GRABBING THE EYE BALLS

FrontPage 2011, OrmaxMedias round-up of the entertainmentand media industrytrends in 2011, has come outwith rankings ofpopular stars, films, shows, newsmakers, and icons. The media research firm has used a combination of things, such as round-the-year exit interviews with audiences, for the rankings

Best Hindi films

Singham emerged as top Hindi film based on Wordof-Mouth score or percent of audience which liked the film enough to recommend it to friends.

Best Tamil & Telugu films

Deiva Thirumagal, an emotional drama starring Vikram, was the most popular Tamil film, while the top Telugu film was romantic hit Mr Perfect.

WOM (Word of Mouth) score, i.e., % audiences wholiked the film enough to recommend it strongly to their friends.

Singham Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara Rockstar Ready Bodyguard Don 2 No One Killed Jessica The Dirty Picture Murder 2 Delhi Belly

75 67 61 57 54 53 52 49 46 45

Top 10 popular serials of 2011

Bade Achhe... was the most popular TV soap, putting Sony in top spot. Results were drawn from 16,000 Hindi GEC viewers.
Serials Channel Score

Top 10 kids favourite TV characters

The most popular kids' characters were estimated from bi-annual research on children in 6-14 age group in 8 cities.
Character Programme Channel Share

Top 5 Tamil films Deiva Thirumagal Ko Engeyum Eppodhum 7aam Arivu Mankatha Top 5 Telugu films Mr. Perfect Dookudu Ala Modalaindi 100% Love Sri Rama Rajyam 77 71 68 63 60 66 65 62 49 44

Bade Achhe Lagte Hain Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah Balika Vadhu Saath Nibhana Saathiya Pavitra Rishta Pratigya Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai Uttaran CID Sasural Genda Phool

Sony SAB TV Colors Star Plus Zee TV Star Plus Star Plus Colors Sony Star Plus

27.1 19.1 17.2 13.3 13.2 12.4 11.5 9.3 9.1 7.9

Bheem Doraemon Jerry Hattori Tom Mr. Bean Shinchan Ben Oggy Krishna

Chhota Bheem Doraemon Tom & Jerry Ninja Hattori Tom & Jerry Mr. Bean Shinchan Ben 10 Oggy And The Cockroaches Krishna Balram

Pogo 21.4 Disney 17.4 CN 9.5 Nick 8.3 CN 7.1 Pogo 5.9 Hungama 5.7 CN 5.3 Nick 2.1 CN 0.9

Channel of the year

Sony sweeps the Channel of the Year category, moving up from No 4 in 2010 to No 2 in 2nd half of 2011.

Top newsmakers
Newsmakers or those who hit the headlines were gauged by contacting news consumers. Anna Hazare is on top. The score for each newsmaker was based on % of respondents who gave him or her 8 or more out of 10.

Entertainment industry icons

Ektaa Kapoor is top icon of the entertainment industry, ruling TV and making an impact on cinema.

Anna Hazare M S Dhoni Sathya Sai Baba Baba Ramdev A Raja Mamata Banerjee Sharad Pawar

93 76 53 40 37 33 31

5 History TV 7 Others 8 Star

Gold

57 Sony
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