Entertainment Desk :
The 16th edition of Oikko-Channel i Music Awards was held at an auditorium in Amazura, Jamaica, New York on November 14. The show was
initiated in 2004 and is one of the most prestigious music awards in Bangladesh. To commemorate the golden jubilee of Bangladesh, with the slogan Swadhinotar Ponchash Bochhore Bangladesh-er Gaan (Songs
of Bangladesh in 50 years of Independence), 50 prominent singers, lyricists and composers were honoured for their contributions in the music in all these years of
independence of Bangladesh.
Besides them, one artiste was given the Lifetime Achievement Award. The awardees were announced virtually from Dhaka by Shykh Seraj, Director and Head of Communications, Channel i. Noted celebrities,
including the likes of Sabina Yasmin, Rezwana Choudhury Bannya, Samina Chowdhury, Kumar Biswajit, S I Tutul, and Badshah Bulbul performed at the event, while celebrated artistes Elita Karim and Konal also enthralled the audience. Dhallywood celebrities, including Shakib Khan, Moushumi and Rozina, also mesmerised the audience
with their performance. Impress Telefilm and Channel i director and project head of the 16th Oikko-Channel i Award, Jahiruddin Mahmud, along with Nazrul Sangeet singer Ferdaus Ara, noted singer Rathindranath Ray and Oikko
foundation president Shahin
Akter, were present at the event.
Noted media personality and actor Afzal Hossain hosted the event, along with Tony Dias, Nawsheen Nahreen Mou, Adnan Faruque Hillol, Bonna Mirza, Shahriar Nazim Joy, and
Priya Dias, in different segments.
The organisers plan to arrange another event for handing over the awards in Dhaka. Oikko.com.bd is the associate of the programme,
while Deshi Music Entertainment are in charge of the arrangements of the 16th Channel i Music Awards in New York. The show will be aired
on Channel i on 1 January 2022.
