It was a starry affair as Joy presents Anandalok Puraskar 2022 powered by Shyam Steel honoured the best of Bengali entertainment. The memorable evening saw stars being awarded in various categories of cinema, tele-serials and web series. Held at ITC Royal Bengal, the glittering awards ceremony covered three platforms — films, television and OTT — and the winners were selected by an eminent jury panel.
Vyjayanthimala Bali won the Lifetime Achievement Award, which was handed over by Prosenjit. “Apnader shobaike nomoshkar! I feel so lucky to be here and I would like to thank Anandalok for honouring me with the Lifetime Achievement Award. I accept it in all humility. It is very heartening for me to receive this award. It feels great to know that people still love me, that they watch my films. I started as a Bharatanatyam dancer... and that continued even after I gave up films. I’m still a Bharatanatyam dancer,” said Vyjayanthimala.
Pictures: B. Halder
Jaya Ahsan won the Best Actor Award (female) for Binisutoy. She received the award from Sanjay Agarwal, director, RSH Global, Jitendra Agarwal, director, RSH Global, and Rituparna Sengupta. “It was a creative challenge for me to portray the character in Binisutoy. I am grateful to Atanuda (Ghosh) for offering me this role... and I would like to thank Anandalok for this award,” said Jaya.
Koel Mallick received the Impact Award (Female) from Sanjay Agarwal, director, RSH Global, Prosenjit and Usha Uthup. “This award is really special. I would like to thank Team Anandalok. Hats off to the entire team for entertaining the readers for so many years. I would like to thank my audience. Please keep the love and blessings going,” said Koel.
Prosenjit received the Power Award from Subir Mitra, vice-president, marketing, Shyam Steel Industries Ltd, and Usha Uthup. “I have so many memories of the Anandalok Award. There is an immense nostalgia factor surrounding this award. I would like to thank the entire team of Anandalok. So many people have come here. If we all come together and celebrate Bengali films, then we will again have Bengali cinema going through a golden period,” said Prosenjit.
Raveena Tandon won the Best Actress Award for a web series in Hindi. “I would like to thank the entire team of Aranyak... this would not have been possible without the brilliance of Param, thank you Param... I’m so thankful that you were my co-star in Aranyak. It is never the effort of one individual, it is the effort of the entire team. There’s a certain synergy that works with everyone on the sets. Onek dhonyobad... these are the words that I’ve learnt. This award is really treasured,” smiled Raveena.
(L-R) Debshankar Halder, Bratati Bandyopadhyay, Rita Bhimani and Shanti Das formed the eminent jury panel
Jisshu Sengupta won the Best Actor Award (male) for his portrayal of Soumitra Chatterjee in Parambrata Chattopadhyay’s Abhijaan. He received the award from Vinod Jain, general manager marketing, Shyam Steel Industries Ltd, and Rituparna Sengupta. “I am speechless. The first award I got as an actor was the Anandalok Award in 2000. I got the Best Actor Award then for Mahaprabhu. Two years ago Soumitra jethu had called and told me that I must do this role. It is a very emotional moment for me now. I would like to thank Param, my family and my team. This means a lot to me,” said Jisshu.
Jeet Gannguli performed the song Tonic
Parambrata Chattopadhyay’s Abhijaan — a biopic on Soumitra Chatterjee — won the Best Film Award, and he received the award from Mimi Chakraborty. “This is really special. This award is for the one and only Soumitra Chatterjee, the legend himself,” said Parambrata, who also bagged the award for Best Director. “This really means a lot,” smiled Param.
(L-R) Ishaa Saha, Parambrata and Arpita Chatterjee were the hosts for the evening
Srabanti wowed the audience with a dance performance
(L-R) Lagnajita Chakraborty, Iman Chakraborty, Anupam Roy and Rupankar regaled the audience
“Anandalok is a great brand to associate with! We have grown up reading this magazine! So associating with Anandalok Puraskar was really an exciting experience! Congratulations to ABP,” said Poulomi Roy, CMO, Joy Personal Care.
Snapshots from the red carpet and after-party
Anupam Roy, Aparajita and Ritwick Chakraborty
Dhrubo Banerjee, Devlina Kumar and Gourab Chatterjee
Priyanka Sarkar, Tonni Laha Roy and Ditipriya Roy
Debanjan and Debnita Chakrabarti, Shaheb Chatterjee
Susmita Chatterjee, Sohini Sarkar and Koel Mallick
Sandipta Sen and Shovan Ganguly
Trina Saha and Neel Bhattacharya, Monami Ghosh, Jeetu Kamal
Srijit Mukherji and Jisshu Sengupta
Rohaan Bhattacharjee, Shruti Das and Dibyojyoti Dutta; Aparajita Adhya takes a dualfie with Rupanjana
Saurav Das, Ishaa Saha, Indrani Halder
(L-R) Sanjana Banerjee, Sohini Sarkar and Susmita Chatterjee turned heads on the dance floor
