# Prag Cine Awards North-East 2017

Prag Cine Awards North-East 2017 was a ceremony that took place at Kokrajhar, Assam, on 17 and 18 June 2017, organized by the Prag television network, that honoured films made in 2016 in Assam and the rest of Northeast India that had been censored by India's Central Board of Film Certification.

## 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 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)