Nat’l Film Awards announced: Dolly Zahur, Ilias Kanchan to get ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’

Entertainment Report :
Every year the government honours artistes with the National Film Awards in various categories for their contributions towards the film industry. Generally, the National Film Award is given in a total of 28 categories. However, this year 34 awards will be given in 27 categories. In case of ‘Best Dance Director’ category, it has been dropped due to a lack of eligible
candidates. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has approved the final list of the awardees.
Noted actors Dolly Zahur and Ilias Kanchan will receive the ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ for their contributions to the film industry.
Matia Banu Suku directed movie ‘Lal Moroger Jhuti’ and Rezwan Shahriar Sumit’s ‘Nonajoler Kabbyo’ have been announced as winners in the ‘Best Film’ category, while the ‘Best Director’ prize will go to Rezwan Shahriar Sumit for his debut movie titled ‘Nonajoler Kabbyo.’
Siam Ahmed and Mir Sabbir will jointly receive the ‘Best Actor’ award for movies ‘Mridha Bonam Mridha’ and ‘Raat Jaga Phool’ respectively. Similarly, the ‘Best Actress’ award will also be jointly given to Azmeri Haque Badhan and Tasnova Tamanna for movies ‘Rehana Maryam Noor’ and ‘Nonajoler Kabbyo’ respectively.
In case of the ‘Best Supporting Actor’ award goes to Fazlur Rahman Babu for his performance in movie ‘Nonajoler Kabbyo,’ while Shampa Reza will receive the ‘Best Supporting Actress’ award for ‘Podmopuran.’
The ‘Best Actor in a Negative Role’ award will go to Joyraj for ‘Lal Moroger Jhuti.’ Milon Bhattacharya will be given the ‘Best Actor (Comedy)’ for ‘Mridha Bonam Mridha.’
Meanwhile, movie ‘Rehana Maryam Noor’ will take home another award as Afia Tabassum earns herself the ‘Best Child Artiste’ for her performance in the movie. Also in this category, Jannatul Mawa will be given a special award for movie ‘Ja Hariye Jay.’
Shujeo Shyam will receive the ‘Best Music Director’ award for ‘Joiboti Konnyar Mon.’ Muhin Khan (for rendering the song titled ‘Shonate Eshechhi Aj’) and Chandana Mazumdar (for rendering the song titled ‘Dekhle Chhobi Pagol Hobi’) – both from movie ‘Podmopuran’ are slated to get the ‘Best Singer’ awards in the male and female categories.
The ‘Best Lyricist’ award has gone to Gazi Mazharul Anwar for the song titled ‘Antore Antor Jwala’ from ‘Joiboti Konnyar Mon,’ while Shujeo Shyam will be given the ‘Best Composer’ award for the same song.
Rezwan Shahriar Sumit will be recognised with the ‘Best Script Writer’ award for ‘Nonajoler Kabbyo,’ while the ‘Best Screenplay Writer’ category will go to Nurul Alam Atique for ‘Lal Moroger Jhuti.’
Actor and director Tauquir Ahmed written ‘Sphulingo’ has helped him to capture the ‘Best Dialogue’ award.
The ‘Best Editing’ award will go to Samir Ahmed for ‘Lal Moroger Jhuti’; ‘Best Art Direction’ to Shihab Nur Nabi for ‘Nonajoler Kabbyo’; ‘Best Cinematography’ to the team of ‘Lal Moroger Jhuti’ – Syed Kashef Shahbazi, Sumon Sarker and Mazharul Razu.
Sayba Talukder, from the team of ‘Rehana Maryam Noor’ will receive the ‘Best Sound Designer’ award, while the ‘Best Costume Designer and Makeup’ will be going to Edila Farid Turin for ‘Nonajoler Kabbyo’ and Md Farukh, Md Farhad and Reza Milon for movie ‘Lal Moroger Jhuti.’
‘Dhor,’ produced by Reza Galib, will be recognised as the ‘Best Short Film,’ while the ‘Best Documentary Film’ award will go to ‘Boddhyo Bhumi,’ produced by Kauser Chowdhury.
It is mentioned that on August 16, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry formed a 13 member jury board.
In 2021, 21 full-fledged films, 17 short films and 7 documentary films, a total of 45 films, were submitted for the National Film Awards.