The 8th Filmfare Awards Bangla is an award ceremony, presented by The Times Group, which honoured the best Indian Bengali-language films of 2024.
Bohurupi, directed by the duo Nandita Roy and Shiboprosad Mukherjee, led the ceremony with a leading sixteen nominations, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor (for Shiboprosad Mukherjee), Best Actress (for Koushani Mukherjee) and Best Supporting Actress (for Ritabhari Chakraborty), ultimately emerging as the most awarded film with seven wins. It was followed by Chaalchitro: The Frame Fatale and Padatik, with both receiving fourteen nominations each.
Subhashree Ganguly received her second Best Actress award for Babli, besides receiving two additional nominations for Best Actress (Critics) and Best Supporting Actress. The ceremony was aired on 30 March 2025 on Zee Bangla.
Ceremony Held at the JW Marriott Hotel, Kolkata on 18 March 2025, the Joy Filmfare Awards Bangla 2025 honoured the best Indian Bengali-language films released in 2024. A press conference was held on 10 March 2025 at Kolkata, where Jitesh Pillai, the editor of Filmfare, declared Joy to be the title sponsor, while also announcing the nominations for the ceremony.
Co-founder Sunil Aggarwal and Chief Marketing Officer Poulomi Roy were present as the representatives from Joy. Subhashree Ganguly was present at the conference. Puja Banerjee, Raj Chakraborty and Shiboprosad Mukherjee were announced to be the hosts, while the list of performers included Barkha Bisht Sengupta and Subhashree Ganguly amongst others.
Winners and nominees The nominations were announced on 10 March 2025. Popular awards
Best Film Best DirectorBohurupi – Windows ProductionAjogyo – Surinder Films Chaalchitro: The Frame Fatale – Friends Communication Khadaan – Surinder Films & Dev Entertainment Ventures Padatik – Friends Communication Shontaan – SVF | colspan="3"; valign="top"|Nandita Roy & Shiboprosad Mukherjee – Bohurupi Kaushik Ganguly – Ajogyo Pratim D Gupta – Chaalchitro: The Frame Fatale Raj Chakraborty – Babli Soojit Rino Dutta – Khadaan Srijit Mukherji – Padatik Best Actor Best ActressShiboprosad Mukherjee – Bohurupi as Bikram Pramanik / Chuni Kumar / Bablu Sarkar / Eklas Chaudhury Ankush Hazra – Mirza: Part 1 – Joker as Mirza Sheikh Dev – Khadaan as Shyam Mahato / Madhu Mahato Mithun Chakraborty – Shontaan as Saradindu Bose Prosenjit Chatterjee – Ajogyo as Prosen Mitra Tota Roy Chowdhury – Chaalchitro: The Frame Fatale as Kanishka Chatterjee Vikram Chatterjee – Pariah as Lubdhak ChatterjeeSubhashree Ganguly – Babli as Babli (Damayanti) Aparajita Adhya – Eta Amader Golpo as Shritama Dutta Sharma Jaya Ahsan – Bhootpori as Banalata Koushani Mukherjee – Bohurupi as Jhimli Pramanik Oindrila Sen – Mirza: Part 1 – Joker as SI Muskaan Rituparna Sengupta – Ajogyo as Parna Majumdar Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting ActressSawon Chakraborty – Chaalchitra Ekhon as Ranjan DuttSilajit Majumdar – Ajogyo as Raktim MajumdarAmit Saha – Mon Potongo as Bapon Anirban Chakrabarti – Chaalchitro: The Frame Fatale as Naseer Jisshu Sengupta – Khadaan as Mohan Das Soumya Mukherjee – Pariah as Nanda | colspan="3"; valign="top"|Monami Ghosh – Padatik as Geeta SenTanika Basu – Chaalchitro: The Frame Fatale as PutulRitabhari Chakraborty – Bohurupi as Pori Ghoshal Subhashree Ganguly – Shontaan as Adv. Indrani Sen Swastika Dutta – Alaap as Swatilekha Sen Swastika Mukherjee – Bijoyar Pore as Mrinmoyee 'Meenu' Mizanoor |- ! ! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:60%;" colspan=6|Debut awards |- ! ! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:20%;" colspan=2 |Best Male Debut ! ! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:20%;" colspan=2 |Best Female Debut ! ! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:20%;" colspan=2 |Best Debut Director |- |colspan=2; valign=top|Subhankar Mohanta – Mon Potongo as HaasanGambhira Bhattacharya – Hubba as Shyamal 'Hubba' Mondal Indrajeet Bose – Chaalchitro: The Frame Fatale ACP Bishwa Korak Samanta – Padatik as Mrinal Sen Pratik Dutta – Shri Swapankumarer Badami Hyenar Kobole as Ratan Lal |colspan=2; valign=top|Baishakhi Roy – Mon Potongo as LaxmiIdhika Paul – Khadaan as Latika MahatoAngana Roy – Pariah as Kamalini Roshni Bhattacharya – Oti Uttam as Sohini |colspan=2; valign=top|Samik Roy Chowdhury – Beline Abhijit Sridas – Bijoyar Pore Abhinandan Banerjee – Manikbabur Megh Arna Mukhopadhyay – Athhoi Manasi Sinha – Eta Amader Golpo Soojit Rino Dutta – Khadaan Writing awardsBest Original StoryBest ScreenplayBest DialoguesAbhinandan Banerjee – Manikbabur Megh Nandita Roy & Shiboprosad Mukherjee – Bohurupi Pratim D Gupta – Chaalchitro: The Frame Fatale Rajdeep Paul & Sarmistha Maiti – Mon Potongo Samik Roy Choudhury – Beline Sreejib & Soumyabrata Rakshit – ShontaanSrijit Mukherji – Padatik Abhinandan Banerjee – Manikbabur Megh Antara Banerjee & Tathagata Mukherjee – Pariah Aritra Banerjee – Dabaru Debaloy Bhattacharya – Shri Swapankumarer Badami Hyenar Kobole Pratim D Gupta – Chaalchitro: The Frame FataleKaushik Ganguly – Ajogyo Abhinandan Banerjee & Bauddhayan Mukherji – Manikbabur Megh Pratim D Gupta – Chaalchitro: The Frame Fatale Premendu Bikash Chaki & Padmanabha Dasgupta – Alaap Srijit Mukherji – Padatik Music awardsBest Music AlbumBest LyricsAnupam Roy, Bonnie Chakraborty, Arnab Dutta, Silajit Majumdar & Nanichora Das Baul – Bohurupi Anupam Roy – Alaap Anupam Roy, Indraadip Dasgupta & Ranajoy Bhattacharjee – Ajogyo Savvy Gupta, Rathijit Bhattacharjee & Nilayan Chatterjee – Khadaan Loy–Deep – SurjoAbhinandan Banerjee – "Tomar Amar Golpo Hoto Jodi" – Manikbabur Megh Anupam Roy – "Ajogyo Ami" – Ajogyo Nanichora Das Baul – "Shimul Polash" – Bohurupi Prasen – "Megh Muluker Jhil" – Surjo Ranajoy Bhattacharjee – "Tomay Chhere Jete Parlam Koi" – Tekka Ranajoy Bhattacharjee – "Tui Amar Hobi Na" – AjogyoBest Playback Singer - MaleBest Playback Singer - FemaleNanichora Das Baul & Bonnie Chakraborty – "Shimul Polash" – Bohurupi Anirban Bhattacharya – "Tomar Amar Golpo Hoto Jodi" – Manikbabur Megh Arijit Singh – "Keu Janbe Na" – Ajogyo Mika Singh – "Ki Ekkhan Gaan Banaise" – Sentimentaal Rathijit Bhattacharjee – "Kishori" – Khadaan Rupankar Bagchi – "Tui Amar Hobi Na" – Ajogyo Timir Biswas – "Taasher Deshe" – TekkaShrestha Das – "Dakatiya Banshi" – Bohurupi Antara Mitra – "Kishori" – Khadaan Iman Chakraborty – "Ki Ekkhan Gaan Banaise" – Sentimentaal Shreya Ghoshal – "Aj Shara Bela" – Bohurupi Shreya Ghoshal – "Tui Amar Hobi Na" – Ajogyo Somlata Acharyya Chowdhury – "Abohawa Bole Dey" – Alaap
Critics awards Best Film (Best Director)Chaalchitra Ekhon – Anjan Dutt Manikbabur Megh – Abhinandan Banerjee Beline – Samik Roy Choudhury Mon Potongo – Rajdeep Paul & Sarmistha Maiti Padatik – Srijit Mukherji Shri Swapankumarer Badami Hyenar Kobole – Debaloy BhattacharyaBest ActorBest Actress Anjan Dutt – Chaalchitra Ekhon as Kunal Sen Chandan Sen – Manikbabur Megh as Manik Babu Abir Chatterjee – Shri Swapankumarer Badami Hyenar Kobole as Dipak Chatterjee Chanchal Chowdhury – Padatik as Mrinal Sen Mosharraf Karim – Hubba as Shyamal Mondal / Hubba Shyamal Paran Bandopadhyay – Beline as Unnamed Old ManMamata Shankar – Bijoyar Pore as Alokananda 'Aloka' Anashua Majumdar – Shontaan as Mala Bose Baishakhi Roy – Mon Potongo as Laxmi Mimi Chakraborty – Alaap as Aditi Mitra (AM) Sreya Bhattacharya – Beline as The Unnamed Girl Subhashree Ganguly – Babli as Babli (Damayanti)
Technical awards Best CinematographyBest Production DesignBest EditingAnup Singh – Manikbabur Megh Indranath Marick - Padatik Indranath Marick - Bohurupi Manas Ganguly - Babli Ramyadeep Saha - Shri Swapankumarer Badami Hyenar Kobole Turja Ghosh - Chaalchitro: The Frame FataleTanmay Chakraborty – Padatik Ananda Adhyya - Bohurupi Ananda Adhyya - Chaalchitro: The Frame Fatale Monalisa Mukherji - Manikbabur Megh Ranajit Gharai - Shri Swapankumarer Badami Hyenar Kobole Bablu Singha - KhadaanSrijit Mukherji – Padatik Antara Lahiri - Chaalchitro: The Frame Fatale Malay Laha - Bohurupi MD. Kalam - Dabaru Pronoy Dasgupta - Oti Uttam Sanglap Bhowmik - Shri Swapankumarer Badami Hyenar KoboleBest Background ScoreBest Sound DesignBest CostumeNeel Dutt – Chaalchitra Ekhon Bonnie Chakraborty - Bohurupi Debojyoti Mishra - Chaalchitro: The Frame Fatale Indraadip Dasgupta - Padatik Prabuddha Banerjee - Alaap Rathijit Bhattacharjee - Khadaan Subhajit Mukherjee - Manikbabur MeghAbhijit (Tenny) Roy – Manikbabur Megh Adeep Singh Manki - Athhoi Anindit Roy and Adeep Singh Manki - Khadaan Anindit Roy and Adeep Singh Manki - Chaalchitro: The Frame Fatale Dibyo - PadatikJayanti Sen – Bohurupi Sabarni Das - Shri Swapankumarer Badami Hyenar Kobole Poulami Gupta - Jamalaye Jibonto Bhanu Sabarni Das - Padatik Sabarni Das - Hubba
Lifetime Achievement Award Lifetime Achievement AwardBiswajit Chatterjee
Superlatives +Multiple nominations Nominations Film 16 Bohurupi 14 Chaalchitro: The Frame FatalePadatik 12 KhadaanManikbabur Megh 10 Ajogyo8Shri Swapankumarer Badami Hyenar Kobole6AlaapMon Potongo5Shontaan4Chaalchitra EkhonBabliPariah3HubbaBeline Bijoyar Pore
+Multiple wins Awards Film7 Bohurupi6Manikbabur Megh4 PadatikChaalchitra Ekhon2AjogyoMon Potongo
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