Here is a list of the Best Indian Films in specified languages as voted by Bengal Film Journalists' Association as part of their annual awards.
For most years, the films are listed in order of merit as voted by the jury of the association.
1939 Source Best Indian Film Manoos Best Bengali Film Jiban Maran Best Hindi Film Aadmi Best Foreign Film Pygmalion
1940
Best Indian Film Aurat Best Bengali Film Doctor Best Hindi Film Aurat Best Foreign Film Gone With The Wind
1941 Source Indian films Pratisruti Padosi Sikandar Naya Sansar Khazanchi Parichay Punar Milan Pardesi Raj Nartaki Nandini
Foreign films Citizen Kane Kitty Foyle Hold Back the Dawn The Letter The Philadelphia Story Meet John Doe Blossoms in the Dust The Great Dictator My Life with Caroline Back Street
1942 Source
Indian films Apna Ghar Garmil Bondi Bharat Milap Saugandh Doctor Kunwara Baap Basant Shesh Uttar Lagan
Foreign films How Green Was My Valley Fantasia H. M. Pulham, Esq. Ball of Fire It Started With Eve Suspicion Two-Faced Woman The Little Foxes Pimpernel Smith Reap The Wild Wind
1944 Source Indian films Ramshastri Udayer Pathey Shakuntala Wapas Sandhi Parakh Dasi Fashion Chhadmabeshi Zameen
Foreign films The Song of Bernadette Madam Curie Since You Went Away For Whom The Bell Tolls It Happened Tomorrow Constant Nymph Going My Way Mission to Moscow Heaven Can Wait Jane Eyre and The North Star
1945 Source Bhabhi Kaal Parbat Pe Apna Dera Dui Purush Kashinath Ek Din Ka Sultan Aaina Din Raat Mun-Ki-Jit Devdasi Mazdoor
Foreign films Gaslight The Lost Weekend Arsenic and Old Lace A Song to Remember Wilson A Thousand And One Nights Henry V Dragon Seed The Seventh Cross The Picture of Dorian Gray
1961 Source Indian films Teen Kanya Gunga Jumna Punasha Madhya Rater Tara Saptapadi Kanoon Char Diwari Usne Kaha Tha Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai Swayambara
Foreign films Ben-Hur Apartment Kanał Devochka Ishchet Otsa The Millionairess On The Beach South Pacific Pepe The Singer Not the Song Elmer Gantry
1962 Source Indian films Abhijan Kanchanjangha Kancher Swarga Dada Thakur Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam Bhagini Nivedita Sautela Bhai Hansuli Banker Upakatha Arati Benarasi
Foreign films Two Women The Naked Island Ballad of a Soldier Come September The Guns of Navarone The Longest Day Spartacus La Dolce Vita Sleeping Beauty Psycho
1963 Source Indian Films Mahanagar Nirjan Saikate Bandini Saat Pake Bandha Palatak Uttar Falguni Gumrah Nisithe Chhaya Surya Dil Ek Mandir
Foreign films The Birds Judgment at Nuremberg The World of Suzie Wong The Cranes Are Flying Can-Can To Kill a Mockingbird The Loudest Whisper The V.I.P.s El Cid A Very Private Affair
1964 Source
Indian films Charulata Arohi Dosti Shehar Aur Sapna Pratinidhi Jotugriha Anushtup Chanda Door Gagan Ki Chhaon Men Jiban Kahini Sangam
Foreign films The Night of the Iguana West Side Story Parent Trap The Condemned of Altona Lilies of the Field Charade Five Miles to Midnight Hatari! Leopard Hud
1965 Source Indian films Atithi Subarnarekha Haqeeqat Eki Ange Eto Rup Kapurush o Mahapurush Raja Ram Mohan Baksho Badal Akash Kusum Aarzoo Geet Gaya Patharon Ne
Foreign films My Fair Lady The Visit Divorce Italian Style
1966 Source
Indian films Teesri Kasam Nayak Shaheed Guide Galpo Holeo Satti Mamta Kanch Kata Hirey Gaban Subhashchandra Aasman Mahal
Foreign films Lawrence of Arabia Love at Twenty Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
1967 Source
Indian films Chhuti Balika Badhu Anupama Kedar Raja Shakespeare Wallah Uski Kahani Aakhri Khat Hatey Bazarey Upkar Milan
Foreign films Dr. Zhivago Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Zorba The Greek
1968 Source Indian films Apanjan Majhli Didi Chotto Jigyasa Sunghursh Aadmi Chowringhee Baghini Raja Aur Runk Hamraaz Charan Kavi Mukundadas
Foreign films The Agony and the Ecstasy Fahrenheit 451 Lord Jim
1969 Source Indian films Bhuvan Shome Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne Aashirwad Saraswatichandra Anokhi Raat Arogya Niketan Natun Pata Rahgir Nannha Farishta Parineeta
Foreign film 2001: A Space Odyssey Rosemary's Baby Bonnie and Clyde
1970 Source
Indian films Pratidwandi Mera Naam Joker Sagina Mahato Interview Samaj Ko Badal Dalo Diba Ratrir Kabya Satyakam Safar Darpan Aranyer Din Ratri
Foreign films Blowup The Graduate Blow Hot, Blow Cold
1971 Source
Indian films Nimantran Anand Seemabaddha Chetna Sara Akash Malyadan Guddi Ekhonee Tere Mere Sapne Khamoshi
Foreign films Charly Woodstock Midnight Cowboy
1972 Source
Indian films Anubhav Phir Bhi Calcutta 71 Pakeezah Dastak Bigalita Karuna Janhabi Jamuna Uphaar Hare Rama Hare Krishna Memsaab Bawarchi
Foreign film Summer of '42
1973 Source
Indian films Padatik Achanak Streer Patra Saudagar Ashani Sanket Koshish Abhimaan Shriman Prithviraj Bilet Pherat Parichay
Foreign film Zabriskie Point
1974 Source
Indian films Ankur Chorus Garm Hawa Rajnigandha Chhenra Tamsuk Sonar Kella Namak Haram Sujata Jadubangsha Phuleswari
Foreign film The French Connection
1975 Source
Indian films Nishant Sansar Simantey Palanka Aavishkar Mili
Foreign film The Touch
1985 Source
Indian films
Paar Ghare Baire Paroma Aashray Neelkantha
Foreign film A Passage to India
1986 Source
Indian films Kony Atanka Party Ek Pal Ankahiee
Foreign film The Killing Fields
1987 Source Indian films Mirch Masala Debshishu Chopper Nagpash Aaj Ka Robinhood
Foreign film Fanny & Alexander
1988 Source Indian films New Delhi Times Phera Pestonjee Utsav Madhuban
Foreign film The Sacrifice
1991 Source Indian films Ek Doctor Ki Maut Astuhara Mahaprithibi Prahaar: The Final Attack Drishti
Foreign film The Whales of August
1992 Source Indian films Agantuk Shakha Proshakha Goopi Bagha Phire Elo Antardhan Current
1994 Source Indian films Wheel Chair Silpi Sardar
1995 Source Indian films Mammo Drohkal Charachar
1996 Source Indian films Unishe April Yuganta Maachis
1998 Source Best Hindi film Godmother
1999 Best Hindi film Source Satya
2000 Source Indian films Uttara Paromitar Ekdin Kichchu Sanglap Kichchu Pralap
2001 Source Indian films Utsab Dekha Zubeidaa
2002 Source Indian films Mr. & Mrs. Iyer Aamar Bhuban Sanjh Batir Rupkathara
Hindi film The Legend of Bhagat Singh
2003 Source Indian films Abar Aranye Chokher Bali Mondo Meyer Upakhyan
Hindi film Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.
2004 Source Indian films Iti Sreekanta Mahulbanir Sereng Abar Asbo Phire Hindi film Swades
2005 Source Indian films Krantikaal Nishi Japan Antarmahal
Hindi film Black
2005 Source Indian films Faltu Dosar Bhalobasar Anek Naam
Hindi film Lage Raho Munnabhai
See also
Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards Cinema of India
References
External links Official Site