Filmfare Awards East Explained

Filmfare Awards East
Awarded For:	Best in film
Presenter:	Filmfare
Country:	India
Network:	Colors Bangla (2007–present)
Website:	Filmfare Awards East

Filmfare Awards East is the Bengali segment of the annual Filmfare Awards, presented by The Times Group to honour the artistic and cinematic excellence in Bengali. The first installment of the awards were held for Bengali, Assamese and Odia films in a ceremony on 29 March 2014.^[1]

History

On 8 March 2014, in a press conference held at Kolkata, the Worldwide Media group announced that Filmfare Award is debuting in Eastern India to honour the best cinematic artistic talent of the region. In the inaugural installment, 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 are Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Actress.The winners would be selected from 102 entries in Bengali films, 36 and 14 entries respectively from the Odia and Assamese films.Bengali film actor Prosenjit Chatterjee was present as the chief guest in that occasion.^[2] ^[3] ^[4] Thereafter two other press conferences followed in Bhubaneswar on 11 March^[5] ^[6] and Guwahati on 14 March 2014^[7] ^[8] in the presence of Odia film actor Anubhav Mohanty and Assamese film actors Kopil Bora and Zerifa Wahid respectively. From 2017 the award is given only to Bengali film industry.

Winners

1963

! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:30%;"	Best Film	Mahanagar – R. D. Bhansal

1964

! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:30%;"	Best Film	Charulata – R. D. Bhansal

1965

! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:30%;"	Best Film	Atithi – S. N. Sircar

1966

! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:30%;"	Best Film	Balika Badhu – Samila Devi

1967

! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:30%;"	Best Film	Hatey Bazarey – Asim Dutta

1968

! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:30%;"	Best Film	Apanjan – R. K. Kapoor

1969

! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:30%;"	Best Film	Kamal Lata – Nirel Sil

1970

! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:30%;"	Best Film	Pratidwandi – Nepal Dutta Asim Dutta

1971

! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:30%;"	Best Film	Nimantran – Bharat Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana

1972

! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:30%;"	Best Film	Mem Saheb – Ashim Bhattacharjee

1973

! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:30%;"	Best Film	Strir Patra – Dhrupadi

1974

! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"	Best Film	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"	Best Director
Amanush – Shakti Samanta	Piyush Bose – Bikaley Bhorer Phool
! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Actor	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Actress
Uttam Kumar- Amanush	Aparna Sen – Sujata

1975

! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"	Best Film	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"	Best Director
Sansar Simante – Subir Ghosh	Satyajit Ray – Sonar Kella
! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Actor	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Actress
Soumitra Chatterjee – Sansar Simante	Suchitra Sen – Priya Bandhabi

1976

! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"	Best Film	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"	Best Director
Jana Aranya – Subir Guha	Satyajit Ray – Jana Aranya
! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Actor	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Actress
Pradip Mukherjee – Jana Aranya	Aparna Sen – Asamaya

1977

! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"	Best Film	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"	Best Director
Ek Je Chhilo Desh – Raj Kapoor	Ritwik Ghatak – Jukti Takko Aar Gappo
! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Actor	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Actress
Soumitra Chatterjee- Babu Moshai	Supriya Devi – Sister

1978

! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"	Best Film	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"	Best Director
Baarbodhu – Dehabrata Sircar	Bijoy Chatterjee – Baarbodhu
! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Actor	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Actress
Uttam Kumar- Dhanraj Tamang	Gita Siddharth – Baarbodhu

1979

! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"	Best Film	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"	Best Director
Ganadevata – Department of Information and Cultural Affairs, Government of West Bengal	Satyajit Ray – Joi Baba Felunath
! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Actor	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Actress
Soumitra Chatterjee- Ganadevata	Sandhya Roy – Ganadevata

1980

! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"	Best Film	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"	Best Director
Bancharamer Bagan	Tapan Sinha – Bancharamer Bagan
! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Actor	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Actress
Manoj Mitra- Bancharamer Bagan	Mahua Roychoudhury – Dadar Kirti^[9]

1981

! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"	Best Film	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"	Best Director
Dooratwa – Buddhadeb Dasgupta	Buddhadeb Dasgupta – Dooratwa
! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Actor	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Actress
Tapas Paul- Saheb^[10]	Sumitra Mukherjee – Baisakhi Megh

1982

! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"	Best Film	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"	Best Director
Kharij – Mrinal Sen	Mrinal Sen – Akaler Shandhaney
! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Actor	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Actress
Dhritiman Chatterjee- Akaler Shandhaney	Aparna Sen – Bijoyini

1983

! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"	Best Film	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"	Best Director
Chokh – Department of Information & Cultural Affairs, Government of West Bengal	Utpalendu Chakrabarty – Chokh
! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Actor	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Actress
Soumitra Chatterjee- Agradani	Aparna Sen – Indira

1985

! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"	Best Film	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"	Best Director
Parama – Niharendu Guha	Aparna Sen – Parama
! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Actor	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Actress
Victor Banerjee- Ghare Bairi	Raakhee – Parama

Notes and References

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News: Filmfare to toast east's revival . . 9 March 2014 . TNN . 9 March 2014 . Kolkata.
News: Filmfare steps into eastern turf . . 9 March 2014 . Press Trust of India . 9 March 2014 . Kolkata.
Web site: Prosenjit announces East Filmfare Awards . Filmfare . 8 March 2014 . 9 March 2014.
News: Black Lady on Odia cinema doorstep . The Times of India . 12 March 2014 . TNN . 14 March 2014 . Bhubaneswar.
News: Vivel Brings Black Lady to East . https://web.archive.org/web/20140314200435/http://www.newindianexpress.com/business/news/Vivel-Brings-Black-Lady-to-East/2014/03/14/article2107515.ece . dead . 14 March 2014 . The New Indian Express . 14 March 2014 . 14 March 2014 . Niharika . Bhubaneswar.
News: 'Black Lady' unveiled for Filmfare Awards East . https://web.archive.org/web/20140314172434/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/black-lady-unveiled-for-filmfare-awards-east/457878-8-73.html . dead . 14 March 2014 . IBN Live . 14 March 2014 . Press Trust of India . 14 March 2014 . Guwahati.
News: 'Black Lady' unveiled for Filmfare Awards East . Post Jagaran . 14 March 2014 . 14 March 2014 . Guwahati.
Web site: Queen of Bengali cinema Mahua Roychowdhury death remains a suspense drama. India Today. en. 2019-07-21.
Web site: PTI . 2020-02-18 . Bengali actor and former Trinamool MP Tapas Paul passes away at 61 . 2023-05-05 . ThePrint . en-US.