History
On March 8, 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 March 29, 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 March 11[3][8] and Guwahati on March 14, 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.
Previous Years Winners
- Bengali Cinema [1]
- 1963
- 1964
- 1965
- 1966
- 1967
- 1968
- 1969
- 1970
- 1971
Best Film |
- Nimantran - Bharat Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana
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- 1972
Best Film |
- Mem Saheb - Ashim Bhattacharjee
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- 1973
- 1974
Best Film |
Best Director |
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- Piyush Bose - Bikaley Bhorer Phool
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Best Actor |
Best Actress |
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- 1975
Best Film |
Best Director |
- Sansar Simante - Subir Ghosh
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Best Actor |
Best Actress |
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- 1976
Best Film |
Best Director |
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Best Actor |
Best Actress |
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- 1977
Best Film |
Best Director |
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Best Actor |
Best Actress |
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- 1978
Best Film |
Best Director |
- Baarbodhu - Dehabrata Sircar
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- Bijoy Chatterjee - Baarbodhu
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Best Actor |
Best Actress |
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- 1979
Best Film |
Best Director |
- Ganadevata - Department of Information and Cultural Affairs, Government of West Bengal
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Best Actor |
Best Actress |
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- 1980
Best Film |
Best Director |
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Best Actor |
Best Actress |
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- 1981
Best Film |
Best Director |
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Best Actor |
Best Actress |
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- Sumitra Mukherjee - Baisakhi Megh
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- 1982
Best Film |
Best Director |
- Kharij - Bishwanath Agarwal
Sabyasachi Chakravarthy
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Best Actor |
Best Actress |
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- 1983
Best Film |
Best Director |
- Chokh - Department of Information & Cultural Affairs, Government of West Bengal
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Best Actor |
Best Actress |
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- 1985
Best Film |
Best Director |
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Best Actor |
Best Actress |
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