Kolkata/IBNS: Bengali film star Subhashree Ganguly on Monday launched the Filmfare Awards Bangla 2025 which will be held on March 18.

The highly anticipated Filmfare Awards night promises to be a dazzling affair, featuring spectacular performances by Subhashree Ganguly, Barkha Bisht, and Puja Banerjee.

The show will be anchored by filmmakers Raj Chakraborty and Shiboprosad Mukherjee besides actress Puja Banerjee.

Subhashree Ganguly (C) lighting the lamp to launch the award ceremony. Image by Avishek Mitra/IBNS

The nominations for the year 2025 have been released for technical and popular categories, a total of 25 categories.

Speaking at the press conference, Subhashree said, "The unveiling of the Filmfare Award was beyond my dream. I used to sit in front of TV all my life, watch Filmfare Awards of Bollywood, enjoy those moments and try to enact them in front of the mirror.

"But I never dreamt of unveiling the award. It's definitely God's blessings."

"Filmfare Awards and magazines have remained an emotion for all of us," the 34-year-old, who was last seen in Shontaan, added.

Jitesh Pillai (L) and Subhashree Ganguly (R) at the press meet. Image by Avishek Mitra/IBNS

Jitesh Pillai, editor-in-chief, Filmfare, added, "Bengali cinema has always been a powerhouse of storytelling, blending tradition with innovation.

"With Joy Filmfare Awards Bangla 2025, we celebrate not just cinematic brilliance but also the passion and artistry that define this industry. It is a privilege to celebrate the visionaries who continue to shape its enduring legacy."

The award ceremony, which will be held at JW Marriott in Kolkata, will recognise the talents of Bengali cinema from theatrical releases from January-December 2024.

Subhashree Ganguly on the sidelines of the event. Image by Avishek Mitra/IBNS

Nominations for Joy Filmfare Awards Bangla 2025:

BEST FILM

AJOGYO

BOHURUPI

CHAALCHITRO THE FRAME FATALE

KHADAAN

PADATIK

SHONTAAN

BEST DIRECTOR

KAUSHIK GANGULY (AJOGYO)

NANDITA ROY AND SHIBOPRASAD MUKHERJEE (BOHURUPI)

PRATIM D GUPTA (CHAALCHITRO THE FRAME FATALE)

RAJ CHAKRABORTY (BABLI)

SOOJIT DUTTA (KHADAAN)

SRIJIT MUKHERJI (PADATIK)

BEST FILM (CRITICS')

BELINE (SAMIK ROY CHOUDHURY)

CHAALCHITRA EKHON (ANJAN DUTT)

MANIKBABUR MEGH (ABHINANDAN BANERJEE)

MON POTONGO (RAJDEEP PAUL AND SARMISTHA MAITI)

PADATIK (SRIJIT MUKHERJI)

SHRI SWAPANKUMARER- BADAMI HYENAR KOBOLE (DEBALOY BHATTACHARYA)

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE (MALE)

ANKUSH HAZRA (MIRZA)

DEV (KHADAAN)

MITHUN CHAKRABORTY (SHONTAAN)

PROSENJIT CHATTERJEE (AJOGYO)

SHIBOPROSAD MUKHERJEE (BOHURUPI)

TOTA ROYCHOUDHURY (CHAALCHITRO THE FRAME FATALE)

VIKRAM CHATTERJEE (PARIAH)

BEST ACTOR (CRITICS')

ABIR CHATTERJEE (SHRI SWAPANKUMAR- ER BADAMI HYENAR KOBOLE)

ANJAN DUTT (CHAALCHITRA EKHON)

CHANCHAL CHOWDHURY (PADATIK)

CHANDAN SEN (MANIKBABUR MEGH)

MOSHARRAF KARIM (HUBBA)

PARAN BANDYOPADHYAY (BELINE)

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE (FEMALE)

APARAJITA ADHYA (ETA AMADER GOLPO)

JAYA AHSAN (BHOOTPORI)

KOUSHANI MUKHERJEE (BOHURUPI)

OINDRILA SEN (MIRZA)

RITUPARNA SENGUPTA (AJOGYO)

SUBHASHREE GANGULY (BABLI)

BEST ACTRESS (CRITICS')

ANUSUYA MAZUMDER (SHONTAAN)

BAISHAKHI ROY (MON POTONGO)

MAMATA SHANKAR (BIJOYAR PORE)

MIMI CHAKRABORTY (ALAAP)

SREYA BHATTACHARYYA (BELINE)

SUBHASHREE GANGULY (BABLI)

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (MALE)

AMIT SAHA (MON POTONGO)

ANIRBAN CHAKRABARTI (CHAALCHITRO THE FRAME FATALE)

JISSHU U SENGUPTA (KHADAAN)

SAWON CHAKRABORTY (CHAALCHITRA EKHON)

SILAJIT MAJUMDER (AJOGYO)

SOUMYA MUKHERJEE (PARIAH)

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (FEMALE)

MONAMI GHOSH (PADATIK)

RITABHARI CHAKRABORTY (BOHURUPI)

SUBHASHREE GANGULY (SHONTAAN)

SWASTIKA DUTTA (ALAAP)

SWASTIKA MUKHERJEE (BIJOYAR PORE)

TANIKA BASU (CHAALCHITRO THE FRAME FATALE)

BEST MUSIC ALBUM

ALAAP (ANUPAM ROY)

AJOGYO (INDRAADIP DASGUPTA, ANUPAM ROY, RANAJOY BHATTACHARJEE)

BOHURUPI (ANUPAM ROY, BONNIE CHAKRABORTY, ARNAB DUTTA, SILAJIT MAJUMDAR, NANICHORA DAS BAUL)

KHADAAN (SAVVY, RATHIJIT BHATTACHARJEE, NILAYAN CHATTERJEE)

SURJO (LOY- DEEP)

BEST LYRICS

ABHINANDAN 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- AJOGYO)

BEST PLAYBACK SINGER (MALE)

ANIRBAN BHATTACHARYA (TOMAR AMAR GOLPO HOTO JODI- MANIKBABUR MEGH)

ARIJIT SINGH (KEU JANBE NA- AJOGYO)

MIKA SINGH (KI EKKHAN GAAN BANAISE- MENTAAL)

NANICHORA DAS BAUL AND BONNIE CHAKRABORTY (SHIMUL POLASH- BOHURUPI)

RATHIJIT BHATTACHARJEE (KISHORI- KHADAAN)

RUPANKAR BAGCHI (TUI AMAR HOBI NA- AJOGYO)

TIMIR BISWAS (TAASHER DESHE- TEKKA)

BEST PLAYBACK SINGER (FEMALE)

ANTARA MITRA (KISHORI- KHADAAN)

IMAN CHAKRABORTY (KI EKKHAN GAAN BANAISE- MENTAAL)

SHRESTHA DAS (DAKATIYA BANSHI- BOHURUPI)

SHREYA GHOSHAL (AJ SHARA BELA- BOHURUPI)

SHREYA GHOSHAL (TUI AMAR HOBI NA- AJOGYO)

SOMLATA ACHARYYA CHOWDHURY (ABOHAWA BOLE DEY- ALAAP)

BEST ORIGINAL STORY

ABHINANDAN BANERJEE (MANIKBABUR MEGH)

NANDITA ROY AND SHIBOPRASAD MUKHERJEE (BOHURUPI)

PRATIM D. GUPTA (CHAALCHITRO THE FRAME FATALE)

RAJDEEP PAUL AND SARMISTHA MAITI (MON POTONGO)

SAMIK ROY CHOUDHURY (BELINE)

SREEJIB AND SOUMYABRATA RAKSHIT (SHONTAAN)

BEST SCREENPLAY

ABHINANDAN BANERJEE (MANIKBABUR MEGH)

ANTARA BANERJEE, TATHAGATA MUKHOPADHYAY (PARIAH)

ARITRA BANERJEE (DABARU)

DEBALOY BHATTACHARYA (SHRI SWAPANKUMARER- BADAMI HYENAR KOBOLE)

PRATIM D. GUPTA (CHAALCHITRO THE FRAME FATALE)

SRIJIT MUKHERJI (PADATIK)

BEST DIALOGUE

ABHINANDAN BANERJEE, BAUDDHAYAN MUKHERJI (MANIKBABUR MEGH)

KAUSHIK GANGULY (AJOGYO)

PRATIM D. GUPTA (CHAALCHITRO THE FRAME FATALE)

PREMENDU BIKASH CHAKI, PADMANABHA DASGUPTA (ALAAP)

SRIJIT MUKHERJI (PADATIK)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

ANUP SINGH (MANIKBABUR MEGH)

INDRANATH MARICK (BOHURUPI)

INDRANATH MARICK (PADATIK)

MANAS GANGULY (BABLI)

RAMYADEEP SAHA (SHRI SWAPANKUMAR- ER BADAMI HYENAR KOBOLE)

TURJA GHOSH (CHAALCHITRO THE FRAME FATALE)

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

ANANDA ADDHYA (BOHURUPI)

ANANDA ADDHYA (CHAALCHITRO THE FRAME FATALE)

MONALISA MUKHERJI (MANIKBABUR MEGH)

RANAJIT GHARAI (SHRI SWAPANKUMARER- BADAMI HYENAR KOBOLE)

SAYAN PAUL (KHADAAN)

TANMAY CHAKRABORTY (PADATIK)

BEST EDITING

ANTARA LAHIRI (CHAALCHITRO THE FRAME FATALE)

MALAY LAHA (BOHURUPI)

MD. KALAM (DABARU)

PRONOY DASGUPTA (OTI UTTAM)

SANGLAP BHOWMIK (SHRI SWAPANKUMAR- ER BADAMI HYENAR KOBOLE)

SRIJIT MUKHERJI (PADATIK)

BEST BACKGROUND SCORE

BONNIE CHAKRABORTY (BOHURUPI)

DEBOJYOTI MISHRA (CHAALCHITRO THE FRAME FATALE)

INDRAADIP DASGUPTA (PADATIK)

NEEL DUTT (CHAALCHITRA EKHON)

PRABUDDHA BANERJEE (ALAAP)

RATHIJIT BHATTACHARYA (KHADAAN)

SUBHAJIT MUKHERJEE (MANIKBABUR MEGH)

BEST SOUND DESIGN

ABHIJIT (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 (PADATIK)

BEST COSTUME

DEBALOY BHATTACHARYA (SHRI SWAPANKUMAR-ER BADAMI HYENAR KOBOLE)

JAYANTI SEN (BOHURUPI)

POULAMI GUPTA (JAMALAYE JIBONTO BHANU)

SABARNI DAS (PADATIK)

SABARNI DAS: HUBBA

BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR

ABHIJIT SRIDAS (BIJOYAR PORE)

ABHINANDAN BANERJEE (MANIKBABUR MEGH)

ARNA MUKHOPADHYAY (ATHHOI)

MANASI SINHA (ETA AMADER GOLPO)

SAMIK ROY CHOUDHURY (BELINE )

SOOJIT DUTTA (RINO) (KHADAAN)

BEST DEBUT MALE

GAMBHIRA BHATTACHARYA (HUBBA)

INDRAJEET BOSE (CHAALCHITRO THE FRAME FATALE)

KORAK SAMANTA (PADATIK)

PRATIK DUTTA (SHRI SWAPANKUMAR-ER BADAMI HYENAR KOBOLE)

SUBHANKAR MOHANTA (MON POTONGO)

BEST DEBUT FEMALE

ANGANA ROY (PARIAH)

BAISHAKHI ROY (MON POTONGO)

IDHIKA (KHADAAN)

(Images by Avishek Mitra/IBNS)