7th Filmfare Awards Bangla explained

Number:7
Award:Filmfare Awards Bangla
Presented Date:29 March 2024
Site:ITC Royal Bengal, Kolkata
Host:Parambrata Chatterjee,
Sauraseni Maitra
Sourav Das
Organizer:The Times Group
Best Film:Ardhangini
Most Wins:Ardhangini (6)
Most Nominations:Shesh Pata (16)
Best Director:Atanu Ghosh for Shesh Pata
Best Actor:Prosenjit Chatterjee for Shesh Pata
Best Actress:Churni Ganguly for Ardhangini
Best Critic:Mayar Jonjal
Niharika
Network:Zee Bangla
Last:6th
Next:8th

The 7th Filmfare Awards Bangla is a ceremony, presented by The Times Group, which honored the best Indian Bengali-language films of 2023.

Shesh Pata led the ceremony with 16 nominations, and won 5 awards including Best Director (for Atanu Ghosh) and Best Actor (for Prosenjit Chatterjee). It was followed by Dawshom Awbotaar and Ardhangini, with 15 and 11 nominations respectively. While the former won only Best Music Director (for Anupam Roy), the latter went on to win a leading 6 awards, including Best Film, Best Actress (for Churni Ganguly), Best Supporting Actress (for Jaya Ahsan) and Best Supporting Actor (for Ambarish Bhattacharya).

Mayar Jonjal won 6 awards from 8 nominations, including Best Film Critics, also shared by Niharika which additionally received 6 nominations, subsequently winning Best Female Playback Singer (for Abarna Roy).

Jaya Ahsan received dual nominations for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress, winning the latter.[1]

Ceremony

Held at ITC Royal Bengal, the 7th Filmfare Awards Bangla honoured the Bengali films released in 2023. At a press conference helmed by Jitesh Pillai, the editor of Filmfare magazine prior to the ceremony, Joy was revealed to be the title sponsor. Actors Parambrata Chatterjee, Sauraseni Maitra and Sourav Das were announced as the co-hosts, while actors Koel Mallick, Nusraat Faria, Srabanti Chatterjee, Bonny Sengupta, Koushani Mukherjee and Ankush Hazra were announced to be performing during the event. It took place on 29 March 2024, and was broadcast on 21 April 2024 on Zee Bangla.[2]

Winners and Nominees

The nominations were announced by Filmfare on 25 March 2024.[3]

Popular Awards

Best FilmBest Director
Best ActorBest Actress
Best Supporting ActorBest Supporting Actress
Debut Awards
Best Male DebutBest Female DebutBest Debut Director
Writing Awards
Best StoryBest ScreenplayBest Dialogue
Music Awards
Best Music DirectorBest Lyricist
Best Playback Singer – MaleBest Playback Singer – Female

Critics' awards

Best Film (Best Director)
Best ActorBest Actress

Technical Awards

Best EditingBest Production DesignBest Cinematography
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Best Sound DesignBest Background ScoreBest Costume
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Superlatives

Multiple nominations! Nominations !! Film
16Shesh Pata
15Dawshom Awbotaar
11Ardhangini
Raktabeej
10Kabuliwala
8Baghajatin
Mayar Jonjal
6Niharika
Pradhan
4Mitthye Premer Gaan
3Aaro Ek Prithibi
Multiple wins! Awards !! Film
6Ardhangini
Mayar Jonjal
5Shesh Pata
2Aaro Ek Prithibi
Niharika

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 30 March 2024 . Jaya, Farin, Shohel dominate Filmfare Awards Bangla 2024 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240418002848/https://www.dhakatribune.com/showtime/343020/jaya-farin-shohel-dominate-filmfare-awards . 18 April 2024 . 10 May 2024 . Dhaka Tribune.
  2. Web site: 26 March 2024 . Joy Filmfare Awards Bangla 2024: Details . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240327105155/https://www.filmfare.com/features/get-ready-for-the-joy-filmfare-awards-bangla-2024_-65113.html . 27 March 2024 . 2024-05-11 . . en.
  3. Web site: 25 March 2024 . Joy Filmfare Awards Bangla 2024: Nominations . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240327054654/https://www.filmfare.com/features/nominations-for-the-joy-filmfare-awards-bangla-2024-full-list-out-65100.html . 27 March 2024 . 10 May 2024 . . en.