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 14–15 May 2016 at the Church field in Tezpur, Assam. Film fraternities from Northeast as well as Bollywood personalities such as Suniel Shetty, Meiyang Chang were present in this event.
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. 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.
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 FilmAntareen Bokul KothanodiKhel - The Game Best Film other than AssameseDau Huduni Methai – Bodo Best Director Best Debut DirectorReema Borah – Bokul Bhaskar Hazarika – Kothanodi Ratan Sil Sarma – MarksheetRatan Sil Sarma – Marksheet Bhaskar Hazarika – Kothanodi Manjul Baruah – Antareen Best Actor Male Best Actor FemalePranjal Saikia – Lokabandhoo Ashok Singh – Cactus Boloram Das – Antareen Lakhi Borthakur – JajaborUrmila Mahanta – Antareen Barsha Rani Bishaya – Khel - The Game Mitali Dey – Saat Nomboror Sandhanat Prastuti Parashar – Mriganabhi Best Supporting Actor Male Best Supporting Actor FemaleKulada Kumar Bhattacharya – Cactus Arun Nath – Antareen Kopil Bora – KothanodiKasvi Sarma – Kothanodi Aparna Dutta Choudhury – Antareen Simi Ryan – Cactus Best Music Direction Best LyricsTarali Sarma – Mriganabhi Amar Nath Hazarika – Kothanodi Anil Saikia – Saat Nomboror SandhanatTarali Sarma – Antareen Ibson Lal Baruah – Marksheet - Pagol Uxaah Keshaba Nanda Goswami – Nodi Mathu Boi Best Playback Singer Male Best Playback Singer FemaleMrinal Baishnab – Marksheet - Loralir Dhemali Jitul Sonowal – Love in Bangkok Saurav Mahanta – Nodi Mathu BoiMadhusmita Borthakur – Khel - The Game Geeta Shree – Sat Nomboror Xondhanot Tarali Sarma – Antareen Best Cinematography Best Film EditingSuman Dowerah – Antareen Arup Manna – Cactus Suraj Kumar Duwara – MriganabhiRantu Chetia and Jasir Imtiaz – Bokul Hiranya Kalita – Cactus Ratan Sil Sarma – Marksheet Best Screenplay Best ChoreographyBhaskar Hazarika – Kothanodi Arup Manna – Cactus Himjyoti Talukdar – MarksheetUday Shankar – Khel - The Game Pankaj Ingti – Saat Nomboror Sandhanat Upashana Mahanta – Nodi Mathu Boi Best Sound Recordist Best Art DirectionBibek 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 CostumeSanku Baruah and Bishwajit Das – Lokabandhoo Akash Gogoi and Subhash Shrestha – Khel - The Game Babul Das and Bishwajit Kalita – MriganabhiRani 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-EastOnaatah (Meghalaya, Khasi)Pradip Kurbah – Onaatah (Meghalaya, Khasi) Best Actor North-East Male Best Actor North-East FemaleNokshaa Saham – The Head Hunter (Arunachal Pradesh, Wancho)Sweety Pala – Onaatah (Meghalaya, Khasi) and L. Tonthoingambi – Patkee Tharo (Manipur, Meiteilon)
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. 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 List of Assamese films of the 2010s
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