2nd Filmfare Awards East

{{short description|Award ceremony for Bengali language films}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}

{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}

{{Infobox film awards

| number = 2

| award = Filmfare Awards East

| image =

| caption = 2nd Filmfare Awards East

| date = 25 February 2017

| site = Science City, Kolkata

| host = Abir Chatterjee
Jisshu Sengupta

| website = {{URL|http://www.filmfare.com/awards/filmfare-awards-east-2017/|Filmfare Awards East 2017}}

| producer =

| director =

| best_film = Cinemawala

| most_wins = Shaheb Bibi Golaam (6)

| most_nominations = Shaheb Bibi Golaam (12)

| best_director = Kaushik Ganguly for Cinemawala

| best_actor = Prosenjit Chatterjee for Shankhachil

| best_actress = Swastika Mukherjee for Shaheb Bibi Golaam

| best_critic = Cholai

| network = Colors Tv Bangla

| duration =

| ratings =

| last = 1st

| next = 3rd

}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.filmfare.com/awards/filmfare-awards-east-2017/nominations|title=The nominations for the 2nd Jio Filmfare Awards East are out.|work=Filmfare}}

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| image2 = Swastika Mukherjee - Kolkata 2015-10-10 5829.JPG

| caption2 = Swastika Mukherjee, Best Actress

| image3 = Chatterjee at CCL Launch.jpg

| caption3 = Prosenjit Chatterjee, Best Actor

| image4 = Rituparna Sengupta - Kolkata 2018-02-18 1799.JPG

| caption4 = Rituparna Sengupta, Best Actress Critics

| image5 = Paran Bandopadhya 6654.JPG

| caption5 = Paran Bandopadhyay, Best Actor Critics

| image6 = Aparajita Auddy (cropped).jpg

| caption6 = Aparajita Adhya, Best Supporting Actress

| image7 = Ritwick Chakraborty.jpg

| caption7 = Ritwick Chakraborty, Best Supporting Actor co-winner

| image8 = অনুপম রায়.jpg

| caption8 = Anupam Roy, Best Music Composer & Best Lyricist

| image9 = Anindya Chatterjee (musician).jpg

| caption9 = Anindya Chatterjee, Best Music Composer

| image10 = Nachiketa Chakraborty.jpg

| caption10 = Nachiketa Chakraborty, Best Male Playback Singer

| image11 = Iman Chakraborty - Kolkata 2023-12-05 8490.jpg

| caption11 = Iman Chakraborty, Best Female Playback Singer

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colspan="4"| Best Film

! colspan="4"| Best Director

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colspan="4"| Best Actor

! colspan="4"| Best Actress

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colspan="4"| Best Supporting Actor

! colspan="4"| Best Supporting Actress

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colspan=8|Music Awards
colspan="4"| Best Music Director

! colspan="4"| Best Lyricist

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colspan="4"| Best Playback Singer - Male

! colspan="4"| Best Playback Singer - Female

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colspan=8|Debut Awards
colspan="4"| Best Debut Male

! colspan="4"|Best Debut Director

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  • Arindam Bhattacharya – Antarleen
  • Ayan Chakraborti – Shororipu

=Critics' awards=

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colspan=2|Best Film (Best Director)
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Best Actor

!Best Actress

* Paran Bandopadhyay Cinemawala as Pranabendu Das

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==Technical Awards==

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Best Story

!Best Screenplay

* Kaushik GangulyCinemawala

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Best Dialogue

!Best Editing

* Subhomay Chatterjee – Cholai

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Best Choreography

! Best Cinematography

* Baba Yadav for SelfieAbhimaan

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Best Production Design

! Best Sound Design

* Dhananjay Mondal – Cinemawala

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colspan="2"| Best Background Score
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  • Neil Adhikari – Shaheb Bibi Golaam
  • ==Special awards==

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    !colspan=2; style="text-align: left;" | Lifetime Achievement Award

    * Supriya Devi

    Superlatives

    =Multiple Nominations=

    ==Multiple Awards==

    References

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