July 25, 2013
Chief Minister gives away Chalacchitra Awards at the programme Uttam Kumar Swarane
Chief Minister gave away Chalacchitra Awards at the programme Uttam Kumar Swarane organized by the State Government on the Death Anniversary of the legendary matinee idol at Nazrul Mancha.
Here are the excerpst from her Facebook post –
Uttam Kumar – the name is ever vibrant in the hearts of millions of Bengali cine lovers across all generations. His charisma is beyond emulation. His personality is all-encompassing. The immortal roles he played transformed him to a living legend, the indisputable greatest-ever actor to dominate the Bengali filmdom.
He was the `Mahanayak` of Tollywood. His towering stature in the film industry poised him like a bridge between Tollywood, Bollywood and Hollywood.
On the 24th of July, 1980, Uttam Kumar passed away, creating an irretrievable void in the hearts of his countless lovers, admirers and followers.
After our Government assumed office, as a mark of our tribute to the legendary Uttam Kumar, 24th July has come to be reckoned as a very special day – the day we honour the great men and women of the cinema world for their outstanding contribution to our lives, society and culture.
Like previous year, this year we have honoured 50 film personalities and entities with a set of prestigious awards, christened after the greatest celebrity of all times in our hearts, the one and only Uttam Kumar.
The awardees are:
For lifetime achievement
Madhabi Mukhopadhyay
Sandhya Roy
Dipankar De
Ranjit Mullick
Goutam Ghosh
Mahanayak Award 2013
Tapas Pal
Prasenjit Chattopadhyay
Special Film Award
Actor/Actress:
Saswata Chatterjee
Mamata Shankar
Laboni Sarkar
Nayana Das
Sudipta Chakrabarti
Ananya Chatterjee
Rachana Banerjee
Swastika Mukherjee
Rajesh Sharma
Parambrata Chatterjee
Deb
Jit
Jishu Sengupta
Soham
Subhasish Mukherjee
Koel Mullick
Suvashri
Srabanti
Raima Sen
Churni Ganguly
Music Director
Suparnokanti Ghosh
Prateek Chowdhury
Indradip Dasgupta
Anupam Roy
Director
Sandip Ray
Koushik Ganguly
Srijit Mukherjee
Sujit Guha
Raj Chakrabarti
Cinematographer
Aveek Mukhopadhyay
Barun Mukherjee
Editor
Arghyakamal Mitra
Rabiranjan Moitra
Art Director
Nitish Roy
Producer
New Theatres Private Limited
Arora Film Corporation Private Ltd.
Sri Venkatesh Films Private Limited
R D Bansal and Company
Sound Recording
Anup Mukherjee
Sushanta Banerjee
Make-up Artist
Anup Ganguly
Special Award
Chinmoy Roy
Partha Mukherjee
At a glittering ceremony in Nazul Mancha today, we gave away these awards to the recipients. A lively cultural program was presented after the award-giving ceremony. Some pictures of the event are uploaded for all of you to see.
Mahanayak still thrills. The legendary hero would be in our hearts in eternal perpetuity.
