GUWAHATI, Dec 26 - Bornodi Bhotiai, a film directed and produced by Anupam Kaushik Borah, has been selected as the best film for the fourth edition of the Sailadhar Baruah Film Awards (NE) 2019.
Announcing the results today, office-bearers of the Sailadhar Baruah Memorial Trust said that the jury has chosen young director Monjul Baruah for the best director award for his excellent work in the recently released film Kaneen and Rajni Basumatary as the best screen writer for the Bodo film Jwlwi-The Seed.
For their excellent work in the recently released film Aamis, Quan Bay has been chosen for the best music director award, Gautam Nair has been chosen for the best sound designer award and Lima Das has been chosen for the best actor (female) award.
Arjun Ningthemcha has been chosen for the best cinematographer award and Sanad Aribam has been chosen for the best art director award for the Manipuri film Laman Ama. Hemanti Sarkar has bagged the best film editor award for the film Jwlwi-The Seed. The jury has selected Arun Hazarika for the best actor (male) award for the film Gobardhan Sorit.
The jury�s special mention award went to Papori Saikia for her work in the film Pokhilar Pakhi and three child artistes � Maharnav Mahanta, Rishiraj Baruah and Gia Baruah for the film Xhoixobote Dhemalite.
The awards will be given away at a ceremony to be held on January 10 here to commemorate the death anniversary of renowned film producer Sailadhar Baruah. This time altogether 15 films in Assamese, Bodo, Arunachali and Manipuri languages had competed for the awards.
The jury comprised filmmaker Gautam Bora, music director Jatin Sarmah, Manipuri filmmaker Haobam Paban Kumar, senior journalist Munin Bayan and actress Zerifa Wahid.
The awards ceremony will be attended by Shaji N Karun, Dulal Roy, Ramen Barua and Vidya Rao among others.