2nd Filmfare Awards East ceremony, presented by the

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language Indian films of 2016. The ceremony was held on 25 February 2017 and was co-hosted by

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Winners and nominees

Main Awards

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

Critics' awards

Technical Awards

Special awards

Multiple Nominations

* '' Shaheb Bibi Golaam'' – 12 * ''

Praktan ''Praktan'' (Bengali: প্রাক্তন, lit. ''Former'') is a 2016 Indian Bengali film directed by Nandita Roy and Shiboprosad Mukherjee and starring Prosenjit Chatterjee and Rituparna Sengupta. It brings back the Prosenjit - Rituparna ...

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Cinemawala ''Cinemawala'' is a 2016 Indian Bengali language film directed by Kaushik Ganguly, and starring Paran Bandyopadhyay and Parambrata Chatterjee. The theme of the film is tribute to the single screen cinema halls that are rapidly becoming rare in I ...

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Zulfiqar Zulfiqar ( ar, ذُو ٱلْفَقَار, Ḏū-l-Faqār, ), also spelled ''Zu al-Faqar'', ''Zulfikar'', ''Dhu al-Faqar'', ''Dhulfaqar'' or ''Dhulfiqar'', is the sword of Ali ibn Abi Talib. Middle Eastern weapons are commonly inscribed w ...

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Shankhachil ''Shankhachil'' (Brahminy kite, bn, শঙ্খচিল) is a 2016 India-Bangladesh joint venture Bengali-language historical Drama film, written by Sayantani Putatunda, starring Prosenjit, Kusum Sikder, Shajbati and directed by Goutam Gh ...

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Bastu-Shaap ''Bastu-Shaap'' ( bn, বাস্তু শাপ, en, Cursed House) is a 2016 Indian Bengali language, Bengali film with story, screenplay and direction by Kaushik Ganguly, starring Raima Sen, Abir Chatterjee, Parambrata Chatterjee, Churni Gang ...

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Eagoler Chokh ''Eagoler Chokh'' ( bn, ঈগলের চোখ, eng, Eyes of Eagle; alternatively known as ''Goenda Shabor: Eagoler Chokh'') is a 2016 Indian Bengali-language crime thriller film directed by Arindam Sil. It is the sequel to 2015 film ''Ebar ...

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Double Feluda ''Double Feluda'' is a 2016 Bengali language crime thriller detective film, based on the Bengali sleuth ''Feluda'', created by the acclaimed and renowned ''Oscar''- winning director Satyajit Ray. It is the 19th film in the ''Feluda'' series. D ...

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Multiple Awards

* '' Shaheb Bibi Golaam'' - 6 * ''

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References

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