12th Meril Prothom Alo Awards
The 12th Meril Prothom Alo Awards ceremony, presented by Prothom Alo took place on April 9, 2010, at the Bangabandhu International Conference Center in Dhaka, Bangladesh as a part of 2009-10 film awards season. The evening began with editor of Prothom Alo, Matiur Rahman delivering a welcome speech, followed by that of managing director of Square Toiletries Limited, Anjan Chowdhury. Meril-Prothom Alo Awards-2009 were distributed among TV and film stars, musicians and singers amid a union of cultural personalities. The nominations for the popular awards were open to public voting while the prestigious critic awards were there in line with.[1]
12th Meril Prothom Alo Awards | |
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Date | April 9, 2010 |
Site | Hall of Fame Theatre, Bangabandhu International Conference Center, Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Hosted by | Ferdous Ahmed, Chanchal Chowdhury and Mosharraf Karim |
Preshow hosts | Jannatul Ferdoush Peya |
Produced by | Transcom Group, Square Toiletries |
Highlights | |
Best Picture | Third Person Singular Number |
Most awards | Third Person Singular Number |
Most nominations | Third Person Singular Number |
Television coverage | |
Network | Channel i |
Duration | 1 hours, 29 minutes |
Awards and winners
A total of 12 awards were given at the ceremony. Following is the list of the winners:
Lifetime Achievement Award - 2010
- Renowned singer of Nazrul song Shudhin Das[2]
Public Choice Awards - 2009
Best Film Actor | Best Film Actress |
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Best TV Actor | Best TV Actress |
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Best Male Singer | Best Female Singer |
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Critic's Choice Awards - 2009
Best Film | Best Film Director |
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Best Film Actor | Best Film Actress |
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Best Playwright | Best TV Director |
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Best TV Actor | Best TV Actress |
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Special Critics' Award - 2009
Host
Dhallywood star Ferdous who has previously anchored this event twice over, along with five Bangladeshi artistes—Monalisa, Momo, Badhon, Munmun, Prova; four foreign artistes—Sofi, Adwina, Jessica, Diana and a number of professional dance artistes participated in a show mingling both eastern and western tunes. Followed the spirited performance, Ferdous unveiled two 'Bagher Bachcha' (tiger cubs) -- Chanchal Chowdhury and Mosharraf Karim and assigned them to anchor the program. The fun-loving audience gave them a hearty round of applause. To make it more happening, Lux-Channel i stars Ishana and Orsha assisted them in anchoring. Subtle humour, satire, jokes and even poetic anchoring, nothing was left out from the bags of the witty anchors.[2][1]
Presenters and performances
Presenters
Presenter | Role |
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Kaiyum Chowdhury, Anjan Chowdhury & Matiur Rahman | Presented Lifetime Achievement Award |
Runa Laila & Alam Khan | Presented Public Choice Award for Best Singer (Male) [5] |
Bappa Mazumder & Fahmida Nabi | Presented Public Choice Award for Best Singer (Female) |
Mahfuz Ahmed & Aupee Karim | Presented Public Choice Award for Best TV Actor |
Tauquir Ahmed & Bipasha Hayat | Presented Public Choice Award for Best TV Actress [4] |
Jewel Aich & Bipasha Aich | Presented Critics’ Choice Award for Best TV Director |
Shahiduzzaman Selim & Parveen Sultana Diti | Presented Critics’ Choice Award for Best Playwright |
Al Mansur & Mita Chowdhury | Presented Critics’ Choice Award for Best TV Actor |
Azizul Hakim & Afsana Mimi | Presented Critics’ Choice Award for Best TV Actress[7] |
Suborna Mustafa & Raisul Islam Asad | Presented Public Choice Award for Best Film Actor |
Ferdous Ahmed & Moushumi | Presented Public Choice Award for Best Film Actress |
Masud Ali Khan & Dilara Zaman | Presented Critics’ Choice Award for Best Film [3] |
Ilias Kanchan & Aruna Biswas | Presented Critics’ Choice Award for Best Film Director |
Farooque & Kobori | Presented Critics’ Choice Award for Best Film Actor and Special Critics’ Award for film |
Alamgir & Rozina | Presented Critics’ Choice Award for Best Film Actress [6] |
Performances
Performer(s) | Performance on |
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Ferdous Ahmed, Mozeza Ashraf Monalisa, Zakia Bari Momo, Badhon, Munmun, Prova & others | Instrumental [8] |
Rezwana Chowdhury Bannya, Fatema Tuz Zuhora and Aupee Karim & her troupe | Eso Shyamol Sundoro, Shukno Patar Nupur [5] |
Shakib Khan, Bindu, Mim, & Shokh | Combo of Number One Shakib Khan, Ki Jadu Korechho, Mone Baromash, Moner Bhitor [4] |
Habib Wahid, Nancy, Topu-Nusrat Imrose Tisha, Shajal-Sarika and Fardin-Nowshin | Dwidha |
Kumar Bishwajit | Jegey Otho Bangladesh [6][1] |
References
- "Meril Prothom Alo Awards". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2015-09-20.
- "Square Toiletries Ltd". Archived from the original on 2015-11-19. Retrieved 2015-09-20.
- "Meril Prothom Alo Puroskar 2010-Part 5 (HQ)". Youtube. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
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