Bengali segment of the annual Filmfare Awards
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 2007.[2]
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.[3][4]The winners would be selected from 102 entries in Bengali films, 36 and 14 entries respectively from the Odia and Assamese films.[3]Bengali film actor Prosenjit Chatterjee was present as the chief guest in that occasion.[5][6][7] Thereafter two other press conferences followed in Bhubaneswar on 11 March[3][8] and Guwahati on 14 March 2014[9][4] 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
- 1964
- 1965
- 1966
- 1967
- 1968
- 1969
- 1970
- 1971
- 1972
- 1973
- 1974
- 1975
- 1976
- 1977
- 1978
- 1979
- 1980
- 1981
- 1982
- 1983
- 1985
References
- ^ a b Reed, Sir Stanley (26 May 1984). "The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who". Bennett, Coleman. – via Google Books.
- ^ "First Filmfare Awards for east India". Zee News. Kolkata. 8 March 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2007.
- ^ a b c "Black Lady on Odia cinema doorstep". The Times of India. Bhubaneswar. TNN. 12 March 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
- ^ a b "'Black Lady' unveiled for Filmfare Awards East". Post Jagaran. Guwahati. 14 March 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
- ^ "Filmfare to toast east's revival". The Times of India. Kolkata. TNN. 9 March 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
- ^ "Filmfare steps into eastern turf". The Indian Express. Kolkata. Press Trust of India. 9 March 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
- ^ "Prosenjit announces East Filmfare Awards". Filmfare. 8 March 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
- ^ Niharika (14 March 2014). "Vivel Brings Black Lady to East". The New Indian Express. Bhubaneswar. Archived from the original on 14 March 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
- ^ "'Black Lady' unveiled for Filmfare Awards East". IBN Live. Guwahati. Press Trust of India. 14 March 2014. Archived from the original on 14 March 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
- ^ "Queen of Bengali cinema Mahua Roychowdhury death remains a suspense drama". India Today. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- ^ PTI (18 February 2020). "Bengali actor and former Trinamool MP Tapas Paul passes away at 61". ThePrint. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
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