Prag Cine Awards North-East 2016

Prag Cine Awards North-East 2016
Date14 May 2016 (2016-05-14)
15 May 2016 (2016-05-15)
SiteChurch field, Tezpur, India
Hosted byBarsha Rani Bishaya
Kopil Bora
Nishita Goswami
Organized byPrag AM Television Pvt. Ltd.
Highlights
Best FilmAntareen
Best DirectionReema Borah
Bokul
Best ActorPranjal Saikia
Lokabandhoo
Best ActressUrmila Mahanta
Antareen
Most nominationsAntareeen (10)
Kothanodi (10)
Television coverage
ChannelPrag 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]

  1. ^ "Prag Cine Awards to be conferred at Tezpur". The Assam Tribune. Tezpur. 30 April 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  2. ^ a b Das, pranab Kumar (15 May 2016). "Cine awards kick off in culture hub Tezpur". TheTelegraph. Tezpur. Archived from the original on 15 May 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Onaatah bags three awards at Prag Cine Awards". The Shillong Times. Shillong. 17 May 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016.