Awards
Apart from winning the National Award for the Best First Film Director, Parineeta won five Filmfare Awards. Best Art Direction to Keshto Mondal, Tanushree Sarkar and Pradeep Sarkar, Best Choreography to Howard Rosemayer, Best Debut to Vidya Balan, RD Burman Award to Shantanu Moitra and Best Sound Recording to Bishwadeep Chatterjee. It was also nominated for an additional nine awards, for the categories Best Film and Best Director, three for actors portraying Lalita, Shekhar and Girish and four nominations for the soundtrack.
The film also won a prominent awards in the form of two Star Screen Awards, three Zee Cine Awards among a notable awards. Apart from these, the film was nominated for an eclectic mix of awards.
2006 Filmfare Awards
- Best Debut (Female) - Vidya Balan
- Best Choreography - Howard Rosemeyer
- Best Sound - Bishwadeep Chatterjee
- Best Art Director - Pradeep Sarkar, Tanushree Sarkar
- R D Burman Award - Shantanu Moitra
2006 Zee Cine Awards
- Best Dialogue - Rekha Nigam, Vidhu Vinod Chopra
- Best Costume Design - Subarna Ray Chadhuri
2006 Screen Awards
- Best Playback Singer (Female) - Shreya Ghosal
- Best Debut (Female) - Vidya Balan
2006 IIFA Awards
- Best Screenplay – Vidhu Vinod Chopra & Pradeep Sarkar
- Best Art Direction – Pradeep Sarkar, Tanushree Sarkar
- Best Sound Recording - Bishwadeep Chatterjee
- Best Costume Designing – Subarna Ray Chadhuri
- Best Makeup – Vidyadhar Bhatte
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