The government has cancelled the gazette notification announcing the winners of the National Film Awards 2023, which was published on January 29, and issued a revised list of award recipients.
The new gazette, signed by Information and Broadcasting Secretary Mahbuba Farzana, was published on June 2.
According to the revised notification, awards have been announced in 28 categories, honouring 32 films and artistes.
In the Lifetime Achievement category, actress Jharna Basak (Shabnam) and film editor Fazle Haque have been added alongside late filmmaker Tareque Masud and late cinematographer-director Abdul Latif Bachchu.
Khandaker Suman’s Saatao has retained the Best Film award, while Mariam won Best Short Film and Leelaboti Nag: The Rebel was named Best Documentary. Khandaker Suman also received the Best Director award for Satao.
One of the key revisions concerns the Best Screenplay category. In the January 29 gazette, Niamul Mukta was named the winner for Roktojoba. However, Mukta later declined the award, stating that he had not written the screenplay, and recommended Mohammad Tahsinul Hasan for the honour. The revised gazette names Hasan as the recipient. All other award categories remain unchanged.
Afran Nisho won Best Actor for his performance in Surongo, while Aynun Putul received Best Actress for Satao.
Monir Ahmed (Shakil) won Best Supporting Actor for Surongo, and Nazia Haque Orsha secured Best Supporting Actress for Ora Shat Jon. Ashish Khondkar received the Best Actor/Actress in a Negative Role award for Adventure of Sundarbans, while Shahiduzzaman Selim won Best Comedian for Surongo.
Mohammad Leon was named Best Child Artist for Aam Kathaler Chhuti, while Arif Hasan and Anaira Khan received Special Child Artist awards for the same film.
For Adventure of Sundarbans, Emon Chowdhury won Best Music Director. Balam received the Best Male Playback Singer award for the song O Priyotoma from Priyotoma, while Avanti Sithi won Best Female Playback Singer for Gaa Chuye Bolo from Surongo.
Habibur Rahman Habib won Best Choreographer for Lal Shari. Someshwar Oli received Best Lyricist for the song Ishwar from Priyotoma, while Prince Mahmud won Best Composer for the same song. The late Faruk Hossain was honoured as Best Story Writer for Priyotoma.
Raihan Rafi and Syed Nazim Ud Doula jointly won Best Dialogue Writer for Surongo.
Mohammad Salah Uddin Ahmed Babu won Best Editor for Ora Shat Jon. Shahidul Islam and Suman Sarkar received Best Art Director and Best Cinematographer, respectively, for Surongo. Sujan Mahmud won Best Sound Recordist for Satao, while Bithi Afrin received the award for Best Costume and Makeup Design for Surongo. Sabuj was named Best Makeup Artist for Priyotoma.
