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Nominations for 20th CJFB Performance Awards announced

Chayanika Chowdhury’s big-screen directorial debut ‘Bishwoshundori’ dominates the film nominees with highest four nods
Staff Correspondent
21 Dec 2021 00:00:00 | Update: 21 Dec 2021 05:43:52
Nominations for 20th CJFB Performance Awards announced
Staff Correspondent

Nominations for the CJFB Performance Awards 2020 were revealed on Sunday with nods for 60 performers under twenty categories spanning movies, television, music and digital platform.

Winners will be announced on Friday at the 20th CJFB Performance Awards at the Hall of Fame of Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) in the capital.

Cultural Journalists Forum of Bangladesh (CJFB) released the list of nominees on Sunday.

There are 20 categories for nominations ranging from Best Actor to Best Rising Actor, including two special awards and the Lifetime Achievement Award.

In the Film Category, director Chayanika Chowdhury’s debut film ‘Bishwoshundori’ has bagged four spots on the list with nominations for Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Actress.

‘Bishwoshundori’ competes with Shakib Khan starrer films ‘Bir’ directed by Kazi Hayat and ‘Shahenshah’ directed by Shamim Ahmed Roni, for the Best Film award.

Dhallywood superstar Shakib Khan was nominated for ‘Shahenshah’, Siam Ahmed for ‘Bishwoshundori’ and Nirab Hossain for ‘Hridoy Jurey’ for Best Actor award under the Film Category.

Pori Moni, Shabnam Bubly and Nusraat Faria have been nominated for the Best Actress award for the films ‘Bishwoshundori’, ‘Bir’ and ‘Shahenshah’ respectively.

The Best Television Actor nominations went to Tahsan Khan for ‘Mukh O Mukhosher Golpo’, Ziaul Faruq Apurba for ‘Mr and Ms Chapabaz’ and Afran Nisho for ‘Gojodontini’.

The nominees for Best Television Actress are Mehazabien Chowdhury for ‘Photo Frame’, Tanjin Tisha for ‘Hothat Dekha’ and Tasnia Farin for ‘Je Sohore Taka Ore’.

Critics’ Choice Award nominations for Best Actor went to Chanchal Chowdhury for ‘Chuti’, Nusrat Imrose Tisha for ‘Mukh O Mukhosher Golpo’ and Mosharraf Karim for ‘Je Sohore Taka Ore’.

Shamim Hasan Sarker, Mushfiq R Farhan and Ziaul Hoque Polash have been nominated for Best Rising TV Actor for the drama serials ‘Family Crisis’, ‘Crash’ and ‘Bachelor Point’ respectively.

The nominees for Best Rising TV Actress are– Keya Payel for ‘Hoyto Tomari Jonno’, Sanjana Sarker Riya for ‘Bachelor Point’ and Sarika Saba for ‘Family Crisis’.

‘Bachelor Point’ directed by Kajal Arefin Ome and produced from Dhrubo TV, ‘Family Crisis’ directed by Mohammad Mostofa Kamal Raz from Cinemawala and ‘Noashal’ directed by Mir Sabbir and produced from Bengal Media Corporation Ltd compete for the Best Drama Serial award.

‘Takla’ produced from Motion Rock, ‘Bhul Ei Shohorer Moddhobittoderi Chilo’ from CMV and ‘Apa’ from Black & White have been selected for Best Single-Episode Drama award.

Kajal Arefin Ome, Mohammad Mostofa Kamal Raz and Mir Sabbir have secured nominations for Best Television Director for the drama serials ‘Bachelor Point’, ‘Family Crisis’ and ‘Noashal’ respectively.

Towhid Afridi, Raba Khan and Salman Muqtadir have scored nominations for Best YouTuber award under the Best Digital Platform Category.

The award winners of Film, Music and TV categories are determined by the CJFB membership and survey.

The star-studded award show will be held at 6:30pm on Friday at the BICC.

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