The Filmfare Awards one of the most prestigious and glamorous cine awards for the very first time will be hosted outside Mumbai. Assam Government has signed an MOU with the Times Group to host the extravagant Bollywood event in Guwahati next year.
Mr. Vineet Jain, Managing Director, Bennett, Coleman and Company Limited and Mr. Deepak Lamba, CEO, Worldwide Media Pvt. Ltd were present along with Mr. Sarbananda Sonowal, Honourable Chief Minister, Govt of Assam, & Mr. Chandan Brahma, Honourable Minister of Tourism, Govt of Assam, Mr. Jayanta Malla Baruah, Honorable Chairman, Assam Tourism Development Corporation, and Dr. M. Angamuthu, IAS, Commissioner & Secretary, Tourism Department, Govt. of Assam to sign the MoU, making the official announcement that the 65th Filmfare Awards will be hosted in Guwahati.
The Filmfare Awards is presented annually by the Times Group to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the film industry of India. The award ceremony is one of the oldest movie events in the country which was first instituted in 1954. The move to bring Filmfare in Northeast is sure to give the tourism of the state a big boost.