West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards

West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards commonly referred as WBFJA Awards, is given by The West Bengal Film Journalists' Association.[1] The association was founded in 2013 in Kolkata.[2] The award show is called Cinemar Somaborton (transl. Cinema Convocation).

West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards
Current: 7th WBFJA Award
Awarded forExcellence in Indian Bengali cinema
CountryIndia
Presented byWest Bengal Film Journalists' Association
First awarded2013; 11 years ago (2013)
Last awarded2024
WebsiteWBFJA

Overview

WBFJA can be called the successors of BFJA the oldest association of film critics in India, which was founded in 1939. BFJA used to felicitate Indian Cinema every year. In 2013, the last BFJA Awards were held in Kolkata, same year as the WBFJA was founded. That was the time WBFJA decided to be the successor of BFJA by giving awards to the Bengali Cinema in particular.

In 2017, four years after establishment WBFJA decided to hold their first award ceremony and to honor the Bengali Films of the previous year. Unlike BFJA, WBFJA Awards are only for the Bengali Films.[3] In 2018, after success of their first award show they announced the 2nd edition of WBFJA Awards.[4] In 2019, they announced their 3rd edition.[5]

Ceremonies

CeremonyYearDateBest FilmBest DirectorBest ActorBest Actress
1st WBFJA Award2017CinemawalaKaushik GangulyParan Bandopadhyay, Prosenjit ChatterjeeRituparna Sengupta
2nd WBFJA Award2018MayurakshiKaushik GangulySoumitra Chatterjee, Prosenjit ChatterjeeJaya Ahsan
3rd WBFJA Award201913 January 2019PupaSrijit MukherjiJisshu SenguptaRituparna Sengupta, Sudipta Chakraborty
4th WBFJA Award202014 January 2020NagarkirtanKaushik GangulyRiddhi SenSubhashree Ganguly
5th WBFJA Award2021-202216 January 2022Borunbabur BondhuAnik DuttaParambrata Chatterjee, Saswata ChatterjeeAparajita Auddy
BinisutoyAtanu GhoshRitwick Chakraborty, Paran BandopadhyayJaya Ahsan
6th WBFJA Awards20238 January 2023Dostojee, AparajitoAnik DuttaDev, Ritwick ChakrabortyGargi Roychowdhury
7th WBFJA Award202414 January 2024Shesh PataAtanu GhoshProsenjit ChatterjeeChurni Ganguly, Swastika Mukherjee

Awards

WBFJA has 18 awards in the popular category and 8 awards in the technical category.[6]

Technical awards

  • Best Art Director
  • Best Screenplay
  • Best Cinematographer
  • Best Costume Designer
  • Best Sound Designer
  • Best Make-Up Artist
  • Best Editor
  • Best Lyricist

Lifetime Achievement Award

YearHonoureeProfessionref
2021Victor BanerjeeActor[7]
2020Soumendu RoyCinematographer[8]
2019Buddhadeb DasguptaDirector[9]
2018Tarun MajumdarDirector[10]
2017Madhabi MukherjeeActress[11]

See also

References