3rd Filmfare Awards East

3rd Filmfare Awards East
Date	17 February 2018
Site	Science City, Kolkata
Hosted by	Parambrata Chatterjee Abir Chatterjee
Official website	Filmfare Awards East 2018
Highlights
Best Film	Bishorjan
Best Critic	Mayurakshi
Most awards	Bishorjan (6) Projapoti Biskut (6)
Most nominations	Bishorjan (14)
Television coverage
Network	Colors Tv Bangla

3rd Filmfare Awards East ceremony, presented by the Filmfare Magazine, honored the best Bengali language Indian films of 2017. The ceremony was held on 17 February 2018 and was co-hosted by Parambrata Chatterjee and Abir Chatterjee. Films that were notably recognized were Bishorjan, which won six awards including Best Film and Best Director; Projapoti Biskut, which won six awards; and Mayurakshi, which won four awards, including Best Film (Critics' Choice).

Winners and nominees

Main Awards

The nominees for the 3rd Filmfare Awards East were announced on 13 February 2018.

Best Film	Best Director
Bishorjan Amazon Obhijaan Bibaho Diaries Maacher Jhol Mayurakshi Sahaj Paather Gappo	Kaushik Ganguly - Bishorjan Atanu Ghosh - Mayurakshi Kamaleswar Mukherjee - Cockpit Manas Mukul Pal - Sahaj Paather Gappo Pratim D. Gupta - Maacher Jhol Shiboprosad Mukherjee and Nandita Roy - Posto
Best Actor	Best Actress
Prosenjit Chatterjee - Mayurakshi Dev - Chaamp Jisshu Sengupta - Posto Ritwick Chakraborty - Bibaho Diaries Soumitra Chatterjee - Mayurakshi	Jaya Ahsan - Bishorjan Ishaa Saha - Projapoti Biskut Rukmini Maitra - Cockpit Swastika Mukherjee - Asamapto Sohini Sarkar - Bibaho Diaries
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Kaushik Ganguly - Bishorjan Abir Chatterjee - Meghnad Badh Rahasya Bratya Basu - Asamapto Paran Bandopadhyay - Posto Riddhi Sen - Samantaral	Mamata Shankar - Maacher Jhol Arjaa Bannerjee - Dhananjay Lily Chakravarty - Posto Sneha Biswas - Sahaj Paather Gappo Tonushree Chakraborty - Durga Sohay
Best Music Director	Best Lyricist
Anindya Chatterjee, Anupam Roy, Shantanu Moitra and Prasenjit Mukherjee - Projapoti Biskut Savvy Gupta - Bibaho Diaries Late Kalika Prasad Bhattacharya - Bishorjan Anupam Roy - Maacher Jhol Anupam Roy and Anindya Chatterjee - Posto Indraadip Das Gupta - Samantaral	Ritam Sen - "Tomake Bujhina Priyo" - Projapoti Biskut Anindya Chatterjee - "Jonaki" - Posto Anupam Roy - "Dawttok" - Maacher Jhol Debojyoti Mishra - "Tomra Ekhono Ki" - Meghnad Badh Rahasya Sharmin Sultana Sumi - "Ahare Jibon" - Doob Srijato - "Dyakha Howbe Bole" - Samantaral
Best Playback Singer - Male	Best Playback Singer - Female
Nachiketa Chakraborty - "Keno Erokom Kichhu Holo Na" - Posto Anindya Chatterjee - "Jonaki" - Posto Anupam Roy and Saheb Chatterjee - "Je Tore Pagol Bole" - Maacher Jhol Arijit Singh - "Maula Re" - Chaamp Arijit Singh - "Tui Chunli Jakhan" - Samantaral Anupam Roy - "Dawttok" - Maacher Jhol	Chandrani Banerjee - "Tomake Bujhina Priyo" - Projapoti Biskut Iman Chakraborty - "Bhalo Koira Bajao Go" - Durga Sohay Lagnajita Chakraborty - "E Bhabe Golpo Hok" - Bibaho Diaries Nikhita Gandhi - "Tomra Ekhono Ki" - Meghnad Badh Rahasya Sharmin Sultana Sumi - "Ahare Jibon" - Doob Shreya Ghoshal - "Tui Chunli Jakhan" - Samantaral
Best Debut Male	Best Debut Female
Nur Islam - Sahaj Paather Gappo Samiul Alam - Sahaj Paather Gappo Aditya Sengupta – Projapoti Biskut Arghya Basu Roy - Posto	Rukmini Maitra - Chaamp, Cockpit Anusha Vishwanathan - Durga Sohay Arjaa Baneerjee - Dhananjay Ida Dasgupta - Shob Bhooturey Ishaa Saha – Projapoti Biskut

Critics' awards

Best Film (Best Director)
Mayurakshi - Atanu Ghosh Bishorjan - Kaushik Ganguly Meghnad Badh Rahasya - Anik Dutta Raktokorobi - Amitava Bhattacharya Samantaral - Partha Chakraborty Sahaj Paather Gappo - Manas Mukul Pal
Best Actor	Best Actress
Soumitra Chatterjee - Mayurakshi Anirban Bhattacharya - Dhananjay Dhritiman Chatterjee - Chitrokar Irrfan Khan - Doob Jisshu Sengupta - Byomkesh O Agnibaan Parambrata Chatterjee - Samantaral	Ishaa Saha - Projapoti Biskut Arpita Chatterjee - Chitrokar Jaya Ahsan - Bishorjan Sohini Sarkar - Durga Sohay

Technical Awards

Best Story	Best Screenplay
Kaushik Ganguly - Bishorjan Atanu Ghosh – Mayurakshi Pratim D. Gupta - Maacher Jhol Tarak Nath Saha - Samantaral	Manas Mukul Pal - Sahaj Paather Gappo Anindya Chatterjee - Projapoti Biskut Kaushik Ganguly – Bishorjan Pratim D. Gupta - Maacher Jhol Saurav Palodhi and Mainak Bhaumik - Bibaho Diaries
Best Dialogue	Best Editing
Pratim D. Gupta - Maacher Jhol Anik Dutta and Utsab Mukherjee - Meghnad Badh Rahasya Kaushik Ganguly – Bishorjan Manas Mukul Pal - Sahaj Paather Gappo Saurav Palodhi - Bibaho Diaries	Sujay Dutta Roy and Anirban Maity - Sahaj Paather Gappo Arghya Kamal Mitra - Meghnad Badh Rahasya Arghya Kamal Mitra - Byomkesh O Agnibaan Pronoy Dasgupta - Bibaho Diaries
Best Background Score	Best Cinematography
Debojyoti Mishra - Mayurakshi Chandradip Goswami - Sahaj Paather Gappo Debojyoti Mishra - Meghnad Badh Rahasya Indraadip Dasgupta – Bishorjan Joy Sarkar - Bilu Rakkhosh Pavel Areen - Doob	Supriyo - Projapoti Biskut Supratim Bhol - Sahaj Paather Gappo Sheikh Rajibul Islam – Doob Shubhankar Bhar - Maacher Jhol Soumik Haldar - Mayurakshi Soumik Haldar - Yeti Obhijaan Souvik Basu – Bishorjan
Best Production Design	Best Sound Design
Madhuja Bannerjee and Kaushik-Barik - Projapoti Biskut Amit Chatterjee - Bibaho Diaries Gautam Basu – Bishorjan Indranil Ghosh – Meghnad Badh Rahasya Saswati Karmakar - Maacher Jhol Soumik Haldar, Sabarni Das and Arindam Sil - Dhananjay	Anirban Sengupta - Bishorjan Anindit Roy and Adeep Singh Manki - Bibaho Diaries Anindit Roy and Adeep Singh Manki - Maacher Jhol Anirban Sengupta – Mayurakshi Manas Mukul Pal, Amit Kumar Dutta and Dipankar Chaki - Sahaj Paather Gappo

Special awards

Lifetime Achievement Award
Mrinal Sen Sabitri Chatterjee

Multiple Nominations

• Bishorjan - 14
• Maacher Jhol - 13
• Sahaj Paather Gappo - 12
• Bibaho Diaries - 10
• Mayurakshi - 10
• Projapoti Biskut - 10
• Posto - 9
• Samantaral - 8
• Meghnad Badh Rahasya - 8
• Doob - 5
• Durga Sohay - 4
• Dhananjay - 4
• Chaamp - 3
• Cockpit - 3
• Byomkesh O Agnibaan - 2
• Asamapto - 2

Multiple Awards

• Bishorjan - 6
• Projapoti Biskut - 6
• Mayurakshi - 4
• Sahaj Paather Gappo - 4
• Maacher Jhol - 2