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: 5th WBFJA Award
Awarded forExcellence in Indian Bengali cinema
CountryIndia
Presented byWest Bengal Film Journalists' Association
First awarded2013 (2013)
Last awarded2021
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
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 Ganguly
5th WBFJA Award 2021 16 January 2021 Borunbabur Bondhu Anik Dutta Parambrata Chatterjee, Saswata Chatterjee Aparajita Auddy
6th WBFJA Award 2022 13 February 2022 Binisutoy Atanu Ghosh Ritwick Chakraborty, Paran Bandopadhyay Jaya Ahsan

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
2020 Soumendu Roy Cinematographer [7]
2019Buddhadeb DasguptaDirector [8]
2018Tarun MajumdarDirector [9]
2017Madhabi MukherjeeActress [10]

See also

References
  1. Official Website
  2. "Film journalists' association launched in Kolkata". Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  3. "WBFJA to host convocation to honour best in Bengali cinema". Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  4. "WBFJA announces nominations for 2nd Edition". Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  5. "WBFJA announces nominations for 'Cinemar Samabartan'". Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  6. "WBFJA Award Categories".
  7. Indiablooms. "Cinematographer Soumendu Roy to receive Lifetime Achievement Award at WBFJA Cinemar Samabartan | Indiablooms – First Portal on Digital News Management". Indiablooms.com. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  8. "WBFJA 2019 Winners".
  9. "WBFJA 2018 Winners".
  10. "WBFJA 2017 Winners".
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