2nd Filmfare Awards East

2nd Filmfare Awards East ceremony, presented by The Times Group, honored the best Bengali language Indian films of 2016.

Shaheb Bibi Golaam led the ceremony with twelve nominations, and was the most awarded film at the ceremony, with six wins including Best Actress (for Swastika Mukherjee) and Best Supporting Actor (for Ritwick Chakraborty). It was followed by Praktan and Cinemawala, with ten and eight nominations respectively. For the former, Rituparna Sengupta won Best Actress Critics' (with additional four wins), while Paran Bandopadhyay won Best Actor Critics' for the latter.

Jisshu Sengupta received dual nominations for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor, but won neither of them.

Ceremony
Held at Science City, the 2nd Filmfare Awards East had Jio had the title sponsor. Abir Chatterjee and Jisshu Sengupta co-hosted the ceremony.

Popular Awards
The nominees for the 2nd Filmfare Awards East were announced on 22 February 2017.

Multiple Nominations

 * Shaheb Bibi Golaam – 12
 * Praktan - 10
 * Cinemawala - 8
 * Zulfiqar - 7
 * Shankhachil - 5
 * Bastu-Shaap - 5
 * Eagoler Chokh - 4
 * Gangster - 3
 * Shororipu - 3
 * Double Feluda - 2
 * Antarleen - 2

Multiple Awards

 * Shaheb Bibi Golaam - 6
 * Cinemawala - 5
 * Praktan 5
 * Shankhachil - 2
 * Cholai - 2