2019 Winners
Eastern Eye Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Creative Industry Sudha Bhuchar and Kristine Landon-Smith
Asian Media Group's Executive Editor Shailesh Solanki and Editor-in-Chief Ramniklal Solanki CBE, winners Sudha Bhuchar and Kristine Landon-Smith , and Iype Abraham, Commercial Development Director at Edwardian Hotels London
Eastern Eye Award for Arts The Singh Twins for Rule Britannia: Legacies of Exchange
Winners The Singh Twins and Shobna Gulati
Eastern Eye Award for Dance Sonia Sabri for Virago
Winner Sonia Sabri and Mira Kaushik, Director of Akademi
Eastern Eye Award for Literature Preti Taneja for We That Are Young
Aditya Solanki, Head of Digital and India, Asian Media Group, winner Preti Taneja and Poulomi Solanki, Special Projects, Asian Media Group
Eastern Eye Award for Photography Suki Dhanda for Race, Place and Diversity by the Seaside
VJ Andy Kumar and winner Suki Dhanda
Eastern Eye Award for Comedy Paul Chowdhry for Live Innit
Actor Nitin Ganatra and winner Paul Chowdhry
Eastern Eye Award for Best Presenter Rana Mitter for Chinese Characters
Winner Rana Mitter and Dr Yusuf Hamied, Chairman of Cipla
Eastern Eye Award for Best Production Tartuffe by the Royal Shakespeare Company
Zoë Donegan, Senior Producer at the Royal Shakespeare Company and Dr Andy Marino, senior editor at Asian Media Group
Eastern Eye Award for Best Director Indhu Rubasingham for White Teeth
Seema Malhotra MP and winner Indhu Rubasingham
Eastern Eye Award for Best Scriptwriter Vinay Patel for Doctor Who: Demons of the Punjab
Winner Vinay Patel and Ash Tandon
Eastern Eye Emerging Artist Award Antonio Aakeel for Eaten by Lions
Claire Mera-Nelson, Director of Music and London at the Arts Council London and winner Antonio Aakeel
Eastern Eye Community Engagement Award The Queen's Gallery for Splendours of the Subcontinent, curated by Emily Hannam and Kajal Meghani
Royal Collection Trust's curators Emily Hannam and Kajal Meghani, and Nick Kounoupias, General Counsel at Asian Media Group
Eastern Eye Award for Traditional Music Sanju Sahai for outstanding achievement in Indian classical music
Winner Sanju Sahai and Viram Jasani, founder of the Asian Music Circuit
Eastern Eye Award for Contemporary Music Naughty Boy for Bungee Jumping
Winner Naughty Boy and Lt Col Tim Petransky
Eastern Eye Award for Theatre, Best Actor Nitin Ganatra for End of the Pier
Actress Shaheen Khan and winner Nitin Ganatra
Eastern Eye Award for Theatre, Best Actress Shobna Gulati for Richard II
Winner Shobna Gulati and Vinay Patel, scriptwriter
Eastern Eye Award for Film, TV & Drama, Best Actor Ash Tandon for Bodyguard
Winner Ash Tandon and Dr Nikhil Shah, Director of London Town Group and CEO of S-Cube
Eastern Eye Award for Film, TV & Drama, Best Actress Priyanga Burford for Press
Winner Priyanga Burford and Lord Jitesh Gadhia
Eastern Eye People's Choice Award Mandip Gill for acting
Actress Shobna Gulati on behalf of the winner Mandip Gill and Samir Ahmed, Founder and Managing Director of Media Hive.
Eastern Eye Editor’s Special Award Aga Khan Centre
Asian Media Group's Editor-in-Chief Ramniklal Solanki CBE, Salima Bhatia, Head of Communications, The Institute of Ismaili Studies, Professor Barnie Choudhury and Shailesh Solanki, Executive Editor, Asian Media Group
Eastern Eye Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Creative Industry Sudha Bhuchar and Kristine Landon-Smith
Asian Media Group's Executive Editor Shailesh Solanki and Editor-in-Chief Ramniklal Solanki CBE, winners Sudha Bhuchar and Kristine Landon-Smith , and Iype Abraham, Commercial Development Director at Edwardian Hotels London
Eastern Eye Award for Arts The Singh Twins for Rule Britannia: Legacies of Exchange
Winners The Singh Twins and Shobna Gulati