Prag Cine Awards 2013

Prag Cine Awards 2013
Date	April 14, 2013
Site	GMCH Auditorium, Guwahati, India
Hosted by	Pranjal Saikia Zerifa Wahid
Organized by	Prag AM Television Pvt. Ltd.
Highlights
Best Film	Baandhon
Best Direction	Bidyut Chakravarty Dwaar
Best Actor	Kapil Bora Dwaar
Best Actress	Barsha Rani Bishaya Me & My Sister
Television coverage
Channel	Prag Channel

The Prag Cine Awards 2013 ceremony, presented by the Prag Network, honored the actors, technical achievements, and films censored in 2012 from Assam and took place on April 14, 2013, at the GMCH Auditorium in Guwahati, India.^[1] Bollywood director Kalpana Lajmi, actors Pooja Bhatt, Adil Hussain were present at the event while veteran Assamese actor Pranjal Saikia and Zerifa Wahid hosted the show.

Actor Biju Phukan was honoured with the lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution towards the Assamese film Industry.^[2] Kapil Bora and Barsha Rani Bishaya won respectively Best Actor Male and Best Actor Female awards for their performance in Dwaar and Me & My Sister. Jahnu Barua directed Baandhon won the Best Film award.^[3]

Winners and nominees

The winners in 23 categories of the Prag Cine Awards 2013 were selected among the thirteen films censored from Assam in the year 2012. It includes 11 Assamese and 2 non-Assamese films (one each English and Mishing film).^[2] Dwaar begged highest number of awards including Best Director, Best Actor Male, and Best Music. The jury members for this selection were Sanjib Hazarika, Moloya Goswami, JP Das, Munin Bayan, and Sibanan Barua.

Awards

Kapil Bora, Best Actor Male winner

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.^[3]

Best Film	Best Director
Baandhon Dwaar Me & My Sister	Bidyut Chakravarty – Dwaar Jahnu Barua – Baandhon Rajesh Bhuyan – Me & My Sister
Best Actor Male	Best Actor Female
Kapil Bora – Dwaar Bishnu Kharghoria – Baandhon Diganta Hazarika – Rishang	Barsha Rani Bishaya – Me & My Sister Zerifa Wahid – Dwaar Nishita Goswami – Rishang
Best Supporting Actor Male	Best Supporting Actor Female
Lakhi Borthakur – Borolar Ghor Sasanka Samir – Aakash Suboloi Mon Rajib Lal Baruah – Rishang	Purnima Pathak Saikia – Borolar Ghor Barnali Pujari – Tula aru Teja Tanushree Baruah – Aakash Suboloi Mon
Best Music Direction	Best Lyrics
Sher Chowdhury – Dwaar Arupjyoti Patowary – Me & My Sister	Diganta Bharati – Me & My Sister
Best Playback Singer Male	Best Playback Singer Female
Rajjyoti Konwar – Rishang and Aakash Suboloi Mon Angaraag Mahanta – Rowd Zubeen Garg – Me & My Sister	Rupjyoti Devi – Rowd Queen Hazarika – Aakash Suboloi Mon
Best Cinematography	Best Film Editing
Sumon Dowerah – Dwaar and Baandhon Arup Manna – Adhyay	Ramen Bora and Jugal Das – Dwaar Cheragh Todiwala – Baandhon
Best Screenplay	Best Choreography
Jahnu Barua – Baandhon Bidyut Chakravarty – Dwaar	Deepak Dey – Rishang Bappa Ahmed – Aakash Suboloi Mon
Best Sound Design	Best Art Direction
Dipak Dutta and Bijay Nath – Dwaar Jatin Sharma and Debojit Khaund – Rishang	Phatik Barua – Baandhon Golak Saha – Rishang
Best Makeup	Best Costume Design
Asitabh Baruah – Baandhon Bhaskarjyoti Dutta – Dwaar	Lukumoni Gogoi – Borolar Ghor Geetarani Goswami and Harmohan Das – Baandhon
Best Popular Film	Best Film other than Assamese
Rishang	The Essence of Life – English

Lifetime Achievement Award

Veteran actor Biju Phukan was honoured with the lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution towards the Assamese film Industry. This award consists of a cash prize of ₹50,000 along with a trophy and a citation.^[2]

Other Awards

• Best Critic: Arun Lochan Das
• Jury's Special Mention:
  • Adhyay
  • Manash Hazarika – Aakash Suboloi Mon

References

1. "Annual Prag Cine Awards ceremony to be held on Friday". DY 365. Guwahati. 12 April 2013. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
2. "Prag Cine Award 2012". The Sentinel. 30 January 2013. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
3. "Prag Cine Awards 2013". Assam Online Portal. 14 April 2013. Retrieved 26 March 2014.

See also

• List of Assamese films of the 2010s