Filmfare Awards East
| Filmfare Awards East | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Excellence in Bengali, Assamese and Odia cinema |
| Country | India |
| Presented by | Filmfare |
| First awarded | 2014 |
| Official website | www |
Filmfare Awards East is the East Indian segment of the annual Filmfare Awards, presented by The Times Group to honour the artistic and cinematic excellence in West Bengal, Assam and Odisha. The first installment of the awards were held for Bengali, Assamese and Odia films in a ceremony on March 29, 2014.
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. The winners would be selected from 102 entries in Bengali films, 36 and 14 entries respectively from the Odia and Assamese films. Bengali film actor Prosenjit Chatterjee was present as the chief guest in that occasion. Thereafter two other press conferences followed in Bhubaneswar on March 11 and Guwahati on March 14, 2014 in the presence of Odia film actor Anubhav Mohanty and Assamese film actors Kopil Bora and Zerifa Wahid respectively.
The nominees for the 1st Filmfare Awards East were announced on March 21, 2014. The winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
The following films received multiple nominations.
The following films received multiple awards.
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