Deb won Zee Bangla Gourab Samman Award 2014 for Chander Pahaar.

Deb won Zee Bangla Gourab Samman Award 2014 for Chander Pahaar.

Superstar Deb won Zee Bangla Gourab Samman Award 2014 for his brilliant acting in the film Chander Pahaar. He could not come to receive the award. His father received the award on his behalf. Konkona Sen Sharma won the best actress award for her performance in the film Gainaar Baksho. Kanchan Mallick and Jishu Sengupta anchored the program. Kanchan Mallick called upon stage Aparna Sen, the mother of Konkona Sen Sharma to give the award. Aparna Sen, the director of the film Gainaar Baksho, said initially Konkona Sen Sharma never wanted to act in the film Gainaar Baksho. The reason was that her role had stammering. She had to stammer. But later Saswata Chatterjee and others convinced her about the significance of the role. Jishu Sengupta won the best supporting actor award for his splendid performance opposite Rituparna Ghosh in the film Chitrangada. Jishu Sengupta said that Rituparna Ghosh was his mentor. He missed him a lot after the sad demise of the director last year. A big tribute was given to legendary actress and mahanayika Suchitra Sen. Her eminent films like Saat Pake Bandha, Deep Jele Jai were mentioned and Paoli Dam danced in the music numbers of Suchitra Sen which were sung by Sandhya Mukherjee like “e shudhu ganer din e logon gaan shonabar”, “tumi na hoi rohite kache”, to mention a few. Abir Chatterjee won the best villain award for his performance in the film Kanamachi opposite Srabanti Chatterjee and Ankush. Anupam Roy received the best singer award for his song “ekhono anek raat baki”. Jeet Ganguly sang his popular songs, Deboshree Roy danced in the hit number “salaame ishq meri jaan”. The event took place in Netaji Indoor Stadium in Kolkata. The entire program was telecast in Zee Bangla Channel from 7 pm to 11 pm on Sunday, 23rd March, 2014.