The Prag Cine Awards North-East 2015 ceremony, presented by the Prag Network, honored the actors, technical achievements, and films censored in 2014 from Assam and rest of Northeast India, and took place on 21–22 March 2015, at the Chowkidingee field in Dibrugarh, Assam. This was the first time when films produced in other Northeastern states were also honored in this ceremony. Assamese actress Nishita Goswami and television host Nabish Alam hosted the show. Film fraternities from Northeast as well as Bollywood personalities such as Neha Dhupia, Gulshan Grover, Adil Hussain were present in this event.
Actor Bishnu Kharghoria was honored with the lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution towards the Assamese film Industry. Arup Baishya received best actor award for Othello and the best actress award has gone to Amrita Gogoi for Ahetuk. Manas Saikia directed North Bank won the best film award, while Anmol Chan, Nepali language film from Sikkim, won the best film north-east award.
Winners and nominees In this edition of Prag Cine Awards, awards were given in 22 categories to the Assamese and non-Assamese films produced from Assam and in another 4 categories to the films produced from rest of northeast India and censored in the year of 2014. Ahetuk topped the nomination list with fifteen nominations, followed by North Bank and Othello with twelve and eleven nominations respectively.
Awards for films from Assam Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
Best Film Best Popular FilmNorth Bank Ahetuk Othello TRP Aru...Ahetuk Rodor Sithi Suma Poroxote TRP Aru... Best Director Best Debut DirectorBani Das – Ahetuk Diganta Majumdar – Borhxaranya Hemanta Das – Othello Manas Saikia – North BankHemanta Kumar Das – Othello Manas Saikia – North Bank Muketag Ali – Aparajita Rakesh Sharma – Anuradha Best Actor Male Best Actor FemaleArup Baishya – Othello Jatin Bora – Jilmil Jonak Mridul Baruah – North Bank Tapan Das – BorhxaranyaAmrita Gogoi – Ahetuk Darshana Bora – Xondhikhyon Meghranjani Medhi – Anuradha Pakeeza Begam – North Bank Best Supporting Actor Male Best Supporting Actor FemaleArun Nath – Othello Angaraag Mahanta – Rodor Sithi Bidyut Chakravarty – TRP Aru... Debojit Majumdar – BorhxaranyaMayuri Borkakoti – North Bank Aparna Dutta Choudhury – Khyobh Chandana Sarma – Aarohi Reena Bora – Xondhikhyon Best Music Direction Best LyricsPoran Borkatoky – Ahetuk Geet Priyam – Anuradha Milton – North Bank Zubeen Garg – Rodor SithiIbson Lal Baruah – Ahetuk – Title Track Diganta Bharati – Rodor Sithi – Protidine Ibson Lal Baruah – Ahetuk – Meghar Jolonga Palash Gogoi – TRP Aru... – Xosha Misha Best Playback Singer Male Best Playback Singer FemaleZubeen Garg – Ahetuk – Title Track Angaraag Mahanta – Rodor Sithi – Protidine Rupam Bhuyan – Khyobh Simanta Sekhar – The FacePompi Gogoi – Ahetuk – Meghar Jolonga Mahalakshmi Iyer – Grahan Tarali Sarma – Khyobh Zublee Baruah – Boroshi Best Cinematography Best Film EditingRaktim Mondal – TRP Aru... Nahid Ahmed – Ahetuk Nahid Ahmed – Othello Suraj Deka – AnuradhaAmitabh Singha and Dhanjit Das – TRP Aru... Raju Gogoi – Othello Rupam Kalita – North Bank Sanjeeb Borthakur – Ahetuk Best Screenplay Best ChoreographyRanjit Sarma – Othello Bani Das – Ahetuk Jiten Sarma – Borhxaranya Manas Saikia and Haren Saikia – North BankPankaj Ingti – Ahetuk Ashim Baishya – Boroshi Mituparna – Grahan Uday Shankar – The Face Best Sound (Re-recording/Mixing) Best Art DirectionAmrit Pritam – Rodor Sithi Bijoy and Dipak – TRP Aru... Deepak Dutta – Othello Jatin Sharma – North BankNoni Borpujari – Rodor Sithi Gulok Saha – Borhxaranya Haripresanna Saikia – North Bank Manimala Das and Suraj Saikia – TRP Aru... Best Makeup Best CostumePrasanta Bora – Aarohi Babi Chakravarty – Othello Bapan Kalita – Jilmil Jonak Panku Hazarika – AhetukNandana Baruah – Ahetuk Lukumoni Gogoi – Othello Meenashree Hazarika – Anuradha Palashi Saikia and Nibha Bhuyan Saikia – North Bank
Awards for films from rest of northeast India Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. Best Film North-East Best Director North-EastAnmol Chan (Sikkim, Nepali) Be Smeh (Arunachal Pradesh) NishaniDarji Khand Thanggun – Be Smeh (Arunachal Pradesh) Best Actor North-East Male Best Actor North-East FemaleShalom Kabo – Anmol Chan (Sikkim, Nepali)Sneha Rai – Anmol Chan (Sikkim, Nepali)
Lifetime achievement award Actor Bishnu Kharghoria was honored with the lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution towards the Assamese film Industry.
Other awards Best Writing on Cinema: Subrat Jyoti Neog Jury's Special Mention: Shabnam Borgoyari – Aarohi
See also List of Assamese films of the 2010s
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