The Prag Cine Awards North-East 2015 ceremony, presented by the Prag Network, honored the

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, technical achievements, and films

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in 2014 from

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and rest of

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, and took place on March 21–22, 2015, at the Chowkidingee field in

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. This was the first time when films produced in other Northeastern states were also honored in this ceremony. Assamese actress

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and television host Nabish Alam hosted the show. Film fraternities from Northeast as well as

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personalities such as

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were present in this event. Actor

Bishnu Kharghoria Bishnu Kharghoria is an Indian actor from Assam. He has acted in many Assamese movies and dramas. Filmography * Bristi (1974) * Sandhya Raag (1977) * Kallol (1978) * Kolahal (1989) * Bonani (1990) * Firingoti (1992) * Rickshawala (1993) * ...

was honored with the lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution towards the Assamese film Industry. Arup Baishya received best actor award for ''

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'' and the best actress award has gone to

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for ''

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''. Manas Saikia directed ''North Bank'' won the best film award, while ''Anmol Chan'',

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film from

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, 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

and in another 4 categories to the films produced from rest of northeast India and

in the year of 2014. ''

'' topped the nomination list with fifteen nominations, followed by ''North Bank'' and ''

'' with twelve and eleven nominations respectively.

Awards for films from Assam

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Awards for films from rest of northeast India

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Lifetime achievement award

Actor

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''

References