title: Prag Cine Awards North-East 2015
text: # Prag Cine Awards North-East 2015
  
  The Prag Cine Awards North-East 2015 ceremony, presented by the Prag Network, honored the actors, technical achievements, and films censored in 2014 from Assam and rest of Northeast India, and took place on March 21–22, 2015, at the Chowkidingee field in Dibrugarh, Assam. This was the first time when films produced in other Northeastern states were also honored in this ceremony. Assamese actress Nishita Goswami and television host Nabish Alam hosted the show. Film fraternities from Northeast as well as Bollywood personalities such as Neha Dhupia, Gulshan Grover, Adil Hussain were present in this event.
  
  Actor Bishnu Kharghoria was honored with the lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution towards the Assamese film Industry. Arup Baishya received best actor award for Othello and the best actress award has gone to Amrita Gogoi for Ahetuk. Manas Saikia directed North Bank won the best film award, while Anmol Chan, Nepali language film from Sikkim, won the best film north-east award.
  
  ## Winners and nominees
  
  In this edition of Prag Cine Awards, awards were given in 22 categories to the Assamese and non-Assamese films produced from Assam and in another 4 categories to the films produced from rest of northeast India and censored in the year of 2014. Ahetuk topped the nomination list with fifteen nominations, followed by North Bank and Othello with twelve and eleven nominations respectively.
  
  ### Awards for films from Assam
  
  Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
  
  | Best Film | Best Popular Film |
  | - | - |
  | North Bank Ahetuk Othello TRP Aru... | Ahetuk Rodor Sithi Suma Poroxote TRP Aru... |
  | Best Director | Best Debut Director |
  | Bani Das – Ahetuk Diganta Majumdar – Borhxaranya Hemanta Das – Othello Manas Saikia – North Bank | Hemanta Kumar Das – Othello Manas Saikia – North Bank Muketag Ali – Aparajita Rakesh Sharma – Anuradha |
  | Best Actor Male | Best Actor Female |
  | Arup Baishya – Othello Jatin Bora – Jilmil Jonak Mridul Baruah – North Bank Tapan Das – Borhxaranya | Amrita Gogoi – Ahetuk Darshana Bora – Xondhikhyon Meghranjani Medhi – Anuradha Pakeeza Begam – North Bank |
  | Best Supporting Actor Male | Best Supporting Actor Female |
  | Arun Nath – Othello Angaraag Mahanta – Rodor Sithi Bidyut Chakravarty – TRP Aru... Debojit Majumdar – Borhxaranya | Mayuri Borkakoti – North Bank Aparna Dutta Choudhury – Khyobh Chandana Sarma – Aarohi Reena Bora – Xondhikhyon |
  | Best Music Direction | Best Lyrics |
  | Poran Borkatoky – Ahetuk Geet Priyam – Anuradha Milton – North Bank Zubeen Garg – Rodor Sithi | Ibson Lal Baruah – Ahetuk – Title Track Diganta Bharati – Rodor Sithi – Protidine Ibson Lal Baruah – Ahetuk – Meghar Jolonga Palash Gogoi – TRP Aru... – Xosha Misha |
  | Best Playback Singer Male | Best Playback Singer Female |
  | Zubeen Garg – Ahetuk – Title Track Angaraag Mahanta – Rodor Sithi – Protidine Rupam Bhuyan – Khyobh Simanta Sekhar – The Face | Pompi Gogoi – Ahetuk – Meghar Jolonga Mahalakshmi Iyer – Grahan Tarali Sarma – Khyobh Zublee Baruah – Boroshi |
  | Best Cinematography | Best Film Editing |
  | Raktim Mondal – TRP Aru... Nahid Ahmed – Ahetuk Nahid Ahmed – Othello Suraj Deka – Anuradha | Amitabh Singha and Dhanjit Das – TRP Aru... Raju Gogoi – Othello Rupam Kalita – North Bank Sanjeeb Borthakur – Ahetuk |
  | Best Screenplay | Best Choreography |
  | Ranjit Sarma – Othello Bani Das – Ahetuk Jiten Sarma – Borhxaranya Manas Saikia and Haren Saikia – North Bank | Pankaj Ingti – Ahetuk Ashim Baishya – Boroshi Mituparna – Grahan Uday Shankar – The Face |
  | Best Sound (Re-recording/Mixing) | Best Art Direction |
  | Amrit Pritam – Rodor Sithi Bijoy and Dipak – TRP Aru... Deepak Dutta – Othello Jatin Sharma – North Bank | Noni Borpujari – Rodor Sithi Gulok Saha – Borhxaranya Haripresanna Saikia – North Bank Manimala Das and Suraj Saikia – TRP Aru... |
  | Best Makeup | Best Costume |
  | Prasanta Bora – Aarohi Babi Chakravarty – Othello Bapan Kalita – Jilmil Jonak Panku Hazarika – Ahetuk | Nandana Baruah – Ahetuk Lukumoni Gogoi – Othello Meenashree Hazarika – Anuradha Palashi Saikia and Nibha Bhuyan Saikia – North Bank |
  
  ### Awards for films from rest of northeast India
  
  Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
  
  | Best Film North-East | Best Director North-East |
  | - | - |
  | Anmol Chan (Sikkim, Nepali) Be Smeh (Arunachal Pradesh) Nishani | Darji Khand Thanggun – Be Smeh (Arunachal Pradesh) |
  | Best Actor North-East Male | Best Actor North-East Female |
  | Shalom Kabo – Anmol Chan (Sikkim, Nepali) | Sneha Rai – Anmol Chan (Sikkim, Nepali) |
  
  ## Lifetime achievement award
  
  Actor Bishnu Kharghoria was honored with the lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution towards the Assamese film Industry.
  
  ## Other awards
  
  * Best Writing on Cinema: Dr. Subratjyoti Neog
  * Jury's Special Mention: Shabnam Borgoyari – Aarohi
  