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 FilmBest 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 - PostoBest Actor Best Actress Prosenjit Chatterjee - Mayurakshi Prosenjit Chatterjee - Yeti Obhijaan Jeet - Boss 2 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 DiariesBest Supporting ActorBest Supporting Actress Kaushik Ganguly - Bishorjan Abir Chatterjee - Meghnad Badh Rahasya Bratya Basu - Asamapto Paran Bandopadhyay - Posto Riddhi Sen - Samantaral Aryann Bhowmik - Yeti Obhijaan Mamata Shankar - Maacher Jhol Arjaa Bannerjee - Dhananjay Lily Chakravarty - Posto Sneha Biswas - Sahaj Paather Gappo Tonushree Chakraborty - Durga SohayBest Music DirectorBest 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 Indraadip Das Gupta - Yeti Obhijaan 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" - SamantaralBest Playback Singer - MaleBest 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" - SamantaralBest Debut MaleBest 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 PalBest ActorBest 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 StoryBest 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 DiariesBest DialogueBest 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 DiariesBest Background ScoreBest 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 – BishorjanBest Production DesignBest 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
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