Prag Cine Awards North-East 2016 | |
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Date | 14 May 2016 15 May 2016 | –
Site | Church field, Tezpur, India |
Hosted by | Barsha Rani Bishaya Kopil Bora Nishita Goswami |
Organized by | Prag AM Television Pvt. Ltd. |
Highlights | |
Best Film | Antareen |
Best Direction | Reema Borah Bokul |
Best Actor | Pranjal Saikia Lokabandhoo |
Best Actress | Urmila Mahanta Antareen |
Most nominations | Antareeen (10) Kothanodi (10) |
Television coverage | |
Channel | Prag News |
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.[1] Film fraternities from Northeast as well as Bollywood personalities such as Suniel Shetty, Meiyang Chang were present in this event.[2]
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.[2] 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.[3]