Nigar Awards | |
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Awarded for | Excellence in cinematic achievements |
Location | Lahore |
Country | Pakistan |
Presented by | Weekly Nigar |
First awarded | 1957 |
Last awarded | 2017 |
The Nigar Awards are divided in three sections, i.e. Urdu, Punjabi and Pushto film awards. For Punjabi films, the Nigar Awards started from 1970 (in 1967 and 1968, the Nigar Award for Best Punjabi Film was awarded).[1] Since 1979, the award administration also started to give Nigar Awards to television personalities and since 1982, to stage artists.[2]
Following is the list of Nigar Awards for Urdu films from 1957 to 2002 and 2017 and Nigar Awards for Punjabi films from 1967 to 2002.