6th WBFJA Awards

The 6th edition of the WBFJA Award, also known as Cinemar Samabartan (Convocation of Cinema or Carnival of Films) took place on 8 January 2023. It honoured the best Indian Bengali films of 2022.

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Winners and Nominees

Jury Awards Best Film Best DirectorAparajito – Friends Communication Dostojee – Katha Talkies The Holy Conspiracy – Walzen Media Works Private Limited Ballabhpurer Roopkotha – Shree Venkatesh Films Jhilli – Goutam Ghose Associates Lokkhi Chele – Windows ProductionAnik Dutta – Aparajito Dhrubo Banerjee – Karnasubarner Guptodhon Kaushik Ganguly – Lokkhi Chele Parambrata Chatterjee – Abhijaan Raj Chakraborty – Habji Gabji Srijit Mukherji – X=Prem Best Actor Best ActressDev – Projapoti as Joy Chakraborty Ritwick Chakraborty – Ananta: The Eternal as Mr. Shuvo Arjun Chakraborty – X=Prem as Arnab Bratya Basu – Jhora Palok as Jibanananda Das Parambrata Chatterjee – Habji Gabji as Aditya Basu Riddhi Sen – Bismillah as Bismillah a.k.a. BishuGargi Roy Chowdhury – Mahananda as Mahananda Bhattacharya Arpita Chatterjee – Hridpindo as Aarja Sohini Sarkar – Ananta: The Eternal as Ms. Mishtu Subhashree Ganguly – Boudi Canteen as Poulami Swastika Mukherjee – Shrimati as Shrimati Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting ActressShyamal Chakraborty – Ballabhpurer Roopkotha as Manohar Ambarish Bhattacharya – Lokkhi Chele as Joy Mitra Kharaj Mukherjee – Kishmish as Govinda Chatterjee (Goblu) Prantik Banerjee – Hridpindo as Rick Rudranil Ghosh – Abhijaan as Rabi GhoshPaoli Dam – Byomkesh Hatyamancha as Sulachana Anashua Majumdar – Boudi Canteen as Poulami's mother-in-law Anjana Basu – Kishmish as Pubali Chatterjee Sneha Chatterjee – Bismillah as Safeena Tanusree Chakraborty – Abar Kanchanjungha as Ruchira Best Actor in a Negative Role Best Actor in a Comic RoleChandan Sen – Tirandaj Shabor as Pareshnath Chakraborty Anirban Chakrabarti – Kakababur Protyaborton as Amal Dey Gaurav Chakrabarty – Bismillah as Shibu Indrasish Roy – Lokkhi Chele as Rajat Ray Rahul Banerjee – Abar Kanchanjungha as DeveshDebraj Bhattacharya – Ballabhpurer Roopkotha as Sanjiv Basu Kharaj Mukherjee – Projapoti as Gaur Chakraborty's neighbour Rajatava Dutta – Karnasubarner Guptodhon as Dashanan Daw Rudranil Ghosh – Abar Bochhor Koori Pore as Dutta Sandip Bhattacharya – Ballabhpurer Roopkotha as B. P. HaldarDebut AwardsMost Promising ActorMost Promising ActressJeetu Kamal – Aparajito as Aparajito Roy Anindya Sengupta – X=Prem as Khilaat Arif Shaikh – Dostojee as Safiqul Samontak Dyuti Maitra – Habji Gabji as Anish Basu / Tipu Satyam Bhattacharya – Ballabhpurer Roopkotha as Bhoopati / Raghupati / Ramapati Ujaan Ganguly – Lokkhi Chele as Aamir HussainShruti Das – X=Prem as Joyee Ipsita Mukherjee – Prosenjit Weds Rituparna as Rituparna Solanki Roy – Baba Baby O as Brishti Roy Surangana Bandopadhyay – Ballabhpurer Roopkotha as Chanda HaldarMost Promising DirectorAnirban Bhattacharya – Ballabhpurer Roopkotha Prasun Chatterjee – Dostojee Abhinandan Dutta – Ananta: The Eternal Avijit Sen – Projapoti Ishaan Ghose – Jhilli Kumar Chowdhury – Priyo Chinar Pata: Iti Segun Rahool Mukherjee – Kishmish Rajdeep Paul and Sarmistha Maiti – Kalkokkho Sayantan Mukherjee – Jhora Palok Srimanta Sengupta – Abar Bochhor Koori Pore

Popular Choice Awards Most Popular Film Most Popular ActorKarnasubarner Guptodhon – Shree Venkatesh Films Projapoti – Dev Entertainment Ventures Ballabhpurer Roopkotha – Shree Venkatesh Films Belashuru – Windows Production Hatyapuri – Shadow FilmsMithun Chakraborty – Projapoti as Gaur Chakraborty Abir Chatterjee – Karnasubarner Guptodhon as Subarna Sen / Sona Da Dev – Kishmish as Tintin Chatterjee Jeet – Raavan as Professor Ram Mukherjee / Raavan Prosenjit Chatterjee – Kakababur Protyaborton as Kakababu

Music Awards Best Music Director Best LyricistSaptak Sanai Das – X=Prem Anindya Chatterjee and Anupam Roy – Belashuru Amit-Ishan – Baba Baby O Indraadip Dasgupta – Bismillah Nilayan Chatterjee – KishmishBaarish – Bhalobashar Morshum" – X=Prem Nilayan Chatterjee – "Kanna" – Kishmish Anupam Roy – "Sohage Adore" – Belashuru Dhrubojyoti Chakraborty – "Roder Nishana" – X=Prem Anirban Bhattacharya – "Sajo Sajao" – Ballabhpurer Roopkotha Ranajoy Bhattacharjee - "Bandhu" – Abar Bochhor Koori Pore Best Male Playback SInger Best Female Playback Singer Arijit Singh – "Bhalobashar Morshum" – X=Prem Saptak Sanai Das – "Cindrella Mon" – X=Prem Anupam Roy – "Sohage Adore" – Belashuru Arijit Singh – "Abosheshe" – Kishmish Papon – "Kanna" – Kishmish Sonu Nigam – "Mukti" – Kacher ManushShreya Ghoshal – "Bhalobashar Morshum" – X=Prem Iman Chakraborty, Ananya Bhattacharjee & Upali Chattopadhyay – "Tapa Tini" – Belashuru Mekhla Dasgupta – "Mon Kemoner Janmodin" – Hridpindo Sahana Bajpaie – "Saja Sajao" – Ballabhpurer Roopkotha

Technical Awards Best Screenplay Best Editing Best Art Director Best CinematographySaibal Mitra – A Holy Conspiracy Anirban Bhattacharya and Pratik Dutta – Ballabhpurer Roopkotha Anik Dutta, Sreeparna Mitra and Utsav Mukherjee – Aparajito Kaushik Ganguly – Lokkhi Chele Srijit Mukherjee – X=Prem Padmanabha Dasgupta, Dr. Subhendu Sen and Parambrata Chatterjee – Abhijaan Arindam Sil and Subhendu Dasmunshi – MahanandaSanglap Bhowmik – Ballabhpurer Roopkotha Arghyakamal Mitra – Aparajito Sanglap Bhowmik – X=Prem Md. Kalam – Habji Gabji Sujay Dutta Ray – BismillahAnanda Addhya – Aparajito Subrata Barik – Ballabhpurer Roopkotha Nafisa Khatun – Karnasubarner Guptodhon Ranjit Gharai – BismillahIshaan Ghose – Jhilli Tuhin Biswas – Jhilli Supratim Bhol – Aparajito Subhankar Bhar – Bismillah Modhura Palit – Kachher Manush Avijit Nandy – Jhra Palok Soumik Halder – Ballabhpurer Roopkotha Best Sound Designer Best Background Score Best Costume Designer Best MakeupPrasun Chatterjee and Rohit Sengupta – Dostojee Anindit Roy and Adeep Singh Manki – Ballabhpurer Roopkotha Tirthankar Majumder – Aparajito Aneesh Basu – Jhilli Sukanto Majumdar – Jhra Palok Shomi Chatterjee – AbhijaanDebojyoti Mishra – Aparajito Indraadip Dasgupta – X=Prem Bickram Ghosh – Karnasubarner Guptodhon Subhadeep Guha – Ballabhpurer RoopkothaSuchismita Dasgupta – Aparajito Abhishek Roy – Bismillah Sabarni Das – Mahananda Poulami Gupta – Abar Bochhor Koori Pore Sanchita Bhattacharjee – Ballabhpurer RoopkothaSomnath Kundu – Ballabhpurer Roopkotha Barun Kumar Mondal – Abhijaan Avirup Ganguly – Lokkhi Chele Arun Kumar Mondal and Bithika Benia – Kishmish

See also West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards Cinema of West Bengal

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