Awards, Honours and Recognitions
- Padma Shri for Arts in 1970 by The Government of India.
- Musafir had won the Certificate of Merit for Third Best Feature Film at 5th National Film Awards in 1957.
- Madhumati Nominated for Filmfare Best Story Award.
- National Film Award's Rajat Kamal Award for Best Story in 1974 for Jukti Takko Aar Gappo].
- Best Director's award from Bangladesh Cine Journalist's Association for Titash Ekti Nadir Naam.
- Ajantrik got special entry in the Venice Film Festival in 1959.
- In a critics' poll of all-time greatest films conducted by Asian film magazine Cinemaya in 1998, Subarnarekha was ranked at No. 11 on the list.
- In the 2002 Sight & Sound critics' and directors' poll for all-time greatest films, Meghe Dhaka Tara was ranked at No. 231 and Komal Gandhar at No. 346 on the list.
- In 2007, A River Named Titas topped the list of 10 best Bangladeshi films, as chosen in the audience and critics' polls conducted by the British Film Institute.
- Heerer Prajapati had won the Best Children's Film Award (Prime Minister’s Gold Medal) at 16th National Film Awards in 1970.
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