Filmfare Awards Bangla

Filmfare Awards Bangla 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 collectively for Bengali, Assamese and Odia films as Filmfare Awards East, in a ceremony on 29 March 2014.

The award ceremony was discontinued for two consecutive years in 2015 and 2016 due to unequal representation and importance among the 3 film industries. It was again started from 2017 as Filmfare Awards Bangla and is given only to the Bengali Film Industry.

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 named as "Filmfare Awards East" to honour the best cinematic artistic talents of the region. 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. The Award ceremony was not hosted in 2015 and 2016. From 2017 the award is given only to Bengali film industry and 2020 onwards, the award was rebranded as "Filmfare Awards Bangla".

Popular awards

 * Best Film
 * Best Director
 * Best Actor
 * Best Actress
 * Best Supporting Actor
 * Best Supporting Actress
 * Best Male Debut
 * Best Female Debut
 * Best Debut Director
 * Best Music Director
 * Best Lyricist
 * Best Male Playback Singer
 * Best Female Playback Singer

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

Current special awards

 * Lifetime Achievement