2nd Filmfare Awards East ceremony, presented by The Times Group, honored the best Bengali language Indian films of 2016.

Shaheb Bibi Golaam led the ceremony with twelve nominations, and was the most awarded film at the ceremony, with six wins including Best Actress (for Swastika Mukherjee) and Best Supporting Actor (for Ritwick Chakraborty). It was followed by Praktan and Cinemawala, with ten and eight nominations respectively. For the former, Rituparna Sengupta won Best Actress Critics' (with additional four wins), while Paran Bandopadhyay won Best Actor Critics' for the latter.

Jisshu Sengupta received dual nominations for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor, but won neither of them.

Ceremony Held at Science City, the 2nd Filmfare Awards East had Jio as the title sponsor. Abir Chatterjee and Jisshu Sengupta co-hosted the ceremony.

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

Best Film Best Director Cinemawala – Shree Venkatesh Films Double Feluda – Eros International Eagoler Chokh – Shree Venkatesh Films Praktan – Windows Production Shaheb Bibi Golaam – Friends Communication Shankhachil – Ashirbad Cholochitro, Impress Telefilm Limited & NIdeas Creations & Productions 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 as Muntasir Chaudhury Badal Abir Chatterjee – Byomkesh Pawrbo as Byomkesh Bakshi Chiranjeet Chakraborty – Shororipu as Detective Chandrakanta Jeet — Power as Beerpratap Chowdhury Dev – Zulfiqar as Markaz Ali Jisshu Sengupta – Byomkesh O Chiriyakhana as Byomkesh Bakshi Paran Bandopadhyay – Cinemawala as Pranabendu Das Swastika Mukherjee – Shaheb Bibi Golaam as Jaya Sarkar Gargi Roychowdhury – Benche Thakar Gaan as Dr. Paramita Sen Jaya Ahsan – Eagoler Chokh as Shivangi B. Ray Paoli Dam – Khawto as Antara Chakrabarty/Damayanti Raima Sen – Monchora as Nanda Chaudhury Rituparna Sengupta – Praktan as Sudipa Sen Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Anirban Bhattacharya – Eagoler Chokh as Bishan Ray Ritwick Chakraborty – Shaheb Bibi Golaam as Javed Arun Guha Thakurta – Cinemawala as Hari Jisshu Sengupta – Zulfiqar as Kashinath Kundu Koushik Sen – Zulfiqar as Basheer Khan Parambrata Chatterjee – Cinemawala as Prakash Das Aparajita Auddy – Praktan as Malini "Molly" Mukherjee Churni Ganguly – Bastu-Shaap as Antara Mamata Shankar – Antarleen as Swati Dutta Shajbati – Shankhachil as Rupsha Chaudhury Sudipta Chakraborty – Shororipu as BonhiMusic Awards Best Music Director Best Lyricist Anupam Roy & 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-ShaapDebut Awards Best Debut MaleBest Debut Director Yash Dasgupta – Gangster as Kabir (Guru) Arindam Bhattacharya – Antarleen Ayan Chakraborti – Shororipu

Critics' awards Best Film (Best Director) Cholai – Arun Roy|- !Best Actor !Best Actress

Paran Bandopadhyay – Cinemawala as Pranabendu Das Rituparna Sengupta – Praktan as Sudipa Sen

Technical Awards Best StoryBest Screenplay Kaushik Ganguly – Cinemawala Pratim D. Gupta – Shaheb Bibi GolaamBest DialogueBest 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

Superlatives 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

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