Filmfare Awards East


Filmfare Awards East is the East Indian segment of the annual Filmfare Awards, presented by The Times Group to honour the artistic and cinematic excellence in Bengali film industry, Assamese film industry and Odia film industry. The first installment of the awards were held for Bengali, Assamese and Odia films in a ceremony on 29 March 2014. The award ceremony was discontinued for 2015 and 2016, then again continued from 2017.

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. From 2017 the award is given only to Bengali film industry.

Winners

;1963
Best Film
;1964
Best Film
;1965
Best Film
  • Atithi – S. N. Sircar
;1966
Best Film
;1967
Best Film
; 1968
Best Film
  • Apanjan – R. K. Kapoor
;1969
Best Film
  • Kamal Lata – Nirel Sil
;1970
Best Film
Asim Dutta

;1971
Best Film
;1972
Best Film
;1973
Best Film
;1974
Best FilmBest Director

  • Piyush Bose – Bikaley Bhorer Phool
    • Best ActorBest Actress
  • Uttam Kumar- Amanush
  • Aparna Sen – Sujata
    • ;1975
    Best FilmBest Director

    • Sansar Simante – Subir Ghosh
  • Satyajit Ray – Sonar Kella
    • Best ActorBest Actress
  • Soumitra Chatterjee – Sansar Simante
  • Suchitra Sen – Priya Bandhabi
    • ;1976
    Best FilmBest Director

  • Satyajit Ray – Jana Aranya
    • Best ActorBest Actress
  • Pradip Mukherjee – Jana Aranya
  • Aparna Sen – Asamaya
    • ;1977
    Best FilmBest Director

    • Ek Je Chhilo Desh – Raj Kapoor
  • Ritwik Ghatak – Jukti Takko Aar Gappo
    • Best ActorBest Actress
  • Soumitra Chatterjee- Babu Moshai
  • Supriya Devi – Sister
    • ;1978
    Best FilmBest Director

    • Baarbodhu – Dehabrata Sircar
  • Bijoy Chatterjee – Baarbodhu
    • Best ActorBest Actress
  • Uttam Kumar- Dhanraj Tamang
  • Gita Siddharth – Baarbodhu
    • ;1979
    Best FilmBest Director

  • Satyajit Ray – Joi Baba Felunath
    • Best ActorBest Actress
  • Soumitra Chatterjee- Ganadevata
  • Sandhya Roy – Ganadevata
    • ;1980
    Best FilmBest Director

    • Bancharamer Bagan
  • Tapan Sinha – Bancharamer Bagan
    • Best ActorBest Actress
  • Manoj Mitra- Bancharamer Bagan
  • Mahua Roychoudhury – Dadar Kirti
    • ;1981
    Best FilmBest Director

  • Buddhadeb Dasgupta – Dooratwa
    • Best ActorBest Actress
  • Tapas Paul- Saheb
  • Sumitra Mukherjee – Baisakhi Megh
    • ;1982
    Best FilmBest Director

  • Mrinal Sen – Akaler Shandhaney
    • Best ActorBest Actress
  • Dhritiman Chatterjee- Akaler Shandhaney
  • Aparna Sen – Bijoyini
    • ;1983
    Best FilmBest Director

  • Utpalendu Chakrabarty – Chokh
    • Best ActorBest Actress
  • Soumitra Chatterjee- Agradani
  • Aparna Sen – Indira
    • ;1985
    Best FilmBest Director

  • Aparna Sen – Parama
    • Best ActorBest Actress
  • Victor Banerjee- Ghare Bairi
  • Raakhee – Parama