Afzal then called on
renowned singer and Nazrul Geeti exponent Nilufar Yasmin to hand over the Best Singer
Award (Male). The first winner of the evening was thus popular singer Andrew Kishore in
recent years has regained his popularity among the masses after years of self-exile from
music. The Best Singer Award (Female) went to Konokchampa.
Before the announcement of awards for
best models, Afzal Hossain, himself the maker of many popular TV advertisements, reminded
everyone of the contribution of everyone -- working behind the scene in the making of an
advertisement -- that went to make an advertisement popular, and suggested that a category
be also opened for their recognition as well. Dance exponent and cultural activist Laila
Hasan stood up to add that the dance artists were also being deprived from an honour in
this case.
 Model
Nobel won the award for best male model followed by Sadia Islam Mou who won the award for
Best Female Model for the third consecutive year running. This was the just the beginning
of the veteran winners of the Meril-Prothom Alo title because the next award for Best TV
Magazine Programme was won, very predictably, by Hanif Shonket for his unbeatable
presentation of Ittaydi. Hanif Shonket also bagged the award in the last two years that it
was given out.
The Best Band Award went to LRB, which
also won the title for the third year running.
Before the Awards for the Best Cinema
Actor and Actress came a very delightful break in the form of the presentation of the
popular film song "Shob Shokhiray par koritay..... " from the hit film
Sujon-Sakhi. Nobel started lip-singing to this with the help of young film actress
Purnima, very much a picture of the new generation youngsters enjoying a moment with the
popular song from the seventies. The lights on the stage went out in the midst of this
performance dawning the performers in darkness to light up again only to reveal non other
than Kabari and Faruk - the original couplet in the hit film- performing the song. The
much delighted audience greeted them with loud cheers and clapping.
The Best Cinema Actor Award went to
Manna while Shabnoor bagged the Best Cinema Actress Award.
The more eagerly awaited announcements
was for the popular TV actors' and this came after a delightful dance performed by model
Mou who was accompanied by a group of younger dancers. The song selected for this
performance was a Nazrul Geeti "Ami Roop Nagarer Rajkonya'.
Zahid Hasan, whose wife Mou had only
minutes earlier won the award for best model made it even by topping the people's vote
bagging The Best TV Actor Award. The Best TV Actress Award went to Shomi Kaiser but host
Afzal Hossain, instead of asking Shomi's reaction stopped her for a moment and rushed down
to where Bipasha Hayat was sitting among the audience (Bipasha was among those shortlisted
for the award) and asked her for her reactions instead. This set the audience roaring with
laughter but a much amused Bipasha very elegantly said that she was delighted that Shomi
had won the award who must have deserved it more as the people's voting had decided.
The Critics awards went to Mostafa Sarwar Faruki
(best TV director), Masum Reza (best TV dramatist), Masun Aziz ( best TV actor) and Tarana
Halim(best Tv actress)
The evening was not only delightful because as Afzal
Hossain kept on reminding everyone through the show that they had tried to do something
different for the night but also because of the very disciplined audience. May of whom had
also remembered to keep their mobile phones turned off during the programme.
Another relief was that the apprehension, that none
really talked about, but weighed heavy on everyone's mind, of the recent incidents of
attacks on cultural programmes, had come to nothing.
It was thus really a happy ending to
return from the show with nothing but memories of a pleasant ceremony.
Muneera Parbeen |
