Prag Cine Awards North-East 2016

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 Chang were present in this event.[2]

Prag Cine Awards North-East 2016
DateMay 14, 2016 (2016-05-14)–
May 15, 2016 (2016-05-15)
SiteChurch field, Tezpur, India
Hosted byBarsha Rani Bishaya
Kopil Bora
Nishita Goswami
Organized byPrag AM Television Pvt. Ltd.
Highlights
Best FilmAntareen
Best DirectionReema Borah
Bokul
Best ActorPranjal Saikia
Lokabandhoo
Best ActressUrmila Mahanta
Antareen
Most nominationsAntareeen (10)
Kothanodi (10)
Television coverage
ChannelPrag News

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
  • Khel - The Game
Best Film other than Assamese
Best Director Best Debut Director
  • Reema Borah – Bokul
    • Bhaskar Hazarika – Kothanodi
    • Ratan Sil Sarma – Marksheet
Best Actor Male Best Actor Female
  • Pranjal Saikia – Lokabandhoo
    • Ashok Singh – Cactus
    • Boloram Das – Antareen
    • Lakhi Borthakur – Jajabor
Best Supporting Actor Male Best Supporting Actor Female
  • Kasvi Sarma – Kothanodi
    • Aparna Dutta Choudhury – Antareen
    • Simi Ryan – Cactus
Best Music Direction Best Lyrics
  • Tarali Sarma – Antareen
    • Ibson Lal Baruah – Marksheet - Pagol Uxaah
    • Keshaba Nanda Goswami – Nodi Mathu Boi
Best Playback Singer Male Best Playback Singer Female
  • Mrinal Baishnab – Marksheet - Loralir Dhemali
    • Jitul Sonowal – Love in Bangkok
    • Saurav Mahanta – Nodi Mathu Boi
  • Madhusmita Borthakur – Khel - The Game
    • Geeta Shree – Sat Nomboror Xondhanot
    • Tarali Sarma – Antareen
Best Cinematography Best Film Editing
  • Suman Dowerah – Antareen
    • Arup Manna – Cactus
    • Suraj Kumar Duwara – Mriganabhi
  • Rantu Chetia and Jasir Imtiaz – Bokul
    • Hiranya Kalita – Cactus
    • Ratan Sil Sarma – Marksheet
Best Screenplay Best Choreography
  • Bhaskar Hazarika – Kothanodi
    • Arup Manna – Cactus
    • Himjyoti Talukdar – Marksheet
  • Uday Shankar – Khel - The Game
    • Pankaj Ingti – Saat Nomboror Sandhanat
    • Upashana Mahanta – Nodi Mathu Boi
Best Sound Recordist Best Art Direction
  • Bibek Basumatary – Bokul
    • Jatin Sharma – Kothanodi
    • Jatin Sharma and Diganta Bordoloi – '
  • Gulok Saha – Kothanodi
    • Rama Ray and Anup Hazarika – Antareen
    • Sandeep Patil and Reema Bora – Bokul
Best Makeup Best Costume
  • Sanku Baruah and Bishwajit Das – Lokabandhoo
    • Akash Gogoi and Subhash Shrestha – Khel - The Game
    • Babul Das and Bishwajit Kalita – Mriganabhi
  • Rani Dutta Baruah – Kothanodi
    • Prashanta Ghose and Adityam – Khel - The Game
    • Sehnaz Sultan – Saat Nomboror Sandhanat

Awards for films from rest of northeast India

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Best Film North-East Best Director North-East
Best Actor North-East Male Best Actor North-East Female

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

See also

References
  1. "Prag Cine Awards to be conferred at Tezpur". The Assam Tribune. Tezpur. 30 April 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  2. Das, pranab Kumar (15 May 2016). "Cine awards kick off in culture hub Tezpur". TheTelegraph. Tezpur. Archived from the original on May 15, 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  3. "Onaatah bags three awards at Prag Cine Awards". The Shillong Times. Shillong. 17 May 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
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