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Anandalok Awards
Anandalok Awards or Anandalok Puraskar is a prominent film event award given for Bengali Cinemas in India.

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Anandalok Awards, Indian CinemaAnandalok Awards or Anandalok Puraskar is a ceremony where the Bengali film personalities are awarded in their respective grounds with a small intricately carved trophy. This event is one of the most prominent film events in Indian Bengali Cinema. The Anandalok is one of the most established film magazines in Bengali language, published from Ananda Publishers and Ananda Bazar Patrika. These organizations themselves present this Award (Puraskar). Although the magazine was first circulated on January 25, 1975 and the Anandalok Awards ceremony stared in 1998.

The Anandalok Awards are conferred on the following criteria -

Best Indian Films Best Screenplay Best Male Playback
Best Director Best Art Director Best Female Playback
Best Actor Best Music Director Best Make Up Man
Best Actress Best Editor Most Promising Director
Best Supporting Actor Best Cinematographer Most Promising Actor
Best Supporting Actress Best Lyricist Most Promising Actress


Anandalok Awards, 2008
Best Director - Raj Chakraborty for Chirodini Tumi Je Amar
Best Actor - Rahul Banerjee for Chirodini Tumi Je Amar
Best Actress - Priyanka Sarkar for Chirodini Tumi Je Amar
Best Music - Jeet Ganguly for Chirodini Tumi Je Amar
Best Action Hero - Hiran Chatterjee for Nabab Nandini

Anandalok Awards, 2007
Best Film - Minister Fatakesto
Best Music - Pritam Chakraborty
Lifetime Achievement Award - Moushmi Chatterjee
Best Action Hero - Anubhab Mohanty for Kalishankar
Best Actor - Mithun Chakraborty for Minister Fatakesto
Best Actress - Rituparna Sengupta for Anuranan
Best Actress (Hindi) - Vidya Balan for Bhool Bhulaiyaa
Best Debut - Subhasree Ganguly for Bajimaat

Anandalok Awards, 2006
Best Cinematography - Abhik Mukhopadhyay for Dosar
Best Director - Prabhat Roy for Shubhodristi
Best Film - Shubhodristi
Best Music - Jeet Ganguly for Shubhodristi
Best Playback Singer (Male) - Pranjal Bakshi for Bhalobasar Anek Naam
Best Actor - Prasenjit for Dosar
Best Actress - Sreelekha Mitra for Kantatar
Best Upcoming Star (Female) - Koel Mallick for Shubhodristi
Best Upcoming Star (Male) - Jeet for Priyotama
Best Villain - Rajatava Dutta for M.L.A. Fatakesto

Anandalok Awards, 2005
Best Director - Rituparno Ghosh for Antarmahal
Best Film - Antarmahal
Best Playback Singer (Female) - Shreya Ghoshal for Manik
Best Playback Singer (Male) - Sonu Nigam for Bandhan
Best Actor - Jeet for Manik
Best Actress - Debasree Roy for Tista
Best TV Serial - Bohnishikha
Best Telefilm - Palatak
Best Makeover - Sudipta Chakraborty
Best Actress (Mega serial) - Indrani Halder (Bohnishikha)
Best Actor (Mega serial) - Saswata Chattopadhyay (Ekdin Pratidin)
Best Glamour Queen - Rituparna Sengupta
Best Actress (Bollywood) - Rani Mukherjee
Best Actor (Bollywood) - Abhishek Bachchan
Best Film (Bollywood) - Black

Anandalok Awards, 2004
Best Director - Anjan Das for Iti Srikanto
Best Film - Aalo
Best Playback Singer (Female) - Arundhati Hom Chowdhury for Aalo
Best Playback Singer (Male) - Babul Supriyo for Sangee
Critics Choice - Koneenika Bandyopadhyay for Aabar Asibo Phire
Lifetime Achievement Award - Ranjit Mallick
Best Actor - Sabyasachi Chakraborty for Bombayer Bombete
Best Actor (Hindi) - Saif Ali Khan
Best Actress - Vidya Balan for Bhalo Theko
Best Actress (Hindi) - Preity Zinta
Best Director (Hindi) - Rajkumar Hirani for Munnabhai M.B.B.S.
Best Film (Hindi) - Munnabhai M.B.B.S.
Best Newcomer (Hindi) - Ashmit Patel for Murder

Anandalok Awards, 2003
Best Director - Buddhadeb Dasgupta for Mando Meyer Upakshan
Best Playback Singer (Female) - Swagatalakshmi Dasgupta for Chokher Bali
Best Playback Singer (Male) - Srikanta Acharya for Aamar Bhuban
Critics Choice - Konkana Sen Sharma for Mr. and Mrs. Iyer
Best Actor - Jeet for Sathi
Best Actress - Aishwarya Rai for Chokher Bali
Best Actress Of The Year - Rani Mukherjee for Saathiya
Best Debut (Female) - Rimi Sen for Hangama
Best Debut (Male) - Shahid Kapoor for Ishq Vishk
Creator Of The Most Outstanding Film Of The Year - Rakesh Roshan for Koi... Mil Gaya
Outstanding Music Director - Rajesh Roshan for Koi... Mil Gaya
Outstanding Performance Of The Year (Female) - Kareena Kapoor for Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon
Outstanding Performance Of The Year (Male) - Hrithik Roshan for Koi... Mil Gaya

Anandalok Awards, 2002
Best Film - Dekha
Best Playback Singer (Female) - Swagatalakshmi Dasgupta for Dekha
Lifetime Achievement Award - Hema Malini
Best Actor - Sabyasachi Chakraborty for Ek Je Achhe Kanya
Best Actress - Aparna Sen for Titlee
Best Debut - Madhur Bhandarkar for Chandni Bar
Editor`s Choice - Dia Mirza and Vivek Oberoi

Anandalok Awards, 2001
Lifetime Achievement Award - Sabitri Chattopadhyay, Shammi Kapoor
Best Actor - Mithun Chakraborty
Best Actress - Aparna Sen
Editor`s Choice - Raveena Tandon

Anandalok Awards, 2000
Best Screenplay - Anjan Chowdhury for Jiban Niye Khela
Best Story - Samaresh Majumdar for Atmiyoswajan
Lifetime Achievement Award - Sunil Dutt
Special Jury Award - Indrani Dutta for Swapno Niye
Best Actress In a Supporting Role - Rituparna Sengupta for Atmiyoswajan
Best Actor - Soumitra Chatterjee for Atmiyoswajan, Soumitra Chatterjee for Asukh
Best Actress - Indrani Haldar for Anu
Best Debut - Shilajit Majumdar for Asukh
Editor`s Choice - Tabu for Hu Tu Tu
Voice Of The Millenium - Manna Dey

Anandalok Awards, 1999
Best Art Direction - Rupchand Kundu for Surya Kanya
Best Cinematography - Soumendu Roy for Surya Kanya
Best Director - Biresh Chattopadhyay for Surya Kanya
Best Editing - Arghakamal Mitra for Dahan
Best Film - Dahan
Best Lyrics - Nachiketa Chakraborty for Hathat Brishti
Best Music - Nachiketa Chakraborty for Hathat Brishti
Best Playback Singer (Female) - Swagatalakshmi Dasgupta for Surya Kanya, Sreeradha Bandhopadhaya for Surya Kanya
Best Playback Singer (Male) - Kumar Shanu for Ami Sei Meye
Best Screenplay - Joy Mukherjee for Sanghat
Best Story - Taposi Roychoudhury for Surya Kanya
Lifetime Achievement Award - Tapan Sinha
Special Jury Award - Dolon Ray Sanghat Firdous Ahmed for Hathat Brishti
Best Actor In a Supporting Role - Manoj Mitra for Hathat Brishti
Best Actress In a Supporting Role - Mamata Shankar for Surya Kanya
Best Actor - Prasenjit for Ranakshetra
Best Actress - Indrani Haldar for Dahan, Rituparna Sengupta for Dahan
Editor`s Choice - Jaya Bachchan, Mithun Chakraborty Living Legend - Rajesh Khanna
Special Editor Award - Jaya Bachchan, Mithun Chakraborty

Anandalok Awards, 1998
Best Art Direction - Goutam Bose for Moner Manush
Best Cinematography - Venu for Lal Darja
Best Director - Buddhadeb Dasgupta for Lal Darja
Best Editing - Oankar Bakri for Gane Bhuban Bhoriye Debo
Best Film - Sedin Chaitramas
Best Lyrics - Jatileswar Mukhopadhyay for Damu, Mohit Chottopadhayay for Damu
Best Music - Jatileswar Mukhopadhyay for Damu, Partha Sengupta for Damu
Best Playback Singer (Female) - Swagatalakshmi Dasgupta for Sedin Chaitramas
Best Playback Singer (Male) - Kumar Sanu, Gane Bhuban Bhoriye Debo
Best Screenplay - Mohit Chottopadhaya for Damu
Best Story - Bimal Kar Nayantara
Lifetime Achievement Award - Dev Anand, Soumitra Chatterjee
Special Jury Award - Rabi Ghosh Nayantara, Saswata Chattopadhyay Nayantara
Best Actor In a Supporting Role - Ashad Lal for Darja
Best Actress In a Supporting Role - Alokananda Ray for Sedin Chaitramas
Best Actor - Subhendu Chattopadhyay for Lal Darja
Best Actress - Mamata Shankar for Nayantara


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