# Filmfare Awards Bangla

Filmfare Awards Bangla is the Bengali segment of the annual Filmfare Awards, presented by the Filmfare magazine of The Times Group to honour the artistic and cinematic excellence in Bengali. When it was introduced in 1954, the Filmfare Awards initially only recognized achievements in the Hindi cinema. In 1964 the awards were extended to Telugu, Tamil, Bengali and Marathi languages. But the Bengali segment was discontinued after 1985 due to unknown reasons.
After being discontinued for almost 3 decades, the award ceremony was restarted in 2014 and renamed as the Filmfare Awards East. The first installment of the awards were held collectively for Bengali, Assamese and Odia films as Filmfare Awards East, in a ceremony on 29 March 2014.
The award ceremony was discontinued again for two consecutive years in 2015 and 2016, due to unequal representation, award distribution and importance among the 3 film industries. It was again started from 2017, rebranded as Filmfare Awards Bangla and presently, it is given only to the Bengali Film Industry.

## History

The awards were first given in 1953 as the Filmfare Awards and initially only the Hindi film industry was recognized. In 1963, the Awards were extended to Best Picture in Telugu, Tamil, Bengali and Marathi film industries. Special categories for Best Director, Best Actor and Best Actress were introduced from 1974. But due to unknown reasons, the Filmfare Awards Bangla segment was discontinued after 1985.
Later in 2014, after almost 3 decades, this award segment was revived and rebranded as the "Filmfare Awards East". That year onwards, separate categories for the other Special Awards were introduced. On 8 March 2014, in a press conference held at Kolkata, the Worldwide Media Group announced that Filmfare Award is debuting in Eastern India named as "Filmfare Awards East" to honour the best cinematic artistic talents of the region.
In the inaugural installment, it was declared that awards in 29 categories would be given away at the Science City auditorium, Kolkata on 29 March 2014. The awards would include 21 trophies for Bengali movies and four each for Odia and Assamese films. The four categories for both Odia and Assamese films were Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Actress. The winners were selected from 102 entries in Bengali films, 36 and 14 entries respectively from the Odia and Assamese films.
The Award ceremony was again briefly discontinued and not hosted in 2015 and 2016 due to the unequal representation and award distribution among the three film industries. From 2017 the award is given only to Bengali film industry. No awards were given in 2019 and 2020 owing to the then ongoing Covid 19 pandemic. 2021 onwards, the award was once again rebranded as the "Filmfare Awards Bangla" and is given only to the Bengali film industry.

## The Red Carpet

The red carpet is a segment that takes place before the beginning of the actual ceremony. This is where actors, actresses, producers, directors, singers, composers and others who have contributed to Bengali cinema are introduced. Hosts question the celebrities about upcoming performances and who they think deserves to take the Black Lady home.

## Popular awards

* Best Film
* Best Director
* Best Actor
* Best Actress
* Best Supporting Actor
* Best Supporting Actress
* Best Male Debut
* Best Female Debut
* Best Debut Director
* Best Music Director
* Best Lyricist
* Best Male Playback Singer
* Best Female Playback Singer

## Critics' awards

* Best Film (Critics)
* Best Actor (Critics)
* Best Actress (Critics)

## Technical awards

* Best Story
* Best Screenplay
* Best Dialogue
* Best Art Direction
* Best Background Score
* Best Cinematography
* Best Editing
* Best Sound Design
* Best Costume Design

## Special awards

* Lifetime Achievement

## Winners
### 1963-1985

(No other nominees were present)

#### 1963

| Best Film | Mahanagar – R. D. Bhansal |

#### 1964

| Best Film | Charulata – R. D. Bhansal |

#### 1965

| Best Film | Atithi – S. N. Sircar |

#### 1966

| Best Film | Balika Badhu – Samila Devi |

#### 1967

| Best Film | Hatey Bazarey – Asim Dutta |

#### 1968

| Best Film | Apanjan – R. K. Kapoor |

#### 1969

| Best Film | Kamal Lata – Nirel Sil |

#### 1970

| Best Film | Pratidwandi – Nepal Dutta Asim Dutta |

#### 1971

| Best Film | Nimantran – Bharat Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana |

#### 1972

| Best Film | Mem Saheb – Ashim Bhattacharjee |

#### 1973

| Best Film | Strir Patra – Dhrupadi |

#### 1974

| Best Film | Best Director |
| Amanush – Shakti Samanta | Piyush Bose – Bikaley Bhorer Phool |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Uttam Kumar- Amanush | Aparna Sen – Sujata |

#### 1975

| Best Film | Best Director |
| Sansar Simante – Subir Ghosh | Satyajit Ray – Sonar Kella |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Soumitra Chatterjee – Sansar Simante | Suchitra Sen – Priya Bandhabi |

#### 1976

| Best Film | Best Director |
| Jana Aranya – Subir Guha | Satyajit Ray – Jana Aranya |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Pradip Mukherjee – Jana Aranya | Aparna Sen – Asamaya |

#### 1977

| Best Film | Best Director |
| Ek Je Chhilo Desh – Raj Kapoor | Ritwik Ghatak – Jukti Takko Aar Gappo |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Soumitra Chatterjee- Babu Moshai | Supriya Devi – Sister |

#### 1978

| Best Film | Best Director |
| Baarbodhu – Dehabrata Sircar | Bijoy Chatterjee – Baarbodhu |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Uttam Kumar- Dhanraj Tamang | Gita Siddharth – Baarbodhu |

#### 1979

| Best Film | Best Director |
| Ganadevata – Department of Information and Cultural Affairs, Government of West Bengal | Satyajit Ray – Joi Baba Felunath |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Soumitra Chatterjee- Ganadevata | Sandhya Roy – Ganadevata |

#### 1980

| Best Film | Best Director |
| Bancharamer Bagan | Tapan Sinha – Bancharamer Bagan |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Manoj Mitra- Bancharamer Bagan | Mahua Roychoudhury – Dadar Kirti |

#### 1981

| Best Film | Best Director |
| Dooratwa – Buddhadeb Dasgupta | Buddhadeb Dasgupta – Dooratwa |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Tapas Paul- Saheb | Sumitra Mukherjee – Baisakhi Megh |

#### 1982

| Best Film | Best Director |
| Kharij – Mrinal Sen | Mrinal Sen – Akaler Shandhaney |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Dhritiman Chatterjee- Akaler Shandhaney | Aparna Sen – Bijoyini |

#### 1983

| Best Film | Best Director |
| Chokh – Department of Information & Cultural Affairs, Government of West Bengal | Utpalendu Chakrabarty – Chokh |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Soumitra Chatterjee- Agradani | Aparna Sen – Indira |

#### 1985

| Best Film | Best Director |
| Parama – Niharendu Guha | Aparna Sen – Parama |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Victor Banerjee- Ghare Bairi | Raakhee – Parama |

## Ceremonies
### 2014-2018

* 1st Filmfare Awards East - 2014
* 2nd Filmfare Awards East - 2017
* 3rd Filmfare Awards East - 2018

### 2021-present

* 4th Filmfare Awards Bangla - 2021
* 5th Filmfare Awards Bangla - 2022
* 6th Filmfare Awards Bangla - 2023
* 7th Filmfare Awards Bangla - 2024
* 8th Filmfare Awards Bangla - 2025