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'The Big Fight' bags best talk show award

New Delhi Dec. 9. In a major boost to Indian television, NDTV's weekend debate show `The Big Fight' has won the Best Talk Show prize at the Asian Television Awards.

This is the first time an Indian talk show has won this prestigious award which was given away in Singapore, an NDTV release said here today.

More than 20 countries from across Asia and dozens of television programmes were in the competition.

`The Big Fight' episode which won the competition was titled `Is sex finally out of the Indian closet' and featured actress Mallika Sherawat, activist Madhu Kishwar and columnist Anil Dharker.

The show, which began in 1999, is being anchored by Rajdeep Sardesai.

Over the past four years, several top political personalities and stars have appeared on the show.

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