Eastern India Motion Picture Association () is a trade organization based in Kolkata that represents producers, distributors, and exhibitors in the West Bengal and Eastern Indian film industry. Founded in 1945 by Anadinath Bose, it functions as a regulatory body, handling film title registration and supporting the commercial growth of Eastern Indian cinema.
List of presidents Term of office Name 1945—1948Anadinath Bose1949B N Sircar1950—1951M D Chatterjee1951—1952B N Sircar1953—1961M D Chatterjee1962Monoranjan Ghosh1963—1967M D Chatterjee1968—1978S L Jalan1979—1982K K Choudhury1983—1985Parimal Kumar Sarkar1986—1990S L Jalan1991S L JalanA Karim1991—1995Pronab Kumar Bose1995—1996Sardarmull Kankaria1996—2000Parimal Kumar Sarkar2000—2001L C Bakliwal2001—2002Rabindra Agarwal2002—2004Arijit Dutta2004—2005M A K Sayeed2005—2006J K Agarwal2006—2007Bijay Kr. Khemka2007—2008Ajit Bhattacharjee2008—2010Surinder Singh2010—2011Bijay Kalyani2011—2013Surinder Singh2013—2017Shrikant Mohta2017—2018Shrikant MohtaKrishna Narayan Daga2018—2019Krishna Narayan DagaPiya Sengupta2019—presentPiya Sengupta
Controversy Following a landslide victory of the BJP over the Trinamool Congress in the 2026 West Bengal Assembly Elections, a number of producers and directors from Bengali film industry staged protests outside EIMPA office demanding Piya Sengupta's immediate resignation.
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External links Official website