The Lux Style Awards are the most distinguished and prestigious accolades that Pakistan has to offer. The ceremony has entered its third decade this year and to celebrate 21 years of honouring the entertainment industry, LSA 2022 introduced some new changes. The award night was held on Thursday, 24th November in Lahore and was attended by creme de la creme of the fashion, film, television and music industry.
This year, viewers were given an equal opportunity to cast their vote for the artists they want to see in the top 5 nominations of categories. I0n addition to channel rating for TV categories, the Viewer’s Choice categories will be a combination of public rating and digital rating for all categories.
A dark jury decided on the categories for the Critic’s Choice section of the awards. Additionally, the procedure for both the Viewer’s and Critic’s Choice selection processes was audited by PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC).
LSA 2022 had its fair share of controversies prior to the awards night, including lack of female representation in music categories, outrage over Feroze Khan’s nomination and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s decision to return her LSA trophy in its wake. However, the industry attended the ceremony in full spirit and several stars took the silver trophy home.
Have a look at the winners in the 27 categories this year:
FASHION
Fashion Forward Brand of the Year Hussain Rehar Fashion Hair & Makeup Artist of the Year Sunil Nawab Model of the Year (Male/Female) Nimra Jacob Fashion Photographer/Videographer of the Year Ashna Khan Fashion Stylist of the Year Yasser Dar Style Icon of the Year Fouzia Aman FILM Film of the Year – Viewers’ Choice Khel Khel Mein by Fizza Ali Meerza and Nabeel Qureshi Best Actor Film (Female) – Viewers’ Choice Sajal Ali for Khel Khel Mein Best Actor Film (Male) – Viewers’ Choice Bilal Abbas Khan for Khel Khel Mein Film Playback Song of the Year – Viewers’ Choice Nayi Soch for Khel Khel Mein MUSIC Music Producer of the Year – Critics’ Choice Abdullah Siddiqui Music Youth Icon of the Year – Critics’ Choice Khawaja Danish Saleem Singer of the Year – Viewers’ Choice Ali Zafar – Paharon Ki Qasam Song of the Year – Viewers’ Choice Afsanay by Young Stunners Best Live Performance of the Year – Viewers’ Choice Natasha Baig – Lahooti Melo TELEVISION Best TV Play – Viewers’ Choice Chupke Chupke Best TV Actor (Male) – Critics’ Choice Ahmed Ali Akbar for Parizaad Best TV Actor (Female) – Critics’ Choice Hadiqa Kiani for Raqeeb Se Best TV Actor (Male) – Viewers’ Choice Feroze Khan for Khuda Aur Mohabbat Best TV Actor (Female) – Viewers’ Choice Ayeza Khan for Chupke Chupke Best TV Director – Critics’ Choice Kashif Nisar for Raqeeb Se Best TV Playwright – Critics’ Choice Hashim Nadeem for Parizaad Best Ensemble Play – Critics’ Choice Chupke Chupke Best TV Long Serial – Viewers’ Choice Rang Mahal Best Original Soundtrack – Viewers’ Choice Khuda Aur Mohabbat – Composed by Naveed Nashad, sung by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and Nish Asher Best Emerging Talent – Critics’ Choice Hadiqa Kiani – Raqeeb Se