Suchitra Sen won the ‘Mike’ award at the International Film Festival

A memorable big festival of Bengali films was held in New York. The curtain came down on the Suchitra Sen International Film Festival. Awards were presented in various categories on Sunday, the final day of the two-day festival at the Jamaica Performing Arts Centre.

In this, 25 awards were given in the category of immigrants from Bangladesh, India and these two countries. Bangladeshi movie ‘Mike’ directed by FM Shaheen and Hasan Zafarul was awarded in the children’s film category.

Hawa (Bangladesh), Doansh (India) and Radio (Immigrants) won the best film awards at the festival. Suchitra Sen Honorary Awards were presented by Bangladeshi hero Ferdous Ahmed, Indian actress Rituparna Sengupta and film director Reshmi Mitra.

Apart from this, Mejbaur Rahman Suman (Hawa) and Sayan Bandyopadhyay (India) won the Best Director and Hridi Haque (Bangladesh) and Abhijit Sridas (India) won the Best Debut Director respectively. Best Actor (Male Bangladesh) Chanchal Chowdhury, jointly with Prasenjit and Kaushik Ganguly (India) and Rajub Bhowmik (Immigrants). Nazifa Tushi (Bangladesh), Payal Sarkar (India) and Cindy Rowling (Immigrant) were selected as the best actress (Female Bangladesh). Best Cinematographer Kamrul Hasan Khosru (Bangladesh) and Shubojit Roy (India).

Short Films Churat (Bangladesh), Rajnigandha (India) and Light Camera Mega! He received the third Ripu (Immigrant) award. Docufilm received the award. Noorun Nabi: A lifelong freedom fighter (immigrant-Bangladeshi), Baul: Saul of Bengal (immigrant-Indian).

In the children’s category – the film Mike (Bangladesh) and Manik Kaku’s Camera (India).

Shakib Khan and Tama Mirza were selected as the Best Performer (Male) and Best Performer (Female) in the popular category.

The two-day event at the Jamaica Performing Arts Center in New York on April 20 and 21 was packed. Both days the five hundred seater hall was filled to the brim. On the second day, thousands of people could not enter the venue and spent time in the lobby, outside the courtyard and chatting. Many go back. Gopal Sanyal, founder of Suchitra Sen Memorial USA, organizer of the festival and convenor of the festival committee expressed his grief.

During the two-day festival, Bengali and other language artists from the United States and the United Kingdom presented splendid entertainment in the cultural program and awards ceremony. The event was dance, music, fashion show. Audiences enjoy these different shows. Around half a hundred actors, actresses, producers, directors, producers, cinematographers from various countries of Bangladesh, India, Europe and North America joined the festival.