ITA Award for Best Actor in a Drama - Popular

ITA Award for Best Actor Popular
ITA Award for Best Actor Popular
	The 2023 recipient: Harshad Chopda
Country	India
Presented by	Indian Television Academy
First awarded	2001
Last awarded	2023
Recent Winner	Harshad Chopda
Highlights
Total Awarded	23
First Winner	Amar Upadhyay; for Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi (2001)
Last Winner	Harshad Chopda for Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai (2023)

ITA Award for Best Actor Popular is an award given by the Indian Television Academy as a part of its annual event to the male actor who receives the highest votes by the public. First awarded in 2001, the award was originally named Desh Ka Sitara but was later renamed to Best Actor Popular.

Winners and nominees

2000s

Year	Actor	Character	Show	Ref
2001	Amar Upadhyay	Mihir Virani	Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi	^[1]
	Kiran Karmarkar	Om Agarwal	Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii
	Harsh Chhaya	Lalit Sharma	Justujoo
	Shivaji Satam	A.C.P. Pradyuman	CID
	Kanwaljit Singh	Gautam Kapoor	Saans
2002	Cezanne Khan	Anurag Basu	Kasautii Zindagii Kay
	Kiran Karmarkar	Om Agarwal	Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii
	Amar Upadhyay	Mihir Virani	Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi
	Varun Badola	Dev Malik	Des Mein Niklla Hoga Chand
	Suresh Oberoi	Dr. Raj Pradhan	Dhadkan
2003	Ronit Roy	Mihir Virani	Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi	^[2]
	Kiran Karmarkar	Om Agarwal	Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii
	Cezanne Khan	Anurag Basu	Kasautii Zindagii Kay
	Mihir Mishra	Dr. Rahul Mishra	Sanjivani - A Medical Boon
2004	Ronit Roy	Mihir Virani	Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi	^[3]
	Rajeev Khandelwal	Sujal Garewal	Kahiin to Hoga
	Varun Badola	Abhimanyu Saxena	Astitva...Ek Prem Kahani
	Apurva Agnihotri	Armaan Suri	Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin
	Kiran Karmarkar	Om Agarwal	Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii
2005	Hiten Tejwani	Karan Virani	Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi
	Ronit Roy	Rishabh Bajaj	Kasautii Zindagii Kay
	Apurva Agnihotri	Armaan Suri	Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin
	Rajeev Khandelwal	Sujal Garewal	Kahiin to Hoga
	Hussain Kuwajerwala	Sumit Wadhwa	Kumkum – Ek Pyara Sa Bandhan
2006	Rohit Roy	Rahul Lamba	Viraasat	^[4]
	Ram Kapoor	Jai Walia	Kasamh Se
	Eijaz Khan	Kavya Nanda	Kkavyanjali
	Sharad Kelkar	Nahar Singh	Saat Phere: Saloni Ka Safar
	Hussain Kuwajerwala	Sumit Wadhwa	Kumkum – Ek Pyara Sa Bandhan
2007	Rajat Tokas	Prithviraj Chauhan	Dharti Ka Veer Yodha Prithviraj Chauhan
	Sharad Malhotra	Sagar Pratap Singh	Banoo Main Teri Dulhann
	Ram Kapoor	Jai Walia	Kasamh Se
	Rajeev Khandelwal	Captain Rajveer Singh Shekhawat	Left Right Left
	Rohit Roy	Rahul Lamba	Viraasat
2008	Angad Hasija	Aalekh Rajvansh	Sapna Babul Ka...Bidaai
	Ram Kapoor	Jai Walia	Kasamh Se
	Harshad Chopda	Prem Juneja	Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil
	Sharad Malhotra	Sagar Pratap Singh	Banoo Main Teri Dulhann
	Shabbir Ahluwalia	Milind Mishra	Kayamath
2009	Karan Mehra	Naitik Singhania	Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai
	Ronit Roy	Dharamraj Mahiyavanshi	Bandini
	Sushant Singh Rajput	Manav Deshmukh	Pavitra Rishta
	Avinash Sachdev	Dev Purohit	Chotti Bahu
	Angad Hasija	Alekh Rajvansh	Sapna Babul Ka...Bidaai

2010s

Year	Actor	Character	Show	Ref
2010	Sushant Singh Rajput	Manav Deshmukh	Pavitra Rishta
	Karan Mehra	Naitik Singhania	Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai
	Arhaan Behll	Krishna Singh	Mann Kee Awaaz Pratigya
	Ronit Roy	Dharamraj Mahiyavanshi	Bandini
	Nandish Sandhu	Veer Singh Bundela	Uttaran
2011	Arhaan Behll	Krishna Singh	Mann Kee Awaaz Pratigya
	Sushant Singh Rajput	Manav Deshmukh	Pavitra Rishta
	Harshad Chopda	Anurag Ganguly	Tere Liye
	Karan Mehra	Naitik Singhania	Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai
	Nandish Sandhu	Veer Singh Bundela	Uttaran
2012	Barun Sobti	Arnav Singh Raizada	Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon?
	Samir Soni	Kunal Chopra	Parichay
	Gurmeet Choudhary	Maan Singh Khurana	Geet – Hui Sabse Parayi
	Dilip Joshi	Jethalal Gada	Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah
	Kushal Tandon	Virat Singh Vadhera	Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai
2013	Karan Singh Grover	Asad Ahmed Khan	Qubool Hai
	Ram Kapoor	Ram Kapoor	Bade Achhe Lagte Hain
	Anas Rashid	Sooraj Rathi	Diya Aur Baati Hum
	Gurmeet Choudhary	Yash Sindhia	Punar Vivaah
	Vivian Dsena	Rishabh Kundra	Madhubala - Ek Ishq Ek Junoon
2014	Harshad Arora	Zain Abdullah	Beintehaa	^[5]
	Anas Rashid	Sooraj Rathi	Diya Aur Baati Hum
	Ashish Sharma	Rudra Pratap Ranawat	Rangrasiya
	Shabbir Ahluwalia	Abhishek Mehra	Kumkum Bhagya
	Shaheer Sheikh	Arjun	Mahabharat
2015	Karan Mehra	Naitik Singhania	Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai	^[6]
	Shabir Ahluwalia	Abhishek Mehra	Kumkum Bhagya
	Karan Patel	Raman Bhalla	Yeh Hai Mohabbatein
	Shakti Arora	Ranveer Vaghela	Meri Aashiqui Tum Se Hi
2016	Shabbir Ahluwalia	Abhishek Mehra	Kumkum Bhagya	^[7]
	Shaheer Sheikh	Dev Dixit	Kuch Rang Pyar Ke Aise Bhi
	Karan Patel	Raman Bhalla	Yeh Hai Mohabbatein
	Vivian Dsena	Harman Singh	Shakti - Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki
	Shravan Reddy	Aryan Chimaji	Krishnadasi
2017	Nakuul Mehta	Shivaay Singh Oberoi	Ishqbaaaz	^[8]
	Vivian Dsena	Harman Singh	Shakti - Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki	^[8]
	Aasif Sheikh	Vibhuti Narayan Mishra	Bhabiji Ghar Par Hain!
	Zain Imam	Neil Khanna	Naamkarann
	Barun Sobti	Advay Singh Raizada	Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon 3
2018	Harshad Chopda	Aditya Hooda	Bepannah	^[9]
	Nakuul Mehta	Shivaay Singh Oberoi	Ishqbaaaz
	Randeep Rai	Sameer Maheshwari	Yeh Un Dinon Ki Baat Hai
	Zain Imam	Neil Khanna	Naamkarann
	Vivian Dsena	Harman Singh	Shakti - Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki
2019	Dheeraj Dhoopar	Karan Luthra	Kundali Bhagya
	Harshad Chopda	Aditya Hooda	Bepannah
	Randeep Rai	Sameer Maheshwari	Yeh Un Dinon Ki Baat Hai
	Vivian Dsena	Harman Singh	Shakti - Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki

2020s

Year	Actor	Character	Show	Ref
2020	Dheeraj Dhoopar	Karan Luthra	Kundali Bhagya	^[10]
	Sudhanshu Pandey	Vanraj Shah	Anupamaa	^[10]
	Rrahul Sudhir	Vansh Raisinghania	Ishq Mein Marjawan 2
	Sharad Malhotra	Veeranshu Singhania	Naagin 5
	Sumedh Mudgalkar	Krishn	RadhaKrishn
2021	Harshad Chopda	Abhimanyu Birla	Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai	^[11]
	Nakuul Mehta	Ram Kapoor	Bade Achhe Lagte Hain 2
	Gaurav Khanna	Anuj Kapadia	Anupamaa
	Abrar Qazi	Rudraksh Khurana	Yeh Hai Chahatein
	Mohsin Khan	Kartik Goenka	Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai
	Sumedh Mudgalkar	Krishna	RadhaKrishn
2022	Harshad Chopda	Abhimanyu Birla	Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai	^[12]
	Gaurav Khanna	Anuj Kapadia	Anupamaa
	Sumedh Mudgalkar	Krishna	RadhaKrishn
	Karan Wahi	Aditya Singh	Channa Mereya
	Karan Kundra	Host	Dance Deewane Junior
	Maniesh Paul	Host	India's Best Dancer
2023	Harshad Chopda	Abhimanyu Birla	Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai	^[13]
	Nakuul Mehta	Ram Kapoor	Bade Achhe Lagte Hain 2
	Adnan Khan	Viaan Raghuvanshi	Katha Ankahee
	Harshad Arora	Dr. Satya Adhikari	Ghum Hai Kisikey Pyaar Meiin
	Sudhanshu Pandey	Vanraj Shah	Anupamaa

References

^ "IndianTelevisionAcademy.com". 29 May 2012. Archived from the original on 29 May 2012. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
^ "The 03th ITA Awards 2003 – The Indian Television Academy". Retrieved 13 December 2023.
^ "The 04th ITA Awards 2004 – The Indian Television Academy". Retrieved 13 December 2023.
^ "The 06th ITA Awards 2006 – The Indian Television Academy". Retrieved 13 December 2023.
^ "14th Indian Television Awards Full winners' list: Harshad Arora, Anil Kapoor, Ashish Sharma win trophies". Bollywood Life.
^ "ITA Awards 2015 | Winners List: Karan Patel, Shakti Arora, Radhika Madan, Anita Hassanandani and Others Win Big". IB Times India.
^ "ITA Awards 2016: Mouni Roy, Shabbir Ahluwalia emerge big winners, see pics, video". The Indian Express. 14 November 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
^ "ITA Awards 2017 winners list: Jennifer Winget, Vivian Dsena and Nakuul Mehta take home the trophies". The Indian Express. 7 November 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
^ "Indian Television Academy Awards 2018: Complete list of winners". The Indian Express. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
^ Keshri, Shweta (15 February 2021). "ITA Awards 2021 full winners list out. Surbhi Chandna and Pratik Gandhi win big". India Today. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
^ "ITA Awards 2022: Harshad Chopda Win Big; Here's the Complete Winners List". News18. 7 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
^ "ITA Awards 2022 complete winners list: Varun Dhawan, Nakuul Mehta, The Kashmir Files win big". The Indian Express.
^ "ITA Awards 2023: Tejasswi Prakash, Harshad Chopda win big; Hrithik Roshan dances to 'Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai'". The Indian Express.

External links

Indian Television Academy Awards

[1] "IndianTelevisionAcademy.com". 29 May 2012. Archived from the original on 29 May 2012. Retrieved 11 September 2019.

[2] "The 03th ITA Awards 2003 – The Indian Television Academy". Retrieved 13 December 2023.

[3] "The 04th ITA Awards 2004 – The Indian Television Academy". Retrieved 13 December 2023.

[4] "The 06th ITA Awards 2006 – The Indian Television Academy". Retrieved 13 December 2023.

[5] "14th Indian Television Awards Full winners' list: Harshad Arora, Anil Kapoor, Ashish Sharma win trophies". Bollywood Life.

[6] "ITA Awards 2015 | Winners List: Karan Patel, Shakti Arora, Radhika Madan, Anita Hassanandani and Others Win Big". IB Times India.

[7] "ITA Awards 2016: Mouni Roy, Shabbir Ahluwalia emerge big winners, see pics, video". The Indian Express. 14 November 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2019.

[8] "ITA Awards 2017 winners list: Jennifer Winget, Vivian Dsena and Nakuul Mehta take home the trophies". The Indian Express. 7 November 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2019.

[9] "Indian Television Academy Awards 2018: Complete list of winners". The Indian Express. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2019.

[10] Keshri, Shweta (15 February 2021). "ITA Awards 2021 full winners list out. Surbhi Chandna and Pratik Gandhi win big". India Today. Retrieved 18 February 2021.

[11] "ITA Awards 2022: Harshad Chopda Win Big; Here's the Complete Winners List". News18. 7 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.

[12] "ITA Awards 2022 complete winners list: Varun Dhawan, Nakuul Mehta, The Kashmir Files win big". The Indian Express.

[13] "ITA Awards 2023: Tejasswi Prakash, Harshad Chopda win big; Hrithik Roshan dances to 'Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai'". The Indian Express.

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ITA Award for Best Actor in a Drama - Popular

Contents

Winners and nominees

2000s

2010s

2020s

See also

References

External links

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