The government grant winning film, Brihannala, bagged the best film award while Zahidur Rahim Anjan, the director of Meghamallar, was honoured with the best director award at the National Film Award 2014. The Ministry of Information announced the winning names in all 26 categories by issuing a gazette on Thursday.
Ferdous Ahmed and Sohana Saba worked in Brihannala, which addresses religion and its impact on the society through the story of an inter-faith relationship. For the film Brihannala, Murad also recieved awards in the best story and best dialogue categories.
In the meantime, Zahidur Rahim Anjan recieved the award for best director for his directorial work in the liberation war based film Meghamallar. The film is an adaptation of Akhtaruzzaman Elias’ acclaimed work Raincoat.
On the other hand, Ferdous Ahmed bagged the best actor award for his role in Ek Cup Cha while the best actress award was shared between Moushumi (for her role in Tarkanta) and Bidya Sinha Mim (for her role in Jonakir Alo).
Seasoned actors Syed Hasan Imam and Rani Sarkar were chosen for the lifetime achievement award for their contributions to the film industry.
“The prime minister will hand over the awards to the winners,” said ministry officials, “the date of the awarding ceremony will be announced soon.”