7th Lux Style Awards

The 2008 Lux Style Awards, officially known as the 7th Lux Style Awards ceremony, presented by the Lux Style Awards honours the best films of 2008 and took place at the DHA Golf Club, Karachi on 29th Oct, 08. This year, the city of lights played host to the Pakistani Film Industry.^[1]

The official ceremony took place on 29th Oct, 08, at the Expo Centre, in Karachi.^[2] During the ceremony, Lux Style Awards were awarded in 29 competitive categories. The ceremony was televised in Pakistan and internationally on Geo TV. Actor Shaan Shahid and rockstar Ali Azmat hosted the ceremony.^[3] Fawad Khan also hosted some parts of the show.^[4]

Background

The Lux Style Awards is an award ceremony held annually in Pakistan since 2002. The awards celebrate "style" in the Pakistani entertainment industry, and honour the country's best talents in film, television, music, and fashion. Around 30 awards are given annually.^[5]

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

2008 Nominees and Winners^[6]

Category	Nominees	Winner
Film
Best Film	Khuda Kay Liye	Khuda Kay Liye
Best Actor (Film)	Shaan Shahid (Khuda Kay Liye)	Fawad Khan
Best Actress (Film)	Iman Ali (Khuda Kay Liye)	Iman Ali
Best Original Soundtrack (Film)	Khuda Kay Liye	Khuda Kay Liye
Television
Best TV Play (Terrestrial)	Hazaron Khawahishen Lyari Express Meray Dard Ko Jo Zuban Miley Sukhan Yaadain	Lyari Express
Best TV Actor (Terrestrial)	Asif Raza Mir (Meray Dard Ko Jo Zuban Miley) Mehmood Aslam (Hazaron Khawahishen) Shabbir Jan (Lyari Express) Shafi Muhammad (Sukhan) Waqas Khan (Hazaron Khawahishen)	Asif Raza Mir
Best TV Actress (Terrestrial)	Azra Aftab (Hazaron Khawahishen) Beenish Chohan (Pehli Boond) Javeria Abbasi (Sukhan) Salma Zafar (Lyari Express) Rabia Tabassum (Muqaddar Kahan Say Laayen)	Beenish Chohan
Best TV Director (Terrestrial)	Ali Rizvi (director) (Meray Dard Ko Jo Zuban Miley) Manzoor Magsi (Lyari Express) Sohail Iftikhar Khan (Sukhan)	Manzoor Magsi
Best TV Actress (Satellite)	Bushra Ansari (Vanee) Javeria Abbasi (Najia) Resham (Man-o-Salwa) Saba Hamid (Vanee) Savera Nadeem (Shikwah)	Bushra Ansari
Best TV Actor (Satellite)		Humayun Saeed
Best TV Director (Satellite)		Anjum Shahzad
Best TV Play (Satellite)		Man-o-Salwa
Music
Song of the Year	Aesi Taisi by Azal Bandeya by Khawar Jawad and Faiza Mujahid Laari Chooti by Call (band) Roya Rey by Shiraz Uppal Sajni by Jal (Band)	Sajni by Jal (Band)
Best Live Act	Josh (band) Mouj Mekaal Hasan Band Overload (Pakistani band) Strings (band)	Strings (band)
Best Music Album	Boondh by Jal (Band) Janay Do by Ali Haider Meri Kahani by Atif Aslam Rozan-e-Deewaar by Roxen (band) Naara Sada Ishq Aey by Abrar-ul-Haq	Boondh by Jal
Best Music Video Director	Uns Mufti for Broken Boundaries by Coven (band) Bilal Lashari for Dhamaal by Overload Ahsan Rahim for Sajaniya by Ali Zafar Bilal Lashari for Sajni by Jal (Band) Soheb Akhtar for Ujaalon Mein by Mizraab	Bilal Lashari
Fashion
Best Menswear Designer		Deepak Perwani
Best Emerging Talent		Rabia Butt
Achievement in Fashion Design (Couture)		Rizwan Beyg
Achievement in Fashion Design (Pret)		Maheen Karim
Best Fashion Photographer		Rizwan-ul-Haq
Best Hair and Make-up Artist		Khawar Riaz
Model of the Year (Female)		Neha
Model of the Year (Male)		Ameer Zeb Khan
Best Retail Brand		Khaadi
Life Time Achievement in Fashion		Mrs. Sughra Kazmi
Red Carpet Best Dressed Celeb (Male)		Atif Aslam
Red Carpet Best Dressed Celeb (Female)		Tooba Siddiqui

Special awards

Chairman's Lifetime Achievement Award

Reshma

References

1. http://karachi.metblogs.com/2008/11/01/lux-style-awards-highlights/
2. http://karachi.metblogs.com/2008/11/01/lux-style-awards-highlights/
3. http://karachi.metblogs.com/2008/11/01/lux-style-awards-highlights/
4. http://style.pk/lux-style-awards-a-look-back-at-the-lsa-hosts/
5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-08-11. Retrieved 2013-02-23.
6. http://karachi.metblogs.com/2008/11/01/lux-style-awards-highlights/

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