2nd Filmfare Awards East
2nd Filmfare Awards East ceremony, presented by The Times Group, honored the best Bengali language Indian films of 2016.
Shaheb Bibi Golaam led the ceremony with twelve nominations, and was the most awarded film at the ceremony, with six wins including Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor. It was followed by Praktan and Cinemawala, with ten and eight nominations respectively. For the former, Rituparna Sengupta won Best Actress Critics', while Paran Bandopadhyay won Best Actor Critics' for the latter.
Jisshu Sengupta received dual nominations for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor, but won neither of them.