Prag Cine Awards North-East 2016
Prag Cine Awards North-East 2016 | |
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Date |
May 14, 2016 – May 15, 2016 |
Site | Church field, Tezpur, India |
Hosted by |
Barsha Rani Bishaya Kopil Bora Nishita Goswami |
Organized by | Prag AM Television Pvt. Ltd. |
Highlights | |
Best Film | Antareen |
Best Direction |
Reema Borah Bokul |
Best Actor |
Pranjal Saikia Lokabandhoo |
Best Actress |
Urmila Mahanta Antareen |
Most nominations |
Antareeen (10) Kothanodi (10) |
Television coverage | |
Channel | Prag News |
The Prag Cine Awards North-East 2016 ceremony, presented by the Prag Network, honoured the actors, technical achievements, and films censored in 2015 from Assam and rest of Northeast India, took place on May 14–15, 2016 at the Church field in Tezpur, Assam.[1] Film fraternities from Northeast as well as Bollywood personalities such as Suniel Shetty, Meiyang Chаng were present in this event.[2]
Actress Bidya Rao was honored with the lifetime Achievement Award for her contribution towards the Assamese film Industry, while model and actress Dipannita Sharma and sound engineer Amrit Pritam Dutta were presented with "Golden Icon" award.[2] Pranjal Saikia received best actor award for Lokabandhoo and the best actress award has gone to Urmila Mahanta for Antareen. Manjul Baruah directed Antareen won the best film award, while Onaatah, Khasi language film from Meghalaya, won the best film north-east award.[3]
Winners and nominees
In this edition of Prag Cine Awards, awards were given in 19 different categories to the Assamese films produced from Assam which were censored in the year of 2015. Kothanodi and Antareen topped the nomination list with ten nominations each.
Awards for films from Assam
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
Best Film | Best Popular Film |
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Best Film other than Assamese | |
Best Director | Best Debut Director |
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Best Actor Male | Best Actor Female |
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Best Supporting Actor Male | Best Supporting Actor Female |
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Best Music Direction | Best Lyrics |
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Best Playback Singer Male | Best Playback Singer Female |
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Best Cinematography | Best Film Editing |
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Best Screenplay | Best Choreography |
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Best Sound Recordist | Best Art Direction |
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Best Makeup | Best Costume |
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Awards for films from rest of northeast India
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
Best Film North-East | Best Director North-East |
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Best Actor North-East Male | Best Actor North-East Female |
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Honorary Awards
- Lifetime Achievement Award
Veteran actress Bidya Rao will be honoured with the lifetime Achievement Award for her contribution towards the Assamese film Industry.[1]
- Golden Icon Awards
Model and actress Dipannita Sharma, and sound engineer Amrit Pritam Dutta were honoured with Golden Icon Awards.
Other Awards
- Jury's Special Mention: Aditya Malla Buzarbaruah and Abhijit Chowdhury – Marksheet
- Jury's Special Mention: Nilanjan Datta – The Head Hunter
- Best Critic (Writing on Cinema): Manoj Barpujari
References
- 1 2 "Prag Cine Awards to be conferred at Tezpur". The Assam Tribune. Tezpur. 30 April 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- 1 2 Das, pranab Kumar (15 May 2016). "Cine awards kick off in culture hub Tezpur". TheTelegraph. Tezpur. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
- ↑ "Onaatah bags three awards at Prag Cine Awards". The Shillong Times. Shillong. 17 May 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016.