'Balika
Vadhu'
has
bagged
the
Best
Drama
Series
(Fiction)
award
at
Chevrolet
Apsara
Film
and
Television
Producers
Guild
Awards
which
was
unfolded
on
Jan
8,
2010
at
Chitrakoot
Grounds,
Andheri,
Mumbai.
On
this
exhilarating
moment
Sunjoy
Waddhwa,
CMD,
Sphere
Origins
Multivision
Pvt.
Ltd.
Said,
“It's
a
great
honour
for
us
to
receive
the
Apsara
Film
and
Producer"s
Guild
award
which
is
a
platform
shared
by
the
talented
personalities
of
our
film
fraternity.
It
feels
great
that
people
recognize
good
and
honest
work
which
has
a
social
message.
I
thank
Colors
who
believed
in
us
and
carried
the
show
across
the
country
to
a
wonderful
audience
who
could
relate
to
a
different
kind
of
subject.
Special
thanks
to
Purnendu
Shekhar
and
his
team
for
writing
this
fabulous
story,
our
directors
Sidharth
Sengupta
and
Pradeep
and
also
to
the
entire
cast
and
crew
of
'Balika
Vadhu"."
The
Chevrolet
Apsara
Film
and
Television
Producers
Guild
Awards
is
the
Guild's
endeavor
to
honor
excellence
in
cinema
and
television
by
the
stalwarts
of
the
industry
itself.
Over
the
years,
the
Chevrolet
Apsara
Awards
has
acknowledged
talent,
perseverance,
innovation
and
pure
artistry.
The
night
has
seen
over
30
awards
being
presented
in
categories
of
films
and
television.
The
Television
industry
is
represented
in
the
Best
Non-Fiction
Series,
Best
Drama
Series
(Fiction),
Best
Director-
Fiction,
Best
Actress
and
Best
Actor
in
a
Drama
Series.
Set
in
rural
Rajasthan
'Balika
Vadhu" traces
the
arduous
journey
of
child
bride
Anandi
from
brink
of
childhood
to
womanhood.
'Balika
Vadhu"
very
sensitively
portrays
the
plight
of
children
who
are
unwittingly
forced
into
marriage
in
the
name
of
tradition
and
have
to
bear
the
repercussions
for
the
rest
of
their
lives.
Balika
Vadhu
not
only
propelled
fortunes
of
the
channel,
but
gave
Sphere
Origins
a
firm
recognition.