The 8th West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards (WBFJA) also known as Cinemar Somabarton () is an annual award ceremony which honoured the best Bengali-language films of 2024. Nominations Shri Swapankumarer Badami Hyenar Kobole led the ceremony with 14 nominations, followed by Khadaan with 13 and Ajogyo with 12 nominations.
Dev received dual nominations under Best Actor and Most Popular Actor categories, for two different films – Tekka and Khadaan, winning for the latter.
Background The nominations for the ceremony were announced on 3 January 2025 at a Press conference held at Rotary Sadan, Kolkata and subsequently live streamed via Facebook from the official page of the organization. Actors Tota Roy Chowdhury and Rituparna Sengupta were present at the conference. The ceremony was to take place at the Ajanta Circus in order to commemorate the 100th Birth Anniversary of noted Indian actor Raj Kapoor. However, owing to security concerns, the venue was later changed to Priya Cinema.
Winners & Nominees Main awards The nominations were announced on 3 January 2025. Best FilmBest DirectorManikbabur Megh – Little Lamb FilmsBeline – DrishtiShree Arts Pvt. Limited Chaalchitra Ekhon – Hoichoi Studios Padatik – Friends Communication Shri Swapankumarer Badami Hyenar Kobole – Hoichoi Studios | valign="top" |Debaloy Bhattacharya – Shri Swapankumarer Badami Hyenar Kobole Srijit Mukherji – Padatik Anjan Dutt – Chaalchitra Ekhon Pratim D Gupta – Chaalchitro: The Frame FataleBest ActorBest ActressChandan Sen – Manikbabur Megh as Manik BabuAbir Chatterjee – Shri Swapankumarer Badami Hyenar Kobole as Dipak Chatterjee Anjan Dutt – Chaalchitra Ekhon as Kunal Sen Dev – Tekka as Iqlakh Alam Tota Roy Chowdhury – Chaalchitro: The Frame Fatale as Kanishka Chatterjee | valign="top" |Rituparna Sengupta – Ajogyo as Parna MajumdarKoushani Mukherjee – Bohurupi as Jhimli Pramanik Mamata Shankar – Bijoyar Pore as Alokananda "Aloka" Mimi Chakraborty – Alaap as Aditi Mitra Rukmini Maitra – Boomerang as Ishaa Sen/Nisha |- ! ! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"|Best Supporting Actor ! ! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"|Best Supporting Actress |- | valign="top" |Silajit Majumdar – Ajogyo as Raktim MajumdarAnirban Chakrabarty – Chaalchitro: The Frame Fatale as Naseer Indraneil Sengupta – Hubba as Dibakar Sen Paran Bandopadhyay – Shri Swapankumarer Badami Hyenar Kobole as Swapan Kumar Ritwick Chakraborty – Shontaan as Indranil "Bablu" Bose | valign="top" |Swastika Dutta – Alaap as Swatilekha SenSanjita Mukherjee – Doaansh as Sarathi Sardar |- ! ! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"| Best Actor in a Negative Role ! ! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"| Best Actor in a Comic Role |- | valign="top" |Anirban Bhattacharya – Athhoi as Anagra "Gogo" ChatterjeeDibyendu Bhattacharya – Bonbibi as Dakshin Ray Jisshu Sengupta – Khadaan as Mohan Das Loknath Dey – Hubba as Baapi Soumya Mukherjee – Pariah: Volume – I as Nanda | valign="top" |Saswata Chatterjee – Jamalaye Jibonto Bhanu as Bhanu BandopadhyaySourav Das – Boomerang as Ayan |- ! ! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"| Best Music Director ! ! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"| Best Lyricist |- | valign="top" |Amit Chatterjee – Shri Swapankumarer Badami Hyenar Kobole Amit Chatterjee – Athhoi Anupam Roy, Indraadip Dasgupta & Ranajoy Bhattacharjee – Ajogyo Anupam Roy, Bonnie Chakraborty, Arnab Dutta & Nani Chora Das Baul – Bohurupi Nilayan Chatterjee, Rathijit Bhattacharya & Savvy Gupta – KhadaanKaushik Ganguly – "Keu Jaanbe Naa" – Ajogyo Anupam Roy – "Ajogyo Ami" – Ajogyo Barish – "Taasher Deshe" – Tekka Dhrubojyoti Chakraborty – "Mon Kharaper Gaan" – Oti Uttam Ranajoy Bhattacharjee – "Tomay Chhere Jete" – Tekka Best Male Playback Singer Best Female Playback SingerRathijit Bhattacharya – "Kishori" – Khadaan Timir Biswas – "Taasher Deshe" – Tekka Anupam Roy – "Ajogyo Ami" – Ajogyo Arijit Singh – "Keu Jaanbe Naa" – Ajogyo Rupankar Bagchi – "Mon Kharaper Gaan" – Oti UttamAntara Mitra – "Kishori" – Khadaan Monali Thakur – "Saaiyaan Beimaan" – Oti Uttam Shreya Ghoshal – "Tui Aamar Hobi Naa" – Ajogyo Shreya Ghoshal – "Elomelo Raat" – Babli Sohini Saha – "Phiraiya Dao" – Khadaan
Popular Awards Most Popular Film Most Popular ActorKhadaan – Surinder Films & Dev Entertainment Ventures Ajogyo – Surinder Films Alaap – Surinder Films Bohurupi – Windows Production Boomerang – Jeetz Filmworks & Grassroot Entertainment Eta Amader Golpo – Dhagaa ProductionDev – Khadaan as Shyam Mahato / Madhu Mahato Ankush Hazra – Mirza: Part 1 – Joker as Mirza Jeet – Boomerang as Samar Sen / Amar Prosenjit Chatterjee – Ajogyo as Prosen Mitra Vikram Chatterjee – Pariah: Volume – I as Lubdhak Chatterjee
Special awards Lifetime Achievement AwardAparna Sen
Other awards Most Promising DirectorAbhinandan Banerjee – Manikbabur Megh Arna Mukhopadhyay – Athhoi Rajdeep Paul & Sarmistha Maiti – Mon Potongo Samik Roy Choudhury – Beline Soojit Dutta – Khadaan Most Promising Actor (Male)Sawon Chakraborty – Chaalchitra Ekhon Gambhira Bhattacharya – Hubba Pratik Dutta – Shri Swapankumarer Badami Hyenar Kobole Subhankar Mohanta – Mon Potongo Most Promising Actor (Female)Baishakhi Roy – Mon Potongo Oindrila Sen – Mirza: Part 1 – Joker Roshni Bhattacharyya – Oti Uttam Sreya Bhattacharya – Beline Tanika Basu – Chaalchitro: The Frame Fatale
Technical Awards Best Screenplay Best Editing Best Art Director Best CinematographyAnjan Dutt – Chaalchitra EkhonAntara Lahiri – Chaalchitro: The Frame Fatale Srijit Mukherji – PadatikTanmoy Chakraborty – PadatikAnup Singh – Manikbabur Megh Best Sound Designer Best Background Score Best Costume Designer Best MakeupAbhijit Teny Roy – Manikbabur MeghRathijit Bhattacharya – Khadaan Amit Chatterjee – Shri Swapankumarer Badami Hyenar Kobole Prabuddha Banerjee – Alaap Subhadeep Guha – Athhoi Subhajeet Mukherjee – Manikbabur MeghSabarni Das – PadatikSomnath Kundu – Padatik
Controversy Windows Production, owned by Shiboprosad Mukherjee and Nandita Roy, requested the organisation to revoke the nominations for their film Bohurupi (2024), conveying their wish to abstain from attending the ceremony or accepting any awards.
Superlatives +Multiple nominations Nominations Film 14 Shri Swapankumarer Badami Hyenar Kobole 13 Khadaan 12 Ajogyo 8 Chaalchitro: The Frame Fatale 7 Manikbabur Megh, Padatik 6 Athhoi, Chaalchitra Ekhon
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