OTT platform Hoichoi awarded Jaya Ahsan with the Performer of the Year prize for her performance in critically acclaimed films Konttho and Robibaar.
Jaya's co-star in Atanu Ghosh's Robibaar, Prosenjit Chatterjee, bagged the award in the male category.
Robibar, directed by National Award-winning film-maker Atanu Ghosh, starred popular Bangladeshi actor Jaya Ahsan and West Bengal actor Prosenjit Chatterjee as two former lovers running into a chance meeting with each other.
Previously, Jaya Ahsan won the Best Lead Actress Award in a Foreign Language Film, and Atanu Ghosh clinched the award for Best Original Screenplay of a Feature Foreign Language at Madrid Film Festival 2020.
In Konttho, Jaya played a speech therapist named Promeela who helps the protagonist regain his voice.
In a Facebook status, she wrote, "Thank you Hoichoi for the honour. I am grateful to the entire team of Robibaar and Konttho."
Hoichoi presented the awards for web series and films released from December, 2019 to November, 2020.