shah, presenter of the World Tonight
Eastern Eye Award for Comedy
Presented to an exceptional artist of South Asian heritage working in the field of live comedy, television sitcom or online web comedy.
Winner: Nish Kumar for his Edinburgh show
Presented to an exceptional artist of South Asian heritage working in the field of live comedy, television sitcom or online web comedy.
Winner: Nish Kumar for his Edinburgh show
Eastern Eye Award for Best Production
Awarded to an individual or team for creating an outstanding production for television, stage, film or any live event.
Winner: Dara, a National Theatre production adapted from the original written by Shahid Nadeem and Tanya Ronder
Awarded to an individual or team for creating an outstanding production for television, stage, film or any live event.
Winner: Dara, a National Theatre production adapted from the original written by Shahid Nadeem and Tanya Ronder
Eastern Eye Award for Best Bollywood Film
Presented to the best Bollywood film taking into account the best acting, directing, music and editing.
Winner: Bajirao Maastani, produced by Eros and featuring Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukone
Presented to the best Bollywood film taking into account the best acting, directing, music and editing.
Winner: Bajirao Maastani, produced by Eros and featuring Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukone
Eastern Eye Award for Film, Best Actress
Presented to a female individual for to the best lead performance in an independent British or Asian film that features a South Asian story, and/or is led by a creative team from a South Asian heritage.
Winner: Kiran Sonia Sarwar for Murdered by My Father
Presented to a female individual for to the best lead performance in an independent British or Asian film that features a South Asian story, and/or is led by a creative team from a South Asian heritage.
Winner: Kiran Sonia Sarwar for Murdered by My Father
Eastern Eye Award for Film, Best Actor
Presented to a male individual for to the best lead performance in an independent British or Asian film that features a South Asian story, and/or is led by a creative team from a South Asian heritage.
Winner: Dev Patel for The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 2
Presented to a male individual for to the best lead performance in an independent British or Asian film that features a South Asian story, and/or is led by a creative team from a South Asian heritage.
Winner: Dev Patel for The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 2
Eastern Eye Award for Theatre, Best Actress
Presented to a female individual for the best performance in a play that features a South Asian story and/or is led by a creative team from a South Asian heritage.
Winner: Preeya Kalidas for Bend it Like Beckham
Presented to a female individual for the best performance in a play that features a South Asian story and/or is led by a creative team from a South Asian heritage.
Winner: Preeya Kalidas for Bend it Like Beckham
Eastern Eye Award for Theatre, Best Actor
Presented to a male individual for the best performance in a play that features a South Asian story and/or is led by a creative team from a South Asian heritage.
Winner: Sanjeev Bhaskar for Dinner with Saddam
Presented to a male individual for the best performance in a play that features a South Asian story and/or is led by a creative team from a South Asian heritage.
Winner: Sanjeev Bhaskar for Dinner with Saddam
Eastern Eye Award for TV, Best Actress
Presented to a female individual on television for their performance in a drama, series or soap where they have made a significant contribution to the story line that reflects diversity.
Winner: Shobu Kapoor for Citizen Khan
Presented to a female individual on television for their performance in a drama, series or soap where they have made a significant contribution to the story line that reflects diversity.
Winner: Shobu Kapoor for Citizen Khan
Eastern Eye Award for TV, Best Actor
Presented to a male individual on television for their performance in a drama, series or soap where they have made a significant contribution to the story line that reflects diversity.
Winner: Nikesh Patel in Channel 4’s Indian Summers
Presented to a male individual on television for their performance in a drama, series or soap where they have made a significant contribution to the story line that reflects diversity.
Winner: Nikesh Patel in Channel 4’s Indian Summers
Eastern Eye Award for Literature
Presented to an author of any heritage and ethnicity for literary work which has at its core South Asian influence. The work can be a novel, non-fiction, poetry or a short story and must have been published during 2015.
Winner: Anita Anand for Princess, Suffragette, Revolutionary
Presented to an author of any heritage and ethnicity for literary work which has at its core South Asian influence. The work can be a novel, non-fiction, poetry or a short story and must have been published during 2015.
Winner: Anita Anand for Princess, Suffragette, Revolutionary
Eastern Eye Editor’s Special Award
Winner: Paresh Maity, contemporary artist
Winner: V&A’s India Festival for The Fabric of India and Bejewelled Treasures
Winner: Nahid Siddiqui, Kathak dancer and choreographer
Winner: posthumously to Saeed Jaffrey, most versatile actor to emerge from India
Winner: Paresh Maity, contemporary artist
Winner: V&A’s India Festival for The Fabric of India and Bejewelled Treasures
Winner: Nahid Siddiqui, Kathak dancer and choreographer
Winner: posthumously to Saeed Jaffrey, most versatile actor to emerge from India
Eastern Eye Outstanding Contribution to the Arts
Presented to an exceptional individual, team or organisation for outstanding contribution to Britain’s arts and cultural scene.
Winner: Meera Syal
Presented to an exceptional individual, team or organisation for outstanding contribution to Britain’s arts and cultural scene.
Winner: Meera Syal
Organiser
The host of the Awards is the Asian Media & Marketing Group (AMG), Britain’s biggest Asian Publishing House with a stable of market leading consumer and business titles. The group celebrated its 48th anniversary in 2016. AMG titles includes: Garavi Gujarat newsweekly, Eastern Eye newspaper, Asian Trader, Pharmacy Business, Asian Hospitality, AAHOA Lodging Business, The GG2 Power 101 and the Asian Rich Lists.
Eastern Eye is Britain’s best known and most respected Asian weekly newspaper with national coverage. Regarded as the authentic voice of British Asians in the UK, its coverage of politics, business, the arts, Bollywood and sport is unrivalled. No other Asian publication has as many original stories or the same breath and level of analysis and detail as Eastern Eye. It is the paper that leading members of society talk to – from interviews with the prime minster to comment pieces by leading politicians, business figures and cultural commentators.
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