# 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 14–15 May 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 Film | Best Popular Film |
| Antareen Bokul Kothanodi | Khel - The Game |
| Antareen Bokul Kothanodi | Best Film other than Assamese |
| Antareen Bokul Kothanodi | Dau Huduni Methai – Bodo |
| Best Director | Best Debut Director |
| Reema Borah – Bokul Bhaskar Hazarika – Kothanodi Ratan Sil Sarma – Marksheet | Ratan Sil Sarma – Marksheet Bhaskar Hazarika – Kothanodi Manjul Baruah – Antareen |
| Best Actor Male | Best 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 Male | Best 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 Direction | Best 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 Male | Best 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 Cinematography | Best 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 Screenplay | Best 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 Recordist | Best 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 Makeup | Best 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-East | Best Director North-East |
| Onaatah (Meghalaya, Khasi) | Pradip Kurbah – Onaatah (Meghalaya, Khasi) |
| Best Actor North-East Male | Best Actor North-East Female |
| Nokshaa Saham – The Head Hunter (Arunachal Pradesh, Wancho) | Sweety Pala – Onaatah (Meghalaya, Khasi) and L. Tonthoingambi – Patkee Tharo (Manipur, Meitei) |

## 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

* Jury's Special Mention: Aditya Malla Buzarbaruah and Abhijit Chowdhury – Marksheet
* Jury's Special Mention: Nilanjan Datta – The Head Hunter
* Best Critic (Writing on Cinema): Manoj Barpujari