Filmfare Awards Bangla

Filmfare Awards Bangla
Current: 8th Filmfare Awards Bangla
The Filmfare Award statuette
Awarded forBest in film
CountryIndia
Presented byFilmfare
First award1963-1985
Re-started in 2014
Final award29 March 2024 (2024-03-29)
WebsiteFilmfare Awards Bangla
Television/radio coverage
NetworkColors Bangla (2014–2021)
Zee Bangla (2022–present)

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.[1]

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.[2]

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.[3]

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.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6]

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.[7][8]

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.[9]

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.[10]

Critics' awards

  • Best Film (Critics)
  • Best Actor (Critics)
  • Best Actress (Critics)

Technical awards

  • Best Story
  • Best Screenplay
  • Best Dialogue
  • Best Art Direction
  • Best Background Score
  • Best Cinematography
  • Best Editing
  • Best Sound Design
  • Best Costume Design

Special awards

  • Lifetime Achievement

Winners

1963-1985

(No other nominees were present)

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
1971
Best Film
  • Nimantran – Bharat Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana
1972
Best Film
1973
Best Film
1974
Best Film Best Director
  • Piyush Bose – Bikaley Bhorer Phool
Best Actor Best Actress
1975
Best Film Best Director
  • Sansar Simante – Subir Ghosh
Best Actor Best Actress
1976
Best Film Best Director
Best Actor Best Actress
1977
Best Film Best Director
Best Actor Best Actress
1978
Best Film Best Director
  • Baarbodhu – Dehabrata Sircar
  • Bijoy Chatterjee – Baarbodhu
Best Actor Best Actress
1979
Best Film Best Director
  • Ganadevata – Department of Information and Cultural Affairs, Government of West Bengal
Best Actor Best Actress
1980
Best Film Best Director
  • Bancharamer Bagan
Best Actor Best Actress
1981
Best Film Best Director
Best Actor Best Actress
1982
Best Film Best Director
Best Actor Best Actress
1983
Best Film Best Director
  • Chokh – Department of Information & Cultural Affairs, Government of West Bengal
Best Actor Best Actress
1985
Best Film Best Director
Best Actor Best Actress

Ceremonies

2014-2018

2021-present

See also

References

  1. ^ "11th Annual South Filmfare Awards Winners". 6 August 2024.
  2. ^ "First Filmfare Awards for east India". Zee News. Kolkata. 8 March 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2007.
  3. ^ "WINNERS OF THE FILMFARE AWARDS EAST 2017".
  4. ^ "Magadheera,Nadodigal,Josh bag top honours at the Filmfare awards". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 9 October 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
  5. ^ "Prosenjit announces East Filmfare Awards". Filmfare. 8 March 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
  6. ^ "First Filmfare Awards for east India". Business Standard. 8 March 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  7. ^ "Filmfare to toast east's revival". The Times of India. Kolkata. TNN. 9 March 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
  8. ^ "Filmfare steps into eastern turf". The Indian Express. Kolkata. Press Trust of India. 9 March 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
  9. ^ "WINNERS OF THE JOY FILMFARE AWARDS BANGLA 2020".
  10. ^ "Check out the best red carpet looks from Joy Filmfare Awards Bangla 2022". Times of India. 10 March 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  11. ^ "Queen of Bengali cinema Mahua Roychowdhury death remains a suspense drama". India Today. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  12. ^ PTI (18 February 2020). "Bengali actor and former Trinamool MP Tapas Paul passes away at 61". ThePrint. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.