Award is a certificate of excellence, which is given to an individual or a group of people to identify and recognize their excellence in a particular field. Often it is given in the form of a title, certificate, medals, trophy etc. It may carry a monetary prize and it may come simply with a public acknowledgement. Usually, awards are given by an organization or a government body.

Awards In India:

Awards are a sign of pride and glory in anybody’s life. Presenting an award is the means to honor the talents, achievements, performance and work for a lifetime of a person. Different awards have their own specific fields of existence and each one of them adds there are numerous award ceremonies that occur in India. The different kinds of awards are Music Awards, Sports Awards, Literary Awards, Television Awards, Gallantry Awards, Arts Awards and many more. The Indian celebrities like the sportsmen, artists, actors and technicians are awarded in the different fields on the basis of their abilities and passion. The Vir Chakra, Aram Vir Chakra and Mahvir Chakra are presented to persons full of courage and bravery. These are gallantry awards. Whereas the Kalidas Samman, Ananda Purashkar, The Hindu Literary Prize,Rabindra Puraskar and Vayalar Award celebrate the spirit of literature and literary valor in India and various states of India. The awards that celebrated the talent of the Bollywood film industry are Movie Awards, Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards, BIG Star Entertainment Awards, Dadasaheb Phalke Award; Filmfare Awards etc are the different kinds of film awards in India.

Awards From the Film Industry:

Awards like Movie Awards, Filmfare Awards, and The Asianet Film Awards etc celebrate the success of the films, actors, directors, writers and all the other persons involved in making a feature film. The categories awarded consists of Best Film, Best Male Debut, Best Supporting Actor, Best Director, Best Comedian, Best Villain and many other categories.Dadasaheb Phalke Award is the most notable award in films given once a year by the Indian Government for involvement during one’s life to Indian films.Dadasaheb Phalke,the father of Indian cinema in 1969 founded this award.

Movie Awards:

The most awaited annual film award named Bollywood Movie Awards was held between of the year 1999 and 2007 in New York, United States, and rest of the most loveable island across the world. The ceremony was held for celebrating films from the Bollywood industry location; Mumbai, India.

Sports Awards:

MAKA Award,Dronacharya Award,Dhyan Chand Award,Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award are the list of the sports awards in India.

Civilian Awards:

Civilian Awards are a souvenir of honor which is awarded to the common people for showing acts of bravery. Bharat Ratna, Padma Vubhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri are the various civilian awards.

Gallantry Awards:

The Gallantry Awards are those kinds of awards which are presented for courage, valor and dignity. It’s presented for bravery and audacity. There are different types of gallantry awards like Param Vir Chakra, Vir Chakra and Mahavir Chakra.

Music Awards:

There was no trend for music awards as such for the past few years. But after the Mirchi Music awards held in 2008 music is gaining a prominence in the Bollywood Film Industry. The nominees for these awards are music director, lyricists, male/female vocalists, song of the year and album of the year.

Literary Awards:

The Literary Awards are those awards which are given in the diverse fields of literature.

Ananda Purashkar, The Hindu Literary Prize,The Rabindra Puraskar and Vayalar Awards are the awards presented for excellence in literature.

List of awards and their fields in India: