Star Parivaar Awards 2012: winners and the actors behind the characters

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The 2012 Star Parivaar Awards celebrated the fictional families and relationships familiar to Star Plus viewers. Unlike an industry-wide awards programme, its categories centred on the channel's own characters: favourite daughter, son, wife, husband, sister, parent and screen couple. Understanding that format makes the results more meaningful and prevents a character-based honour from being confused with a general acting award.

This is a newly written historical guide at the original CareerMasti address. It restores useful information from the former winners article without republishing its photographs, comments or video material. The principal independent source for the results below is News18's contemporary report, published on 26 March 2012.

The event and its distinctive format

Contemporary Times of India photo coverage dates the event to 9 March 2012 at the Andheri Sports Complex in Mumbai. The date on the old CareerMasti article, 23 March, describes publication rather than the ceremony itself. News18's report also presented the celebration as the tenth year of the awards and described the introduction of a special “Nayi Soch” recognition.

The programme's focus on relationships explains why a result sheet can contain a character's name instead of an actor's. A performer accepted recognition for an on-screen identity that audiences followed over many episodes. That is different from an award comparing acting across every television channel. The distinction should be kept when the result is added to a biography or filmography.

New members and family roles

Arnav Singh Raizada from Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon? received the male new-member award. Sandhya from Diya Aur Baati Hum received the female new-member award. The characters were played by Barun Sobti and Deepika Singh respectively. These results reflected their entry into the Star Plus family of characters, not necessarily the first professional work of either performer.

The family-role results included Ahem from Saath Nibhaana Saathiya as favourite son, Akshara from Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai as favourite daughter, and Gopi from Saath Nibhaana Saathiya as favourite daughter-in-law. News18 also listed Shailaja from Sasural Genda Phool as favourite mother-in-law and Vishambhar from Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai as favourite father-in-law.

These categories reward a particular kind of viewer attachment. A character may be remembered for loyalty, conflict, resilience or the way a relationship develops. The award label alone does not provide a full description of the performance, but it records how the channel and its viewers framed that character at a particular point in the serial's history.

Partnerships, marriage and sibling recognition

Arnav and Khushi, played by Barun Sobti and Sanaya Irani, received both the jodi and international-jodi honours in the contemporary winners report. Those were on-screen partnership categories. They concern the fictional relationship and the performers' work together; they are not evidence of any private romantic relationship.

Viren from Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai received favourite-husband recognition, while Suhana from Sasural Genda Phool received favourite-wife recognition. Jeevika from Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai was listed as favourite sister. A result sheet organised around these categories reveals the importance of relationships to daily-serial storytelling, beyond the usual distinction between leading and supporting actors.

Maanvi, also from Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai, received the Nayi Soch Kirdaar award. In using that result, it is best to retain the category's wording rather than replace it with an unrelated best-actress label. Channel awards often use categories designed specifically for the themes and characters of that year's programming.

Comedy, antagonists and other memorable characters

Manorama Mami from Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon? received the Mazedaar Sadasya recognition, while Shyam from the same serial was named favourite antagonist. News18 identified Sajjan Singh from Mann Kee Awaaz Pratigya as favourite father. The range shows how an awards programme can acknowledge a comic presence, an antagonistic role and an older family figure without treating them as the same kind of contribution.

The “favourite” label should not be interpreted as a judgement that a fictional character's behaviour is admirable. Antagonists can attract audience attention precisely because they create difficulties for other characters. An award acknowledges the place of that performance within the programme and its popularity, not a recommendation to imitate the character.

Ayushmann Khurrana's hosting recognition

Ayushmann Khurrana received the favourite-host, or Favourite Mezbaan, award for Just Dance. His name was written with varying spellings in older coverage; this restoration uses the professional spelling Ayushmann Khurrana. The result is a useful reference for the television-presenting phase of his career.

The award should be identified as a Star Parivaar hosting honour rather than a general best-actor trophy. Keeping that context matters because later readers may know a performer primarily through films and overlook earlier presenting work. Television hosting requires a different relationship with audiences, contestants and live-event timing from playing a scripted character.

Special recognition and how to use the list

The contemporary report also listed a Nayi Soch Pal honour associated with Gopi's decision to study after marriage and her family's support. Barun Sobti appeared as the most stylish member in the role of Arnav. These special categories should be preserved as special categories, not collapsed into the relationship awards or added to an acting-award tally without explanation.

For a biography, record the year, ceremony, category and the associated show or character. For a history of a serial, separate individual character awards from programme-level honours. Those simple distinctions make a restored list useful to researchers instead of merely recreating a collection of names.

Categories and characters follow News18's report of 26 March 2012. A dash means the source names only the character and we have not added the actor.

Frequently asked questions

Sources

1. News18: contemporary winners report
2. Times of India: event dated 9 March 2012
3. Former CareerMasti article in the Wayback Machine (used to identify the original subject, not as sole factual verification).

Facts checked against the sources above by Tulasiram Pemmadi on 8 November 2026 (IST). Where reliable sources disagree, the article says so. Spotted an error? See our corrections page or email contact@nextplayintel.com.