Entertainment Correspondent: Film’s highest honor is the National Film Award. This award is given annually for contribution to the film industry. Awards are given in 28 categories each year. However, this year 34 awards will be given in 27 categories. Because no candidate was considered eligible in the ‘Best Dance Director’ category. Recently the Cabinet Committee on National Awards approved the final list.
According to sources, actress Dolly Jahoor and actor Ilyas Kanchan are jointly getting a lifetime award for their significant contribution to films.
This time the best film jointly went to Matia Banu Shuku (Red Rooster’s Comb) and Rezwan Shahriar Sumit (Poetry of Nonazal). Best film director Rezwan Shahriar Sumit (Kavya of Nonajal), best actor jointly. Siam Ahmed (Mridha Vs Mridha) and Mir Sabbir Mahmud (Ratzaga Phool), Best Actress Jointly Ajmeri Haque Bandhan (Rehana Maryam Noor) and Tasnova Tamanna (Nonajal Kavya), Best Actor in a Supporting Role M Fazlur Rahman Babu (Nonajal Kavya), Best Actress Shampa Reza (Padmapuran) as a side role, best actor as Khal. Abdul Mannan Jayraj (Red Rooster’s Comb).
Prabhas Kumar Bhattacharya Milan for Best Actor in a Comedy Role (Mridha vs Mridha), Best Child Artist Afia Tabassum (Rehana Mariam Noor), Special Award for Child Artist category Jannatul Mawa Jhelik (What Gets Lost).
Best Music Director Sujay Shyam (Jaivati Kanya’s Man), Best Singer K. M. Abdullah-Al-Murtaza Muhin (Shona Ame Aaj-Padmapuraan), Best Singer Chandana Majumdar (Seeing Pics Pagal Habi-Padmapuraan), Best Lyricist Late Gazi Mazharul Anwar (Antar Antar Jalala-Jaivati Kanya Mana), Best Composer Sujay Shyam (Antar Antar The mind of jla-jaivati daughter).
Best Storyteller Rezwan Shahriar Sumit (Poetry of Nonazal), Best Screenplay Noorul Alam Atiq (Red Rooster’s Comb), Best Dialogue Writer Tauqeer Ahmed (Sfulinga).
Best Editor Samir Ahmed (Red Rooster’s Comb), Best Art Director Shihab Noorun Nabi (Nonazaler Kavya), Best Cinematographer-Syed Kashef Shahbaji, Suman Kumar Sarkar, Mazharul Islam Raju (Red Rooster’s Comb), Best Sound Designer Shaib Talukder (Rehana Maryam Noor ), Best Costume and Decoration Idila Kacharin Farid (Poetry of Saltwater). The best make-up man team- Md. Farooq, Md. Farhad Reza Milan (Red Rooster’s Comb).
Best Short Film Aka Reza Ghalib (Dhar), Best Documentary Kawsar Chowdhury (A Day in the Slaughterhouse).
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting formed a 13-member jury board on August 16 to award the National Film Award. A total of 45 films including 21 full-length, 17 short-length and 7 documentary films released in 2021 were submitted for the National Film Awards.
