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. 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 FilmBest Popular Film

  • Antareen
  • *Bokul
  • *Kothanodi
  • Khel - The Game
  • Antareen
  • *Bokul
  • *Kothanodi
    		• Best Film other than Assamese
  • Antareen
  • *Bokul
  • *Kothanodi
  • Dau Huduni Methai – Bodo
    • Best DirectorBest Debut Director
  • Reema Borah – Bokul
  • *Bhaskar Hazarika – Kothanodi
  • *Ratan Sil Sarma – Marksheet
  • Ratan Sil Sarma – Marksheet
  • *Bhaskar Hazarika – Kothanodi
  • *Manjul Baruah – Antareen
    • Best Actor MaleBest Actor Female
  • Pranjal Saikia – Lokabandhoo
  • *Ashok Singh – Cactus
  • *Boloram Das – Antareen
  • *Lakhi Borthakur – Jajabor
  • Urmila Mahanta – Antareen
  • *Barsha Rani Bishaya – Khel - The Game
  • *Mitali Dey – Saat Nomboror Sandhanat
  • *Prastuti Parashar – Mriganabhi
    • Best Supporting Actor MaleBest Supporting Actor Female
  • Kulada Kumar Bhattacharya – Cactus
  • *Arun Nath – Antareen
  • *Kopil Bora – Kothanodi
  • Kasvi Sarma – Kothanodi
  • *Aparna Dutta Choudhury – Antareen
  • *Simi Ryan – Cactus
    • Best Music DirectionBest Lyrics
  • Tarali Sarma – Mriganabhi
  • *Amar Nath Hazarika – Kothanodi
  • *Anil Saikia – Saat Nomboror Sandhanat
  • Tarali Sarma – Antareen
  • *Ibson Lal Baruah – Marksheet - Pagol Uxaah
  • *Keshaba Nanda Goswami – Nodi Mathu Boi
    • Best Playback Singer MaleBest 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 CinematographyBest 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 ScreenplayBest 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 RecordistBest 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 MakeupBest 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-EastBest Director North-East

    • Onaatah
  • Pradip Kurbah – Onaatah
    • Best Actor North-East MaleBest Actor North-East Female
  • Nokshaa Saham – The Head Hunter
  • Sweety Pala – Onaatah and
  • L. Tonthoingambi – Patkee Tharo

    • 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