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 cinema. When it was introduced in 1954, the Filmfare Awards initially recognized achievements only 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 for 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 for 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

Critics' awards

  • Best Film
  • Best Actor
  • Best Actress

Technical awards

Special awards

Winners

1963-1985

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;1963
Best FilmMahanagar – R. D. Bhansal

;1964
Best FilmCharulata – R. D. Bhansal

;1965
Best FilmAtithi – S. N. Sircar

;1966
Best FilmBalika Badhu – Samila Devi

;1967
Best FilmHatey Bazarey – Asim Dutta

; 1968
Best FilmApanjan – R. K. Kapoor

;1969
Best FilmKamal Lata – Nirel Sil

;1970
Best FilmPratidwandi – Nepal Dutta
Asim Dutta

;1971
Best FilmNimantran – Bharat Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana

;1972
Best FilmMem Saheb – Ashim Bhattacharjee

;1973
Best FilmStrir Patra – Dhrupadi

;1974
Best FilmBest Director
Amanush – Shakti SamantaPiyush Bose – Bikaley Bhorer Phool
Best ActorBest Actress
Uttam Kumar- AmanushAparna Sen – Sujata

;1975
Best FilmBest Director
Sansar Simante – Subir GhoshSatyajit Ray – Sonar Kella
Best ActorBest Actress
Soumitra Chatterjee – Sansar SimanteSuchitra Sen – Priya Bandhabi

;1976
Best FilmBest Director
Jana Aranya – Subir GuhaSatyajit Ray – Jana Aranya
Best ActorBest Actress
Pradip Mukherjee – Jana AranyaAparna Sen – Asamaya

;1977
Best FilmBest Director
Ek Je Chhilo Desh – Raj KapoorRitwik Ghatak – Jukti Takko Aar Gappo
Best ActorBest Actress
Soumitra Chatterjee- Babu Moshai Supriya Devi – Sister

;1978
Best FilmBest Director
Baarbodhu – Dehabrata SircarBijoy Chatterjee – Baarbodhu
Best ActorBest Actress
Uttam Kumar- Dhanraj TamangGita Siddharth – Baarbodhu

;1979
Best FilmBest Director
Ganadevata – Department of Information and Cultural Affairs, Government of West BengalSatyajit Ray – Joi Baba Felunath
Best ActorBest Actress
Soumitra Chatterjee- GanadevataSandhya Roy – Ganadevata

;1980
Best FilmBest Director
Bancharamer BaganTapan Sinha – Bancharamer Bagan
Best ActorBest Actress
Manoj Mitra- Bancharamer BaganMahua Roychoudhury – Dadar Kirti

;1981
Best FilmBest Director
Dooratwa – Buddhadeb DasguptaBuddhadeb Dasgupta – Dooratwa
Best ActorBest Actress
Tapas Paul- SahebSumitra Mukherjee – Baisakhi Megh

;1982
Best FilmBest Director
Kharij – Mrinal SenMrinal Sen – Akaler Shandhaney
Best ActorBest Actress
Dhritiman Chatterjee- Akaler ShandhaneyAparna Sen – Bijoyini

;1983
Best FilmBest Director
Chokh – Department of Information & Cultural Affairs, Government of West BengalUtpalendu Chakrabarty – Chokh
Best ActorBest Actress
Soumitra Chatterjee- AgradaniAparna Sen – Indira

;1985
Best FilmBest Director
Parama – Niharendu GuhaAparna Sen – Parama
Best ActorBest Actress
Victor Banerjee- Ghare Bairi'Raakhee – Parama

Ceremonies

2014-2018

2021-present