4th Filmfare Awards Bangla explained

Number:	4
Award:	Filmfare Awards Bangla
Date:	31 March 2021
Site:	ITC Royal Bengal, Kolkata
Host:	Anirban Bhattacharya Arpita Chatterjee Parambrata Chatterjee
Organizer:	The Times Group
Best Film:	Vinci Da
Best Critic:	Robibaar
Best Director:	Kaushik Ganguly for Jyeshthoputro
Best Actor:	Prosenjit Chatterjee for Gumnaami
Best Actress:	Subhashree Ganguly for Parineeta Swastika Mukherjee for Shah Jahan Regency
Most Wins:	Nagarkirtan (4)
Most Nominations:	Robibaar (10)
Network:	Colors Tv Bangla
Last:	3rd
Next:	5th

The 4th Filmfare Awards Bangla ceremony, presented by The Times Group, honoured the best Bengali language Indian films of 2019. The ceremony was held on 31 March 2021 in Kolkata.^[1]

Robibaar led the ceremony with 10 nominations, winning 3 awards including Best Film Critics' (for Atanu Ghosh) and Best Actress Critics' (for Jaya Ahsan). It was followed by Parineeta with 7 nominations, winning Best Actress (for Subhashree Ganguly). Nagarkirtan emerged as the most awarded film, with wins including Best Actor Critics' (for Riddhi Sen).

Swastika Mukherjee received dual nominations for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress, eventually winning the former (also shared by Subhashree Ganguly).

Ceremony

The ceremony was held at the ITC Royal Bengal, Kolkata. Joy was announced to the title sponsor by Jitesh Pillai, the editor of Filmfare, at a press conference held prior to the ceremony. While Anirban Bhattacharya, Arpita Chatterjee and Parambrata Chatterjee served as the co-hosts, Ishaa Saha, Madhumita Sarcar and Sauraseni Maitra performed at the ceremony.

Winners and nominees

The nominations were announced by Filmfare on 29 March 2021.^[2]

Popular Awards

Best Film			Best Director
Vinci Da – Shree Venkatesh Films Gumnaami – Shree Venkatesh Films Konttho – Windows Production Mitin Mashi – Camellia Production Parineeta – Raj Chakraborty Entertainment Sanjhbati – Bengal Talkies			Kaushik Ganguly – Jyeshthoputro Arindam Sil – Mitin Mashi Leena Gangopadhyay & Saibal Bannerjee – Sanjhbati Nandita Roy & Shiboprosad Mukherjee – Konttho Raj Chakraborty – Parineeta Srijit Mukherji – Gumnaami
Best Actor			Best Actress
Prosenjit Chatterjee – Gumnaami as Subhash Chandra Bose / Gumnaami Baba Abir Chatterjee – Shah Jahan Regency as Samiran Bose Dev – Sanjhbati as Chandan Chatterjee (Chandu) Parambrata Chatterjee – Shah Jahan Regency as Rudra Mukherjee Rudranil Ghosh – Vinci Da as Vinci Da Shiboprosad Mukherjee – Konttho as RJ Arjun Mullick			Subhashree Ganguly – Parineeta as Mehul Bose Swastika Mukherjee – Shah Jahan Regency as Kamalini Guha Koel Mallick – Mitin Mashi as Mitin Mashi Paoli Dam – Konttho as Preetha A. Mullick Rituparna Sengupta – Ahaa Re as Basundhara Ganguly
Best Supporting Actor			Best Supporting Actress
Ritwick Chakraborty – Jyeshthoputro as Partho Ganguly Anirban Bhattacharya – Gumnaami as Chandrachur Dhar Jisshu Sengupta – Ghawre Bairey Aaj as Sandip Jha Paran Bandopadhyay – Ahaa Re as Atanu Ganguly Rahul Banerjee – Rajlokhi O Srikanto as Hukumchand Rudranil Ghosh – Kedara as Keshto			Lily Chakravarty – Sanjhbati as Sulekha Mitra Aparajita Ghosh Das – Rajlokhi O Srikanto as Annada Daminee Benny Basu – Jyeshthoputro as Parul Ganguly Sauraseni Maitra – Finally Bhalobasha as Ahiri Swastika Mukherjee – Kia and Cosmos as Dia Chatterjee
Debut Awards
Best Female Debut			Best Debut Director
Ritwika Pal – Kia and Cosmos as Kia Chatterjee	Indraadip Dasgupta – Kedara
Writing Awards
Best Story		Best Screenplay		Best Dialogue
Rudranil Ghosh & Srijit Mukherji – Vinci Da Atanu Ghosh – Robibaar Churni Ganguly – Tarikh Kaushik Ganguly – Jyeshthoputro Kaushik Ganguly – Nagarkirtan Ranjan Ghosh – Ahaa Re	Kaushik Ganguly – Nagarkirtan Atanu Ghosh – Robibaar Kaushik Ganguly – Jyeshthoputro Srijato – Kedara Srijit Mukherji – Vinci Da	Kaushik Ganguly – Jyeshthoputro Padmanabha Dasgupta – Parineeta Ranjan Ghosh – Ahaa Re Shieladitya Moulik – Sweater Srijit Mukherji – Shah Jahan Regency

Critics' Awards

Best Film (Best Director)
Robibaar – Atanu Ghosh Ghawre Bairey Aaj – Aparna Sen Kedara – Indraadip Dasgupta Nagarkirtan – Kaushik Ganguly Rajlokhi O Srikanto – Pradipta Bhattacharya
Best Actor		Best Actress
Riddhi Sen – Nagarkirtan as Parimal (Puti) Jisshu Sengupta – Mahalaya as Uttam Kumar Kaushik Ganguly – Kedara as Narasingha Prosenjit Chatterjee – Robibaar as Asimava Ritwick Chakraborty – Rajlokhi O Srikanto as Srikanto		Jaya Ahsan – Bijoya as Padma Haldar & Robibaar as Sayani Sen Ishaa Saha – Sweater as Tulika (Tuku) Raima Sen – Tarikh as Ira Gupta Sohini Sarkar – Vinci Da as Jaya A. Bose Subhashree Ganguly – Parineeta as Mehul Bose

Notes and References

1. Web site: Filmfare announces the 4th edition of Joy Filmfare Awards Bangla 2020. 23 March 2021.
2. Web site: 29 March 2021 . Joy Filmfare Awards (Bangla) 2020: Nominations . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231111195501/https://www.filmfare.com/features/nominations-for-the-joy-filmfare-awards-bangla-2020_-47328.html . 11 November 2023 . 2024-06-06 . . en.