Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Music Composer

The Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Music Composition is the highest award for music composition in Bangladeshi film.

National Film Award for Best Music Composer
Awarded for	Excellence in cinematic achievements for Bangladeshi cinema
Sponsored by	Government of Bangladesh
Location	Dhaka
Country	Bangladesh
Presented by	Ministry of Information
First award	1997 (22nd)
Final award	2022 (47th)
Currently held by	Shouquat Ali Imon (2022)
Highlights
Most awards	Alam Khan & Emon Saha (2 wins)
Total awarded	15
First winner	Khan Ataur Rahman (1997)
Website	moi.gov.bd

History

Azad Rahman became the first recipient in this category for Jadur Banshi (1977). But the category wasn't continued the next two decades. In 1997, it was given to Khan Ataur Rahman. From 2000 onward it has been given regularly alongside the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Music Direction.^{[citation needed]}

Records

• Emon Saha is the most awarded music composer with three wins.
• Alauddin Ali,^[1] Alam Khan, Emon Saha, and Satya Saha are the only composers who have won National Awards in both the composer and music director categories.

List of winners

Key

Table key

indicates a joint award for that year

‡ Indicates the winner of Best Film

List of award recipients, showing the year and film(s)

Year[a]	Recipient(s)	Work(s)	Refs.
1997 (22nd)	Khan Ataur Rahman	Ekhono Anek Raat	[2]
1998 (23nd)	Not Given		[3]
1999 (24th)	Alam Khan	Bagher Thaba	[3]
2000 (25th)	Not Given		[4]
2001 (26th)	Satya Saha	Churiwala	[4]
2002 (27th)	Alauddin Ali	Laal Doriya	[5]
2003 (28th)	Not Given		[3]
2004 (29th)	Not Given		[6]
2005 (30th)	Not Given		[6]
2006 (31st)	Not Given		[7]
2007 (32nd)	Not Given		[7]
2008 (33rd)	Alam Khan	Ki Jadu Korila	[8]
2009 (34th)	Kumar Biswajit	Swami-Streer Wada	[8]
2010 (35th)	Sheikh Sadi Khan	Bhalobaslei Ghor Bandha Jay Na	[9][10]
2011 (36th)	Emon Saha	Kusum Kusum Prem	[11][12]
2012 (37th)	Emon Saha	Pita	[13][14][15]
2013 (38th)	Kaushik Hossain Taposh	Purno Doirgho Prem Kahini	[16][17]
2014 (39th)	Belal Khan	Nekabborer Mohaproyan †	[18][19]
2015 (40th)	S.I. Tutul	Bapjaner Bioscope †	[20][21]
2016 (41st)	Emon Saha	Meyeti Ekhon Kothay Jabe	[22][23]
2017 (42nd)	Bappa Mazumder	Swatta	[24][25]
2018 (43rd)	Runa Laila	Ekti Cinemar Golpo	[24][26]
2019 (44th)	Abdul Kadir	Maya: The Lost Mother	[27]
	Tanvir Tareq
2020 (45th)	Imran Mahmudul	Bishwoshundori	[28]
2021 (46th)	Shujeo Shyam	Joiboti Konnar Mon	[29]
2022 (47th)	Shouquat Ali Imon	Payer Chhaap	[30]

See also

• Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Music Director
• Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Lyrics
• Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer
• Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer

Notes

1. Denotes The year in which the film was censored by Bangladesh Film Censor Board.