Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Music Director

Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Music Direction (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ জাতীয় চলচ্চিত্র পুরস্কার শ্রেষ্ঠ সঙ্গীত পরিচালক) is the highest award for music direction in Bangladeshi film.

National Film Award for Best Music Director
Awarded for	Excellence in cinematic achievements for Bangladeshi cinema
Sponsored by	Government of Bangladesh
Location	Dhaka
Country	Bangladesh
Presented by	Ministry of Information
First award	1975 (1st)
Final award	2018 (43rd)
Currently held by	Emon Saha (2018)
Highlights
Most awards	Alam Khan & Alauddin Ali (5 wins)
Total awarded	40
First winner	Debu Bhattacharya & Lokman Hossain Fakir (1975)
Website	moi.gov.bd

History

Ferdausi Rahman^[1] became the only female musician to claim a National Award for best music direction. Alauddin Ali three consecutive awards in the years : 1978, 1979 and 1980. Khandaker Nurul Alam won this award in 1984, 1986 and 1991. Satya Saha earned two consecutive awards in 1994 and 1996. Alam Khan earned three awards in the 1980s : 1982, 1985 and 1987. On the other hand, Alauddin Ali won his 4th and 5th (the last) National Award in 1988 and 1990 respectively. Azad Rahman earned this honour twice : 1977 and 1993. Alam Khan surpassed Alauddin Ali's record in 2009 by winning a record 6th National Film Award.

Records and facts

• Alam Khan is the most awarded music director with 5 wins. Alauddin Ali is a step behind with 5 awards.^[2] Emon Saha and Shujeo Shyam have received 4 times each. Khandaker Nurul Alam has received 3 times. Satya Saha, Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul and Azad Rahman has two awards.
• Alauddin Ali is the only music director to win this award in three consecutive awards. Other three composers who have defended awards are Satya Saha in 1994 and 1996 (no award was given in 1995), Sujay Sham in 2002 and 2004 (no award in 2004) and Emon Saha in 2011 and 2012.

List of winners

Key

Table key

indicates a joint award for that year

‡ Indicates the winner of Best Film

List of award recipients, showing the year and film(s)

Year[a]	Recipient(s)	Work(s)	Refs.
1975 (1st) †	Debu Bhattacharya	Charitraheen	[3]
1975 (1st) †	Lokman Hossain Fakir
1976 (2nd)	Ferdausi Rahman	Megher Onek Rong	[4][5]
1977 (3rd)	Azad Rahman	Jadur Bashi	[6]
1978 (4th)	Alauddin Ali	Golapi Ekhon Traine	[6][2]
1979 (5th)	Alauddin Ali	Sundori	[7][2]
1980 (6th)	Alauddin Ali	Koshai	[8][2]
1981	No Award		[8]
1982 (7th)	Alam Khan	Boro Bhalo Lok Chhilo	[8]
1983 (8th)	Not Given		[9]
1984 (9th)	Khandaker Nurul Alam	Chandranath	[10]
1985 (10th)	Alam Khan	Teen Kanya	[10]
1986 (11th)	Khandaker Nurul Alam	Shuvoda	[11]
1987 (12th)	Alam Khan	Surrender	[11]
1988 (13th)	Alauddin Ali	Jogajog	[12]
1989 (14th)	Ali Hossain	Byathar Daan	[12]
1990 (15th)	Alauddin Ali	Lakhe Ekta	[13]
1991 (16th)	Khandaker Nurul Alam	Padma Meghna Jamuna	[13]
1992 (17th)	Alam Khan	Dinkal	[14]
1993 (18th)	Azad Rahman	Chandabaz	[15]
1994 (19th)	Satya Saha	Aguner Poroshmoni	[15]
1995 (20th)	Not Given		[16]
1996 (21st)	Satya Saha	Ajante	[17]
1997 (22nd)	Khan Ataur Rahman	Ekhono Anek Raat	[17]
1998 (23nd)	Not Given		[18]
1999 (24th)	Maksud Jamil Mintu	Srabon Megher Din	[18]
2000 (25th)	Not Given		[19]
2001 (26th)	Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul	Premer Taj Mahal	[19]
2002 (27th)	Shujeo Shyam	Hason Raja	[20]
2003 (28th)	Not Given		[18]
2004 (29th)	Shujeo Shyam	Joyjatra	[21][22]
2005 (30th)	Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul	Hajar Bachhor Dhore	[21][22]
2006 (31st)	Sheikh Sadi Khan	Ghani	[23][22]
2007 (32nd)	S.I. Tutul	Daruchini Dip	[23][22]
2008 (33rd)	Emon Saha	Chandragrohon	[24]
2009 (34th)	Alam Khan	Ebadot	[24]
2010 (35th)	Shujeo Shyam	Abujh Bou	[25][26]
2011 (36th)	Habib Wahid	Projapoti	[27][28]
2012 (37th)	Emon Saha	Ghetuputra Komola	[29][30]
2013 (38th) †	A. K. Azad	Mrittika Maya	[31]
2013 (38th) †	Shouquat Ali Imon	Purno Doirgho Prem Kahini
2014 (39th)	Sayeem Rana	Nekabborer Mohaproyan	[32][1]
2015 (40th) †	Swani Zubayeer	Anil Bagchir Ekdin	[3][33]
2016 (41st)	Emon Saha	Meyeti Ekhon Kothay Jabe	[34][35]
2017 (42nd)	Farid Ahmed	Tumi Robe Nirobe	[36][37]
2018 (43rd)	Emon Saha	Jannat	[36][37]
2018 (43rd)	Shujeo Shyam	Joiboti Konyar Mon	[citation needed]

See also

• Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Music Composer
• Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Lyrics
• Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer
• Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer

Notes

1. Denotes The year in which the film was censored by Bangladesh Film Censor Board.