Prag Cine Awards North-East 2017 Explained

Award:	Prag Cine Awards
Date:	–
Site:	Bodofa Sports Complex, Kokrajhar, Assam, India
Organizer:	Prag AM Television Pvt. Ltd.
Channel:	Prag News
Last:	2016
Prag Cine Awards North-East 2017

Prag Cine Awards North-East 2017 is a ceremony, presented by the Prag Network, honoured the actors, technical achievements, and films censored in 2016 from Assam and rest of Northeast India, took place on 17–18 June 2017^[1] at Kokrajhar, Assam.

Winners and nominees

In this edition of Prag Cine Awards, awards were given in 26 different categories to the Assamese films produced from Assam and other language films produced from Northeast India which were censored in the year of 2016. Maj Rati Keteki topped the nomination list with ten nominations.

Awards for films from Assam

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Best Film	Best Popular Film
Antardrishti Dikchow Banat Palaax Maj Rati Keteki	Doordarshan Eti Jantra Bahniman Gaane Ki Aane
Best Director	Best Debut Director
Kangkan Deka – Beautiful Lives Sanjib Sabhapandit – Dikchow Banat Palaax Santwana Bardoloi – Maj Rati Keteki Dhruva J Bordoloi – Dooronir Nirola Poja	Dhruva J Bordoloi – Dooronir Nirola Poja Deep Choudhury – Alifa Jaicheng Jai Dohutia – Haanduk Rima Das – Antardrishti
Best Actor Male	Best Actor Female
Bishnu Kharghoria – Antardrishti Mintu Barua – Dooronir Nirola Poja Jatin Bora – Doordarshan Eti Jantra and Bahniman Baharul Islam – Alifa Boloram Das – Beautiful Lives	Pakiza Begum – Beautiful Lives Prastuti Parashar – Doordarshan Eti Jantra Amrita Gogoi – Dur Parineeta Borthakur – Gaane Ki Aane Jaya Seal Ghosh – Alifa
Best Supporting Actor Male	Best Supporting Actor Female
Bibhuti Bhushan Hazarika – Dooronir Nirola Poja and Maj Rati Keteki Arun Hazarika – Bahniman Rupam Chetia – Aei Matite Chinmoy Chakraborty – Dikchow Banat Palaax	Pranami Bora – Maj Rati Keteki and Doordarshan Eti Jantra Ashrumoni Bora – Beautiful Lives Meena Ingti – Aei Matite Sulakshana Baruah – Maj Rati Keteki
Best Music Direction	Best Lyrics
Anurag Saikia – Antardrishti and Maj Rati Keteki Zubeen Garg – Gaane Ki Aane Bhagawat Pritam – Beautiful Lives Tony Basumatary and Utkarsh – Dooronir Nirola Poja	Ibson Lal Baruah – Kunwarpuror Kunwar - Hahi Eti Pindhi Lowa Rajdweep – Bahniman - Kola Kola Andhar Santwana Bordoli – Maj Rati Keteki - Akash Xunuwali Kalpajyoti Dutta – Dur - Xex Kio Hoi
Best Playback Singer Male	Best Playback Singer Female
Rupam Bhuyan – Maj Rati Keteki - Akash Xunuwali Zubeen Garg – Gaane Ki Aane - Janu Janu Moiyu Janu Papon – Dooronir Nirola Poja - Khuje Khuje Jiban Nilotpal Bora – Dur - Bisoara Xomoi	Rupa Mili – Li:Len Mizee – Dur - Akashe Aki Diya Tarali Sarma – Sarvagunakar Srimanta Sankardeva Rupjyoti Devi – Bahniman
Best Cinematography	Best Editing
Nahid Ahmed – Alifa Pankaj Baral Chetri – Li:Len Suraj Deka – Dooronir Nirola Poja Chidaa Bora – Haanduk	Dhruva J Bordoloi – Dooronir Nirola Poja Dhiraj Mazumdar – Shakira Ahibo Bakul Tolor Bihuloi Saurabh Dutta – Dikchow Banat Palaax Gagan Raj – Doordarshan Eti Jantra
Best Screenplay	Best Choreography
Rima Das – Antardristri Dhruba J Bordoloi – Dooronir Nirola Poja Kangkan Deka – Beautiful Lives Sanjib Sabhapandit – Dikchow Banat Palaax	Bhaskar Dole and Agam Kutum – Oienga Ashim Gogoi – Dur Smita Lahkar – Aei Matite Pankaj Ingti – Kunwarpuror Konwar
Best Sound Design	Best Art Direction
Amrit Pritam – Antardrishti and Beautiful Lives Debajit Gayan – Dikchow Banat Palaax and Haanduk Debajit Changma – Haanduk Anirban Barthakur – Alifa	Phatik Baruah – Sonar Baran Pakhi Jyoti Sankar Bhattacharya – Gaane Ki Aane Rima Das – Antardrishti Santwana Bordoloi and Usma Bordoloi – Maj Rati Keteki Nuruddin Ahmed – Bahniman
Best Makeup	Best Costume Design
Biswajit Kalita – Beautiful Lives Ashitabh Barua (Sanku) – Alifa and Sonar Baran Pakhi Paran Sarmah – Haanduk Aku Bothra – Aei Matite	Rani Dutta Baruah – Maj Rati Keteki Ananya Pegu and Nirada Dole Pegu – Oienga Garima Saikia Garg – Gaane Ki Aane Rima Das – Antardrishti
Best Film other than Assamese
Alifa – Bengali Haanduk – Moran Li:Len – Mishing Ansula Afa – Bodo

Awards for films from rest of northeast India

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Best Film North-East	Best Director North-East
Loktak Lairembee (Lady Of The Lake) (Manipur, Meitei) Dak Bangla (Meghalaya, Khasi)	Haobam Paban Kumar – Loktak Lairembee (Manipur, Meitei) Kitbok Kharmalki – Dak Bangla (Meghalaya, Khasi)
Best Actor North-East Male	Best Actor North-East Female
Ningthoujam Sanatomba – Loktak Lairembee (Manipur, Meitei) Starsing Lymba – Dak Bangla (Meghalaya, Khasi)	Sylviana Mawlong – Dak Bangla (Meghalaya, Khasi) Sagolsam Thambalsang – Loktak Lairembee (Manipur, Meitei)

Other awards

• Best Book on Film – Xukhi Manuhor Chalachitra Aru Onainyo by Pranjal Bora
• Jury’s Special Mention
  • Mahaendra Rabha (Child Artist, Maj Rati Keteki)
  • Bipasha Daimari (Child Artist, Zero: the value of life)
• Jury Special Honour – Kulada Kumar Bhattacharya (Dikchow Banat Palaax)
• Special Felicitation for Contribution to Assamese Cinema – Rajesh Jashpal (Gaane Ki Aane)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Prag Cine Awards NE 2017. The Hills Time. 12 May 2017.