Popular Bangladeshi actor Jaya Ahsan bagged the Jio Filmfare Awards (East) 2018 held at Kolkata’s Science City Auditorium on Saturday.

Jaya was adjudged the best actor in a leading role (female) for the cross-border love saga, Bisharjon.

The actor par excellence said this was her first Filmfare award and thanked all her directors in Bangladesh and Tollywood for making 'Jaya Ahsan'.

Kaushik Ganguly’s Bisharjon won six awards, including those for best film in the popular category and best director, Atanu Ghosh’s heartwarming film, Mayurakshi, picked up four, including best film critics’ choice award.

Tollywood superstar Prosenjit Chatterjee bagged the award for best actor (male) category.

He said this was the third Filmfare award for him and he thanked organisers for giving such a platform to up and coming artistes in the industry. Bollywood filmmaker Sujoy Ghosh presented the award to "the industry himself".

A galaxy of stars descended on the Science City Auditorium to cheer for the winners and celebrate excellence in cinema.

List of all winners

Best Film

Bishorjan

Best Director

Kaushik Ganguly (Bishorjan)

 

Best Film (Critics)

Mayurakshi (Atanu Ghosh)

Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male) - Popular

Prosenjit Chatterjee (Mayurakshi)

Critics’ Award for Best Actor (Male)

Soumitra Chatterjee (Mayurakshi)

Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female) – Popular

Jaya Ahsan (Bishorjan)

 

Critics’ Award for Best Actor (Female)

Ishaa Saha (Projapoti Biskut)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male)

Kaushik Ganguly (Bishorjan)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female)

Mamata Shankar (Maacher Jhol)

Best Music Album

Projapoti Biskut - Anindya Chatterjee, Anupam Roy, Shantanu Moitra and Prasenjit Mukherjee 

 

Best Lyrics

Ritam Sen - Tomake bujhina priyo (Projapati Biskut)

Best Playback Singer (Male)

Nachiketa Chakraborty - Keno erokom kicchu holo na (Posto)

 

Best Playback Singer (Female)

Chandrani Banerjee - Tomake bujhina priyo (Projapoti Biskut)

Lifetime Achievement Award

Mrinal Sen

 

Lifetime Achievement Award

Sabitri Chatterjee

Best Debut Director

Manas Mukul Pal - Sahaj Paather Gappo

Best Debut (Male)

Nur Islam - Sahaj Paather Gappo

Samiul Alam - Sahaj Paather Gappo

Best Debut (Female)

Rukmini Maitra - Chaamp, Cockpit

Best Original Story

Kaushik Ganguly - Bishorjan

Best Screenplay

Manas Mukul Pal - Sahaj Paather Gappo

Best Dialogue

Pratim D. Gupta - Maacher Jhol

 

Best Sound Design

Anirban Sengupta - Bishorjan

Best Editing

Sujay Dutta Roy and Anirban Maity - Sahaj Paather Gappo

Best Cinematography

Supriyo Dutta - Projapoti Biskut

Best Background Score

Debojyoti Mishra - Mayurakshi

Best Production Design

Madhuja Bannerjee and Kaushik-Barik - Projapoti Biskut