Filmfare Awards East were the annual awards segment of the annual Filmfare Awards, presented by The Times Group to honour the artistic and cinematic excellence in Bengali, Assamese and Odia. The first installment of the awards was held for Bengali, Assamese and Odia films in a ceremony on 29 March 2014.
The award was discontinued in 2015 and 2016 due to the unequal representation and award distribution among the three film industries. The ceremony was re-started from 2017 but awards were given only to the Bengali films. From 2021 onwards, it was rebranded as the Filmfare Awards Bangla and awards are being presented only to the Bengali film industry.
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. Thereafter two other press conferences followed in Bhubaneswar on 11 March and Guwahati on 14 March 2014 in the presence of Odia film actor Anubhav Mohanty and Assamese film actors Kopil Bora and Zerifa Wahid respectively.
The award was discontinued in 2015 and 2016 due to the unequal representation and award distribution among the three film industries. The ceremony was re-started from 2017 but awards were given only to the Bengali films for 2 years - 2017 and 2018. The ceremony was cancelled in 2019 and 2020 due to the then ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. 2021 onwards, it was rebranded as the Filmfare Awards Bangla and awards are being presented only to the Bengali film industry.
Winners
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 FilmBest Director Amanush – Shakti Samanta Piyush Bose – Bikaley Bhorer PhoolBest ActorBest Actress Uttam Kumar- Amanush Aparna Sen – Sujata
1975
Best FilmBest Director Sansar Simante – Subir Ghosh Satyajit Ray – Sonar KellaBest ActorBest Actress Soumitra Chatterjee – Sansar Simante Suchitra Sen – Priya Bandhabi
1976
Best FilmBest Director Jana Aranya – Subir Guha Satyajit Ray – Jana AranyaBest ActorBest Actress Pradip Mukherjee – Jana Aranya Aparna Sen – Asamaya
1977
Best FilmBest Director Ek Je Chhilo Desh – Raj Kapoor Ritwik Ghatak – Jukti Takko Aar GappoBest ActorBest Actress Soumitra Chatterjee- Babu Moshai Supriya Devi – Sister
1978
Best FilmBest Director Baarbodhu – Dehabrata Sircar Bijoy Chatterjee – BaarbodhuBest ActorBest Actress Uttam Kumar- Dhanraj Tamang Gita Siddharth – Baarbodhu
1979
Best FilmBest Director Ganadevata – Department of Information and Cultural Affairs, Government of West Bengal Satyajit Ray – Joi Baba Felunath Best ActorBest Actress Soumitra Chatterjee- Ganadevata Sandhya Roy – Ganadevata
1980
Best FilmBest Director Bancharamer Bagan Tapan Sinha – Bancharamer BaganBest ActorBest Actress Manoj Mitra- Bancharamer Bagan Mahua Roychoudhury – Dadar Kirti
1981
Best FilmBest Director Dooratwa – Buddhadeb Dasgupta Buddhadeb Dasgupta – DooratwaBest ActorBest Actress Tapas Paul- Saheb Sumitra Mukherjee – Baisakhi Megh
1982
Best FilmBest Director Kharij – Mrinal Sen Mrinal Sen – Akaler ShandhaneyBest ActorBest Actress Dhritiman Chatterjee- Akaler Shandhaney Aparna Sen – Bijoyini
1983
Best FilmBest Director Chokh – Department of Information & Cultural Affairs, Government of West Bengal Utpalendu Chakrabarty – ChokhBest ActorBest Actress Soumitra Chatterjee- Agradani Aparna Sen – Indira
1985
Best FilmBest Director Parama – Niharendu Guha Aparna Sen – ParamaBest ActorBest Actress Victor Banerjee- Ghare Bairi Raakhee – Parama
Later ceremonies 1st Filmfare Awards East - 2014 2nd Filmfare Awards East - 2017 (only Bengali films were awarded) 3rd Filmfare Awards East - 2018 (only Bengali films were awarded)
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