West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards commonly referred to as WBFJA Awards, is given by The West Bengal Film Journalists' Association. The association was founded in 2013 in Kolkata. The award show is called Cinemar Somaborton ().
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. In 2018, after success of their first award show they announced the 2nd edition of WBFJA Awards. In 2019, they announced their 3rd edition.
Ceremonies Ceremony Year Date Best Film Best Director Best Actor Best Actress 1st WBFJA Award 2017 Cinemawala Kaushik Ganguly Paran Bandopadhyay, Prosenjit Chatterjee Rituparna Sengupta 2nd WBFJA Award 2018 Mayurakshi Kaushik Ganguly Soumitra Chatterjee, Prosenjit Chatterjee Jaya Ahsan 3rd WBFJA Award 2019 13 January 2019 Pupa Srijit Mukherji Jisshu Sengupta Rituparna Sengupta, Sudipta Chakraborty 4th WBFJA Award 2020 14 January 2020 Nagarkirtan Kaushik Ganguly Riddhi Sen Subhashree Ganguly5th WBFJA Award2021-202216 January 2022Borunbabur BondhuAnik DuttaParambrata Chatterjee, Saswata ChatterjeeAparajita AuddyBinisutoyAtanu GhoshRitwick Chakraborty, Paran BandopadhyayJaya Ahsan6th WBFJA Awards 2023 8 January 2023 Dostojee, Aparajito Anik Dutta Dev, Ritwick Chakraborty Gargi Roychowdhury7th WBFJA Award 2024 14 January 2024 Shesh Pata Atanu Ghosh Prosenjit Chatterjee Churni Ganguly, Swastika Mukherjee8th WBFJA Awards 2025 12 January 2025 Manikbabur Megh Debaloy Bhattacharya Srijit Mukherji Chandan Sen Rituparna Sengupta9th WBFJA Awards 2026 11 January 2026 Mayanagar Srijit Mukherji Dev, Parambrata Chatterjee Subhashree Ganguly
Awards WBFJA has 18 awards in the popular category and 8 awards in the technical category.
Popular awards Best Film Best Director Best Actor in a Leading Role Best Actress in a Leading Role Best Actor in a Supporting Role Best Actress in a Supporting Role Best Actor in a Negative Role Best Actor in a Comic Role Best Music Director Best Male Playback Singer Best Female Playback Singer Best Background Score Most Promising Director Most Promising Actor Most Promising Actress Most Popular Film of the Year Most Popular Actor of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award
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
Year Honouree Profession 2026 Biplab Chatterjee Actor 2025 Aparna Sen Actress 2024 Sandhya Roy Actress 2021 Victor Banerjee Actor 2020 Soumendu Roy Cinematographer 2019 Buddhadeb Dasgupta Director 2018 Tarun Majumdar Director 2017 Madhabi Mukherjee Actress
See also Bengali cinema
References
External links West Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Official website