Prag Cine Awards 2013
# Prag Cine Awards 2013

The Prag Cine Awards 2013 ceremony, presented by the Prag Network, honored the actors, technical achievements, and films censored in 2012 from Assam and took place on April 14, 2013, at the GMCH Auditorium in Guwahati, India. Bollywood director Kalpana Lajmi, actors Pooja Bhatt, Adil Hussain were present at the event while veteran Assamese actor Pranjal Saikia and Zerifa Wahid hosted the show.

Actor Biju Phukan was honoured with the lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution towards the Assamese film Industry. Kapil Bora and Barsha Rani Bishaya won respectively Best Actor Male and Best Actor Female awards for their performance in Dwaar and Me & My Sister. Jahnu Barua directed Baandhon won the Best Film award.

## Winners and nominees

The winners in 23 categories of the Prag Cine Awards 2013 were selected among the thirteen films censored from Assam in the year 2012. It includes 11 Assamese and 2 non-Assamese films (one each English and Mishing film). Dwaar begged highest number of awards including Best Director, Best Actor Male, and Best Music. The jury members for this selection were Sanjib Hazarika, Moloya Goswami, JP Das, Munin Bayan, and Sibanan Barua.

### Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

| Best Film | Best Director |
| - | - |
| Baandhon Dwaar Me & My Sister | Bidyut Chakravarty – Dwaar Jahnu Barua – Baandhon Rajesh Bhuyan – Me & My Sister |
| Best Actor Male | Best Actor Female |
| Kapil Bora – Dwaar Bishnu Kharghoria – Baandhon Diganta Hazarika – Rishang | Barsha Rani Bishaya – Me & My Sister Zerifa Wahid – Dwaar Nishita Goswami – Rishang |
| Best Supporting Actor Male | Best Supporting Actor Female |
| Lakhi Borthakur – Borolar Ghor Sasanka Samir – Aakash Suboloi Mon Rajib Lal Baruah – Rishang | Purnima Pathak Saikia – Borolar Ghor Barnali Pujari – Tula aru Teja Tanushree Baruah – Aakash Suboloi Mon |
| Best Music Direction | Best Lyrics |
| Sher Chowdhury – Dwaar Arupjyoti Patowary – Me & My Sister | Diganta Bharati – Me & My Sister |
| Best Playback Singer Male | Best Playback Singer Female |
| Rajjyoti Konwar – Rishang and Aakash Suboloi Mon Angaraag Mahanta – Rowd Zubeen Garg – Me & My Sister | Rupjyoti Devi – Rowd Queen Hazarika – Aakash Suboloi Mon |
| Best Cinematography | Best Film Editing |
| Sumon Dowerah – Dwaar and Baandhon Arup Manna – Adhyay | Ramen Bora and Jugal Das – Dwaar Cheragh Todiwala – Baandhon |
| Best Screenplay | Best Choreography |
| Jahnu Barua – Baandhon Bidyut Chakravarty – Dwaar | Deepak Dey – Rishang Bappa Ahmed – Aakash Suboloi Mon |
| Best Sound Design | Best Art Direction |
| Dipak Dutta and Bijay Nath – Dwaar Jatin Sharma and Debojit Khaund – Rishang | Phatik Barua – Baandhon Golak Saha – Rishang |
| Best Makeup | Best Costume Design |
| Asitabh Baruah – Baandhon Bhaskarjyoti Dutta – Dwaar | Lukumoni Gogoi – Borolar Ghor Geetarani Goswami and Harmohan Das – Baandhon |
| Best Popular Film | Best Film other than Assamese |
| Rishang | The Essence of Life – English |

## Lifetime achievement award

Veteran actor Biju Phukan was honoured with the lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution towards the Assamese film Industry. This award consists of a cash prize of ₹50,000 along with a trophy and a citation.

## Other awards

* Best Critic: Arun Lochan Das
* Jury's Special Mention:
   * Adhyay
   * Manash Hazarika – Aakash Suboloi Mon
