Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Cinematography

The Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Cinematography is one of the highest film awards in Bangladesh. Since 1975, the awards are given in the category of best screenplay.

Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Cinematography
Awarded for	For the contribution of Bangladeshi cinema in Cinematography category
Location	Dhaka
Country	Bangladesh
Presented by	President of Bangladesh
First awarded	1977
Last awarded	2016
Website	moi.gov.bd

List of winners

Year	Name of Winner	Film	Notes
1975	Baby Islam	Charitraheen
1976	Harunur Rashid	Megher Onek Rong
1977	Reza Latif (Black and White) MA Mobin (Color)	Ononto Prem Simana Periye
1978	Arun Roy (Black and White) Rafiqul Bari Chowdhury (Color)	Surja Dighal Bari Golapi Ekhon Traine
1979	Anwar Hossain (Black and White) Arun Roy (Color)	Sundori Badhu Biday
1980	Shafiqul Islam Swapan (Black and White) Anwar Hossain (Color)	Ghuddi Emiler Goenda Bahini
1981	No Award
1982	Rafiqul Bari Chowdhury (Black and White) Shafiqul Islam Swapan (Color)	Dui Poisar Alta Nalish
1983	Anwar Hossain (Black and White) Arun Roy (Color)	Puroskar Johny
1984	Baby Islam (Black and White) Mahfuzur Rahman Khan (Color)	Obhijan
1985	Baby Islam (Color)	Premik
1986	Sadhan Roy	Shuvoda
1987	Abul Khayer (Black and White) Mahfuzur Rahman Khan (Color)	Setubandhan Sohojatri
1988	Rafiqul Bari Chowdhury	Heeramati
1989	Arun Roy	Bhaijan
1990	Reza Latif	Goriber Bou
1991	Abu Hena Bablu	Pita Mata Santan
1992	Anwarul Islam Baby	Dinkal
1993	A R Zahangir Abujh	Santan
1994	Kazi Bashir Hasan Ahmed	Ghrina Ghorer Shotru
1995	Anwar Hossain	Anya Jibon
1996	Mahfuzur Rahman Khan	Poka Makorer Ghor Bosoti
1997	MA Mobin	Dukhai
1998	Akhtar Hossain	Hothat Brishti
1999	Mahfuzur Rahman Khan	Srabon Megher Din
2000	Mahfuzur Rahman Khan	Dui Duari
2001	Abul Khayer Anwar Hossain	Shoshurbari Zindabad Lalsalu
2002	Shahidullah Dulal	Hason Raja
2003	Maksudul Bari	Adhiar
2004	Rafiqul Bari Chowdhury (posthumous)	Joyjatra
2005	Mahfuzur Rahman Khan	Hajar Bachhor Dhore
2006	Hasan Ahmed	Ghani
2007	Saiful Islam Badal	Aha!
2008	Mahfuzur Rahman Khan	Amar Ache Jol
2009	Mahfuzur Rahman Khan	Britter Baire
2010	Hasan Ahmed	Gohine Shobdo
2011	L. Apu Rozario	Amar Bondhu Rashed
2012	Mahfuzur Rahman Khan	Ghetuputra Komola
2013	Saiful Islam Badal	Mrittika Maya
2014	Saikat Nasir	Desha: The Leader
2015	Mahfuzur Rahman Khan	Padma Patar Jol
2016	Rashed Zaman	Aynabaji
2017	Kamal Chandra Das	Gohin Baluchor
2018	ZH Mintu	Postmaster 71
2019	Sumon Sarker	No Dorai

Records and statistics

Multiple wins and nominations

The following individuals received two or more Best Cinematographer awards:

Wins	Cinematographer
10	Mahfuzur Rahman Khan
5	Anwar Hossain
2	Rafiqul Bari Chowdhury
	Arun Roy
3	Baby Islam
	Hasan Ahmed
2	Saiful Islam Badal
	Shafiqul Islam Swapan