Filmfare Awards Bangla
| Filmfare Awards Bangla | |
|---|---|
| Current: 8th Filmfare Awards Bangla | |
The Filmfare Award statuette | |
| Awarded for | Best in film |
| Country | India |
| Presented by | Filmfare |
| First award | 1963-1985 Re-started in 2014 |
| Final award | 29 March 2024 |
| Website | Filmfare Awards Bangla |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | Colors 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.
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.
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.