Prag Cine Awards

Prag Cine Awards are presented annually by Prag News & Rengoni, a satellite television channel from Assam. The aim of the award to give support, recognition and inspiration to the Assamese film industry and honour some of the eminent film personalities who have contributed to the cause of Assamese cinema of Assam. The award was first instituted in the year 2003.^[1][2] Starting from 2015, films produced in other Northeastern states were also honored in this ceremony.^[3]

Prag Cine Awards
Awarded for	Best in cinemas of Assam and North-East India
Country	India
Presented by	Prag News
First awarded	2003

Ceremonies

Ceremony	Date	Venue	Host(s)	Life Time Achievement
1st Prag Cine Awards	28 February 2004	Nehru Stadium, Guwahati		Bhupen Hazarika
2nd Prag Cine Awards	5 March 2005	Nehru Stadium, Guwahati		Jnanada Kakati
3rd Prag Cine Awards	12 April 2012	GMCH Auditorium, Guwahati		Nipon Goswami
4th Prag Cine Awards	14 April 2013	GMCH Auditorium, Guwahati	Pranjal Saikia, Zerifa Wahid	Biju Phukan
5th Prag Cine Awards	22 March 2014	Koramangala Indoor Stadium, Bangalore	Kopil Bora, Zerifa Wahid	Mridula Barua
6th Prag Cine Awards North-East	21–22 March 2015	Chowkidingee Field, Dibrugarh	Nishita Goswami, Nabish Alam	Bishnu Kharghoria
7th Prag Cine Awards North-East	14–15 May 2016	Church Field, Tezpur	Barsha Rani Bishaya, Kopil Bora, Nishita Goswami	Bidya Rao
8th Prag Cine Awards North-East	17–18 June 2017	Bodofa Cultural Complex, Kokrajhar		Munin Barua[4]
9th Prag Cine Awards North-East	26–27 May 2018	Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) Auditorium, Guwahati		Kualada Kumar Bhattacharya[5]
10th Prag Cine Awards North-East	1–2 June 2019	Neheruwali, Nagaon
Prag Cine Awards 2020	Cancelled due to COVID-19 Pandemic
Prag Cine Awards 2021	30 January 2021	USTM Auditorium, Meghalaya		Aribam Syam Sharma[6]
Prag Cine Awards 2022	26 March 2022	Silchar	Ravi Sharma, Siddharth Sharma, Deepjyoti Keot, Dimpu Baruah
Prag Cine Awards 2023	27 May 2023	USTM Auditorium, Meghalaya		Taufiq Rahman, Chetana Das

Awards

Awards for films from Assam

• Best Film
• Best Popular Film
• Best Director
• Best Debut Director
• Best Actor Male
• Best Actor Female
• Best Supporting Actor Male
• Best Supporting Actor Female
• Best Music Direction
• Best Lyrics
• Best Playback Singer Male
• Best Playback Singer Female
• Best Cinematography
• Best Film Editing
• Best Screenplay
• Best Choreography
• Best Sound (Re-recording/Mixing)
• Best Art Direction
• Best Makeup
• Best Costume
• Best Film other than Assamese
• Best Villain

Awards for films from rest of northeast India

• Best Film North-East
• Best Director North-East
• Best Actor North-East Male
• Best Actor North-East Female

See also

• Assamese cinema
• National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Assamese

References

1. "4th Prag Cine Awards, 7 Assamese Films in the Competition | Northeast Today". Northeasttoday.in. 26 March 2012. Archived from the original on 28 March 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
2. "The Sentinel". Sentinelassam.com. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
3. "Prag Cine Award on March 21, 22". The Assam Tribune. Guwahati. 27 January 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
4. "Kokrajhar to host Prag Cine Awards 2017". The Assam Tribune. 11 June 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
5. "Govinda at Prag Cine Awards 2018 » Northeast Today". Northeast Today. 29 May 2018. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
6. "20th Prag Cine Awards On Jan 30". Pratidin Time. 24 December 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2021.

External links

• Actors play phoenix at awards function - Gogoi appeals for donation at Prag ceremony to rebuild B. Borooah, The Telegraph, Published on 7 March 2005 (Monday).
• Bollywood stars to grace Prag Cine Award, Assam Times, Published on 5 April 2013.
• Prag Cine Award 2014 and its Nominations, Assam Online Portal, Published on 3 March 2014
• Nominations of Prag Cine Award 2014, www.creativica.in, Published on 1 March 2014
• Prag Cine Awards North-East 2018 Held in Guwahati, KothAsobi.com, Published on 14 June 2018