They Came, They Dazzled And They Got Slimed At The Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards 2018

India’s only award show by the kids, for the kids and of the kids – Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards 2018 powered by Hide & Seek Choco Chips Crème Sandwiches recognized and celebrated the best in the world of entertainment across film, television, mobile gaming, sports etc. The extravagant evening which took place on December 13^th 2018 at NSCI Dome, Mumbai saw the brightest stars of Bollywood and Television like Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan, Deepika Padukone, Sonakshi Sinha, Kartik Aaryan, Huma Qureshi amongst others dazzle at the renowned ‘Orange Carpet’. The starry evening created some memorable moments with mesmerizing performances by the Bollywood superstars along with the kids’ favorite Nicktoons.

Deepika Padukone

The Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards prides itself as the only awards show in the country that empowers kids and allows this future generation to decide on who would win the coveted “Nickelodeon Blimp”. This year saw nearly 350,000 votes making this a truly inclusive award and a perfect representation of kids and their choices.

Manish Paul

The star-studded evening saw Varun Dhawan walk away with the Favourite Movie Actor (Male) award.  Alia Bhatt won the coveted Favorite Movie Actor (Female) award. Tiger Zinda Hai won in the Favourite Film category.  Ishaan Khatter won the new kid on the block award and Swag Se Swagat that had the nation dance to its tunes was voted as the Favourite Song by kids. Motu and Shin Chan won the Favorite Indian toon Character and Favorite Show of the year award respectively.

Varun and Sonakshi take a moment from the hustle to pose with Shiva on Orange carpet

Keeping in line with the tradition internationally that saw Hollywood icons like Hugh Jackman, Justin Bieber and Nicole Kidman get slimed, Kids Choice Awards India too created some fun moments with slime.  Varun, Alia, Kartik and others and were slimed green as a mark of honor on winning the prestigious blimp

Kartika Aaryan

Speaking on the current edition of Kids Choice Awards Nina Elavia Jaipuria, Business Head - Hindi Mass Entertainment & Kids TV Network, Viacom18 said, “Nickelodeon is at the forefront of curating unique entertainment experiences for kids. The one of a kind Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards is a truly pioneering initiative that empowers kids to voice their choices. We are certain that the larger than life awards ceremony with dazzling celebrity and Nicktoons performances would leave kids and families spellbound with a lifetime of wonderful memories.”

Sonakshi Sinha

Commenting about the evening, nation’s heartthrob and the uber cool Varun Dhawan said, “Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards is a special award like none other that celebrates kids.  It is always fun performing with and for the kids along with their favorite toons. This year too my act was unique with it being an adventurous aerial act and is sure to be loved by all. Apart from the performance being slimed green was super fun and as always, brought out the child in me.”

Ishan Khatter

Talking about her act at Kid’s Choice Awards the gorgeous diva Alia Bhatt said “Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards is like home now since I have been a part of this super cool event for the last 3 years. Performing for my young fans is always fun and each year of this unique awards has been much more entertaining and exciting than the previous. Being recognized by kids and being slimed as a mark of honor was a lot of fun and an amazing experience”

Alia looking cute as a button with Dora and Spongebob Squarepants

The Awards will premiere on Nickelodeon on 6^th Jan 2019 followed by Sonic, Nick Jr. and Nick HD+.  KCA will also see the entire Viacom18 network come together to telecast the much-awaited awards across network channels- Colors, Rishtey, Colors Marathi, Colors Gujarati, Colors Bangla and Viacom18’s leading Video on Demand platform VOOT.

And the Winners Are …….

• Favourite Movie Actor (Male) – Varun Dhawan
• Favourite Movie Actor (Female) – Alia Bhatt
• Favourite Bollywood Movie – Tiger Zinda Hai
• Favourite Bollywood Movie Song – Swag Se Swagat – Tiger Zinda Hai
• Favourite Dancing Star – Tiger Shroff
• Favourite TV Character (Male) – Dilip Joshi as Jethalal – Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah
• Favourite TV Character (Female) – Munmun Dutta as Babita Iyer - Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah
• Favourite TV Show - Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah
• Favourite Child Entertainer on TV – Aakriti Sharma as Kulfi – Kulfi Kumar Bajewala
• Favourite Entertainer (Films) – Varun Dhawan
• Favourite Show On Kids Channel – Shin Chan
• Favourite Indian Toon Character - Motu
• Favourite Mobile Game – Subway Surfers
• SPECIAL AWARD: Ishaan Khatter - new kid on the block
• SPECIAL AWARD: Maneish Paul - Sultan of the stage
• SPECIAL AWARD: Deepika Padukone - power house performer of the year
• SPECIAL AWARD: Mazedaar Judge- Huma Qureshi

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