Debshankar Halder, Dev to Indrani Halder: TV celebs who were honoured with Banga Bibhushan and Banga Bhushan this year

In a star-studded event on Monday, renowned personalities from different fields were honoured with Banga Bhushan, Banga Bibhushan and Mahanayak Samman by the government of West Bengal. Professor Avijit Vinayak Banerjee, Professor Bikash Sinha, Justice Jyotirmoy Bhattacharaya are among this year’s Banga Bibhushan recipients for their immense contributions. The list also has many popular artists from Bengali theatre and movies. Nusrat Jahan and Sohom Chakraborty received ‘Mahanayak’ Samman. Dev, Rituparna Sengupta, June Maliah, Leena Gangopadhyay, Srijit Mukherji, Jeet Gannguli and others were honoured with Banga Bhushan. Here are some of those TV celebs... (Photo: Facebook)

The veteran theatre artist, who is considered as one of the finest actors of Bengali entertainment industry, was honoured with ‘Banga Bibhushan’. Debshankar is currently a part of daily soap ‘Lokkhi Kakima Superstar’ that features actress Aparajita Adhya in the titular role. He is also hosting the TV show ‘Apni Ki Bolen’. (Photo: Facebook)

The renowned Bollywood singer needs no introduction. He has given hits after hits in Bollywood, Tollywood and did playbacks in other regional languages as well and has been a part of many Bengali reality shows as a celebrity judge. The noted singer received ‘Banga Bibhushan’ from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. (Photo: Facebook)

Abhijeet, who has given several hit songs in Bollywood, Tollywood, and other regional entertainment industries, received ‘Banga Bibhushan’. The eminent singer was recently seen in reality show ‘Sangeet Er Mahajuddho’, as a celebrity judge was also present at yesterday's event. (Photo: Facebook)

Bengali TV’s most favourite ‘Sreemoyee’ aka actress Indrani Halder, who is in showbiz for a very long time, was also honoured with Banga Bhushan. (Photo: Facebook)

The ‘Gaatchora’ actress, who is successfully handling her political career too, is among the ‘Banga Bhushan’ recipients. (Photo: Facebook)

Singer-composer Jeet, who graced the TV show ‘Sangeet Er Mahajuddho’, was overwhelmed after receiving ‘Banga Bhushan’. (Photo: Facebook)

Singer Iman, who is currently a part of ‘Sa Re Ga Ma Pa’, hosted by Abir Chatterjee, was honoured with ‘Banga Bhushan’. (Photo: Facebook)

The actor-turned-politician Dev, who will soon be seen in the upcoming edition of ‘Dance Dance Junior’, was all overwhelmed after receiving Banga Bhushan. (Photo: Facebook)