| Filmfare Awards East | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best infilm |
| Country | India |
| Presented by | Filmfare |
| First award | |
| Final award | Bengali (2018) |
| Website | Filmfare Awards East |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | Colors Bangla (2014–2018) |
Filmfare Awards East were the annual awards segment of the annualFilmfare Awards, presented byThe Times Group to honour the artistic and cinematic excellence inBengali,Assamese andOdia. The first installment of the awards was held for Bengali, Assamese and Odia films in a ceremony on 29 March 2014.[2]
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. 2021 onwards, it was rebranded as theFilmfare Awards Bangla and awards are being presented only to the Bengali film industry.
On 8 March 2014, in a press conference held atKolkata, the Worldwide Media group announced that Filmfare Award is debuting inEastern India to honour the best cinematic artistic talent of the region. In the inaugural installment, awards in 29 categories would be given away at theScience City auditorium, Kolkata on 29 March 2014. The awards would include 21 trophies for Bengali movies and four each forOdia 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 actorProsenjit Chatterjee was present as the chief guest in that occasion.[5][6][7] Thereafter two other press conferences followed inBhubaneswar on 11 March[3][8] andGuwahati on 14 March 2014[9][4] in the presence of Odia film actorAnubhav Mohanty and Assamese film actorsKopil Bora andZerifa 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 ongoingCOVID-19 pandemic. 2021 onwards, it was rebranded as theFilmfare Awards Bangla and awards are being presented only to the Bengali film industry.
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