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
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
Chanchal Chowdhury – Monpura Mamnun Hasan Emon – Piritir Agun Jwole Digun Mosharraf Karim - Third Person Singular Number Riaz – Protarok Shakib Khan – Bolbo Kotha Bashor Ghorey	Shabnur - Bolbo Kotha Bashor Ghorey Apu Biswas – Mone Boro Kosto Nusrat Imroz Tisha - Third Person Singular Number Farhana Mili – Monpura Bidya Sinha Saha Mim – Priya Amar Priya[3]
Best TV Actor	Best TV Actress
Mosharraf Karim – Houseful Ziaul Faruq Apurba – X Factor Fazlur Rahman Babu – Dainik Tolpar Chanchal Chowdhury – Parti Chai Zahid Hasan - Eka	Joya Ahsan - Tarpor O Angurlata Nando Ke Bhalobashey Tarin Ahmed – Tumi Amar Stri Nusrat Imroz Tisha – Sathe Richi Solaiman – Tomar Doyay Bhalo Achhi Ma Sumaiya Shimu – Lolita [4]
Best Male Singer	Best Female Singer
Habib Wahid – Dwidha (Third Person Singular Number) Ayub Bachchu – Bolini Tomay Asif Akbar – Bodhu Khobor Tor Kire Balam – Shopner Prithibi Hridoy Khan – Bolna Tui Bolna [5]	Nazmun Munira Nancy – Dwidha (Third Person Singular Number) Kanak Chapa – Bolbo Kotha Bashor Ghorey (Bolbo Kotha Bashor Ghorey) Mila – Ek Mutho Mukti Shirin – Mayabi Matowali Julee – Shopner Prithibi[4]

Critic's Choice Awards - 2009

Best Film	Best Film Director
Faridur Reza Sagar (Impress Telefilm Limited) - Third Person Singular Number Faridur Reza Sagar (Impress Telefilm Limited) – Gangajatra Masraanga Films – Monpura	Mostofa Sarwar Farooki - Third Person Singular Number Giasuddin Selim – Monpura Syed Wahiduzzaman Diamond – Gangajatra
Best Film Actor	Best Film Actress
Mamunur Rashid - Monpura Chanchal Chowdhury – Monpura Riaz – Mon Chhuyechhe Mon	Nusrat Imrose Tisha - Third Person Singular Number Farhana Mili - Monpura Shimla - Gangajatra[6]
Best Playwright	Best TV Director
Nurul Alam Atique - Bikol Pakhir Gaan Ashrafee Mithu – Chhuti Shibu Kumar Sheel – Keu Nei Shunnota	Nurul Alam Atique - Bikol Pakhir Gaan Amitabh Reza Chowdhury – Is Equal Two Wahid Tareque – Somporker Golpo
Best TV Actor	Best TV Actress
Fazlur Rahman Babu - Panjabiwala Azad Abul Kalam – Dwito Jibon Ahmed Rubel – Lolita	Naoha Munir Dihan - Bikol Pakhir Gaan [7]

Special Critics' Award - 2009

• Topu - Third Person Singular Number

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
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
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]

See also

• National Film Awards
• Bachsas Awards
• Babisas Award

References

1. "Meril Prothom Alo Awards". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2015-09-20.
2. "Square Toiletries Ltd". Archived from the original on 2015-11-19. Retrieved 2015-09-20.
3. "Meril Prothom Alo Puroskar 2010-Part 5 (HQ)". Youtube. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
4. "Meril Prothom Alo Puroskar 2010-Part 3 (HQ)". Youtube. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
5. "Meril Prothom Alo Puroskar 2010-Part 2 (HQ)". Youtube. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
6. "Meril Prothom Alo Puroskar 2010-Part 6 END (HQ)". Youtube. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
7. "Meril Prothom Alo Puroskar 2010-Part 4 (HQ)". Youtube. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
8. "Meril Prothom Alo Puroskar 2010-Part 1". Youtube. Retrieved November 2, 2015.

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