2nd Filmfare Awards East

2nd Filmfare Awards East
Date	25 February 2017
Site	Science City, Kolkata
Hosted by	Jisshu Sengupta Abir Chatterjee
Official website	Filmfare Awards East 2017
Highlights
Best Film	Cinemawala
Best Critic	Cholai
Most awards	Shaheb Bibi Golaam (6)
Most nominations	Shaheb Bibi Golaam (12)
Television coverage
Network	Colors Tv Bangla

2nd Filmfare Awards East ceremony, presented by the Filmfare Magazine, honored the best Bengali language Indian films of 2016. The ceremony was held on 25 February 2017 and was co-hosted by Jisshu Sengupta and Abir Chatterjee.

Winners and nominees

Main Awards

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

Best Film	Best Director
Cinemawala Double Feluda Eagoler Chokh Praktan Shaheb Bibi Golaam Shankhachil	Kaushik Ganguly - Cinemawala Arindam Sil - Eagoler Chokh Goutam Ghose - Shankhachil Pratim D. Gupta - Shaheb Bibi Golaam Sandip Ray - Double Feluda Shiboprosad Mukherjee and Nandita Roy - Praktan
Best Actor	Best Actress
Prosenjit Chatterjee - Shankhachil Abir Chatterjee - Byomkesh Pawrbo Chiranjeet Chakraborty - Shororipu Dev - Zulfiqar Jisshu Sengupta - Byomkesh O Chiriyakhana Paran Bandopadhyay - Cinemawala	Swastika Mukherjee - Shaheb Bibi Golaam Gargi Roychowdhury - Benche Thakar Gaan Jaya Ahsan - Eagoler Chokh Paoli Dam - Khawto Raima Sen - Monchora Rituparna Sengupta - Praktan
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Anirban Bhattacharya - Eagoler Chokh Ritwick Chakraborty - Shaheb Bibi Golaam Arun Guha Thakurta - Cinemawala Jisshu Sengupta - Zulfiqar Koushik Sen - Zulfiqar Parambrata Chatterjee - Cinemawala	Aparajita Auddy - Praktan Churni Ganguly - Bastu-Shaap Mamata Shankar - Antarleen Shajbati - Shankhachil Sudipta Chakraborty - Shororipu
Best Music Director	Best Lyricist
Anupam Roy and Anindya Chatterjee - Praktan Anupam Roy - Shaheb Bibi Golaam Anupam Roy - Zulfiqar Indraadip Das Gupta - Bastu-Shaap Jeet Gannguli - Love Express	Anupam Roy - "Tumi Jaake Bhalobasho" - Praktan Anupam Roy - "Ek purono Mosjide" - Zulfiqar Anupam Roy - "Mon Bhalo Nei" - Shaheb Bibi Golaam Prosen - "Thik Emon Ebhabe" - Gangster Prosen - "Tomake Chai" - Gangster Srijato - "Tomake Chuye Dilam" - Bastu-Shaap
Best Playback Singer - Male	Best Playback Singer - Female
Nachiketa Chakraborty - "Ek Purono Mosjide" - Zulfiqar Anupam Roy - "Aami Aajkal Bhalo Aachi" - Zulfiqar Anupam Roy - "Mon Bhalo Nei" - Shaheb Bibi Golaam Arijit Singh - "Tomake Chuye Dilam" - Bastu-Shaap Surojit Chatterjee - "Bhromor" - Praktan	Iman Chakraborty - "Tumi Jaake Bhalobasho" - Praktan Anwesha Datta Gupta - "Dhoya Tulsi Pata" - Chocolate Shreya Ghoshal - "Tomar Ki Naam" - Shaheb Bibi Golaam Shreya Ghoshal - "Kolkata" - Praktan Shreya Ghoshal - "Tomake Chuye Dilam" - Bastu-Shaap
Best Debut Male	Best Debut Director
Yash Dasgupta - Gangster	Arindam Bhattacharya - Antarleen Ayan Chakraborti - Shororipu

Critics' awards

Best Film (Best Director)
Cholai – Arun Roy
Best Actor	Best Actress
Paran Bandopadhyay - Cinemawala	Rituparna Sengupta - Praktan

Technical Awards

Best Story	Best Screenplay
Kaushik Ganguly - Cinemawala	Pratim D. Gupta - Shaheb Bibi Golaam
Best Dialogue	Best Editing
Subhomay Chatterjee - Cholai	Sanjeeb Datta - Shaheb Bibi Golaam
Best Choreography	Best Cinematography
Baba Yadav for Selfie – Abhimaan	Gairik Sarkar - Shaheb Bibi Golaam
[Best Production Design	Best Sound Design
Dhananjay Mondal - Cinemawala	Anirban Sengupta - Shankhachil
Best Background Score
Neil Adhikari - Shaheb Bibi Golaam

Special awards

Lifetime Achievement Award
Supriya Devi

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